Jeff Beal’s House of Cards
Movies are not unlike children, in that they should be seen and not heard — meaning that if a movie’s soundtrack really works, you shouldn’t even notice it. Jeff Beal’s score is so well-integrated…that you might leave the theater without remembering a thing about the music. But the soundtrack holds up superbly on its own, and […]
Sallie Ford & the Sound Outside: Untamed Beast
Among the great contemporary music scene, there is Sallie Ford & the Sound Outside: a group of Portlandites who lend credence to the belief that there’s something in the water over there. On the heels of their great debut (oh, and what a great music video they produced, that I so fell in love with!) comes […]
Musings on Vinyl: the Eels and Third Man Records Offer Something New
Vinyl is back, no longer isolated to nostalgists, purists, or the hipster indie crowd. Hell, Best Buy is selling it! Vinyl is becoming a way to buy music again. With another year of higher sales in 2012, the physical conversation pieces are offering connections for those dismayed by the loss they cannot quite identify. Made […]
The Broken Bicycles: Physics of Sound
My friends in The Broken Bicycles have a new EP called Physics of Sound. Though some tracks are streaming now, a new world is just on the horizon. With a holiday show, this batch of reworked songs are coming out on Valentine’s Day, and for those who think they know the band, they’ll want to […]
