These reunions never seem to go well, do they? Sure, it’s great to see the band at Coachella, Lollapalooza or Bonnaroo, but maybe the Pixies were right not to record a new album. Maybe it was better to leave us with our memories of “Monkey Gone To Heaven”. Play a few shows maybe,...

Last year, I attended church at Mt. Zion Baptist located on Seattle’s Capitol Hill. An old lady spotted us as obvious visitors, walked up to us, greeted us with two gentle hands and welcomed us to her church. And as I stood during worship, I felt something I’ve rarely felt at a worship...

I did not start with a lofty goal to go green, and I never could have planned these realizations; it just snowballed. And it all started with clothes. In the beginning I wondered who was making my clothes because I did not know. And I wondered who was receiving all the money, which is why I decided...

How does a folk group go about making music without subjecting themselves to the unfair criticism, comparisons, and quick dismissals that plague the genre? Well, if you’re Portland, OR-based Blind Pilot, you hitch up your pants like a grown-up band, compose some beautiful tunes that defy lazy...

If you were to apply the tenets of Bauhaus architecture – that form of a work should ease people into what said work’s function is – to pop music, Weezer would stand as one of its greatest progenitors. Their form is creating simple, unabashedly catchy songs with the as-to-be-expected...

Without sacrificing a stitch of talent, The Hold Steady managed to release three dramatically powerful albums in the same number of years: Almost Killed Me (2004), Separation Sunday (2005), and Boys and Girls in America (2006). Busy opening for such rock legends as The Rolling Stones and performing...

Your brain says no, but your hormones say yes, and in the end, your hormones murder your brain and the two of you walk to Julie Anne’s house. “We can study in the basement,” she says. — You follow her down stairs and take a seat on the coach. One thing leads to another and soon the two...