Erin McKeown talks about touring, the genesis of her new album, and enjoying the holiday hang.
Dan Wiencek
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Dan Wiencek is a writer, editor, reader, listener and observer. He lives and works in Portland.
Mystery Science Theater 3000 returns with a short, but punchy, batch of new episodes. Should you dare attempt … The Gauntlet?
The Brooklyn five-piece returns with a hook-filled second album, Good Grief.
After six seasons, 52 episodes and innumerable dinner parties, put-downs and plot twists, Downton Abbey comes to an end.
With a new album coming in October, A Silent Film reflects on its present, its future and the joys of making music with your heart on your sleeve.
From the mid-70s to the late 80s, John Carpenter was an industry unto himself, variously writing, directing, producing, scoring and/or appearing in a string of well-executed genre entertainments that relied…
Andy Partridge thought XTC’s breakout album never sounded right. Now it does.
What can you learn from a 944-page book on the Beatles? Let’s start with these seven things.
One Popdoser’s personal best-of playlist.
A Silent Film talks about America, having fun onstage and rattlesnakes. (Not in that order.)
Want the whole story? Here it is, come and … oh never mind.
30 years ago, XTC seemed poised for their commercial breakthrough. Appearances were deceiving.
Sarah Jarosz avoids the sophomore slump — mostly — on her latest release, Follow Me Down.