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Stephen Malkmus discusses the folk influences on his new LP 'Traditional Techniques'

Stephen Malkmus’ new album Traditional Techniques is largely acoustic and heavily indebted to ’60s/’70s weirdo folk. How indebted? We talked with Steve about 10 records that influenced his new album…

Steve Earle now on tour (updated dates), played Crystal Ballroom in Portland (pics)

Steve Earle kicked off his summer tour on June 9th in Seattle and played the Crystal Ballroom in Portland one night later. The pictures in this post are from that show…

Musicfest NW in Portland, OR (Sept 16-19) - lineup

Willamette Week’s Musicfest NW announces this year’s festival line-up which will be held at various venues around the Portland, OR metropolitan area on September 16, 17, 18 & 19…