Four Tet’s New Single Channels Spring Beauty
WHILE APRIL showers and May’s subsequent flowers are signposts of spring in many places, Portland’s perpetual precipitation renders that information somewhat irrelevant. April showers mean little when …
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Duster Returns to Orbit after 18-Year Hiatus
IN THE MIDDLE of indie rock band Duster’s sold-out show at Mississippi Studios last January, founding member Clay Parton asked the audience whether they ever feel a …
Winter Weather Fails to Freeze LC Golf Game
The sporadic snowfall that has defined the Pacific Northwest’s winter seems to have finally ceased, and this is welcome news for the Lewis & Clark golf teams. …
Coach James Yen Shifts from Football to Golf
For many, this year’s Super Bowl, the lowest-scoring in history, seemed to advance at a pace more befitting a round of golf than a game of football. …
Valentine’s Day Mix from the Editors With Love
Bob Dylan – “I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight” This song holds so many beautiful memories, and I will forever associate it with all the feelings young love …
Iceage continues busy year with new single
By Ben Weinstein Iceage probably doesn’t want me writing about them; at the very least they’d be wary, and rightfully so. Since the Danish band released their …
Dean Blunt’s latest album is a mysterious hit
By Ben Weinstein Before Kanye took to Tidal and began the “Life of Pablo” rollout, London-based enigma Dean Blunt was notorious for altering (and often deleting) previously …
Discovering cultural norms and taboos in Osaka, Japan
By Ben Weinstein What happens when a person is simultaneously overstimulated and robbed of the ability to respond to the stimuli verbally? This is the psychological experiment …
Wim’s Wunderful Playlist
By Drew Matlovsky and Ben Weinstein Unless you’re living under a rather large rock, you’ve probably realized by now that Lewis & Clark has a new president. …
Pitchfork Music Festival, I love you, but you’re freaking me out
As a 20 year-old, there aren’t many contexts in which I feel entitled to speak authoritatively about the “old days.” This is undoubtedly for the best; even …
10 essential sets at Pitchfork Music Festival 2017
This coming weekend will see Pitchfork host its 12th annual festival at Chicago’s Union Park, and – though it may be a bit far removed geographically from …