Twin Shadow and his amazin’ stylin’ headfuck of an ’80s sound was in Vancouver on September 28th at the Biltmore Cabaret and so was my camera. Check out the pics and hear his latest track “Changes”.

Diamond Rings talks guilty pleasures, his ideal collaborators, what he’d like on his backstagerider, and oh, answers 8 more questions. Here is the first-ever, on-camera BackstageRider Top 11 Questions With…Diamond Rings. Includes moccasins.

Brilliantly warm and relaxed gig from Gomez, plus a revival of a ton of those amazing Bring it On tracks. Plus, some really wicked lighting, so marvel at the enormo gallery of pictures from the Vancouver Commodore Ballroom show on September 26.

Duran Duran kicked off their North American tour near Seattle in Everett, WA, at the ComCast Arena on September 23. I was there. Of course, where else would I be? But did it live up to the hype in my tiny brain? Check the (point n’ shoot) pics and read the words.

Darkly brilliant electro pioneers Death in Vegas return after a seven-year gap between albums with something strange and wonderful. Here, we celebrate their arrival by throwing in a few old stories of our own.

Energy domes! Whip it! Old men knobbly knees! Crazy new wave! Costume changes! Booji Boy! Yep, the ridiculous/awesome of DEVO hit town this past week, and it was absurd in all the right places. Check out the photos and video.

Our final installment from MusicFestNW, in which your heroine wraps up her last day and night in PDX with double Antlers, Explosions in the Sky and Typhoon action, and snaps her favourite punks, OFF! And meets the little Avi Buffalo, too.

MusicFestNW Part 2: An epic day in Portland that includes pizza, doughnuts, and a baker’s dozen of bands in a half-dozen venues. Featuring The Thermals, The Horrors, Dan Mangan, a new rap joint called TxE, Sharon Van Etten, Typhoon, Rhett Miller and more.

BackstageRider takes on Portlandia in a MusicFestNW adventure. Part 1 features Sebadoh (of course), Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Archers of Loaf and Fred Armisen. No really. The guy from Portlandia. In Portland. Backstage with me.