Key Losers is the Portland, Oregon-based project of vocalist/multi-instrumentalist Katy Davidson, ex-Dear Nora, YACHT collaborator, etc. Her airy, sunny, graceful, impressively patchwork first…   Read Story »

Longtime Anacortes songwriter Karl Blau's back with "Celebrate By Singing," a jazzy song from a new 10" called Max. When I wrote about his "Dark Sedan" in 2009 I said "no matter how sunny he gets,…   Read Story »

Gigi's Maintenant is principally the project of producer Colin Stewart and No Kids/P:ANO man Nick Krgovich, a collection of songs organized around a simple concept: let's make pop like they did back…   Read Story »

No matter how sunny he gets, Karl Blau's always sounded autumnal to me. Maybe its because he lives in Anacortes, Washington, a place you can't help but associate with his cohort/collaborator Phil…   Read Story »