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 »

Nature-loving Olympia pop crew LAKE are following 2009's Let's Build A Roof with Giving & Receiving. If you recall, co-songwriter Eli Moore does electrical work with his father and sister, something…   Read Story »

When I spoke with LAKE about their various Day Jobs, it turned out the band behind Let's Build A Roof indeed includes a guy who helps build houses: Eli Moore, his father, and his sister take care of…   Read Story »

The sunny psychedelic pop housed on LAKE's Let's Build A Roof deepens and interestingly darkens the Olympia group's previous output. The dozen songs were produced by Karl Blau, someone who clearly…   Read Story »

LAKE's Karl Blau-produced Let's Build A Roof hits with a misty, psychedelic nostalgia that deepens their palette. For instance, the eclectic Olympia, Washington group often sounds like an Olympia,…   Read Story »