Photo from Fiddle While You Burn
The Constantines define catharsis. Their music is roiling drumbeat punctuated by growls, yelps and howls and cut with cleaver-like guitars. I caught them last night at the Doug Fir, touring in support of their latest, Hard Feelings, which is another step forward for them artistically, as well as a hard-charging [...]

Editors Note: Being that I’m probably suffering from a mild form of heatstroke, my misrememberance of the Oregon governmental figure that spoke before Barack Obama at the rally yesterday might be excused. It was Earl Blumenauer, not John Kitzhaber. I regret the error.(and feel like an utter moron for making it in the first place)

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