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M. Ward – Hold Time

It was M. Ward’s album The Transfiguration of Vincent that hooked me in, and I have since gone on to explore (and enjoy) just about everything that he has released. Hold Time is the latest release from this Portland-hailing songsmith and it doesn’t disappoint. He balances out his quiet, introverted tendencies with some fuzz guitar [...]

Neko Case – Middle Cyclone

I was sold on the new Neko Case album before I heard a single track. The cover art for Middle Cyclone features Neko perched on the front of an old Mercury Cougar (what memories the Cougar bring back), sword in hand, ready to pounce. As albums everywhere are going the way of the download, with [...]

Below the Surface – The Extraordinary Art of Stacie Willoughby

Posters have a particularly valuable place in the cultural history of a people. Those who create them are not only beacons for an event or movement, they are the documentarians of it as well; tracing the movements, imbuing the spirit and leaving signposts along the way. Stacie Willoughby has become documentarian extraordinaire of the West [...]

ASR High Ollie Contest

by Anthony Johnson For those of you have ever been to an ASR trade show you know what a mad house it can be. For those of you who have not, let me do my best to explain. Imagine almost every company that has anything to do with surfing and skateboarding displaying their products at [...]

Liam Hanna Lloyd – The Reaches of a Creative Mind

As a child, Liam Hanna-Lloyd was encouraged by his artist father to explore the reaches of his creative mind, thus launching an artistic exploration that continues today. This self-taught, emerging artist from Victoria, British Columbia has been capturing imaginations and attention with his mixed media pieces combining collage, gold leaf and paint. A native of [...]

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