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Whitman Wire
Vol. CLV, Issue 4
Whitman news since 1896

Whitman Wire
Whitman news since 1896

Whitman Wire
All content by Andrew Hall
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On music, songwriting, the Internet and more: A conversation with Gareth Campesinos!

Andrew Hall
May 18, 2010

Campus charged for Los Campesinos, No Age concert

Andrew Hall
May 4, 2010

Radio Dept.’s new album worth the long wait

Andrew Hall
April 27, 2010

‘Swim’ proves about as compelling as irritating

Andrew Hall
April 22, 2010

‘The Monitor’ really shouldn’t be this good

Andrew Hall
April 15, 2010

Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy’s prolificacy, unpredictability work in his favor; ‘The Wonder Show’ rewards far more than it ought to

Andrew Hall
April 8, 2010

Big Star compilation a timely release with Alex Chilton’s death

Andrew Hall
March 28, 2010

Joanna Newsom’s monstrous ‘Have One On Me’ feels like work, doesn’t justify its incredible length

Andrew Hall
March 10, 2010

Laptop-wielding Four Tet pleases ‘obsessive fans’ at Portland’s Doug Fir Lounge

Andrew Hall
March 1, 2010
Few moments stand out from The Magnetic Fields' lazy, nondescript 'Realism'

Few moments stand out from The Magnetic Fields’ lazy, nondescript ‘Realism’

Andrew Hall
February 24, 2010

Hot Chip’s ‘most eccentric album yet’ teeters between success, going too far

Andrew Hall
February 17, 2010
Started out hustlin', ended up with a mediocre, exhausting rock album

Started out hustlin’, ended up with a mediocre, exhausting rock album

Andrew Hall
February 10, 2010

‘Transference’ defined by ragged, unfinished elements

Andrew Hall
February 4, 2010

Beach House’s Sub Pop debut ‘makes good on its ambitions’

Andrew Hall
January 24, 2010
Menomena, a Portland electropop band that gained prominence through indie music website Pitchfork, plays in the Reid Ballroom on Saturday. The band, which also performed at Whitman in 2007, performs with an unusual combination of instruments, including guitars, saxophones and a glockenspiel. Credit: Bullion

Exclusive interview with Brent Knopf of Menomena

Andrew Hall
December 10, 2009

‘Ashes Grammar’ proves compelling despite potential problems

Andrew Hall
November 23, 2009

Live in Seattle: The Mountain Goats

Andrew Hall
November 16, 2009

Murdoch stumbles with ‘God Help the Girl,’ ‘Stills’

Andrew Hall
November 8, 2009

XX lives up to British hype

Andrew Hall
November 1, 2009

Live shows: Broadcast and Atlas Sound at Le Poisson Rouge, Oct. 20

Andrew Hall
October 28, 2009

The Flaming Lips – Embryonic

Andrew Hall
October 14, 2009

No Age – ‘Losing Feeling’

Andrew Hall
October 8, 2009

The Dodos lose momentum with ‘Time to Die’

Andrew Hall
October 1, 2009

Wolf’s Eskimo Snow ‘rewards repeated listens’

Andrew Hall
September 21, 2009

The Beatles – Stereo Box, In Mono (2009; Capitol)

Andrew Hall
September 17, 2009

The Fiery Furnaces –– I’m Going Away (2009; Thrill Jockey)

Andrew Hall
September 3, 2009

Love at first listen: My Bloody Valentine

Andrew Hall
May 7, 2009

On ‘Living Thing,’ PBJ look for a stranger sound

Andrew Hall
April 9, 2009

Beyoncé not very welcome at Antony show

Andrew Hall
March 5, 2009

‘Dark’ defies curse of the compilation album

Andrew Hall
February 19, 2009
Andrew Bird Noble Beast (2009, Fat Possum)

Bird is ‘Noble Beast’

Andrew Hall
February 5, 2009

Hall Music: Best of 2008

Andrew Hall
December 11, 2008

Auto-tune extravaganza

Andrew Hall
December 4, 2008

Bright future ahead for Portland’s Starfucker

Andrew Hall
November 13, 2008

Follow-up to Montreal’s ‘Fauna’ is schizophrenic, ‘hedonistic’

Andrew Hall
October 30, 2008

Okkervil River, “The Stage Names”

Andrew Hall
October 3, 2007
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