First, we’ll clear up a point about Max Schmeling: Contrary to what you may have read, Schmeling did not pay for Joe Louis’ funeral in 1981. Somehow that claim even found its way into my own column ...

Every day (we hope) The Oregonian Music Blog will post a song of the day for you to enjoy. It might be a new song or just be an excuse to geek out over our favorite bands. But it will always be worth ...

GIANT David Price believes he brings a unique style of fighting to the heavyweight division – and insists ‘I’m no Ambling Alp’. Critics have accused the 6’8” power puncher of being robotic and ...

According to a recent Pitchfork interview, Memory Tapes-- aka Jersey dad Dayve Hawk-- doesn't tour and he spends most of his days in his home studio making music. That may help to explain his ...

That technologically advanced NSFW preview does indeed get fleshed out in the official Radical Friend-directed video for Odd Blood's excellent teaser track "Ambling Alp." The psychedelically ...

The nice thing about every remix of "Ambling Alp" that's come down the line is that they've all been really different, never just some dude being like, "Well, I changed the drums a tiny bit, can't you ...

Had enough Yeasayer this week? There's one more stop on the Odd Blood media-saturated goodwill tour we're checking in with this morning, that being the trio (plus drummer + multi-instrumentalist + ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook For its upcoming album Odd Blood, Yeasayer aimed to create music its audience wouldn’t feel “cool ...

A live revelation of recent Yeasayer shows, "Ambling Alp" indicates a definitive move away from All Hour Cymbals' mystic journeys toward an ecstatic and thick pop (layered sax!) that the band first ...

The "Ambling Alp" was the nickname of the six-and-a-half-foot-tall Primo Carnera. Though the song is named after the Italian-born 1930s heavyweight champion, Yeasayer are actually paying tribute to ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...