Better Than: Being in the registration line at SMU, which is the only other place I've seen this many undergrads. The best concerts aren't always the ones that you've been excited about for ...

It’s been 10 years since PacNW indie rock duo The Helio Sequence released their fourth and still-best album Keep Your Eyes Ahead (on Sub Pop), and they’ll celebrate the anniversary by performing it in ...

John Vanderslice and Flying Saucer Attack proved that home recordings could be just as layered and rich as anything recorded in a “real” studio. The Helio Sequence’s expansive sound comprises ...

Portland label Marmoset Music is releasing a new compilation album called Transference on December 1 (pre-order), and “for this project, the producers at Marmoset excavated a collection of 100 or more ...

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Where did they all go wrong? Back in 2004, Portland's Helio Sequence released one of my favorite albums of the year, the pure modern rock confection Love & Distance. That album adeptly mixed the ...

For about 15 years, Portland-duo Helio Sequence have been steadily releasing indie rock that veers from cerebral to catchy. Their latest single, from their forthcoming self-titled record on Sub Pop, ...

Where: The Bartlett, 228 W. Sprague Ave. Cost: $13 advance, $15 day of the show When the two members of Portland alt-rock band the Helio Sequence entered the studio to record their sixth album, they ...

Back in January, The Helio Sequence released what will surely be one of 2008's best albums, but fortune hasn't always been so kind to the Oregon duo. Singer Brandon Summers' vocal cords had been ...

After 2004’s disappointingly clunky “Love and Distance” (Sub Pop), I didn’t expect to follow The Helio Sequence‘s future output all that closely. Yet the new “Keep Your Eyes Ahead” (Sub Pop) finds the ...

Helio Sequence's fifth album, Negotiations, was diverted by a flood in their studio space. Luckily, they were on tour and had their best equipment with them so they decided to use the opportunity as ...

June 10, 2015 • The Oregon duo's self-titled sixth album contains some of its most refined pop music yet. November 10, 2008 • We do our best to listen to a bit of everything. But there's only enough ...