[ Leah Sottile ]
Bio:

Leah Sottile is the music editor and a staff writer for The Inlander. She has written about visual arts, underground culture, backyard wrestlers, giant earthworms and living Elvises. Her work has appeared in Decibel, Boise Weekly, Willamette Week, The Source Weekly and GEEK.

'Lonely Avenue,' Ben Folds and Nick Hornsby

Narrative stories just don't translate into songs.

Leah Sottile
| Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Shiny Happy People

Yo Gabba Gabba! steers kids and adults toward bands that are worth a damn.

Leah Sottile
| Wednesday, November 10, 2010

'Spiral Shadow,' Kylesa

It's cool that Kylesa is so diverse, but sometimes it would be nice if they stuck with one thing.

Leah Sottile
| Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Son of a Preacher Man

After 10 years solo, Tyrone Wells knows who he is.

Leah Sottile
| Wednesday, November 3, 2010

'King Night,' Salem

Like the soundtrack to a satanic crackhouse.

Jon Brown, Leah Sottile
| Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Unforgiven

After paying their debt to society, millions are still branded by their felony records.

Leah Sottile
| Monday, October 25, 2010

Broken Record

A prisoner who strangled his cellmate in 2004 strikes again.

Leah Sottile
| Wednesday, October 20, 2010

'My Father Will Guide Me Up a Rope to the Sky,' Swans

The new Swans album is not very loud, but certainly very strange.

Leah Sottile
| Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Choice Cuts

A lot of local acts released albums in the past month. We put on our headphones.

Leah Sottile, Jordy Byrd, David Rey, Azaria Podplesky
| Tuesday, October 5, 2010

'Penny Sparkle,' Blonde Redhead

Blonde Redhead is always sad. But Penny Sparkle relies too much on that one emotion.

Leah Sottile
| Wednesday, September 29, 2010
 
 
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