News
Breaking the Balls of History Due Out February 10 via Sub Pop
Jan 10, 2023
By Mark Redfern
Quasi (aka Sam Coomes and Janet Weiss) are releasing a new album, Breaking the Balls of History, on February 10 via Sub Pop. Now they have shared the album’s third single, “Nowheresville,” via a music video featuring a forest gorilla. More
Plus Petite Noir, The Natural Lines, Sweet Baboo, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Dec 02, 2022
By Mark Redfern (with Joey Arnone)
Welcome to the 41st Songs of the Week of 2022. We didn’t do a Songs of the Week last week because of the Thanksgiving holiday, so this week’s list covers songs from the last two weeks. More
Breaking the Balls of History Due Out February 10, 2023 via Sub Pop
Nov 21, 2022
By Joey Arnone
Quasi (aka Sam Coomes and Janet Weiss) have shared a video for their new single, “Doomscrollers.” It is the latest release from their forthcoming album, Breaking the Balls of History, which will be out on February 10, 2023 via Sub Pop. More
Breaking the Balls of History Due Out February 10, 2023 via Sub Pop
Oct 25, 2022
By Joey Arnone
Quasi (aka Sam Coomes and Janet Weiss) have announced the release of a new album, Breaking the Balls of History, which will be out on February 10, 2023 via Sub Pop. They have also shared a video for a new album single, “Queen of Ears,” and have announced U.S. tour dates for February and March 2023. More
To Benefit Planned Parenthood, the ACLU, and 350.org
Jan 20, 2017
By Christopher Roberts
Battle Hymns is a new protest compilation released today timed to President-Elect Donald Trump’s inauguration. Sam Coomes and Janet Weiss of Quasi put it together. More
Wild Flag and ex-Sleater-Kinney Member Writes About Under-heard 1968 Track
Oct 10, 2013
By Janet Weiss
Forgotten Songs is our recurring series where a musician or one of our writers picks a song they love that they feel has been overlooked. For this Forgotten Songs, Janet Weiss of Quasi and Wild Flag (and formerly of Sleater-Kinney) writes about Elyse Weinberg’s 1968 song “Houses” (released simply under the name Elyse). More
Self-Titled Debut Due September 13 Via Merge
Aug 01, 2011
By Margot Cooper Gruen
Supergroup Wild Flag have released an album trailer for their self-titled debut, which is due out September 13 via Merge. More
Out September 13 via Merge Records
Jun 17, 2011
By Margot Cooper Gruen
Super-group Wild Flag have announced that their self-titled debut album will be released September 13 via Merge Records. More
American Gong Out February 23
Feb 04, 2010
By Laura Studarus
Portland-based Quasi’s new album, American Gong, is out February 23 on Kill Rock Stars and the band have a tour in the works. We have the dates and album info. More
Bumps Up Debut's Release Date
Jan 07, 2010
By Kyle Lemmon
Toro Y Moi (Columbia, South Carolina’s Chaz Bundick) is releasing his debut LP, Causers of This, three weeks early and touring around North America with The Ruby Suns. More
New Album Due Out October 27th
Jun 16, 2009
By Michele Yamamoto
Kill Rock Stars Records is extending a warm welcome to long-running indie rock three-piece Quasi. The two are finally teaming up for the Portland band’s first studio release since 2006, When the Going Gets Dark, which the band released with Touch & Go Records (who are no longer releasing new albums). More
Reviews
Dec 06, 2013
By John Srebalus
Grounded in a loose tradition of Northwest indie, Quasi are defined, if at all, by their expansiveness. Their raucous yet cerebral—and highly creative—brand of party rock has grown to stadium size and left genre in the parking lot. More
May 07, 2010
By John Everhart
Let’s Wrestle is an appropriate moniker for an act seemingly in thrall to the ‘90s indie shambles and dissonance of the likes of Dinosaur Jr. and Pavement, their instrumental parts and personalities clashing like battering rams. Bassist Mike Lightning played in a punchy, surging Lou Barlow-esque style while frontman Wesley Patrick Gonzalez sounded as quixotically dazed as Stephen Malkmus circa Crooked Rain in his flat, laconic intonations. More