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 ...

The Helio Sequence like us. They really like us. The tour for their most recent album, Keep Your Eyes Ahead (Sub Pop), wrapped two months back, and they’ve been holed up writing and recording in ...

The beginning of “Broken Afternoon,” off of The Helio Sequence’s Keep Your Eyes Ahead, is sort of a microcosm of the rest of the album. The song opens with atmospheric hums and drones familiar to ...

As mentioned on BrooklynVegan, The Helio Sequence will release their new album, Negotiations, on September 11 via Sub Pop, and are kicking off a tour in support of it around the same time. That tour ...

Peruse “musician wanted” fliers pasted on bulletin boards, walls, and lampposts on any street corner, in any city, and you're bound to notice multiple bands ...

On Negotiations, the fifth album by Portland, Ore.-based The Helio Sequence, singer-guitarist Brandon Summers and drummer-keyboardist Benjamin Weikel return as a lean, slightly grittier indie-pop ...

The Oregon duo's self-titled sixth album contains some of its most refined pop music yet. The Helio Sequence On World Cafe The Helio Sequence On World Cafe The Helio Sequence On World Cafe The Helio ...

There were a lot of good bands booked in Boise on June 4; most notably hometown heroes Built to Spill. One band that may have been a bit overlooked was Portland rockers Helio Sequence. Helio Sequence ...

Hear the duo play songs from its new album and discuss the natural disaster that changed its sound. The Helio Sequence On World Cafe The Helio Sequence On World Cafe Hailing from Beavertown, Ore., ...

Portland, OR-based duo the Helio Sequence have learned to roll with the punches in the past couple of years. Singer/guitarist Brandon Summers damages his vocal chords? He just changes his approach and ...

There are moments during the Helio Sequence's "Love and Distance" when a formula seems to emerge: Depeche Mode gets the blues, say, or industrial-rock learns how to wail the harmonica. The concept ...

The 2012 edition of MusicFestNW takes place in September 5 – 9 at 18 venues in Portland, OR and will feature performances from over 150 bands, including Passion Pit, Hot Snakes, Girl Talk, Danny Brown ...