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Author: Elena Ender

Elena Ender

Elena Ender has loved every bit of writing for Music Connection as well as reading for and editing literary publications Tin House and Masters Review. She spends her time writing snarky fiction, listening to the latest wave of riot grrrl music, and driving around the streets of Portland, OR. You can find her on twitter and instagram as @elena_ender.

  • growingup.thelindalindas

    Album Reviews: "Growing Up" by The Linda Lindas (8/10)

    Album Reviews, CD Reviews, Reviews
    April 25, 2022
    by Elena Ender
    Label: Epitaph Records Producer: Carlos de la Garza There’s something inherently special about making art for the first time; but then there’s something even better when it’s tween-to-teen girls in ...
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  • furtherjoy.theregrettes

    Album Reviews: "Further Joy" by The Regrettes (9/10)

    Album Reviews, CD Reviews, Reviews
    April 25, 2022
    by Elena Ender
    Label: Warner Records Producers: Jacknife Lee and Tim Pagnotta  With great vulnerability, strength, and care, The Regrettes have turned tangled topics into something sweet in their third studio album, Further ...
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  • photo by Kirk W. Johnson, @kirkinsonian

    Live Review: New Here

    Live Reviews, Magazine
    October 5, 2021
    by Elena Ender
    Beer Bunker Portland, OR Contact: Mackenzie Price, [email protected] Web: instagram.com/newherepdx Players: Mackenzie Price (she/her), vocals, guitar; Ruune (they/them), lead guitar; Kyle Tabb (they/them), drums; Andy Kravitz (they/them), bass Material: Aptly ...
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  • Album Review: "Say Things That Matter" by M.A.G.S. (9/10)

    Album Reviews, Magazine, Reviews
    October 5, 2021
    by Elena Ender
    Distributed by: Take This To Heart Records Producer: Elliott Douglas From “Intro” to “Sunrise,” Say Things That Matter by M.A.G.S. is one strong, seamless, and smooth genre-bending, funky alt-rock album. ...
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  • Album Review: "Home Video" by Lucy Dacus (10/10)

    Album Reviews, CD Reviews, Reviews
    June 29, 2021
    by Elena Ender
    Label: Matador Records Produced by: Lucy Dacus, Colin Pastore, Jacob Blizard, and Jake Finch   Lucy Dacus hurt my feelings with her new album Home Video, yet I can only ...
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  • Tessa Violet

    Album Review: Bad Ideas by Tessa Violet (7/10)

    Album Reviews, Magazine, Reviews
    December 2, 2019
    by Elena Ender
    "Because Tessa Violet gets how crushing it can all be, and she makes sense of even the worst ideas." “Lovesick” doesn’t even begin to describe Tessa Violet in her new ...
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  • Wonder Ballroom

    Twin Peaks at Wonder Ballroom in Portland, OR

    Latest, Live Reviews, Photo Blog Show Reviews, Reviews
    November 18, 2019
    by Elena Ender
    No one puts on a groovier show than Chicago's Twin Peaks. The Nov. 8 Portland, OR show at the Wonder Ballroom suited the guys well—the mood, sound and environment all ...
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  • Honeyblood

    Album Review: In Plain Sight by Honeyblood (7/10)

    Album Reviews, Magazine, Reviews
    October 23, 2019
    by Elena Ender
    "The new riot grrrl album we so desperately needed this year." Honeyblood put up a fierce fight with In Plain Sight, the new riot grrrl album we so desperately needed this ...
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  • The Regrettes

    Album Review: How Do You Love? By The Regrettes (8/10)

    Album Reviews, Magazine, Reviews
    September 9, 2019
    by Elena Ender
    "This is a solid California rock album, but covered in sweet, sticky grenadine." No album has taken me on such a full, winding journey in and out of love, bitterness, ...
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  • Alex Lahey

    Album Review: The Best of Luck Club By Alex Lahey (9/10)

    Album Reviews, Magazine, Reviews
    August 29, 2019
    by Elena Ender
    “Guitar-heavy in the best way, The Best of Luck Club scratches out of genre boxes and stretches out like a dream.” Australian singer-songwriter Alex Lahey blessed and tore apart 2019 ...
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