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According to Maria Maita-Keppeler, I Just Want to Be Wild For You—the forthcoming album from her somewhat eponymous indie-rock band MAITA—is centered around navigating disconnect and intense emotion. "[This album is about] mining those moments where we feel very far away from one another or from ourselves,” she explained. “Or where something isn’t quite landing. Finding that thread of the passion that exists, simmering under the surface, because there’s a...

MAITA with Hannah Siglin, Scott Ingersoll Calling to mind albums like Mitski’s Bury Me at Makeout Creek and Steady Holiday’s Take the Corners Gently, MAITA’s excellent new album I Just Want to Be Wild For You teeters on the line between lyrical apprehension and urgency while wrestling with a longing for intense connection amid a world that fosters isolation. Portland-based singer/songwriter singer/songwriter Maria Maita-Keppeler displays razor-sharp word choice as she shifts fr...

The Rose City indie rocker's sophomore LP, ‘I Just Want to Be Wild for You,’ dropped February 18 on Kill Rock Stars.

According to Maria Maita-Keppeler, I Just Want to Be Wild For You—the forthcoming album from her somewhat eponymous indie-rock band MAITA—is centered around navigating disconnect and intense emotion. "[This album is about] mining those moments where we feel very far away from one another or from ourselves,” she explained. “Or where something isn’t quite landing. Finding that thread of the passion that exists, simmering under the surface, because there’s a...

While December is a notoriously slow month for, well, everything, it’s a great time to let local artists shine, as well as looking forward to what new music projects and live music opportunities 2022 will bring. Read on to check out two new rap releases, a winter showcase benefitting Friends of Noise, and exciting future happenings from Portland’s MAITA. MUST-LISTEN: Two great new releases from locally relevant artists. “Helvetica” and “At the Louvre,” Drae Sl...