Written By: Big C The city finally quiets down around 2 a.m., leaving only unanswered questions and the thoughts people spend all day trying to outrun. BendreTheGiant taps directly into that atmosphere on Do You Remember Me, a soulful and deeply textured preview of the upcoming debut album Swollen Eyes. The Portland collective has steadily built a reputation for crafting music that feels both timeless and refreshingly difficult to categorize, pulling from funk, R&B, folk, bra

Written By: Big C Photo Credit: Marissa Alves There’s a quiet recalibration that happens when an artist enters the Tiny Desk room. For Ollella , that shift feels almost philosophical. The Seattle-based indie-folk cellist, vocalist, and songwriter delivers a deeply intimate performance for NPR Tiny Desk, letting restraint become the loudest voice in the room. Trained classically since age nine, Ollella’s command of the cello anchors the set, while her live-looping and assured