Quasi’s American Gong is a solid album. Cinderblock dorm room bookcase solid. There’s not a single track that would make you reach forward to flip off the radio if you were driving cross-country and sick of everything on your iPod by Arkansas. In fact, most of the tracks would probably inspire a speeding ticket. I [...]

Quasi was formed in Portland, Oregon in 1993 by Sam Coomes and Janet Weiss. Their first album was self released in 1995, and they released three albums between 1997 and 1999 on Up Records. They moved to Touch & Go Records in 2001, and released three albums with them; additionally Touch & Go reissued the [...]