It’s Saturday, which means it’s your day. Time to relax with a new episode of the Savage Love Podcast. Listen in as Dan dishes out love-n-sex advice to anyone willing to step up to the plate. Speaking of which, do you have a question for Dan? Phone it in at 206-201-2720.

Check out Dave Allen’s interview with Portland’s very own indie sensation Menomena, who recently signed to Seattle’s Barsuk Records. Brent and Justin from the band discuss their new CD Friend and Foe; the weird comparisons to bands such as TV on the Radio and The Hold Steady; and how their CD release party on January 28th at the Crystal Ballroom includes a 25 piece choir. Plus they use words like zeitgeist. They also try to cover up the fact that they’ve killed their drummer Danny and dropped him in the Columbia River. Tune in and you will hear cuts from the new album and from their previous album, The Fun Blame Monster.

Welcome to 3-Minute Limit, the Portland Mercury’s punk wailing wall where long-in-the-tooth tracks get the cleaver at the three-minute mark. Today, host Lance Chess plays tracks by the Gories and the Dirtbombs. What do they have in common? They’re both fronted by legendary no-fi soul punk wailer Mick Collins.

It’s the “American folk music” edition of Mercury music editor Adam Gnade’s podcast, Best Show/Worst Show. This time he looks at folk music with offerings from Big Broonzy, Big Joe Williams, Damien Jurado, Gowns (pictured) below, Half-Handed Cloud, Odetta, and Panda Bear.

Like, ohmigod! We can’t believe we actually scored an interview with the biggest act around Portland! These guys are so huge and so great and you’re all going to flip out that they agreed to come in for a podcast interview! So what are you waiting for?! Seriously, people! You need to stop what you’re doing and check out our interview with local kid rock band Still Pending.

Today on the Rock Report, hostess Christine S. Blystone talks with members of local band Caves. Check out the interview, which includes some tracks off their E.P. If you like what you hear, be sure to experience them live on Thursday, January 25 at Dante’s with Viva Voce and the Village Green.

Matt Slessler and Magenta are back with part two of their interview with Patrick Kearns & Kelly Simmons of Blue Skies For Black Hearts. Hear more about their desert island discs, plus a few more songs from The Exploding Hearts (pictured below).

In today’s podcast, Portland’s Tony Furtado—a multi-instrumentalist and singer/songwriter—talks to Dave Allen about his brand new album, Thirteen. Tony discusses how his music has been influenced by artists such as Ry Cooder, Tom Waits and The Band; how a mining disaster last year in West Virginia inspired the album’s title; and how all the players came together in Tuscon, Arizona at the Tape Op Conference. You’ll hear cuts from the new album plus live tracks. Tony’s album release show is at the Doug Fir on February 1st, so if you like what you hear, be sure to check it out!