We in this town’s music community are privileged and blessed to be around at a time when many wonderful acts are yet still in their nascent stages. We are lucky to be able to watch them as they grow, as their songwriting and performing mastery leaps and strides towards greatness. This third edition of the [...]

6/20
On the way to Reno, Nevada, to play a show at the XOXO Bar. We’ve been in Oakland-Sacramento traffic for over three hours now. Everyones getting kinda pissy and annoying to eachother because its hot and we’re not really moving that fast. Still, its exciting to go to Reno. We’ll see my friend Alison [...]

Sandwiched in by mountains, getting up close and personal with Denali. Seated at Mountain High Pizza, digesting some Zah and Caesar salad. Mighty good pizza it be.
We are sitting here in the beer garden surrounded by “Foghorn Stringband” stickers, so we knowz the locals are friendly! Soaking up the first real rays we’ve had [...]

Young Portlanders do not know how to dance to country music. Nevertheless, an awkward, but jubilant crowd left their seats last Sunday to move to the bluesy music of The Devil Makes Three. Some attempted to jig in place, others paired up to dosey-doe, while still others thrashed about to form an unwelcome pit of [...]

My open letter to Portland singer/songwriter (and minor Youtube celebrity) Alex Arrowsmith:
Dear Alex,
The video for “Going Insane for the McCain Campaign” is the singular most obnoxious thing I’ve ever heard in my life. Furthermore, I was unable to distinguish whether your love for the Arizona Senator is true or that irony thing that’s so big [...]

[Exciting news for dance music and sci-fi fans! Portland DJ DMoe Funk has been kind enough to give LocalCut exclusive rights to his pod—excuse me, spaceast, the Discositdown. I'll let Funk explain the show for himself, but I will say that his resume includes a long stint doing a popular radio show of the same [...]

First off, thanks to everyone who came out the the ninth edition of LocalCut’s Portland Lounge Series last Sunday (June 24). As usual, it was a blast. And, as usual, we’re posting audio of the whole darn thing right here on LocalCut for your listening pleasure. In case you missed it, here’s a brief rundown [...]

To be perfectly honest, I had never listened to Supernaut until reading LC contributor Jay Horton’s Q&A with Supernaut singer/guitarist Scott Chapin last night. But, it only took one visit to the band’s MySpace to sell me on the Supernaut power-rock sound. Unfortunately, I’m a bit late, as the four-piece is calling it quits after [...]

When it comes to the arts—and especially music—Portland holds its own near and dear. We’re happy to claim folks like the Shins, Modest Mouse and the Decemberists, and for several years folk troubadour M. Ward held a place on our roster as well. But Ward reportedly purchased a home in New Hampshire last July and, [...]

[HOUSE] Ravi Kroesen’s online biography claims he was “raised by wild sheep in the foothills of the Himalayas.” And, oddly enough, there’s a bit of truth in the statement: The 33-year-old house DJ did spend some of his formative years in said foothills. The son of “hippie parents” who adopted the Sikh religion when he [...]