A week or so back, Portland, I went to the Doug Fir to check out local band the Builders and the Butchers open for New York indie-rockers the Walkmen. I have to admit, I’d never the seen the Builders before that night, but I’d heard rumors about the band’s live shows. Apparently, Portland, the folky, [...]

You know when you learn a word or a phrase, and suddenly it’s everywhere? This happened to me when I first heard about you, Dan deVriend. I was writing a story about Portland wunderkind Adrian Orange a few months back, around the time his latest album Adrian Orange and Her Band was released. I [...]

On Saturday, Portland, I was reminded of how much I dislike this time of year. That day, I received a Facebook invitation from fellow music journalist Cary Clarke to see his prog rock band, At Dusk, play a show. The message looked like this:
Event: Rererato Halloween Party
“At Dusk + Please Step Out of the [...]

Portland, I must admit that I am not one of your best dancers. I don’t mean the formal, well-trained dancers at the Oregon Ballet Theatre or the more experimental, modern dancers at Conduit and Bodyvox. I don’t even mean the bump-and-grinders at Barracuda or American Cowgirls (I’ve been known to “drop it like it’s [...]

This is the first installment of brand new LocalCutter Paige Richmond’s open-letter column Dear You, which will run every Monday on LocalCut.
Wikipedia, you know nothing about Portland’s music scene. I mean, I understand you are not the expert source on pop culture that I like to believe you are, since pretty much anyone [...]