We sent Brian Lee down to Mississippi Studios and, as usual, he brought back a bushel of great shots from the April 26 Loch Lomond and Holcombe Waller show (have we ever been more likely to misspell both names on a two-band bill?), which we bring to you NOW! KAZAAA!!!
Holcombe Waller:
[…]

Our friend Todd Cooper from the Eugene Weekly went to the Hot Chip/Free Blood show on Wednesday, and he was nice enough to send up this grip of photos. Thanks, Todd! You can see Todd’s complete gallery here.
Hot Chip:
[…]

On Monday night at 10 pm, Portland’s Southern Belle rocked out at KPSU for an airing of Arya Imig’s program, Sound Judgement. Despite promising a Britney Spears cover (”Lucky”) and then not playing it, the local quartet ran through a solid set of Southern Belle standards and brand new songs, more than making up for […]

Clara Ridabock was kind enough to talk her way into the Roseland to photograph Rilo Kiley, Whispertown 2000 and Michael Runion for LocalCut on Saturday night (captured in that order in the following slideshow). With Clara’s permission, LocalCut Editor Casey Jarman has included an open letter to RK frontwoman Jenny Lewis below the photos.

Click on […]

[Editor’s Note: Nilina, unlike Clara, is not 16. But she still has a pretty big crush on Gerard Way of My Chemical Romance.] On the MAX ride from the Zoo to Things From Another World comic book store (where My Chemical Romance’s Gerard Way would be signing his own graphic offering, The Umbrella Academy), I […]

“Dude looks like a lady!” Oh Aerosmith, your lyrics were so spot-on when it came to the packed Starfucker show at Doug Fir last Saturday. There, on the stage, paraded out not one, not two, but three males dressed to the nines (and resembling ladies of the night ever so slightly) for an hour long […]

(Photos by Brian Lee) Before last Thursday, I’d only ever seen Austin electro-pop duo Ghostland Observatory in the light of day (at last year’s Sasquatch! fest). So, when the guy at the door said, “Don’t look into the lasers,” when I arrived at the Crystal for the band’s recent Portland show, I had no […]

While French band Fancy dropped off the bill, Justice and Diplo came to Portland in full force under the MySpace Music Tour banner at the Roseland. There were computers in the foyer of the venue for revelers to check their MySpace accounts on, and upstairs came hot track after hot track, all likely in line […]

Not that Sean Croghan ever officially retired, but the community seemed to at least assume the local legend (Crackerbash/Jr. High godhead and mainstay through Portland’s indie renaissance) had entered the twilight of a sparkling career and would confine himself to those projects expected from aging icons—compilation appearances; autumnal solo work; a memoir, perhaps. Fronting metal […]

Remember that awesome Helio Sequence/Shaky Hands/Pseudosix all-local show at the Crystal Ballroom? What, it was almost a month ago? In any case, we sent ace photog Justin Kent, and he took these awesome shots. The editor apologizes for the lateness.
Pseudosix:

The Shaky Hands:

Helio Sequence:

Links:
HelioSpace
Shaky HandSpace
PseudoSpace