DJ Blackhawk keeps us rocking in the free world (or at least in Portland) by way of Tube and the East End by spinning music that’s heavy on guitars. Blackhawk has been in the DJ game for over ten years and here he fills us in on the only CD to his name and a […]

Miss Massive Snowflake
Queen’s Headache European Tour
April 16, 2008
On train from Milano to Roma
Today is a bright and sunny day; one of the few that I have witnessed on this spring tour. I have seen lots of rain and lots of snow. The train is just pulling out of Milan and I am excited […]

LocalCut has done plenty of writing about Jumpoff TV’s World Rap Championships. But somehow we missed this, which Portland uber rap champ Illmaculate had the good humor to post on his MySpace page (takes a lot of good humor, really, because they paint Illmac as an extra-tiny baby on the edge of tears and The […]

Miss Massive Snowflake
Queen’s Headache European Tour
April 12, 2008
Malnate, Italy
I have just arose from bed and coffee is being made in the Bialetti Moka pot. It is wonderful to be back in Italy. I love this country, it’s people, it’s food, it’s wine, and it’s landscape. This is my fifth time to tour […]

This week, sassy DJ Moisti has submitted herself to a battery of DJ questions. By the looks of her answers, the lady that responds to Misti Icenbice by day is in your face…and admittedly so. The Matador’s Girl Saturday also has the distinction of fielding possibly the worst request yet. You’ll have to read below […]

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:
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Portland/Las Vegas MC Meezilini bills himself as the Voice of The Streets. Now, I’m not in a position to verify that claim. Sure, occasionally, when streets is talkin’, I hear them. But it’s usually because streets is talkin’ really loud. When they’re just talkin’ at a normal volume, I may or may not hear streets. […]

Miss Massive Snowflake
Queen’s Headache European Tour
April 9, 2008
on train to Graz, Austria

I wasn’t going to write anything today, but I have been riding on the train for around 8 hours and I have been alternately sleeping and reading 20,000 Leagues under the Sea by Jules Verne and need a new diversion.
I just transferred in Bischoffhofen […]

Yet another East Ender: Cityrocker. Let’s meet him, shall we?
How did you decide on your DJ name? What’s your real name?
Cityrocker was the name of a Japanese punk record label in the 80’s. I’m sure they took it from a Clash song however. Real name is Adam.
As the Rapture say, “People don’t dance no more, […]

We’re here, Wednesday, the day after Earth Day, at a round-table music discussion set up by The Recording Academy, because we all care. These are the people who, for better or worse, make the Grammys, that purest travesty of taste and spectacle that somehow still comes around every year and lets Amy Winehouse heartbreakingly, tear-streamed, […]