http://localcut.wweek.com The Cure for Portland Music Fever Tue, 13 May 2008 13:31:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It being PDX Pop Now! day and all, we thought wed share a little gem from the future compilation for ya. While the album features songs from some of our citys more famous acts (Blitzen Trapper, Pink Martini, YACHT), I think one of the main reasons the festival (and the ... http://localcut.wweek.com/2008/05/12/bodhi-nadine-pdx-pop-now-2008-compilation/ Well, were a little late on this, but how can you not share news this awesome? The good folks at PDX Pop Now! just released a bevy of info this morning to the internet world"including the final tracklisting for the 2008 compilation and the initial lineup for this years festival, ... http://localcut.wweek.com/2008/05/12/mark-your-calendars-pdx-pop-now-releases-comp-festival-info/ 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 ... http://localcut.wweek.com/2008/05/09/hang-the-dj-dj-blackhawk/ After seven years touring the forgotten towns of the northwest, the Dry County Crooks found a proper label and enlisted the production talents of living legend Jeremy (Dharma Bums) Wilson for third album When Hearts Break. Not exactly a new direction, but their indiefied country-rock's certainly been enlivened - ... http://localcut.wweek.com/2008/05/09/dry-county-crooks-second-chance-on-love-wehn-hearts-break-mastanmusic/ Before we left Chico in the AM we went on hotels.com to search for a place to stay in Reno. We saw in one of the banners on the website that Credence Clearwater Revival was playing in Reno the same night as us. But un-intimidated we booked a room ... http://localcut.wweek.com/2008/05/09/weinland-i-wouldn%e2%80%99t-hold-out-for-the-credence-reno-nv/ Miss Massive Snowflake Queens 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 ... http://localcut.wweek.com/2008/05/09/miss-massive-snowflake-the-italian-presidential-election-italy/ Did you catch Fleshtone supporting Yo Majesty on Monday at Rotture? Well, whether you did or you didn't, take a listen to "Silver Flash," one of the group's newest tracks and transport yourself back in time and into that audience. However, if I could transport myself into the crowd of ... http://localcut.wweek.com/2008/05/08/fleshtone-silver-flash-2008-tour-demo-cd/ For a song that either swipes its title from a centuries old myth concerning a gold city or an Alaskan gold mine, I definitely expected some odes to gold in Mattress' video for "Eldorado." That expectation has held true, but director Grace Carter didn't go the obvious conceptual choice ... http://localcut.wweek.com/2008/05/08/video-mattress-eldorado/ Well, whadya know? Two of this year's Best New Bands"The Builders and the Butchers and Loch Lomond"like each other so darn much that they recorded a split 12-inch together last fall. Which makes it pretty easy for us to give you, dear LocalCut readers, a Best New Band Cut of ... http://localcut.wweek.com/2008/05/07/bnb-twofer-loch-lomond-the-trumpet-song-and-the-builders-and-the-butchers-when-it-rains-both-from-split-12-inch-bladen-county-records/ BALLOT BREAKDOWN: How Portlands Top 10 Best New Bands were chosen. Below is the Best New Band Poll Ballot letter for 2008. This letter was sent out to close to 400 local music experts. The only bands (who are not involved in music in some way besides playing it) that allowed to ... http://localcut.wweek.com/2008/05/07/best-new-band-ballots-08/