Here's a meeting of two great forces here in the city that have created something both mutually beneficial and downright awesome. 

For the past few months, the Oregon Historical Society has been host to Oregon Rocks! an exhibit focused on the rich musical history of the state. As that exhibit draws to a close, the OHS has decided to go out with a bang. They've teamed up with local curators and music makers to create Let It Rain, a CD compilation of Oregon-based artists from the present covering songs by Oregon-based bands of the past. 

In anyone else's hands, this could have been just so-so, but the folks behind this collection went all out and grabbed the veritable cream of the crop - here's the partial tracklist released in an e-mail today: [Update 2/1: Full tracklist is here!]

1) Arrow of Light -- Quasi -- "You Turn Me On"

2) Kelli Schaefer -- Lollipop Shoppe -- "Mr. Madison Avenue"

3) Atole -- Smegma -- "Mutant Baby"

4) Nick Jaina -- Menomena -- "Rotten Hell"

5) Hot Victory -- Hitting Birth -- "hallelujah"

6) Red Fang -- Wipers -- "Over the Edge"

7) Nucular Aminals -- the Stand -- "Starving Artist"

8) Witch Mountain -- Calamity Jane -- "Outta Money"

9) Rabbits -- Poison Idea -- "Think Twice"

10) Rollerball -- Hazel -- "King Twist"

11) Portland Cello Project -- Elliott Smith -- "Taking a Fall"

12) Ancient Heat -- Pleasure --  "Ghettos of the Mind"

13) Raise the Bridges -- U-Krew -- "If U Were Mine"

14) The Angry Orts -- Quarterflash -- "Harden My Heart"

15) Kyle Morton -- Pond -- "Ugly"

16) Grouper -- Dead Moon -- "Demona"

17) Daniel Menche -- Wehrmacht -- "E"