Music [Quick, irrelevant side-note: The editors of this site will be slowed by torn ACLs and out-of-town trips on the week of Monday, Aug. 9 (which also partially explains the slow week last week). Thanks for your patience.]

The last time I saw Kyle Field's Lit...   More

Music It wasn't hard to convince Rocky Tinder of Wampire to join me on a road trip to Enchanted Forest—the hobbled together, fascinating and beautiful amusement park just north of Salem. Not only is Wampire playing there August 6th as part of a brand new music festival ...   More

Music With DIY ethos, minimal equipment, and, yes, a lot of time, Portland's Billygoat creates the most magnificent worlds. Full of glorious imperfection, the group's stop motion films shine like a beacon of warm light in a world of cold plastic. Using only a cheap point-and-...   More

Music If it was up to me, The Spinto Band would be world's most popular boy band ever. With its catchy hooks, basement genius aesthetic and scrappy get-up, this adorable septet from Deleware is indie pop at its finest. Live, they are addictive and enthusiastic, catapulting fr...   More

Music Captivating and hypnotic, Seattle’s Tiny Vipers (a.k.a. Jesy Fortino) is a stolen walk through a haunted forest. The sun-bleached record found in your grandparents’ attic that, once revived, sings to daydreams and heartache long forgotten. Tiny Vipers is the memory of a memory. In concert, Fortino casts a spell with her voice that completely silences a room. Don’t miss it....   More

Music Stories Captivating and hypnotic, Seattle’s Tiny Vipers (a.k.a. Jesy Fortino) is a stolen walk through a haunted forest. The sun-bleached record found in your grandparents’ attic that, once revive ...   More

Music Captivating and hypnotic, Seattle's Tiny Vipers (aka Jesy Fortino) is a stolen walk through a haunted forest. That sun-bleached record found in your grandparent's attic that, once revived, sings to daydreams and heartache long forgotten. Tiny Vipers is the memory of a m...   More

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"BIG STORY: Neil Hamburger, is a Great comedian, who would Light up any room, that he walked into, with his Jokes, of Hate.”
— Boni Jergen, Volunteer Web Master of Neil Hamburger's Unofficial Site

For people who haven't seen the...   More

Music Chain & The Gang is great. Oratory punk rock with politics on sleeve, tongue in cheek and a beat you can dance to. And did I mention Shangra-La style vocal interjections? Yeah. That's right. What else do you need? Really?

I got a chance to talk with f...   More

Music We are very stoked to present Irrelevant Interviews, Kat Gardiner's new weekly column for LocalCut. The title pretty much tells you what you need to know! -Ed.

The Moondoggies are one part harmony, one part crescendo, one part cedar. Hailing from Seattle...   More