News For the April edition of Portland Lounge Series, we turned command over to WW contributor and LocalCutter Jay Horton. Not saying that was a mistake (as the lineup attests), but the fact that PLS landed on the same night as Horton's birthday had a somewhat muddying effect on his interview skills. I'd better leave the ...   More

News Portland roots/folk/country/pop outfit Richmond Fontaine's Willy Vlautin popped up on the New York Times book blog ("Paper Cuts," which is probably a registered trademark, much to our dismay) today. The frontman/author was tapped for the Times' weekly feature, Living With Music, in which he ...   More

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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, lovely, thank her mother for everything. ...   More

News Folks, it's that time again. Yes, the last Sunday of the month. Which means, as you loyal LocalCut readers know, our free monthly Portland Lounge Series show at Towne Lounge.

What makes this month's so special? Besides the great artists—Power of County, Amelia, and Lael ...   More

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Dunno if there's really going to be a clash, per se, but that would be fun. Tomorrow night (Wednesday, April 23) at Nemo Design—that's where Pampelmoose.com's Dave Allen keeps his offices, if you thought the name sounded familiar—you'll find a music industry and n...   More

News A nice surprise via the Hush Records blog today (so many blogs!), which had a link to Portland songstress (and friend of the site) Laura Gibson playing "Hands in Pockets" in New York City. What's so special about that, you ask? Well, Laura plays in t...   More

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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 ...   More

News Photographer extraordinaire Jason Quigley headed on down to the Record Store Day madness at Jackpot! Records on Saturday, and he sent over a few photos. If you'll remember, Jackpot! is where Menomena's Brent Knopf and Justin Har...   More