News A very cool, very Portland video for Kill Rock Stars signees (and Best New Band finalists from 2007) New Bloods popped up on YouTube the other day. The video, directed by Donovan Vim Crony, features the band's good friends, Mag...   More

News One of our favorite lil' record labels in town, Tender Loving Empire, announced earlier this week that it has added one of our favorite lil' Portland folk-pop acts, Super XX Man, to its roster. TLE sent out a press release regarding Super XX Man's Volume XII: There'll Be Diamon...   More

News Man, just when I was starting to think I had my finger on the pulse of the Portland music scene, this comes out of left field to hit me right in my stupid dumb face. The Lives of Famous Men, a Portland new-emo band largely ignored by the local press (our publication and site incl...   More

News Question: How much would you pay to see Stephen Malkmus sing "Trigger Cut?" And how much would you pay when you know your hard earned cash goes to a good cause? And with James Mercer singing sans the Shins? The price tag ($50) is a little steep, but this Friday, April 11 Malkm...   More

News A titan of local music, Jeremy Wilson should need on LocalCut's pages (but, y'know, it's a blog; this is what we do). Twenty years ago, as singer/guitarist of The Dharma Bums, he released a string of seminal records, and the Bums became Portland's great college-rock hope, only to watch punk...   More

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News The venerable community-supported progressive radio station, KBOO, has always seemed somewhat mysterious. Who exactly is this community of which they speak? I've never known anyone to listen to KBOO unless they themselves or immediate family were going to be on the air, but somehow the station still...   More

News If it proves anything, Radiohead's remix contest (for the excellent song "Nude," off Radiohead's latest, In Rainbows) is just another example of hotshit music blogs and the unfortunate human tendency towards groupthink teaming up to crush free wil...   More

News Guess who Kate Moross is collaborating with? Don't read the headline, just go on and guess! This London based it-girl of illustration and graphic design has already partnered with infamous UK retailer TopShop, collaborated with her family members who run Moo.com (everyone's favorite business card ...   More

News One of my all-time favorite entries into the annals of PLS—featuring Meyercord, Per Se and Laura Gibson—our 17th episode went off with only one minor hitch last Sunday. Our usual recording technician from Portland Radio Authority missed the boat, due to some sloppy communication (whaaa? noooo!) on my part....   More