Music [ONE-MAN DANCE] Ask Ian Anderson about the lo-fi dance punk he makes as Guidance Counselor and he'll let a serendipitous tale slip: “I didn't listen to electronic music until I bought a sequencer on accident.” He haggled a pawn shop broker down $50, only to realize he'd confused a sequencer with the synth...   More

Music Stories [ONE-MAN DANCE] Ask Ian Anderson about the lo-fi dance punk he makes as Guidance Counselor and he’ll let a serendipitous tale slip: “I didn’t listen to electronic music until I bough ...   More

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LocalCutter Nilina Mason-Campbell headed on down to see Born Ruffians and Cadence Weapon at Holocene last Friday, and took some hot shots (part deux!) whilst attending. She then brought them on home to us, and here, dear readers, they be. -Ed.


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Music Hmmm... You know that book and movie starring Ethan Hawke (before his split with then-wife Uma Thurman), Snow Falling on Cedars? Yeah, when I listen to this song by Museum I tend to visualize the image that title implies. It even reminds me of    More

Music No one does late like Nilina Mason-Campbell, so I had to wait for Jay Horton to post his SXSW homage, and then give it even a few more days still, before my tome of photos of PDX artists at SXSW ...   More

Music There are many unknowns in life. Perhaps most perplexing? How many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop? What is Mr. Mumu's real name? This week, Mr. Mumu, the DJ who scratches it up at Saucebox and Xotica Go-Go at Dante's while sharing a name with Homer Simpson's favorite style...   More

Music Rhys Balmer takes pretty photos. They grace Panther's and Chromatics' respective MySpace profiles among many others, appear as a part of the weekly Cute Alert column at the Portland Mercury's online home, and this fine month, a portrait of Valet received a full-page treatment in XLR8R.

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Maybe it was a good thing Crystal Castles had to cancel their regular set at Backspace on Friday. With Health taking over as the headliner, Fist Fite was still brought in as support. The threesome tore up the stage for the rabid all-ages crowd, despite persistent technical diffi...   More

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Portland's Dragging an Ox Through Water conquered the crowds at the Someday Lounge in support of Xiu Xiu this past Friday. LocalCutter Nilina Mason-Campbell snapped, snapped, snapped away.



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Music Marion Cotillard wore a gown designed by Jean Paul Gaultier to this year's Oscars to walk the infamous red carpet and collect her golden statuette for Best Actress. While she previously enchanted viewers in Big Fish and A Very Long Engagement, plus a film about wine co-starring Russell Crow ...   More