Music I am pretty sure LocalCut is the only Portland music blog that can claim to have a photo correspondent in Europe. Thanks to Nilina for taking these shots. About them, she says: 
How has YACHT spent its summer vacation? After releasing a new album in June, the the band is now nearing the end of a packed-out, month-long European tour. Last night, the ever-multiplying group touched dow...   More

Music On Saturday, in between sets a the Bastille Day festival at Pix, I motored down to Swan Island to catch a little generator-powered action on the industrial beach off Interstate and North Going. Orca Team—whose '50s and '60s-inspired melodies perfectly matched with the the beach settingR...   More

Music Playing under the assumed name Pie Ghosts, Gossip's set at Mississippi Studios last night wasn't quite so secret, as evidenced by the legions of people who turned out for the sold-out show. The quartet—including Hornet Leg's Chris Sutton on bass—turned out a super intimate performanc...   More

Music Superfresh, the winter companion to this past summer's Superfest, opened to a sparse crowd on the early side of Saturday evening, but quickly kicked into gear with a homecoming set by Wampire. Having just returned to the Rose City after a brief West Coast tour with ASSS, it was up to the trio t...   More

Music On Saturday, Dec. 5, WW freelancers Nilina Mason-Campbell and Whitney Hawke took their Twilight-fandom to a new level, venturing out to the Tonic Lounge to see some dude who co-wrote a song for the original soundtrack. Normally we wouldn't post a live review so late, but this is just too weird t...   More

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Today's Cut of the Day comes in form of a story dreamed up during a Deelay Ceelay live experience. The scene: My friend Aaron and I enter the main room of Holocene. It's packed. We can't make out much of what's happening on stage. Not only because we're relegated to the b...   More

Music After a very long hiatus, Hang the DJ is back! To usher in the return of the weekly column, Jay Martin aka DJ HWY 7 has submitted himself to the usual battery of questions. A designer by day, Martin got his start DJing vinyl at Dunes and has continued to spin ever since at many a venue around tow...   More

Music Stories [TECHNO] This Thursday marks the first Portland set from DJ-producer Joee Irwin since his move from the Rose City to New York City last September. Known nationally for his blog posts on iheartcomix.co ...   More

Music Though host and performer Darren Bridenbeck proclaimed the event would be starting at six o'clock sharp, things didn't begin kicking off until closer to half past the house. The Thursday night house show was both billed as a folked up and a farewell party to residential venue Castle Greyskull. ...   More

Music Ahhhh, Thursday. The day before the weekend officially begins and in the case of last Thursday, the kickoff point for Northwest Film Center's summer 2009 Top Down series featuring standup quartet Sallie Ford and the Sound Outside. Just before dusk began to settle on the horizon, the quartetR...   More