Music For all the hard work of the promoters, artists, and clubs here in town, Portland is still not looked upon as the dance/electronic music mecca that it truly is.Don't believe me? How about you listen to this amazing mix put together by Atole of all local synthpop artists. Everyone from Miracles Club to Strategy to Jeffrey Jerusalem to Grapefruit is represented, and it is a 45-minute long ...   More

Music You just got into the office. Take a few minutes for yourself and watch some videos. By golly, I think you've earned it. You worked so hard this week! Don't let The Man keep you down. As you know, OMSI has been making connections with the local indie rock scene here and there, bringing in folks to play live on the grounds of the museum as part of their    More

Movie Reviews & Stories Were it not for the footage of news reports edited into the film, as well as the raft of information out there on the disappearance of 13-year-old Texan Nicholas Barclay back in 1994, you might    More

Music Stories [RIVER ROCK] Ray Raposa looks relaxed. Sitting on the back patio at Vendetta on North Williams Avenue, he has the appropriately glazed sheen of someone who spent the day soaking in the sun and f   More

Music We here at Local Cut fully cop to the fact that we had the inside track on this announcement. The organizer of the annual celebration of the dark musical arts that is Fall Into Darkness is one Nathan Carson, a regular freelancer for our music section. But let's be clear here: we would be salivating all over this news if we knew Nathan or not. Because of his connections in the worldwide metal ...   More

Movies & Television Whitney Houston's cinematic swan song did not screen by WW's press deadlines. It turns out to be a mere footnote to a life mired in tragedy.
Critics Grade: C
Sparkle could have been the beginning of Whitney Houston's climb back into relevancy and a potential second act t...   More

Movie Reviews & Stories Gaining an appreciable level of success outside of one’s home country is not an unusual feat. Just ask Alela Diane, a local singer-songwriter who can fill huge theaters in France while still f   More

Music If we're being perfectly honest with ourselves, you have to admit that you've seen some pretty rough sounding shows at the Crystal Ballroom. Mine was the New Pornographers after the release of Twin Cinema, a show that left the otherwise pristine pop group sounding muddy and fetid. But, just as often, they've dialed things in correctly, making big bands sound even bigger. Well, brace yo...   More

Music  Festivals centered around faith-based or spiritual concerns tend to be rather dry affairs, with the an ever-revolving lineup of the same CCM acts taking to the stage to preach the good word atop overheated power rock anthems (or, God forbid, hip-hop beats). The Wild Goose Festival was started last year as a reaction to big to-dos...   More

Music  It's the middle of the week, which means that your full on workaday malaise has to be kicking in hard at this point. So, let's see what we can do to snap you right out of that, hmmm? Consider this: you don't have it as bad as the folks in this weird and wonderful little video from Wax Fingers (directed by local photog Inger Klekacz). Just see it through to the end and you'll see ...   More