In the Mux: Dave Depper [July 3rd 6:45pm] This is the first installment in what hopefully will become a regular thing here at LocalCut. In the absence of much, err, music on this site, I thought it would be pretty rad if we asked local musicians and tastemakers to make us a mix—and thanks to the power of the internet (and my former high school...
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Fast Computers: His Wails of Ecstasy Turned Into Screams of Terror (Bakersfield to San Diego, CA) [July 3rd 5:30pm] Day 3The thing about Bakersfield is that it sucks. Not the people, not the Silverfox, not Gary & Courtnie (re day2 blog), just Bakersfield. It’s hot, it’s ugly,...Hang the DJ: DJ Nate C [July 3rd 3:47pm] This week's Hang the DJ gets metal, what with tour booker (and freelance WW music scribe) Nathan Carson stepping in the booth to shed light on his life as DJ Nate...NILINA MASON-CAMPBELL | 0 COMMENTS Shoeshine Blue: I Saw My Reflection in an Ice Cream Cone (MO). [July 3rd 2:43pm] Your early Independence Day present is a quick one-shot tour diary from our friend Michael Apinyakul of Shoeshine Blue (Fun fact: Blue is one of three colors featured...Recently by the Local Cutters- 7/2 Getting to Know Concert Poster...- 7/2 The Traveling Willburys of the... - 7/2 Podington Bear = Chad Crouch - 7/2 MusicfestNW Announces Nuts Par... - 7/1 LC PODCASTS: Portland Lounge S... - 7/1 Boston Phoenix Picks Oregon's ...   Shape Shifter: The indecision—and resulting pop genius—of Dykeritz’s Jordan Blum. [July 2nd 6:05am] In Jean Eustache’s 1973 film La Maman et la Putain (The Mother and the Whore) the central protagonist, Alexandre, is stuck between a rock and, well, a hot nurse....MICHAEL MANNHEIMER | 1 COMMENT Also this week... LC PODCASTS: Portland Lounge Series XX with Carcrashlander, Shelley Short and Adam Shearer [July 1st 9:40pm] Right before this past Sunday's 20th Portland Lounge Series, I had a strange realization: Adam Shearer, frontman for local folk-rock outfit Weinland, played the...Recently in LC Radio...  TEA FOR JULIE, The Sense In Tying Knots (Self-Released) [June 25th 6:00am] [WINSOME POP] Even the most casual listener could tell there were some pretty solid pop songs resting under all the hopped-up energy and New Wave influences on Tea...ROBERT HAM | 1 COMMENT Recently in Album Reviews... |
Little Beirut, "Belle du Jour," High Dive [July 3rd 2:29pm] It would appear that any band or artist worth their weight in plastic has a summer song. From Will Smith's "Summer Time" to Bananarama's "Cruel Summer"—and locally,...NILINA MASON-CAMPBELL | 0 COMMENTS Recently in Cut of the Day- 7/2 Super XX Man, "Medication" and... - 7/1 Federale, "Road to Battle," Mu... - 6/30 Explode Into Colors, "Sharpen ...  Photo Review: Snoop Dogg at the Roseland, June 20, 2008 [June 30th 1:52pm] This one's a little late going up (we're working on it), but holy cow did LocalCut regular Clara Ridabock get some rad shots from the Snoop Dogg show. Check out...Recently in Live Cuts- 6/26 White Fang at The Clatter Hous... - 6/18 Spoon at Edgefield (Pet-Aid), ... - 6/12 Oh God, Even More Panic at the...  Nick Jaina: Take This Child, Lord (Tucson, AZ) [June 18th 3:03pm] Yes! A new post-tour diary entry from Nick Jaina! I recently had a dream where I was asked to play second base for the New York Yankees. Just me, in my street...NICK JAINA | 2 COMMENTS Recently in Nick Jaina Tour Diary- 4/28 Nick Jaina: He Strummed His Wa... - 4/23 Nick Jaina: Repair Is The Drea... - 4/21 Nick Jaina: All My Favorite Si...  Weinland: A Sexy British Machine Will Guide Us (LOST EPISODE: Chico, CA) [May 14th 1:00pm] 3rd stop Chico, Ca. [Totally lost this one in the mix, my bad. -Ed.] WEINLAND has already learned a valuable lesson: vegans are not to be trusted. At least not...Recently in Weinland Tour Diary- 5/9 Weinland: I Wouldn’t Hold Ou... - 5/5 Weinland: Tonight We Rock Chic...  Drew Grow: I Don't Give a Shit About the LA Hype (CALIFORNIA!) [April 28th 4:07pm] We left Portland last Wednesday night for the west coast leg of or national tour. Drew Grow and half of the Pastors Wives—Seth has to sit this one out. The shows... Miss Massive Snowflake: Exporting Joy and Laughter (Italy) [May 27th 1:35am] Miss Massive Snowflake Queen’s Headache European Tour April 19, 2008 Malnate, Italy I am sitting at Alan and Eleanora’s kitchen table with my laptop in front...
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View Calendar for information about all tonight's events (all 58 of 'em).  The Legendary Shack Shakers, Cicada Omega, Seven SignsHouse Party: Joee Irwin, Bryan Zentz, 31 Avas [DJ SEIZURES] If only the Vancouver fireworks display lasted four hours and was this seizure-inducing. A local electronic trio hits the decks tonight to make Holocene's windows vibrate with heavy, repetitive beats and thumped-up, even heavier bass. Tonight’s tribal techno tunes will come with a side of diva, pulsing lights and bodies, empty shot glasses, screenprint tees and shaking what your mammy gave you. SARA MOSKOVITZ. Holocene, 1001 SE Morrison St., 239-7639.Liberty Bang!: Them Jeans, Pase Rock, DJ Beyonda, Nathan DetroitA&E Front Porch Stage: Bill Rhoades' Harmonica Blow-off 2008, Lynwood Slim, Randy Chortkoff, Johnny Dyer, Mark Dufresne, Hawkeye Herman, Bill Rhoades & The Party Kings, Johnnie Ward, Terry Robb Band, Franco Paletta & the Stingers, Trampled Under Foot, Ty Curtis Band, Don Haupt, Franco Paletta & The Stingers, Mojo Madness, International Blues Challenge Winners/Finalists (starts at noon) [BLUES] Ack! Too much blues! We’ve got Portland’s own expert picker Terry Robb at the A&E Front Porch stage (5:15 pm), local bar-blues outfit the Strange Tones at the Credit Union stage (8:30 pm) and a handful of Oregon Jazz greats both old and new—from the sultry Linda Hornbuckle (on National Anthem duty, 10 pm) to community pillar Mel Brown and young NOLA transplant Devin Phillips (9:15 pm)—over at the Miller stage. And of course, what West Coast blues festival would be complete without an appearance from legendary (like, since the ‘60s) blues-rockers Canned Heat (5:30 pm, Miller Stage)? CASEY JARMAN. Waterfront Blues Festival, Tom McCall Waterfront Park (Southwest Oak Street & Naito Parkway)., 973-FEST.Credit Union Blues Stage: The Strange Tones, Boyd Small & the Souldiers, The Legendary Shack Shakers, The Insomniacs, Robbie Laws Bigger Blues Band, Trampled Under Foot (starts at noon) [AMERICANA GOTHIC] See today's Dante's and A&E Front Porch Stage listings. Waterfront Blues Festival, Tom McCall Waterfront Park (Southwest Oak Street & Naito Parkway)., 973-FEST.Miller Stage: Linda Hornbuckle, Oregon Jazz Orchestra feat. Devin Phillips & Mel Brown, Mannish Boys w/ Kid Ramos, Kirk Fletcher, Finis Tasby, Canned Heat, Phillip Walker, Sherman Robertson and Andrew "Jr. Boy" Jones, Ellen Whyte Big Band, David Samuels Project (starts at 12:45 pm) [BLUES] See A&E Front Porch Stage listing. Waterfront Blues Festival, Tom McCall Waterfront Park (Southwest Oak Street & Naito Parkway)., 973-FEST.Rock 'n' Roll Juicebox: Jonny X and the Groadies, Fist Fite, Experimental Dental School, Sei Hexe |
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