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Portland Cello Project: Night of the Juggalos (Detroit, MI) [November 6th 5:22pm] “HAPPY F&#*IN’ HALLOWEEN, JUGGALOOOOOOOOOOOOOOS!!!!!” This low, bellowing voice was the greeting of a big bald dude in the middle of a wrestling ring with “Hallowicked” painted on the side of it. The packed hive of demented clown people cheered back. If my 5 hour perspective on Detroit... LOCAL CUT \| 0 COMMENTS
DEVO: Totally Worth a Drive to Seattle! [November 6th 2:37pm] This Sunday and Monday, DEVO is performing two of its most beloved albums at Seattle’s intimate Moore Theater. The first night, 1978 album Q: Are We Not Men?,... NATHAN CARSON \| 0 COMMENTS R.I.P., Celilo's Kipp Crawford (Updated) [November 5th 12:16pm] UPDATED 2 PM: Celilo frontman Sloan Martin had this to add about his fallen bandmate: Kipp was, and wherever he is now, an extraordinary person. He didn't have... CASEY JARMAN \| 3 COMMENTS Live Review: Glass Candy in Rome (with Photos) [November 4th 5:30pm] Damn, localcut has gone international! First our ex-intern Jenny reported on the Swn Festival in Cardiff, Wales, and now our intrepid globe-trotting reporter Mark... MARK STOCK \| 1 COMMENT Recently by the Local Cutters - 11/4 New Pierced Arrows Record in 2... - 11/3 Swim Swam Swum, "Belly Aches,"... - 11/3 Live Review: Regina Spektor, S... - 11/2 Beverly Hills' Jump Clubb Cove... - 10/30 Tour Diary of a Roaming Intern... - 10/30 Attica! Attica! Bike Tour: The... Ghost Stories [November 4th 6:09am] World’s Greatest Ghosts aren’t the type of nerds you think they are. [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="135" caption="IMAGE: Jason Quigley"][/caption]... MICHAEL MANNHEIMER \| 3 COMMENTS Also this week... - 11/4 Boat Thursday, Nov. 5 - 11/4 CD Reviews: Loch Lomond, Broth... - 11/4 David Bazan Friday, Nov. 6 - 11/4 Top 5: Casey Jarman Listens To... These Are The Days: Here to Fall [October 28th 4:39pm] On this Autumnal edition of These Are The Days we have conversations with Devin Gallagher about his label High Scores and Records and other projects, and with Jesse... ARYA IMIG \| 3 COMMENTS Recently in LC Radio... - 9/16 These Are The Days with Arya I... - 8/31 These Are the Days: Every Week... - 7/23 These Are the Days: 2009 PDX P... CD Reviews: Junkface, Hornet Leg [September 2nd 6:03am] Junkface Bigalia(Self-Released) [HIDDEN GEMS] The last song on local power-pop quartet Junkface’s new full-length, Bigalila, is a tender, sweet, piano-’n’-acoustic... MICHAEL MANNHEIMER \| 0 COMMENTS Recently in Album Reviews... - 8/26 CD Reviews: Alan Singley &... - 8/19 CD Review: Blitzen Trapper - 8/12 CD Reviews: Commotion and SubA... - 8/5 CD Review: Nurses	Live Review: Glass Candy in Rome (with Photos) [November 4th 5:30pm] Damn, localcut has gone international! First our ex-intern Jenny reported on the Swn Festival in Cardiff, Wales, and now our intrepid globe-trotting reporter Mark... MARK STOCK \| 1 COMMENT Recently in Live Cuts- 11/3 Live Review: Regina Spektor, S... - 10/26 Live Review: MC Chris, Friday,... - 10/26 Live Review: Islands, Wednesda... Nick Jaina: Where A Royal Flush Can Never Beat A Pair (Bismarck, ND) [June 12th 2:53pm] The other night I was out with Nathan here in Portland and he bought me a few drinks. (By the way, I've given up on my campaign to legitimize the drink I call the... NICK JAINA \| 3 COMMENTS Recently in Nick Jaina Tour Diary- 6/4 Nick Jaina: Even Damnation Is ... - 5/6 Nick Jaina: You Shouldn't Wake... - 1/19 Nick Jaina: Snow is Still Fall... Floater: One Dumb-ass Has to Wreck it For the Rest of Us (San Francisco, CA) [October 20th 6:14pm] It was a beautiful night in downtown San Francisco and the crowd filled up the bar. The opening band, Flamingo Gunfight, played a great set and the place was jumping.... FLOATER \| 7 COMMENTS Recently in Floater Tour Diary- 10/14 Floater: Defying Every L.A. Au... - 10/6 Floater: Of Amp Disasters and ... - 5/19 Floater: There's Crazy and The... A Weather: Bros, Boners, and Returning Home (West Coast Tour) [October 2nd 3:21pm] Hi everyone. We've been back in Portland for a couple days now and I finally have the time and energy to write about the rest of the tour. The last time I wrote... A WEATHER \| 0 COMMENTS Recently in A Weather Tour Diary- 9/29 A Weather: Anonymous Angus Jal... - 9/25 A Weather: Tortilla Chips Shap... - 9/24 A Weather: Hip Haircuts, PJWA ... Cafeteria Dance Fever and Hey Lover Do Europe: It Tastes Like a Dutch Torture Device For the Taste Buds (Amsterdam) [October 3rd 2:15pm] Amsterdam 10/03/08 Greetings from the nether regions. Cafeteria Dance Fever just rocked the OCCII club. For our wooden shoe wearing fans, we played the Dutch national... CAFETERIA DANCE FEVER \| 0 COMMENTS Recently in Cafeteria Dance Fever Tour Diary- 9/25 Cafeteria Dance Fever and Hey ...


View Calendar for information about all tonight's events (all 80 of 'em). The Raveonettes, Crocodiles, The Upsidedown [LO-FI FUZZ] The Raveonettes have come a long way since their debut in 2002. Sure, the Danish duo still sounds like a soundtrack for the imagined 1950s Jesus and Mary Chain beach movie, but the 2009 release of In and Out of Control provides a softer and more melodic side.The songs are longer (almost four minutes!) and more developed, breaking out of their traditional fuzzy two-chord mold. Though they are more stripped-down than the almost-poppy Pretty in Black, the Raveonettes have never been so focused on bringing their engaging vocals to the forefront of the wall of sound. IAN RASMUSSEN. Doug Fir Lounge, 830 E Burnside St., 231-9663. Rollerball, Zugwrack, Datura Blues, Paint and Copter, Tres Gone, Plant Family, Pink Snowflakes [KRAUTROCK] The following was computer translated into German, then back in English. Although this event skipped one years to pay tribute, once more courage Portland tribute bands, some of the greatest rock music ever exploratory. In the early seventies, Germany had a monopoly on the driving beats and psychedelic rock minimalism. Can, Neu, Faust, Amon Duul II, and Tangerine Dream are names that you may have run before. For some of these groups are just as influential and important as the Stones, Who, or Zeppelin. Get your head together and tour with a crazy cast of the craziest bands Portland as they pummel you from Wolf city in a rocky evening. NATHAN CARSON. East End, 203 SE Grand Ave., 232-0056. Swollen Members, Common Market, Big B and Dirtball, Bliss n Eso, Serge Severe Swollen Members may be the hardest thing to come out of Canada since hockey, but that doesn’t mean the Vancouver-based rappers are thick. Most of Swollen Members’ guns are metaphorical in nature—even if Mad Child and Prevail dedicate an entire track to a porn star on new release Armed to the Teeth—and its acts of violence and bravado come wrapped in elegant rhyme schemes reminiscent of those from Cypress Hill and Seattle’s Grayskul. Armed to the Teeth is packed with minimalist beats that remind of early Wu-Tang and Camp Lo releases. But despite the audio hallmarks from groups of yesteryear, these Canucks sound right at home in 2009—and 2009 is scary as hell. CASEY JARMAN. Hawthorne Theatre, 3862 SE Hawthorne Blvd., 233-7100. Laura Gibson, Musee Mecanique, Rauelsson [AUTUMN SWEATER] The worst part about being a music fan in autumn is a thing I like to call "fall hibernation." As the rain starts to pick up and the sun sets before many of us get off work, it becomes harder to go out at night. Shows are great and all, but sometimes it's just too tempting to stay inside, drink tea and catch up on the past few weeks of Mad Men. Tonight is one occasion when you will totally regret remaining housebound, as Laura Gibson—singer of gorgeous folk laments and baker of a mighty fine pie—plays her last "solo" show of the year. Come January, Gibson will begin to focus on her collaboration with sound architect Ethan Rose, but she promises this show will focus on her oeuvre with the help of an able backing band (Sean Ogilvie and Micah Rabwin of Musee Mecanique), which will take the songs from 2009's lovely Beasts of Seasons and make them sound even better live. MICHAEL MANNHEIMER. Mississippi Studios, 3939 N Mississippi Ave., 288-3895. Rock the Socks: Alan Singley, Jacob Johnson, Noah Beck, Pedal Home and the Lost Highwaymen [GOOD CAUSE] Nothing makes for a good benefit show like a good dose of Alan Singley. The bespectacled and perpetually smiley Singley performs solo minus his Pants (Machine), and we've heard that he has enough new songs already built up to finish a new record—even though the sunny orchestrated pop of Feelin' Citrus dropped just over two months ago. It's also just starting to get cold, so this is the best time of year for a sock drive. All donations go straight to P:ear, a killer nonprofit that helps out homeless youth in Portland. MICHAEL MANNHEIMER. P:ear Gallery, 338 NW 6th Ave., 226-6677. Siren Nation Festival: Tender Forever, Y La Bamba, Sallie Ford & the Sound Outside, The I's Year after year, the Siren Nation festival has packed its music festival with the best and the brightest musical acts Portland has to offer. And while this year’s bill is scaled back a bit in star-power, it has suffered no loss in talent. Opening night features appearances from clever pop songsmith Grey Anne, funky folkie Emily Wells, ballsy Americana singer-songwriter Star Anna and one of Portland’s most underrated pop outfits, Lovers. Tomorrow’s lineup is just as strong, with dance-pop diva Melanie Valera’s Tender Forever joining forces with folk-pop force of nature Y La Bamba to headline a bill that also includes Portland throwback-pop breakout act Sallie Ford & the Sound Outside and garage rock act The I’s. Phew! There’s not one big dumb rock band or pretty/vapid songwriter on the whole bill, making our job easy and the Siren Nation fest pretty dang inspirational, especially for young female music fans. Someday Lounge, 125 NW 5th Ave., 248-1030. Dinosaur Jr., Lou Barlow & The Missingmen, Violent Soho [MODERN CLASSIC] In the mid-’80s and early ’90s, Dinosaur Jr. was riding high as one of the founding fathers of the alt-rock movement. With the 2007 release of Beyond, however, Dinosaur Jr. proved that even a 25-year-old band can have its best days ahead of it. Even though the long hair has gone gray and the baggy shirts had to be taken out a bit, frontman J Mascis’ melodic vocals and shredding guitar solos arguably stand up better today than when the group first disbanded in 1997. Touring now in support of 2009’s Farm (which is a spiritual successor of 1994’s Without a Sound, if not better), the band is back to its trio of original members and its apex is hopefully still far, far away. IAN RASMUSSEN. Wonder Ballroom, 128 NE Russell St., 284-8686.