How’s this for a New Years gift: An open letter from WW’s new Arts & Culture intern Samantha Herman to Buckethead, the mysterious guitar God/total weirdo who played at the Crystal Ballroom last night with the Portland Cello Project.

Dear Mr. Buckethead,
After seeing your show last night at the Crystal Ballroom, I want you to know [...]

Most faithful readers of LocalCut know the name Alicia J. Rose. For nearly the past five years, Rose has been booking shows at the Doug Fir and snapping photos of many of our favorite local bands, including Loch Lomond and Matt Sheehy. Two weeks ago, she announced plans to leave the Doug Fir to become [...]

Some of us walk the borderline between believing in something and believing in nothing. Whether it is our country or a divine creator, we are certain that we feel something stirring inside us, but if it is a true feeling we are afraid to let it out, because we see other people with a [...]

On a staircase at a house show a couple Saturdays ago, my friend and I hustled down the second we heard the repetitive synths of Calvin Harris coming from the front room. It’d been a long time since either of us had heard the Scotman’s brand of trippy electro anywhere other than our own iTunes, [...]

The hallmarks of Fleetwood Mac’s 1988 hit “Everywhere” remain in tact in this mashup/re-edit—such as Christine McVie’s coos of dedication and the shimmering piano keys—but now come paired with a little Neptunes production by way of DJ Invisiboy. The subject of this week’s Hang the DJ graphs on the beats from Gwen Stefani’s “Hollaback [...]

Welcome back from the holidays, folks. While many of you are still on break/vacation/snow withdrawal, we’re in the office and trying settle into the flow of things. Last week, I wrote about the newly-renovated and sure to be awesome Mississippi Studios—a full two months or so before it opens, FYI—in wake of Alicia J. Rose’s [...]

Mississippi Studios branches out.
Pipes, four-by-fours and tools dot the floor. The familiar red paint is gone, replaced by naked beams and high ceilings. The old listening room is now the lobby. Though renovation won’t be complete for another three months, one thing is clear: The new Mississippi Studios is big—or, at least, bigger.
Last May, Jim [...]

Cuddling with Portland indie pop while the snow piles up.
[COLD PLAYERS] Storm of the century? Arctic Apocalypse? Ice Capades of Doom? The members of Tango Alpha Tango and Doubledutch laugh in the face of such hyperbole. As the bitch-goddess known as Mother Nature smothered Portland in 8-plus inches of frost and less ballsy groups pulled [...]

After hearing all sorts of good things from the right people (the Joggers Ben Whitesides’ couldn’t stop talking about them), I finally caught Inside Voices last Thursday opening for Cajun Gems at Doug Fir. And was totally blown away. My friend Andrew said it best: “I can’t believe I’ve never seen these guys before.” I [...]