So the big day is coming up for us and our trek to uncharted territories: Cedar Hills, OR.
Apparently it’s in or near Beaverton, at a location I’m not too familiar with called Best Buy. Its a big box store of some kind and its what will either make or break our band… The stuff [...]

What the fuck is this shit? Some lost radio hit from the ’60s that fell through the cracks before Nuggets could snatch it up? No, no, it’s brand new, a recent recording by Vancouver, Washington’s the Shivas. On their 2008 debut Where Have You Gone To?, the Shivas played a brand of garage rock that [...]

Even though K Records is based in Olympia, it might as well call Portland its second home. Today the venerable label founded by Calvin Johnson (Beat Happening, the Halo Benders, Dub Narcotic Sound System, etc.) announced the signing of Tara Jane ONeil, the talented singer, painter and art chameleon. ONeil joins fellow Portlanders Adrian Orange [...]

Amid the many holes of mini golf making up Holocene’s fourth annual Minigolf Art Invitational, French expat Tender Forever got into her groove via laptop and ukulele Tuesday night. Beginning inside of a rectangular area cornered off with the help of the elastic bands that airport security uses, Melanie Valera made the most [...]

I know we’ve been going a bit overboard with our Thermals posts as of late, but this one is just to WTF to not mention. For the second straight year, Rachel Ray—celebrity food chef and Dunkin Donuts pitchwomen—is hosting a showcase in Austin for South By Southwest. The bill is chock full of indie rock [...]

Tuesday night at the Doug Fir, young Sycracuse buzz band Ra Ra Riot were positively radiant. With an adhesiveness and enthusiasm on stage not witnessed since the Partridge Family, Riot won the crowd over through and through.
Frontman Wes Miles bears a vocal resemblance to Zach Condon of Beirut; his voice is thick, quivering, and [...]

After opening with retro guitar chords that recall Ricky Nelson’s “Travelin’ Man,” the sweet boy-meets-girl story of Gavin Castleton’s “Coffeelocks” quickly begins to unfold in its coffee shop setting. First up to the pitch is Castleston’s voice, serving as first-person narrator of in this minimum wage, lovey-dovey storyline. Soon his voice meets Lauren Coleman—who serves [...]

I’m the first person to admit that I have a certain affinity for real pop music. Guilty pleasures are for squares. So I have no problem posting this bit of news that would normally exist far outside the LocalCut sphere. This morning we got a tip from local celebrity blogger Jocelyn Kujala—who runs the gossip [...]

Hello little chickpeas. How are y’all? Wanna know what’s going on in the Portland music world? Oh, good, because we have some updates for you.
1. The Thermals are doing a deal over at InSound where you can order their new album and a nifty new Thermals t-shirt for about $22. The only weird thing is [...]