Editor’s Note: This is the second installment of a new weekly column by Nick Jaina. A longtime LC tour diarist and a talented local songwriter who should surely—by Portland standards—be referred to as a “veteran” of the city’s music scene, Nick has been given free rein to cover whomever and whatever he wants in this [...]

Editor’s Note: This is the first installment of a new weekly column by Nick Jaina. A longtime LC tour diarist and a talented local songwriter who should surely—by Portland standards—be referred to as a “veteran” of the city’s music scene, Nick has been given free reign to cover whomever and whatever he wants in this [...]

Sometimes you read something on the Internet and think it’s obviously a hoax. But when it comes to Smashing Pumpkins dictator/whiny aging rock star Billy Corgan, there’s really nothing at this point that I wouldn’t believe. So, as you’ve probably heard at some point today, it appears that Corgan’s worldwide search for a new drummer [...]

Publications from The Oregonian to The New Yorker have been writing articles lately about how to get one’s classical music fix on a tight budget. I’ve read many of these with interest because, well, as a freelance writer with a part-time day job, I need all the financial assistance I can get to keep this [...]

Yeah, I know. This is a day late. One week after I vowed to post my favorite local music clip of the day every Tuesday because, well, I can. But, I do have a pretty good excuse: I left Oregon for the first time in over a year (that’s commitment to my job, folks) to [...]