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Portland Cello Project: Night of the Juggalos (Detroit, MI)

0 CommentsPosted on Friday, November 6th, 2009

“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 is accurate (and I’m hoping it’s not), the population [...]

DEVO: Totally Worth a Drive to Seattle!

0 CommentsPosted on Friday, November 6th, 2009

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?, A: We Are DEVO! will be played in its entirety. In 2009, this record still sounds exactly as God and Brian Eno intended. Eno’s production is clear [...]

R.I.P., Celilo’s Kipp Crawford (Updated)

3 CommentsPosted on Thursday, November 5th, 2009

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 a mean bone in his body and most of his friends will agree that he was one of the most gentle and diplomatic dudes around. He was very [...]

Live Review: Glass Candy in Rome (with Photos)

1 CommentPosted on Wednesday, November 4th, 2009

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 Stock reports live from a Glass Candy show in Rome. It’s so real!
Club Akab—Rome, Italy 11.03.09
I had forgotten how good it feels to smoke a cigarette in a club. [...]

New Pierced Arrows Record in 2010

0 CommentsPosted on Wednesday, November 4th, 2009

Fred and Toody Cole have been making music together for a long time. The legendary Oregon couple are the linchpin of Portland’s punk scene: since first appearing in the early ’80s, the pair has released a staggering 17 albums, mostly behind the name of their old band, Dead Moon. One of Portland’s most revered outfits, [...]

Swim Swam Swum, “Belly Aches,” Circumpolar Westerlies (Self-Released)

1 CommentPosted on Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009

Yeah, our Cut of the Day tab still isn’t working. That doesn’t mean we can’t post some new tracks we love.
Like most great pop songs, Swim Swam Swum’s “Belly Aches” is rooted in the past. From its opening crunchy guitars to the buzzing keyboard that’s barely audible in the background, almost everything about the song [...]

Live Review: Regina Spektor, Sunday, Nov. 1 @ Roseland Theater

0 CommentsPosted on Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009

Let’s cut right to the chase: Regina Spektor could sing aloud from the nutritional information on the box of your favorite breakfast cereal and I’d be enraptured. Her golden slide-whistle voice would have me giddy over the high amount of sugar grams per serving, crying gentle tears into my Honey Sugar O’s as she croons [...]

Beverly Hills’ Jump Clubb Covers Elliott Smith (Audio)

0 CommentsPosted on Monday, November 2nd, 2009

“Meet Jump Clubb. A band from Beverly Hills whose music combines dance, disco, and electronic styles with indie mentalities and vocals straight from the height of the lo-fi era. Think LCD Soundsystem meets Beat Happening. Or Hot Chip meets Eric’s Trip.”
—Press Release
I don’t find anything really offensive about this Elliott Smith cover: [...]

Tour Diary of a Roaming Intern: Jenny Booth at Swn Festival (Cardiff, UK)

0 CommentsPosted on Friday, October 30th, 2009

So why not send our former intern, Jenny Booth, to a festival in the UK, right? Heck, if it helps her with a press pass, we feel pretty damn good about it. -Ed.
Having studied my degree in Cardiff—and always longed for a music festival on my doorstep—it was downright mean of Swn Fest’s organizers to [...]

Attica! Attica! Bike Tour: The Circus Comes To Town/God Drives a Buick (New England)