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Peter Broderick’s a Busy Fellow
1 CommentPosted on Tuesday, November 24th, 2009
How does Peter Broderick do it? Most artists would be content releasing an album every year. Or touring the country with one band. Or making an eye-popping video. But Broderick just seems like the type of guy who constantly needs to work, and his output just this past 12 months is staggering: a cassette-only record [...]
Quasi’s New Record Has a Silly Title
4 CommentsPosted on Tuesday, November 24th, 2009
When it comes time to name its records, you know local indie rock trio Quasi must be smiling. Hot Shit!? When the Going Gets Dark? And my favorite, Featuring “Birds”? All kind of funny and punny. But nothing the band has done in its past comes close to conquering the name of its new record [...]
Laura Gibson/Ethan Rose Collaboration Due in February
1 CommentPosted on Friday, November 20th, 2009
I’ve probably said this here before, but no album has more excited for 2010 than Laura Gibson’s collaboration with sound sculptor Ethan Rose. Though we still don’t have too much concrete information on the release, we do know this: the record is called Bridge Carols, and it’s out on February 9 via Holocene Music.
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May Ling, Lion Tamer
5 CommentsPosted on Tuesday, November 17th, 2009
UPDATE: No video for you! See comments section. You know what feature I’ve missed most on LocalCut the last, oh, six weeks since things haven’t been working properly? Random Video Tuesday. In honor of my favorite neglected weekly online column—and the fact that most of the LC kinks have been fixed—I’d like to share a [...]
Tender Forever Cover “My Love” For Shoot the Player
0 CommentsPosted on Tuesday, November 17th, 2009
Remember a few months ago when we mentioned that an Australian version of the Take Away Show was in town for two days? Back in July, I was lucky enough to randomly end up at Cartopia just as whimsical-pop trio Nurses were filming their take in front of Potato Champion. I later met producer Amelia [...]
The Robinsons Want You to Feel the Holiday Spirit
0 CommentsPosted on Tuesday, November 17th, 2009
The holidays are just around the corner. No, really, I’m not messing with you. It’s Thanksgiving in just nine days! (please don’t try to email me on Black Friday, I’ll be passed out in a pile of gravy). So that also means it’s time to bust out all your favorite Xmas and Hanukkah sweaters and [...]
Blind Pilot Plays on CNN
0 CommentsPosted on Monday, November 16th, 2009
The signs that local indie-folk outfit Blind Pilot have officially made it are everywhere. The band has opened for the Decemberists and Counting Crows. It has toured stadiums. It finished tied for second place in our 2009 Best New Band poll. And single “Story I Heard” has been downloaded over 2 million times on iTunes—yeah, [...]
New Ghost To Falco Vinyl Out This Month (With Guest Appearances Galore! MP3s here!)
2 CommentsPosted on Wednesday, November 11th, 2009
Whoah, this was unexpected. We knew Portland experimental rock/folk/etc. trio Ghost to Falco had been touring a lot, but we didn’t know there was a record coming out so soon. The band, currently in Europe, will release third full-length Exotic Believers as a vinyl-only (I’ve been informed that there will also be a CD [...]
The Flaming Lips Make the Most NSFW Video of All Time
13 CommentsPosted on Wednesday, November 11th, 2009
Of all the news stories we’ve ran on LocalCut in the past year, the one about Wayne Coyne of the Flaming Lips hitting up town to shoot a very NSFW video featuring naked bike riders, his trademark giant balloon ball, and a giant spherical vagina is probably the strangest. I mean, it’s not everyday that [...]
Introducing Superfresh!
0 CommentsPosted on Tuesday, November 10th, 2009
Last summer, local electronic music connoisseur/party planner Manny Reyes threw what was then a first for Portland: an all-ages dance music festival. Dubbed Superfest!, the two-day festival featured some amazing performances (killer sets from Starfucker, Nice Nice, and Reyes’ band Atole) plus the first preview of YACHT’s trippy multimedia show. The kids danced, and it [...]
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