[December 10th, 2008]

Hark, hark? What is that heavenly sound? Why, it’s LocalCut’s second annual holiday compilation, Another Grey Christmas, Vol. 2, of course. The comp features 14 exclusive traditional and original contributions from the following all-star crew (deep breath):

A Weather, Boy Eats Drum Machine, Dolorean, Easter Egg, Flash Hawk Parlor Ensemble (Chris Funk of the Decemberists), Future Historians, Laura Gibson, Gingerbread Patriots, Ohioan and Native Kin, Old Believers (with Eskimo & Sons’ Danielle Sullivan), Podington Bear, Run On Sentence (with Pancake Breakfast’s Mike Midlo), Super XX Man (with Mike Johnson) and Ralf Youtz (of Ape Shape and Built to Spill).

All album proceeds go to P:ear, a local nonprofit that uses art and music to reach homeless and transitional youth. So, jeez, you can even feel good about buying it.

Three of the album’s stars shared their wishes for the new year with WW. See them below.

^Headout Picks

FRIDAY DEC. 12

[SCREEN] SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
Is Danny Boyle’s movie A) the year’s Oscar dark horse; B) a scenic tour of Mumbai’s underbelly; C) a full-throated ode to money; or D) the best movie of 2008 to end with a dance number? All of the above? Is that your final answer? Regal Fox Tower Stadium 10, 846 SW Park Ave., 221-3280. $10.

[FESTIVE] “WHITE ALBUM” XMAS
Best holiday idea yet: John Averill and the Kaosmosis house band play “The White Album”while circus artists perform. Bossanova, 722 E Burnside St., 236-2454. 8 pm Fridays, Dec. 12 and 19. $22 advance, $27 day of show.

SATURDAY DEC. 13

[MUSIC] DEAD MEADOW
Since 2003, no amount of drugs, sidemen, or world tours has kept these stoner metal geniuses from kissing the sky. East End, 203 SE Grand Ave., 232-0056. 9 pm. $10. 21+.

[PLAY] OREGON ROLE PLAYERS FOR CHARITY
These D&D players have fought dragons, witches and wizards, and come out alive. Now they fight illiteracy by fundraising for SMART. Guardian Games, 303 SE 3rd Ave., 238-4000. 10 am-10 pm. $5 donation.

[HOLIDAY] TUBA CHRISTMAS
Do you hear what I hear? That’d be 200 tubas, blatting in merry majesty. Pioneer Courthouse Square, 701 SW 6th Ave., pioneercourthousesquare.org. 1:30-3 pm. Free.

SUNDAY DEC. 14

[MUSIC] PANTHER, EXPLODE INTO COLORS
Local all-female trio Explode into Colors takes all the best parts of ESG—the rhythms, the shout-along vocals—and tosses them into a blender with the Slits. Rotture, 315 SE 3rd Ave., 234-5683. 9 pm. $7. 21+.

[CLASSICAL] OREGON REPERTORY SINGERS
The top-notch choristers join musicians from the Vancouver Symphony in Vivaldi’s great “Gloria” and more. First United Methodist Church, 1838 SW Jefferson St., 230-0652. 3:30 pm Sunday and 7:30 pm Monday, Dec. 14-15. $20-$35.

[SHOP] CRAFTY WONDERLAND
The craft coalition’s Super Colossal Holiday Sale returns. Oregon Convention Center, Exhibit Hall E, 777 NE Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., craftywonderland.com. 11 am-7 pm. Free.

TUESDAY DEC. 16

[MUSIC] YAHOWHA 13
The psych-rock band (and, uh, cult) that released nine unrehearsed LPs—all recorded after hours of meditation from 3 to 6 am in the ’70s. Doug Fir, 830 E Burnside St., 231-9663. 9 pm. $12. 21+.