Music Regular Local Cut readers (Mom, Mikey) might have noticed a bit of a slowdown in this journal's usually endless stream of fascinating music news and opinions. But worry not, faithful Portland music fan. We have not given up the ship to Mr. Byron Beck, who, if you hadn't noticed, is currently guesting on...   More

Music Late last week Filter Magazine reported that Modest Mouse leadman Isaac Brock has brought guitarist Johnny Marr of the Smith's on as a full-time member, officially turning Modest Mouse. As anyone who reads Willamette Week knows, Marr has been helping the band with its upcoming release, We Were De...   More

Music The fuzz-folksters in Norfolk & Western have finished the follow-up to the band's spring release, The Guilded Age. The name of the album is The Unsung Colony and, well, Christ I'm tired. I think I'll just let N&W drummer Rachel Blumberg take it from here. From the band's MySpace page:

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Music The Portland Lumberjax, the National Lacrosse League team that fills the Rose Garden with people waiting through a lot of ball-handling to see a fight, is looking for a few good bands (or DJs or emcees, but probably not singer-songwriters) to make its team even more Portland. The team is asking local musicians...   More

Music If you didn't get a chance to listen to Sleater-Kinney's live webcast from the 9:30 Club in Washington D.C. last night, rest easy. There is another opportunity for you to hear the power-trio streamed with digital technology of questionable audio quality.

This afternoon (Aug. 4) at 5:30 pm the ba...   More

Music Those of you who, like me, missed much of the PDX Pop Now! Festival that took place at Loveland last weekend have once again been saved by technology. Marcus Estes, One of the men behind the clever new podcasting-and-other-mysterious-music-techie-thingies website called Tables Turned recorded almost the entire...   More

Music Anyone who doubted Viva Voce signing to Seattle's Barsuk Records (okay, I know that no one did, but stick with me, we'll get past this lead together) is wearing an egg mask now. With the reputable label behind it, the band has been gaining a lot of advanced attention, a.k.a. hype, for it's upcoming Sept. 12 re...   More

Music Portland soul machine Liv Warfield has been hand-picked to open three dates of the Dave Matthews Band's summer tour. Warfield will be performing with her band as Liv & the Warfield Project at the strikingly beautiful Gorge Amphitheater in George, Wash. Sept 1-3.

Now, I don't know if you realize ...   More

Music Portland spoken word musician Adam Gnade has just inked a deal that will take his introspective folk narratives across the Atlantic. Gnade, who calls Loud and Clear Records home stateside, will be releasing his latest EP, Shout the Rafters Down!, with Drowned in Sound, the UK label that counts Metric, M...   More

Music So, we here at Local Cut let you down. We failed to tell you about the planned webcast of Sleater-Kinney's Aug. 2 show at Washington D.C.'s 9:30 Club on National Public Radio's website. We apologize. But wait. Last night's show, one of the rock trio's final gigs ever, was cancelled due to an electrical ...   More