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Willamette Week LocalCut Music from Portland's Backyard. LocalCut is the music blog of Portland's favorite newsweekly, Willamette Week.

Through daily news updates, features, live reviews, tour diaries and daily streaming mp3s, we guide you through a number of Portland music scenes with ease. We also boast daily music listings for the most notable local and national shows playing at Portland clubs, as well as the most complete and comprehensive database of the shows that fill this town's bars and clubs.

If you ever wanted to know what Talking Heads covering Prince would sound like, here you go.
28/05/2018

If you ever wanted to know what Talking Heads covering Prince would sound like, here you go.

Apparently, the former Talking Heads frontman stopped by the tiki-themed karaoke bar and decided to re-create the “Wild Wild Life” video by singing some Prince.

Swiggle Mandela went there.
11/05/2018

Swiggle Mandela went there.

The video for “Dear Willamette Week” opens with someone urinating on a recent issue, which makes it clear that this is not a letter to the editor complimenting our reporting on Portland’s pursuit of a Major League Baseball franchise.

For the second time in less than two years, the much-loved bar and music venue has closed. The building, however, is not...
11/05/2018

For the second time in less than two years, the much-loved bar and music venue has closed. The building, however, is not staying empty.

For the second time in less than two years, the Portland punk club, which moved from Northeast Alberta Street to Sandy Boulevard last year, has closed. The building, however, is not staying empty.

O'Ferrall had been diagnosed with a form of brain cancer just last month.
26/04/2018

O'Ferrall had been diagnosed with a form of brain cancer just last month.

Starting out as a rapper, O’Ferrall, a Portland native, assumed numerous roles in the city’s hip-hop scene beginning in the late ’90s as a student at Wilson High School. He went on to run his own label and host radio and TV shows. He eventually got into concert promotion and MCing, almost by a...

At issue is a contract Coachella allegedly asks artists to sign barring them from performing at any other festival in a ...
09/04/2018

At issue is a contract Coachella allegedly asks artists to sign barring them from performing at any other festival in a 1,300-mile radius for five months surrounding the event.

Portland-based Soul’d Out Productions, organizers of the Soul’d Out Music Festival, announced today that it is suing Coachella Music Festival for what it says are monopolistic practices.

After 15 years, the Portland power-punk institution announced on Twitter that they are formally disbanding.
09/04/2018

After 15 years, the Portland power-punk institution announced on Twitter that they are formally disbanding.

Down goes another Portland institution. This time, though, it’s not a bar or a music venue but one of the city’s best bands.

The goal is for Laurelthirst to remain "a place for the everyman."
03/04/2018

The goal is for Laurelthirst to remain "a place for the everyman."

The owners of the Laurelthirst Public House, Portland’s longest-running independent music venue, have completed a successful crowdfunding campaign to purchase the building that’s housed the roots music hub for nearly 30 years.

Screenshots of tax forms belonging to two employees were shared on the Know's page Friday night, with the emplo...
24/03/2018

Screenshots of tax forms belonging to two employees were shared on the Know's page Friday night, with the employees' Social Security numbers and home addresses clearly visible.

Rumors of tension between employees of Northeast Portland punk club the Know and the venue’s owner reached a head on social media Friday night. Reports have swirled for weeks that employees had quit en masse following disputes over tax withholdings and alleged aggressive behavior from owner Ryan S...

There was a palpable feeling of electric expectation in the Doug Fir Lounge last night—one comparable to a protest downt...
21/03/2018

There was a palpable feeling of electric expectation in the Doug Fir Lounge last night—one comparable to a protest downtown where you're unsure whether a cop will be cracking your skull open within the hour.

There was a palpable feeling of electric expectation in the Doug Fir Lounge last night—the first of two an incredibly rare two-night stand for the group—one comparable to the vibe you’d encounter at a protest downtown where you’re both surrounded by allies and unsure whether or not a cop in ...

Our Best New Band poll shows Portland music has never been so diverse, stylistically and demographically, as it is right...
14/03/2018

Our Best New Band poll shows Portland music has never been so diverse, stylistically and demographically, as it is right now.

Portland is starting to make noise again. Granted, from our point of view, it probably seems like we never stopped. Music has always been one of the city’s chief exports, and WW’s annual Best New Band poll proves the sheer number of musicians worth hearing in this town has hardly fallen off.

MFNW had been discussing returning to the old club-based format, but given the tight turnaround, the organizers recently...
06/03/2018

MFNW had been discussing returning to the old club-based format, but given the tight turnaround, the organizers recently decided to put the festival on hiatus.

For the first time in 18 years, MusicfestNW—one of the city’s biggest music festivals, which is owned and produced by Willamette Week—is not going to happen.

"The Portland music community has lost an irreplaceable figure."
13/02/2018

"The Portland music community has lost an irreplaceable figure."

“The Portland music community has lost an irreplaceable figure,” his business partner, Denny Swofford, said in a statement.

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