The band that rose to fame on MySpace.com, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, perform at te Crystal Ballroom on Thursday Oct 12th. More details here.

Indie music darlings Yo La Tengo come to town Monday. After 11 years or more on the scene they still remain an important band but it might be worthwhile checking out support band Why? Check out the preview from Portland’s Local Cut website.

The Portland Mercury has a cool web site covering mostly alternative rock music. They have a feature on the Scissor Sisters who are performing tonight at the Roseland Theater. Click here to read more.

Portland’s biggest daily newspaper, The Oregonian, has recently added a more robust online entertainment section to complement the A&E (arts & entertainment) section of the print edition. Click here to check out their entertainment picks and news and click here to see multimedia such as video of local bands in performance.