Tickets for three shows in Les Schwab Amphitheater’s Bend Summer Concerts series will go on sale today at 10 a.m. at all Ticketmaster outlets, including 866-866-4502, www.ticketmaster.com, and The Ticket Mill (541-318-5457) in the Old Mill District in Bend. Here are the details for each show. Prices are subject to additional service charges.
Friday, Sept. 17: [...]
(All photos by Ben. Look for more soon in Frequency’s Flickr pool.)
Igor & Red Elvises have become very familiar faces in Bend over the past few years.
I never saw ‘em, but lots of people have. And the advice I’ve heard from those people was pretty much unanimous. Something along the lines of: “Oh, you have [...]
Brandi Carlile sold out two shows at the Tower Theatre next week, but we put her on the cover of GO! Magazine anyway. Because she’s great. And she loves Bend. And Bend loves her. Here’s Carlile’s recollection of her gig opening for Sheryl Crow here in 2008:
“I remember she was late to the gig and [...]
The National’s “High Violet” isn’t out for two more months, but the Cincinnati-via-Brooklyn band stopped by Jimmy Fallon’s house last night to debut one of its tunes, called “Terrible Love.” In doing so, they pushed my level of excitement for this album through the roof. This is classic National: brooding vocals, killer drums, shards of [...]
If you’re unfamiliar with the Bend-bound folk-pop duo She & Him, here’s the new video for their song “In The Sun,” the first single from their new album, “Volume Two,” to be released on March 23 by Merge Records.
She & Him and Band of Horses will co-headline Les Schwab Amphitheater in Bend on May 30. [...]
Here’s something a little different to do on a Thursday night: The film “Playing for Change: Peace Through Music” will be shown twice tomorrow night at the Domino Room in Bend. Proceeds will benefit Bend’s community radio station, KPOV.
Screenings are at 6:30 and 8:30 p.m., with doors opening 30 minutes before each showing. Tickets at [...]
You may or may not have noticed that I don’t tend to scramble to post here on Frequency after the death of a prominent musician. (I will often retweet the news on Frequency’s Twitter.)
It’s not that I don’t think death is blog-worthy — I do — it’s just that news moves ridiculously fast these days, [...]
We’re giving away two tickets to see Band of Horses and She & Him May 30 at Les Schwab Amphitheater in Bend. The contest ends at noon today. Click here to enter.
The Bend-based blues-rock band Eric Tollefson and the World’s Greatest Lovers headed down to Los Angeles to play at the world-famous Whisky a Go Go club in Hollywood, and they’re keeping a video diary of the journey for Frequency. Here’s part two, “Family Day,” which includes some cooking tips from guitarist Tim Schroeder and the [...]
The Bend-based blues-rock band Eric Tollefson and the World’s Greatest Lovers are heading down to Los Angeles to play at the world-famous Whisky a Go Go club in Hollywood, and they’re keeping a video diary of the journey for Frequency. Here’s part one, which features Sigur Ros, Flight of the Conchords, some bathroom humor and [...]
No offense to the other contests we’ve had here on Frequency, but this one is the coolest so far: We’re giving away two tickets to see the just-announced Band of Horses / She & Him / Dawes show happening May 30 at Les Schwab Amphitheater in Bend!
If you haven’t heard of those bands, click their [...]
The Chris Berry Trio visits Bend this weekend and brings along jam-rock super-guitarist Steve Kimock! Berry’s story is fascinating. He traveled to Africa to study music, became a pop star, and fled for his life in 2001. We talked about the reaction he got from Zimbabweans as his career took off.
“(They) had never seen a [...]
The subject line says it all: Country legend Willie Nelson will return to Bend’s Les Schwab Amphitheater on Sept. 17, per the Old Mill District. Tickets will go on sale a week from tomorrow, and details on ticket prices are coming Monday.
Last time Willie was in Bend, in 2007, his adoring throng of hippies, bikers, [...]
A little over a month ago, I told you that local rapper The Dirtball had officially joined the popular SoCal rap-rock group Kottonmouth Kings.
Tonight, as the Kings prepare to take the stage somewhere in Osaka, Japan, I’ve got the details behind that union, straight from David Alexander, the man behind the Dirtball persona.
When he’s not [...]
The Sisters Starry Nights benefit concert series has raised more than $900,000 in net proceeds for activities in Sisters schools during its 12-year history, but the popular series will take a hiatus in 2010, co-chair Jeri Fouts said last week.
Fouts and her fellow co-chair Susan Arends plan to bring Starry Nights back in 2011, and [...]
Do you realize that right now, on the Internet, you can (freely and legally) stream brand new albums by Broken Bells (aka James “Shins” Mercer and Danger Mouse), Gorillaz, Frightened Rabbit, Johnny Cash, Rogue Wave, The Morning Benders, High on Fire, Little Boots, Shooter Jennings, Quasi, Toumani Diabate and Ali Farka Toure, Joanna Newsom, Eluvium, [...]
Welcome, fan of great music! You’ve reached Frequency’s effort to show Monqui Presents and the Les Schwab Amphitheater there are tons of people who’d like to see the band Pavement play in Bend.
The 2010 lineup at the Schwab so far includes Merle Haggard and the Steve Miller Band. Sounds like a pretty good time to [...]
Suzanne Vega plays at the Tower Theatre on Sunday. I talked to her about her new “Close-Up” project, in which she’s re-recording dozens of her songs. Here’s an excerpt:
Re-recording the songs acoustically was in part an economic decision. But Vega also liked the idea of reinventing them.
“I had no interest in doing a cover version [...]
Just in from the Old Mill District’s Twitter: South Carolina indie-roots-rockers Band of Horses will play May 30 at Les Schwab Amphitheater in Bend. Also, they’ll bring along a “special guest” to be revealed next week.
This is terrific news. In tomorrow’s GO! Magazine, I’ll have a column lamenting the lack of great rock bands at [...]
This show was announced too late to get much play in last week’s GO! Magazine, but it oughta be a wicked good time. Longtime local DJ Moksha will open (and close) the night with some of the “weirdest, heaviest, least accessible” records in his crate, and Warm Gadget will provide the meat in this electro-thrash [...]
I was goofing off on the Internet recently and ran across this high-quality, multi-camera video of Eric Tollefson and band playing “Battle For the Sea” at the Domino Room last September, when they opened for G. Love & Special Sauce. (Review here.) Check it out if you’re a Tollefson fan, or you’re unfamiliar with him [...]
I used to think the big music bookings at the Deschutes County fair existed in a funny little bubble, unaffected by the kinds of acts that are popular at other venues. But given the two Les Schwab Amphitheater headliners we know about for 2010 — Merle Haggard and the Steve Miller Band — perhaps I [...]
If you’re not on Twitter, you might’ve missed it, but the Space Cowboy himself will roll into the Schwab on July 16, per the Old Mill District:
For the record, I called this one … granted, I was two years off, but whatever. I stand by what I said in that article: If I got to [...]
Last Friday, after watching The Gourds warm up Bend WinterFest, I hightailed it over to Silver Moon Brewing & Taproom in Bend to catch Austin, Texas singer-songwriter Danny Malone, whose work I’ve grown to really enjoy ever since his new album, “Cuddlebug,” showed up on my desk a couple weeks back.
I arrived at the Moon [...]
You won’t find this in today’s GO! Magazine, because … well, I blew it. Plus, I didn’t know all the details. But whatever, this looks like a super-fun time: Local DJs, bPollen and Calicoleaf will provide some “soothing digital and analog soundwave massage” fer yer gray matter at 7 p.m. tonight at Top Leaf Mate [...]
New York City ska pioneers The Toasters will play twice at Mountain’s Edge this weekend, once on Friday and once Saturday. Here’s a clip of my conversation with founding member and frontman Robert “Bucket” Hingley:
GO!: I read somewhere about your efforts to run The Toasters according to a set of core principles. Can you tell [...]
For my money, the best concert in Bend over the past four years was Wilco’s mind-blowing, marathon performance at Les Schwab Amphitheater in 2008. (Read my review of that show here.) So when I saw that Jeff Tweedy and the boys were playing in an entirely different kind of venue last week — a historic [...]
Bulletin photographer Rob Kerr attended The Gourds’ set at Bend WinterFest last weekend and came away with some terrific shots of the band. Thanks, Rob! Be sure to click below the first couple to see the rest, click here for video from the show, and look for my full review in Friday’s GO! Magazine.
That’s right, we’re giving away two tickets to this Friday night’s Moonalice concert at the Domino Room in Bend, plus a copy of the band’s self-titled CD, over at Frequency’s Facebook page. Click here to enter, and while you’re there, be a fan!
Hurry … I’m going to pick a winner tonight or tomorrow morning.
Go see your local wrecked-rock dealers Problem Stick tomorrow night at Silver Moon, OK? With a cool flyer like this, they deserve your patronage. (Please note: The show will start around 8 p.m., not 9 p.m.)
So you wanna party for Fat Tuesday, eh? It appears Silver Moon Brewing & Taproom (24 N.W. Greenwood Ave., Bend) has a heck of a party planned. Details after this video of the San Francisco micro-circus / clatter-funk-rock band Gooferman, who’ll play at the popular Bend pub tonight:
Check out other videos on YouTube to see [...]
The lineup for the 2010 Sasquatch music festival, scheduled for May 29-31 at The Gorge in Washington, was announced tonight at The Crocodile in Seattle. Here it is, per this poster, posted by the Ear Candy blog:
My Morning Jacket, Massive Attack, Pavement, Ween, Vampire Weekend, MGMT, Band of Horses, The National, LCD Soundsystem, Tegan & [...]
(Sorry this is showing up three days after the concert. I like to be more timely than that, but sometimes other duties call.)
Over here, I encouraged folks attending the Slightly Stoopid concert Wednesday night at the Midtown Ballroom in Bend to show up early and catch the opening act, L.A.’s The Aggrolites, who play a [...]
Here’s video of Austin, Texas band The Gourds playing “Hallelujah Shine” last night at Bend WinterFest. Look for some still photos from the show here on the blog in the next day or so, and my full review will appear in Friday’s GO! Magazine.
(Note: Frontman Kev Russell does let fly with a dirty word at [...]
As I’ve said a few times already, the Bend Roots Revival is a special, special thing, a grassroots celebration of local arts that has grown organically over four years from simple get-together to one of the very best events in an event-heavy town. (Read my extensive recap of the 2009 festival here.)
So last September, it [...]
There are a lot of options out there this weekend for music-loving Central Oregonians, and that’s great. But I want to take a quick look at four shows — two tonight, two Saturday night — that provide an interesting contrast in styles and an interesting study in the kind of live-music experience people want to [...]
Lots of local rock ‘n’ roll this week!
The Sofa Kings will play both Friday and Saturday night at Black Horse Saloon in Bend. Here’s an excerpt from my story on the band:
In a world where too many rock bands try to spice up their sound with disparate ingredients, The Sofa Kings are content to rock. [...]
If you’re on the Internet today, you may have noticed that the ginormous Tennessee music festival Bonnaroo is taking no fewer than NINE HOURS to announce its lineup, one excruciating band at a time. I’m all for creative announcements and hit-count-inflating promotional efforts, but it’s pretty ridiculous, really.
But, people are interested. You may be too. [...]
The Sisters Folk Festival may happen over three days in September, but the team behind the event works year-round on what has become perhaps Central Oregon’s biggest and best music-focused extravaganza.
That’s why headliners for the 2010 folk fest are starting to pop up, even though it’s February.
The big names so far include master Americana singer-songwriter [...]
Football game? What football game?
OK, yeah, there’s a football game today. But there are also still people in Haiti who need our help. So if you have no interest in the Super Bowl, head down to the Domino Room (51 N.W. Greenwood Ave., Bend) for “Rise Up & Rebuild,” a Haiti benefit concert organized by [...]
My sister, Emily, and brother-in-law, Ryan, live in Lexington, Kentucky with their new puppy, which they’ve named Chesney. Yes, that Chesney. So they’re pretty big fans of country music.
They’re also, like most Kentuckians, lifelong fans of the University of Kentucky basketball team, which is currently 21-1 and ranked No. 3 or 4 in the country, [...]
In Miami on Sunday, a football squad known as the New Orleans Grocery Bag Heads will tangle on the gridiron with a football squad called the Indianapolis Mannings for the title of best football squad in all the land. Both teams are led by top-notch quarterbacks and both teams thank their lucky stars for a [...]
Yesterday afternoon, whoever runs the Old Mill District’s Twitter account tweeted this:
Suggestions began pouring in, ranging from Willie Nelson, Keith Urban and Chris Isaak to Vampire Weekend, Coldplay and Spoon to Yo La Tengo, Thao Nguyen and Sade. So far, Cake has been not only seconded, but thirded! To see them all, click here. (I [...]
I’ll have one in Friday’s GO! Magazine.
Sneak preview: This was the best moment of the night. Actually, this is pretty much all you need to know:
But come back on Friday and read my recap anyway.
(Thanks, goldenfiddle.)
These women did, and look where it got them. They’re famous! Totally anonymous, but famous.
Anyway, newish local pop-punk band Capture the Flag is shooting a video tomorrow for their song “Greenwood Ave.” Here’s then when and where:
Free coffee and hot cocoa! Even if you don’t become anonymously famous, you’ll still get a free warm beverage [...]
I mentioned this in passing yesterday, but folk singer The White Buffalo (aka Jake Smith) performed on Tuesday night at Silver Moon Brewing & Taproom in Bend, and pretty much blew me away. Here’s an excerpt of my review:
Smith’s talents are many, but his voice is obviously his most distinctive quality. It’s a show-stopper. A [...]
It’s almost February already. Unbelievable. Before we know it, summer will be here.
Until then, however, a few musical happenings to keep you warm and indoors:
-Sort-of-local trio Ruins of Ooah (didge player Tyler Spencer lives in Bend) will handle the free show at McMenamins Old St. Francis School on Wednesday. Read all about their tribal-tronic dance [...]
… is this song, “Swim,” from Surfer Blood’s “Astro Coast.” (Read about the second awesome thing I’ve heard this year in tomorrow’s GO! Magazine.)
(Via Pitchfork.)
Their professional relationship has been lock-tight for years, but this video — posted earlier this week on Kottonmouth Kings’ Web site — confirms that Bend-based rapper The Dirtball (known to friends as David Alexander) has become an official member of the popular California rap-rock crew.
Alexander’s three most recent albums were released by Kottonmouth Kings’ Suburban [...]
I thought 2009 was a good, but not great, year for recorded music, and am hopeful that 2010 will top it. To be fair, at this time last year, I hadn’t even heard of nine of the artists that produced my top 25 albums of 2009. The point is, amazing music can come from anyone, [...]
In response to the earthquake in Haiti, a couple of local benefit concerts seem to be happening. One is further along than the other, which means you can put one on your calendar, and you could potentially get involved in the other:
-On Sunday, Feb. 7, local humanitarian group Rise Up International will put on “Rise [...]
Tonight’s offering at Silver Moon Brewing & Taproom in Bend is exceptionally strong, as singer-songwriters The White Buffalo and Joe Firstman share the bill.
We already spilled quite a bit of ink on Firstman in GO! Magazine, so let’s get right to the good stuff. Here’s an MP3 from his new album, “El Porto,” that you [...]
Local musician David Miller — last seen playing with Bend-based power trio Bad Influence — has started a Web site dedicated to the Central Oregon music scene. Its URL, fittingly, is www.centraloregonmusicscene.com, and it looks like plans include a list of local musicians, a place to post concerts and photos, and a spot where Miller [...]
In past years, details on Les Schwab Amphitheater’s summer concert series have been posted at www.bendconcerts.com, and this is what that site looks like right now:
The keys there are “May 28″ and “Ticketed.” May 28 is the Friday of Memorial Day weekend, and as you may remember, the Schwab hosted glorious, three-day rock ‘n’ roll [...]
Y’know, the local music scene gets a bad rap in winter, even from me. But considering that it’s late January, we’ve got a terrific selection of live-music options in town this week. There’s no enormous name, but lots of solid mid-sized acts coming through. Here’s a rundown:
-I stink at math, but even I know that [...]
If you went to last night’s Jukebot show at McMenamins, leave me a comment and let me know how it was. I was learning how to relax and breathe in a birthing class. Gah!
Anyway, tonight brings another interesting gig by a new band of locals, this time at Silver Moon Brewing & Taproom (24 N.W. [...]
The first quarter of the year is relatively slow on Central Oregon’s music scene, so kudos to the fine team at the Sisters Folk Festival for brightening these times with their Winter Concert Series. Here’s the lineup for 2010:
Feb. 6 — Bearfoot (newgrass from Alaska)
Feb. 27 — Noah Gundersen and the Courage (Northwest folk-rock)
March 16 [...]
Someone shot excellent looking and sounding video of Bend’s Empty Space Orchestra playing at The Q Cafe last weekend in Seattle. And look! Saxophonist Graham Jacobs is back from Central America and playing with the band again!
The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, Calif., is arguably the biggest and best music fest in the United States, and today it unveiled the lineup for its 2010 version, which goes down April 16-18. My thoughts are below, but first:
First of all, it’s nice to see Coachella getting back to its roots [...]
Seattle-based dance-punk band The Redwood Plan rocked a relatively good-sized (but still too small) crowd at Players Bar & Grill on Saturday night. When the Plan took the stage, most folks stood chatting near the back of the bar. By the final three songs of the set, the dance floor was a sweaty frenzy. Good [...]
If I heard correctly from my driver’s seat in a parking space along Franklin Avenue, The Autonomics did a little of “Sexual Healing” straight into a sliver of “No Woman, No Cry” straight into a bit of “Wagon Wheel” last night. It was a perfect capture of this hyperactive local trio, delivered in their charmingly [...]
The subject line pretty much says it all: Los Angeles-based “dirty reggae” band The Aggrolites will open for Slightly Stoopid Feb. 10 at the Midtown Ballroom in Bend. And The Aggrolites are awesome. Here’s hoping they get more time on stage than a typical opening act.
In honor of the recent announcement that Bend will host the first-ever National Beard and Moustache Championships in June, we here at GO! Magazine dedicated most of today’s music section to facial hair, and the faces who wear it. We’ve got a cover subject who plays old-time blues, never smiles, and keeps a thick beard, [...]
I talked a little bit in my year-end review of 2009’s best albums about the murk and mystery surrounding the amazing Seattle-based hip-hop act Shabazz Palaces (download a song here), but the shroud was lifted — at least partially — last weekend when the group made its live, public debut at Neumos, in its hometown.
I [...]
In case you missed it, the scorching, Indiana-based country-blues trio Rev. Peyton’s Big Damn Band is coming to the Domino Room on Jan. 18, and they’re bringing a heaping helping of new material with them. (The band just finished recording its new album, due out in May. More on that in Friday’s GO! Magazine.)
Thanks to [...]
As you probably know by now, we here at Frequency keep an eye on what’s going on over in the camp of Portland-based chamber-folk group Loch Lomond, partly because they’re mighty good, but also because the band’s principal, Ritchie Young, is from Bend, and so is multi-instrumentalist Dave Depper.
So when Loch Lomond jumps, we listen. [...]
After a holiday lull in Central Oregon’s live-music options, things are cranking up again at local venues. This week, we have a few things you should consider checking out:
-The Autonomics are young, hungry, and ready to take their music to another level. Read all about them here, and then be sure to catch them this [...]
I haven’t added anything to our archive of flyers and posters lately, but I can’t resist these two.
First up, Friday night at Players, a couple of local metal bands:
Second, The JZ Band is playing at Silver Moon Saturday:
I’d pay one hundred American dollars to watch these two engage in a dance-off.
I have become obsessed with the Scottish band Frightened Rabbit, whose 2008 album “The Midnight Organ Fight” has been playing almost nonstop ’round my house for months.
They also have a new album coming out March 9 called “The Winter of Mixed Drinks.” Here’s a video for the first single:
Not only is it Monday morning, but it’s the first Monday morning after two long weekends in a row. It’s the first Monday in January, which means it’ll be dark when you’re walking to your car after work. And it’s the first Monday of a new year. Time to get back into the routine. Blech [...]
I just read somewhere on the totally reliable Internet that today — 01/02/2010 — is one of only two days this century that is a palindromic number, that is, it reads the same way going forward and backward. Go ahead, go back to the date and see for yourself. I’ll wait.
See? Anyway, if you think [...]
Happy New Year, folks! For good luck, enjoy some black eyed peas from way back in another century, before black eyed peas were really, really bad for you.
Here’s what’s happening in Central Oregon, musically, in the first week of 2010:
–Sara Jackson-Holman’s a classically trained pianist who’s now working on her first pop album, and there’s [...]
Little nuggets of news from Central Oregon’s music scene, coming your way … now.
–DJ Barisone lived in Bend for a decade and moved to Portland a few months back. No matter where he lives, though, you want to hear his latest mix, right? Yup, you do. Especially if some sunny, funky, dubby party music sounds [...]
Speaking of New Year’s Eve options, one of the best appears to be the Blue Moon Bash going down at Silver Moon Brewing & Taproom in Bend. Three excellent local acts — Eric Tollefson, Mosley Wotta and Empty Space Orchestra — will perform starting around 9 p.m., and there’s no cover. Get there early, though [...]
Oh, hi there. I’m Ben. Welcome to my blog. I almost forgot about it.
Let me tell you something, folks: Work + Everyday Life + Blogging = A Very Busy Dude. But Work + Everyday Life + Holidays = No Time For Blogging. I apologize for the quiet around here over the past week or so.
Now, [...]
These Kobe/LeBron puppet commercials are generally pretty good, but there’s a new set out in which the guys accompany Santa Claus to a game of 3-on-3 against some reindeer. And they are AMAZING.
Chicago rapper Lupe Fiasco voices Blitzen and hip-hop legend KRS-One handles Santa. The attention to detail in these productions (clearly inspired by this [...]
(This post is part of Frequency’s coverage of the best music of the past decade. You can see all of that coverage in one place by clicking here. And be sure to check out “Near/Far,” our free, legal, downloadable MP3 compilation of the best music of 2009, by clicking here.)
As part of Frequency’s ongoing coverage [...]
Welcome, music aficionado! You’ve found your way to the Frequency blog and Near/Far, The Bulletin’s online hub for coverage of 2009’s best sounds.
For the third year in a row, we’ve collected dozens of the best songs of the past 12 months from both local and national acts and created a two-disc compilation of free, legal [...]
I’ve gone on and on about my favorite recordings of 2009 here and here, but live music is the backbone of any good scene. Here is a look back my 10 favorite shows of the past 12 months in chronological order, with excerpts from reviews already published in The Bulletin or on Frequency.
Moon Mountain Ramblers, [...]
Tomorrow morning in GO! Magazine, the music section will be dedicated to the best music of 2009, with a couple pages set aside for Top 5 lists from those closest to the scene — the musicians (plus the Tower Theatre’s production manager and a radio DJ.)
A few weeks ago, I sent out a call to [...]
(This post is part of Frequency’s coverage of the best music of the past decade. You can see all of that coverage in one place by clicking here. And be sure to tune in Dec. 18, when I’ll post “Near/Far,” our annual, downloadable MP3 compilation of the best music of 2009, to go along with [...]
A few notes from the local music scene:
-The Dirty Words have canceled their performance Friday night as part of Parrilla Grill’s Winter Music Series because frontman David Clemmer is sick.
-Tickets are now on sale at Ranch Records for the big Living Legends show happening Jan. 28 at Midtown Ballroom. It’s not all the Legends, but [...]
(This post is part of Frequency’s coverage of the best music of the past decade. You can see all of that coverage in one place by clicking here. And be sure to tune in Dec. 18, when I’ll post “Near/Far,” our annual, downloadable MP3 compilation of the best music of 2009, to go along with [...]
(This post is part of Frequency’s coverage of the best music of the past decade. You can see all of that coverage in one place by clicking here. And be sure to tune in Dec. 18, when I’ll post “Near/Far,” our annual, downloadable MP3 compilation of the best music of 2009, to go along with [...]
(This post is part of Frequency’s coverage of the best music of the past decade. You can see all of that coverage in one place by clicking here. And be sure to tune in Dec. 18, when I’ll post “Near/Far,” our annual, downloadable MP3 compilation of the best music of 2009, to go along with [...]
(This post is part of Frequency’s coverage of the best music of the past decade. You can see all of that coverage in one place by clicking here. And be sure to tune in Dec. 18, when I’ll post “Near/Far,” our annual, downloadable MP3 compilation of the best music of 2009, to go along with [...]
(This post is part of Frequency’s coverage of the best music of the past decade. You can see all of that coverage in one place by clicking here. And be sure to tune in Dec. 18, when I’ll post “Near/Far,” our annual, downloadable MP3 compilation of the best music of 2009, to go along with [...]
(This post is part of Frequency’s coverage of the best music of the past decade. You can see all of that coverage in one place by clicking here. And be sure to tune in Dec. 18, when I’ll post “Near/Far,” our annual, downloadable MP3 compilation of the best music of 2009, to go along with [...]
(This post is part of Frequency’s coverage of the best music of the past decade. You can see all of that coverage in one place by clicking here. And be sure to tune in Dec. 18, when I’ll post “Near/Far,” our annual, downloadable MP3 compilation of the best music of 2009, to go along with [...]
Austin, Texas singer-songwriter Bob Schneider is playing at The Annex in Bend tonight, and he has a brand new holiday album called “Christmastime” available for download through his Web site.
The album was recorded over a recent weekend in Schneider’s hometown, and it’s not your usual sort of holly, jolly holiday collection. Says Schneider:
I’ve always found [...]
(This post is part of Frequency’s coverage of the best music of the past decade. You can see all of that coverage in one place by clicking here. And be sure to tune in Dec. 18, when I’ll post “Near/Far,” our annual, downloadable MP3 compilation of the best music of 2009, to go along with [...]
Baby it’s cold outside! So warm up your bones by checking out some live music this week. Here’s what’s happening:
-Local rootsy chanteuse (roots-teuse?) Erin Cole-Baker has a brand new CD ready to go and she’ll celebrate it with a concert Saturday evening in Bend. Here’s the title track from that album, “Talon and Spur,” for [...]
(This post is part of Frequency’s coverage of the best music of the past decade. You can see all of that coverage in one place by clicking here. And be sure to tune in Dec. 18, when I’ll post “Near/Far,” our annual, downloadable MP3 compilation of the best music of 2009, to go along with [...]
(This post is part of Frequency’s coverage of the best music of the past decade. You can see all of that coverage in one place by clicking here. And be sure to tune in Dec. 18, when I’ll post “Near/Far,” our annual, downloadable MP3 compilation of the best music of 2009, to go along with [...]
(This post is part of Frequency’s coverage of the best music of the past decade. You can see all of that coverage in one place by clicking here. And be sure to tune in Dec. 18, when I’ll post “Near/Far,” our annual, downloadable MP3 compilation of the best music of 2009, to go along with [...]
Last week, Jamie Houghton of local band Broken Down Guitars sent over a report on Chicks With Picks, held Nov. 27 at Silver Moon Brewing in Bend.
All told, the event raised $800 for Saving Grace women’s shelter and collected 75 cans of food for a local food bank.
Chicks With Picks featured four female-led bands — [...]
(This post is part of Frequency’s coverage of the best music of the past decade. You can see all of that coverage in one place by clicking here. And be sure to tune in Dec. 18, when I’ll post “Near/Far,” our annual, downloadable MP3 compilation of the best music of 2009, to go along with [...]
(This post is part of Frequency’s coverage of the best music of the past decade. You can see all of that coverage in one place by clicking here. And be sure to tune in Dec. 18, when I’ll post “Near/Far,” our annual, downloadable MP3 compilation of the best music of 2009, to go along with [...]
In the past few days, The Bulletin has published a few articles outside GO! Magazine that are focused on music. Check ‘em out:
-Young local rockers The Tree Dwellers have advanced to the semi-finals of a nation-wide, online battle of the bands. Around 100 bands entered, the field was narrowed to 24, and now it’s down [...]
(This post is part of Frequency’s coverage of the best music of the past decade. You can see all of that coverage in one place by clicking here. Tune in Dec. 18, when I’ll post “Near/Far,” our annual, downloadable MP3 compilation of the best music of 2009, to go along with our year-in-review package in [...]
Late notice, I know, but one of Bend’s best new bands, Warm Gadget, is playing tonight at Black Horse Saloon (20565 Brinson Blvd., Bend). They’re opening for Shades of Society.
Warm Gadget is a collaboration between electronic musician Colten Williams and former Kronk Men vocalist Tim Vester, plus Eric Metzger on bass and Jared Forqueran on [...]
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Hmm … y’know, it’s possible that after working all day yesterday (Thursday), I went straight to a friend’s house and watched the Oregon-Oregon State game and ate much tasty chili and cornbread, and then after that I played Rock Band for a couple hours, or watched other people play Rock Band, which can be as [...]
(This post is part of Frequency’s coverage of the best music of the past decade. You can see all of that coverage in one place by clicking here. And be sure to tune in Dec. 18, when I’ll post “Near/Far,” our annual, downloadable MP3 compilation of the best music of 2009, to go along with [...]
… country legend Merle Haggard!
Leading tour-date Web site Pollstar has The Hag down for a June 20, 2010 appearance at Les Schwab Amphitheater in Bend, and a spokesman for Monqui Presents, the company that books the venue, confirmed the date.
That’s a nice little ray of summer sunshine peeking through a cold December day, isn’t it?
When [...]
At the end of each year, music geeks (like myself) rank their favorite albums, singles, reissues and so on, and post them in public places for fellow geeks to deride. And each year, a small chorus of dissenters question the value of such an exercise, asserting that a true music fan can’t fully absorb the [...]
This is unquestionably one of the very best hip-hop moments of the year; too bad it was buried at the very end of a show that airs at 12:30 a.m. and gets mixed reviews, to put it generously.
That means most people didn’t see it, so I’ve pasted it below. But before you watch, consider what [...]
Hey, sleepyhead! Wake up! I know, I know … you ate a lot of turkey and drank some beer and laid on the couch and fell asleep. But that was yesterday afternoon. You’ve been asleep for, like, 18 hours! So get up and get out and enjoy some music that’ll shake you right out of [...]
Tonight’s performance of David Sedaris’ “The Santaland Diaries” at Silver Moon Brewing & Taproom in Bend has been canceled because of a death in the family of Derek Sitter, the man behind the play.
You can read more about “Santaland” and Sitter here. But again, don’t go to Silver Moon tonight expecting to see it, because [...]
Congrats to local reggae-pop-rock singer-songwriter Reed Thomas Lawrence, whose upward trajectory continues today with his appearance as a featured artist on MySpace’s Music homepage.
If you click that link and he’s not there, well, they rotate artists in and out, and you missed him. So here’s a screen shot for posterity:
Happy Friday-before-Thanksgiving, folks! Do you know what the Friday before Thanksgiving means? It means next week is Thanksgiving, which means good food, days off work, and sports on television. (This is as good a time as any, I suppose, to inform you good people that I’m a college basketball — specifically University of Kentucky basketball [...]
Below is the incredibly bizarre new video from Charlotte Gainsbourg for her duet with Beck, called “Heaven Can Wait.” Simple question: What do you think is the weirdest thing in this video? The possibilities are endless.
I’ll save my nominations for after y’all have had some time to comment.
Just four months after opening with a lot of potential and promises, The Underground has permanently closed, according to co-owner Diana Larson.
The club — located in the old Club 97 space, under the Spotted Mule on Third Street — had a few concerts on its schedule, including a reggae show and a country show this [...]
I can’t stand KISS, really. Or rather, I can’t stand what they’ve become.
So I’m not heading up to Portland to see Paul, Gene and those other two guys at the Rose Garden in Portland on Tuesday night. If you are, though, send me an e-mail; I’d love to hear about it, and maybe we can [...]
Sore throat and an achy body here, folks, so I’m going to keep this short. And if you don’t hear from me over the weekend, now you know why.
-Tiempo Libre is bringing an authentic Latin-jazz dance party to the Tower Theatre. These guys are awfully good at what they do. Want to win “Bach In [...]
Alright, folks, it’s time for Frequency’s first-ever contest! Very exciting.
Here’s the deal: The super-energetic Latin-jazz band Tiempo Libre — born in Cuba, now based in Miami, so you know it’s authentic — is performing at the Tower Theatre in Bend on Tuesday. By all accounts, this is going to be a heck of a fun [...]
Odds and ends from your local music scene:
-Man, I blew it on this one. For the past several days, Bend’s The Tree Dwellers have been competing for votes in a national battle of the bands happening at something called garagebandplayoff.com. Their voting window closes tomorrow. So go here and vote for them. Vote for them [...]
Bulletin photographer Andy Tullis checked out the Dropkick Murphys concert — the sold-out-on-a-Sunday-night-in-November Dropkick Murphys concert! — at Midtown Ballroom Sunday night and came back with tons of great photos. Here are a few of them. My full review of the show will be in Friday’s GO! Magazine.
P.S. If you or your buddy got up [...]
A month ago, a few Frequency frequenters and I picked apart Pitchfork’s list of the best records of the past decade, and commenter Shannon said she was looking forward to Paste magazine’s picks.
So here it is. (Update: After watching a reader click through and scroll through Paste’s five-page feature, I’ve added the list in text-only [...]
Man, it’s windy outside as I write this. Fall is finally, really here. Or maybe that’s winter.
Whatever, the seasons may change, but the local music scene churns on. This weekend’s lineup is highlighted by some Canadian hip-hop, some Irish punk rock, and a benefit for the folks in our own community who need it most.
Hey [...]
From Thursday night. This is absolutely fantastic.
Thanks to Luke Menasco for passing this along.
There are two other videos from different vantage points here and here. If you can only watch one, though, make sure it’s the one above. It’s the best.
There are several concerts coming to the area over the next few months that I haven’t yet mentioned. Here’s a round-up:
-Port Angeles, Wash.’s The Lonely H do what I’d call modern classic rock, and they do it very well. From the long hair and denim to their throwback sound, these dudes are the real deal. [...]
All you jazz fans out there ought to consider checking out this band BUG tonight in Sisters. (Sorry for the short notice.)
BUG consists of five educators, and you can hear their slick (but not too slick) sound at their Web site. Or, just trust Jody Henderson, the band director at Sisters High School and Sisters [...]
Here are a few photos I took at Sunday night’s Mad Caddies show at Mountain’s Edge in Bend. I’ll put a few more on the Frequency Flickr page in the next day or so, and my review of the show will appear in Friday’s GO! Magazine.
You may or may not remember Jared Colinger. He’s a singer-songwriter in the Tilbrook/Costello/Lowe vein who lived in Redmond a few years ago, and now calls Tennessee home. Colinger was only in Central Oregon for a short time, but it was just long enough for him to put out a doozy of an EP, “Light [...]
Happy Halloween, kids and grown-up kids!
I’ve got no snappy intro this week, but I do want to know this: What are you dressing up as for Halloween? Let me know in the comments. (I’m quite tempted to shave a corn maze into my hair and go around interrupting peoples’ conversations.)
I’ll tell you what Bend is [...]
I’ll have more on this in tomorrow’s GO! Magazine, but I want to highlight Sunday’s Mad Caddies show in Bend for two reasons: 1) Because I haven’t seen a ton of promotion for it, and 2) Because I’m somewhat fascinated by this booking.
Why? Because the Mad Caddies have for years played considerably larger venues than [...]
… but The Heavy went and canceled its show tonight in Bend at the last minute. So instead of giving them free promotion, let’s turn our attention to what’s happening at Silver Moon Brewing & Taproom in their place. Below is a message from Moon booker Cassie Moore, which I’ve edited just a tad:
“Okay, I [...]
Late last week, local blues-rock singer-songwriter guy Eric Tollefson sent along the picture at right.
It’s not the world’s greatest photograph, but it’s the content that matters: On Oct. 20, Tollefson and Tim Schroeder (a local guitarist and employee of The Bulletin) traveled to Southern California to perform at the world-famous Whisky a Go Go nightclub [...]
Word just came in from Cassie Moore, who books music for Silver Moon Brewing & Taproom and independently as LOUDgirl Productions, that Wednesday night’s show at Silver Moon Brewing & Taproom by buzzworthy U.K. soul-rockers The Heavy has been canceled.
The band requires a certain level of sound equipment and refused to scale it back to [...]
Local hip-hop collective Person People is on its way over to Eugene as we speak to rock a show at that town’s venerable music venue, the WOW Hall, as an opening act for Wu Tang Clan legend Ghostface Killah. Check out drummer Jared Forqueran and the new PP van!
It’s good to see these guys (and [...]
Today, someone asked me if there are times of the year that I’m busier than others, and times of the year when I’m struggling to find something to cover.
When I took this job more than three years ago, the answer probably would’ve been yes. Back then, it seemed the local music scene slowed down in [...]
I know you love the Austin, Texas Cajun-jam-billy (what?) band The Gourds. You must, and others around here must, because we’re graced with their presence about once every couple of years. In my humble opinion, The Gourds are one of the best bands that comes to Bend regularly.
Say, did you know they’ll be here [...]
Happy Friday, Frequency readers! My Friday has begun later than usual, which means this post is happening later than usual, which means I’m going to get out of the way and get to the links.
-Portland’s Danger Death Ray will bring their DIY attitude and pop-punk sound to Bend for two shows this weekend.
-Guitar virtuoso Leo [...]
So it looks like I’m going to be attending Saturday’s Scion Garage Fest in Portland, which features — in addition to what surely will be enough Scion logos to fill a house of mirrors — a bunch of the best garage/lo-fi/power/punk/pop bands going, spread across four venues within a few blocks of each other. The [...]
Hi there, folks. Good to see you again.
Sorry about the quiet on the blog over the past few days. I got sick. Really sick. But I’m back! Mostly.
Anyway, I wanted to post this a week ago to give you time to prep for the Afro Classics show tonight at Bendistillery Martini Bar. Alas, I am [...]
If you were going to check out Canadian hip-hop group Sweatshop Union tonight at the Domino Room, bad news: The show has been canceled, per the promoter’s Web site and the band’s Twitter feed.
I asked both for a reason but haven’t heard back.
Ticket refunds are available at the point of purchase.
I didn’t know about this in time to get much into GO! Magazine, but it sounds like great music for a great cause, so here’s a good-and-good-for-you option for your Saturday entertainment.
“Groovin for Gavin” is a fundraiser for Gavin Straw, a 5-month-old local kid who’s about to undergo major surgery. “Gavin has a disease where [...]
Ladies and gents, I have family in town this weekend and am going to try to steer clear of the blog for a few days. Devastating, I know.
Before I disappear, though, I want to let you know what’s happening in Bend, musically, over the next seven days. Be sure to grab a GO! Magazine or [...]
Free. 7 p.m. You don’t want to miss this.
To prepare, I suggest you spend your next 14 minutes listening to her recent performance on NPR’s “Mountain Stage” by clicking here.
And here’s a charming little video, too.
This is a few hours old — an eternity on the Internet — but here’s the first release from Vampire Weekend’s new album “Contra,” due out in January.
I like it. But then, I’ve always liked — not loved, but liked — what Vampire Weekend does. Here’s what I wrote after seeing them about a year [...]
Bend’s annual film festival — the appropriately named BendFilm — runs from Thursday through Sunday, and the official guide came out yesterday in The Bulletin.
Last night, I flipped through the film summaries and saw a couple that might appeal to those of you whose obsession with music permeates everything you do. You read books about [...]
(Each of the last three years, I’ve traveled over to Portland for MusicfestNW, a multi-day, multi-venue music festival that features some of the best bands from around the world. With a roster nearly 200 acts deep, MFNW 2009’s schedule included rock, punk, metal, hip-hop, jazz, Americana, electronica, and who knows what else. One thing’s for [...]
Local music aficionado Dave Goodman took his video camera to the Bend Roots Revival last weekend and got some excellent footage, which he has posted to YouTube. And now I’m passing it along to you. (Dave says he has more coming, so keep an eye on his YouTube channel.)
Here’s the Bend/Eugene band Ruins of Ooah, [...]
The indie-tastemaking Web site people love to hate, Pitchfork, spent the past few days counting down what it considers the 200 best albums of the 2000s. Last night, the curtain was lifted on the top 20. You can see them here.
Spoiler alert: Radiohead’s “Kid A” is No. 1. Just kidding; you can’t spoil something everyone [...]
October. It’s October. Or should I say Rocktober? (No, I shouldn’t. I’m so tired of people saying Rocktober.)
Do you know what October means? It means September is over, and September was a ridiculously busy month for your pal the Frequency blog. October means that the Sisters Folk Festival, Portland’s MusicfestNW, and the Bend Roots Revival, [...]
In case anyone out there was planning on attending, tonight’s Christian concert in La Pine has been canceled. Here’s the word from one of the organizers:
We just received word that the COME TO THE CROSS TOUR Concert that was scheduled for this evening has been canceled due to mechanical failure of their van while en [...]
You have a lot of choices for entertainment tonight in Central Oregon. There’s Pepper at the Domino Room, The Clumsy Lovers at Silver Moon, “Evil Dead: The Musical” at 2nd Street Theater, and a Christian concert in La Pine, among other choices.
But here are two options for live music that weren’t in last week’s GO! [...]
From last week’s GO! Magazine:
Sword swallowers. Fire eaters. Burlesque performers. Stage magic. Hobo poetry. It’s vaudeville meets rock ’n’ roll. It’s the Yard Dogs Road Show.
And it’s hard to believe it’s been three years since the Dogs — a dozen members strong, and based out of California’s Bay Area — brought their rolling creative wonderland [...]
For a variety of reasons — from real-life responsibilities to a dead camera battery to general fatigue — I cut my Bend Roots Revival experience a bit short on the event’s final day.
So apologies to Eric Tollefson, Blues Quarter, The Dirty Words, The River Pigs, Moon Mountain Ramblers, Kim Kelley and the other acts I [...]
You know about “American Idol” and its success stories: Kelly Clarkson, Daughtry, Carrie Underwood.
But “Nashville Star” alum Miranda Lambert might just be the best of the bunch. (And I love both Clarkson and Underwood. Daughtry? Meh.)
Lambert, a 25-year-old Texan, was a finalist on the first season of “Star,” which is basically a country version of [...]
“We’re The JZ Band,” said David Z after his band’s first song at the Bend Roots Revival, “and it’s daylight.”
It was daylight. That’s one of the funny things about an outdoor, all-day music festival; bands that are used to playing in dark, cramped, stale-air bars are suddenly exposed to the sun, the wide open sky [...]
Suddenly, it seems, the Bend Roots Revival is one of the biggest and best parties in Bend.
If you were paying attention, you could see this coming. In my post-Roots Feedback column last year, I wrote: “I think this thing is on a fast track to becoming one of Bend’s coolest cultural events. The atmosphere was [...]
Technical difficulties kept me from getting this up on the blog yesterday, but here it is now, for posterity: Providence, R.I.’s Deer Tick performing “Song About A Man” Wednesday night at McMenamins Old St. Francis School. I have a couple of louder songs I could post, but they don’t sound great. If you want to [...]
I mentioned this in today’s round-up of this week’s music, but it’s worth pulling out. Longtime local-fave DJ Bryan Barisone is moving to Portland for a variety of reasons, including to further pursue his music career. A former resident DJ at The Grove and a founding member of Person People, Barisone will leave some big [...]
(Update: In the comments, Jill points out that I failed to mention KPOV’s involvement in the Bend Roots Revival. That was an oversight on my part, so I’ve updated this post, below.)
I’m telling you what, folks, this is shaping up to be one of those weekends. You know the kind: Warm weather. Central Oregon sunshine. [...]
Here’s your friendly reminder that Finn Riggins is kicking off their fall tour tonight at Silver Moon Brewing & Taproom at 24 N.W. Greenwood Ave., in Bend, with the Portland band Church opening. Start time: 8 p.m.(ish). Cover: $5. Download a song from the new Finn Riggins album “Vs Wilderness” by clicking here, and here’s [...]
(Sorry, folks, wanted to get this up yesterday, but life got in the way.)
Bend got a brief, crisp set Tuesday night at Silver Moon Brewing & Taproom by These United States, a band from Washington, D.C. and Lexington, Ky., that has been picking up buzz around the release of its new album “Everything Touches Everything.”
I [...]
(Each of the last three years, I’ve traveled over to Portland for MusicfestNW, a multi-day, multi-venue music festival that features some of the best bands from around the world. With a roster nearly 200 acts deep, MFNW 2009’s schedule included rock, punk, metal, hip-hop, jazz, Americana, electronica, and who knows what else. One thing’s for [...]
Occasionally, a band gets booked for McMenamins’ monthly Great Northwest Music tour and then becomes a much bigger deal, and those of us who live near a McMenamins get a serious bargain. Tonight is one of those nights, when the Providence, R.I., country-rock band Deer Tick plays a free show at Old St. Francis School [...]
(Each of the last three years, I’ve traveled over to Portland for MusicfestNW, a multi-day, multi-venue music festival that features some of the best bands from around the world. With a roster nearly 200 acts deep, MFNW 2009’s schedule included rock, punk, metal, hip-hop, jazz, Americana, electronica, and who knows what else. One thing’s for [...]
Today feels like a summer day, but it is, in fact, the first day of autumn.
It’s also the first day in a stretch of live-music options that I think, collectively, is probably Bend’s best of 2009 so far. Just look at what’s coming up over the next couple weeks (and click the artists’ names to [...]
These United States is a fast-rising band from Washington, D.C. and Lexington, Ky., that makes a vibrant and rollicking pop/rock/twang racket. They chose the direction of their new album, “Everything Touches Everything,” based on the outcome of the 2008 presidential election; read more about that in my article on the band.
Here’s the opening track from [...]
By chance, I guess, I’ve got a handful of links here that’ll let you hear what some former Bend residents are up to these days. Think of it kind of like a high school reunion, except you (likely) didn’t go to high school with these folks, and Mike McShanahan isn’t dunking your head in the [...]
That’s right, Assemble Head in Sunburst Sound. The San Francisco band has a silly name, but a sweet aesthetic. Their music is a particularly mellow brand of sunny, psychedelic pop that sounds swiped from the Summer of Love and plunked down in 2009. Their album, “When Sweet Sleep Returned,” is one of my favorites of [...]
The quiet week in between the Sisters Folk Festival and the Bend Roots Revival isn’t so quiet after all. You’ve got several options for hearing great music over the next seven days, and here are some of them:
Gimme Indie Rock, Part I: These United States roll into the Silver Moon with a punched-up sound and [...]
That’s right, the traveling mall-punk wonderland known as the Warped Tour will celebrate its 15th birthday by showing a special film tonight in a slew of movie theaters across the country, including Bend’s Old Mill Stadium 16.
The show will feature two hours of performances by big-name acts such as Blink-182, Katy Perry, the All-American [...]
The owners of The Underground in Bend — located in the old Club 97 space and one of the largest nightclubs in Oregon — want to know what kind of events you’d like them to host. They’ve even placed a survey on their MySpace so you can voice your opinion. So go let ‘em know [...]
Someday, megalomaniac megaton hip-hopper Kanye West’s career will peter out. His star will fade and the spotlight will turn toward someone else. (He’s not going to take it well.)
That time seems much, much closer today than it did at this time yesterday.
Whenever it happens, we will be able to put our fingers on the exact [...]
You remember Finn Riggins, right? The Idaho-based jitter-pop trio played at Silver Moon Brewing a couple months back, and I had a good time.
If you missed ‘em then, you’re in luck, because they’re coming back to the Moon on Sept. 24, and this time, they’re bringing the fine Portland band Church with them, as well [...]
I don’t know much about Rock N Roll Adventure Kids other the band is just two dudes, they’re from California, and they deal primarily in “trashrock,” drawing influence from bands like The Cramps, The Stooges, Hasil Adkins and so on. Heck, I didn’t even know they were playing in town until Friday morning, and that’s [...]
If you like crunchy, catchy, Nuggets-inspired garage/punk — why yes, I do! — the Rock N Roll Adventure Kids sound fairly awesome. And they’ll be at Players Bar & Grill (25 S.W. Century Drive, Bend) TONIGHT. Also playing: The High Heels from Denmark.
The Kids’ MySpace says the show will get going around 9 p.m. and [...]
As I said earlier, I spilled a lot of ink on the Sisters Folk Festival this week, but probably could’ve written even more. One artist playing the festival that I really wish I could’ve done more on is Todd Snider, a Nashville-based singer-songwriter who plays tonight on the Village Green main stage from 9 to [...]
I’m going to level with you, Frequency readers: This week, I went a little nutso with the Sisters Folk Festival coverage. But there’s a good reason for that, and that reason is this: The 2009 Sisters Folk Festival’s lineup is its best yet (where “yet” = “in the four years I’ve been covering it”). I [...]
The Sisters Folk Festival kicks off Friday evening, and tomorrow’s GO! Magazine is going to have it covered from top to bottom. Pick up a copy of The Bulletin or check back here in the morning for feature stories on Peter Rowan, Blind Pilot and Anastacia Beth Scott, plus blurbs on a few other artists, [...]
This is one of those weird weeks where, if you’re lucky, you didn’t work on Monday, but by Wednesday, you’re already jonesing for the weekend. It is for me, at least.
Get it out of your system by going out and taking in some Central Oregon culture tonight! Some options:
-At Player’s Bar & Grill (25 S.W. [...]
Rising country star Jason Aldean will take the stage at Bend’s Les Schwab Amphitheater on Thursday night, but Bendites should get there in time to catch one of their own in the opening act, Cloverdayle.
The Portland-based country band is led by Chad and Rachel Hamar, and Rachel Hamar is a Bend native and a 1997 [...]
This post should’ve been up here days ago, but a busy Friday, then a trip to Portland, then a holiday … well, here we are.
You may have heard by now that the G. Love & Special Sauce show last Thursday at the Domino Room was ridiculously crowded. And if you haven’t heard by now: The [...]
Sorry folks. Absolutely no time for anything other than links this week. Today’s GO! Magazine is packed full of music articles, including:
-Country star Jason Aldean at Les Schwab Amphitheater
-Blues legends Bonnie Raitt and Taj Mahal at Les Schwab Amphitheater
-Singer-songwriter Brett Dennen at the Athletic Club of Bend
-Pianist George Winston at Tower Theatre
-Moon Mountain Music Festival [...]
It doesn’t make much of a difference to anyone attending since the venues are in the same building, but tonight’s G. Love & Special Sauce show has been moved from the Midtown Ballroom to the smaller Domino Room.
It’s not a terribly shocking development, but all the pre-show promotion listed the venue as the Midtown Ballroom, [...]
Local instrumental space-rock whiz-kids the Empty Space Orchestra went live with their new Web site today, and it’s pretty, pretty, pretty slick.
There are photos, videos, a very cool archive of posters, and a list of upcoming shows. (The band is booked to play the movie theater at McMenamins Old St. Francis School on Halloween. Should [...]
Right about now, Jay-Z is everywhere. Which, of course, is just how he likes it — especially in the days leading up to a new album.
His highly anticipated “The Blueprint 3″ comes out on Sept. 11, and it leaked the other day. You can go find it if you want, or you can listen to [...]
A word of advice: If, someday, you’re a respected and successful guitarist, singer-songwriter, and veteran of the American blues scene, don’t record a song called “Something To Talk About” and release it as a single and have it become a huge hit and win a Grammy award, OK?
Because if you do, corny journalists (and I [...]
I couldn’t resist. Thank goodness there’s a song in this video so I can sneak it onto this music blog!
As a confirmed ginger myself, this kid’s moves make me very proud. Look for him on the “Today” show soon.
Alt-rock superweirdoheros Ween lit up the Les Schwab Amphitheater in Bend Friday night, and between the band, the (considerate) fans and the magnificent sky, there was a bounty of interesting things to photograph. Fortunately, Bulletin photographer Rob Kerr was there snapping away, and he came back with a whole bunch of terrific shots. Some are [...]
Say what you want about Ween’s devoted fans, but they are Earth conscious. I snapped this photo in McKay Park this morning at 9:45 a.m.
I’ll have a bunch of photos of the band, the crowd and the scenery up later today, so check back!
It’s not an overstatement to say that Cool Nutz embodies Portland hip-hop. The guy’s been pushing to put Oregon’s biggest city — the whole Northwest, really — on the map for a couple decades now.
Unfamiliar? Here’s a piping hot MP3 you can download, straight from the man himself. It’s a fine chunk of throwback funk [...]
Today marks the beginning of a very busy stretch for music fans in Central Oregon. Over the next several weeks, we’ll have four concerts at Bend’s Les Schwab Amphitheater, a few other big names at other venues around Bend, the Sisters Folk Festival and the Bend Roots Revival, plus all the smaller club shows that [...]
The bloodthirstiest metal band in the universe, GWAR, is set to return to Bend’s Midtown Ballroom on Nov. 25, thanks to local promoter Catapult Presents. And if satirical metal made by intergalactic monsters isn’t your thing, the bill will include a couple of less-schticky, super-heavy openers — Job For A Cowboy and The Red Chord [...]
Ready to start your weekend a bit early? Me too. Here are a couple ideas for you. The first would be perfect if you’re looking for something mellow, and the second if you want to sweat.
First of all, Po’ Girl is playing at Angeline’s Bakery in Sisters tonight at 7 p.m. Here’s what I had [...]
One of Bend’s most prominent music spots — the building on Greenwood Avenue that holds the Midtown Ballroom, Domino Room and The Annex bar, heretofore known as “the Midtown” — is in for some changes in the coming months. Time will tell, but the changes are almost certain to be improvements.
Here’s why: Co-owners Rhoda and [...]
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