Isles: This ambient rock group has a new concept album in the works titled Wounded Tropic. All You All: Every time I’ve seen this young rock band in the last three years, they’ve gotten better. Expect big things in 2015. Harley Bourbon: This band made a triumphant return to the Bend music scene in 2014 […]
Brianna Brey
Bri Brey is a Bend native who started as an intern at the Source Weekly after her graduation from the University of Oregon three years ago. She is now the full-time arts, culture and music editor.
Committed to bolstering Bend’s growing musical and arts community, Bri takes after the semi-fictional William Miller of Almost Famous. Despite a cynicism cultivated over the 20 years she’s lived in Bend, Bri loves Christmas. She loves decorating and gift giving and prides herself on having the best white elephant strategy. She once devised an It’s a Wonderful Life drinking game. Contact her at bri@bendsource.com with local music, arts and culture events (or the rules to that drinking game).
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Most Cosmopolitan Moments
Red Man|Method Man Concert More specifically, hearing B-Real of Cypress Hill announce that Measure 91 had passed in a very smoky Domino Room. Black Flag (NO MOSHING) As one of nearly 60 other cities hit by the revived band on its Victimology Tour with new lead singer Mike D, Bend can now say it has […]
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TGIF: What to do in Bend this Weekend 12/19-12/21
‘Twas the last weekend before Christmas and all over Bend, holiday events were stirring for family and friends. The microbrews were bottled by the brewers with care, in hopes that no Michelob soon would be there. friday 19 Train Man HOLIDAYS—Perhaps at another time of year, a grown man playing with miniature trains to attract and […]
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Ariana Named One of Top 100 Restaurants in America by Open Table Diners
This year, Chef Andres Fernandez of Ariana won the Source’s best chef honors, and in early 2014 the chefs of Ariana were invited to cook for the James Beard Foundation, an unprecedented honor for Bend chefs. So it’s already been a good year for the restaurant. And it’s only getting better. Ariana just announced that it […]
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Mama Said Kronk You Out
Kronk Men hit 15-year mark
If The Kronk Men were a child, they would be turning 15 this year—an age that many bands, especially in small towns, never see. It’s an angsty age, one that balances fierce independence with experience. That’s the case for this local band that has been constantly gigging in every venue, dive bar and basement in […]
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Rock the Tower
New partnership will bring edgier shows to the downtown venue
The Tower is a gem of a theatre with vaulted ceilings, balconies that appear to float at the back of the venue, a beautiful (albeit not enormous) stage, and plush seats, each embossed with the name of a sponsor who helped fund the 2004 rebuild. Since its refurbishment, the venue has been a magnet for […]
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Shakey Graves “Dearly Departed” Video
Did you catch Shakey Graves and Esmé Patterson at this year’s Sisters Folk Festival? Check out the totally awesome and totally morbid video for their duet, “Dearly Departed,” off Shakey Grave’s October release And the War Came, a record that we expect to end up on ALL of the top albums of 2014 lists. It’s a breakup ghost […]
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Idaho Distributors Question 10 Barrel Brewpub License in Boise
More consequences of the 10 Barrel buy out by Anheuser-Busch… The Idaho Statesman is reporting a challenge to 10 Barrel’s Idaho brewpub license by the Idaho Beer and Wine Distributors Association. If the state declares 10 Barrel no longer a small brewery (defined as producing under 30,000 barrels of beer per year), the brewpub in downtown Boise […]
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TGIF: What to do in Bend 12/12-12/14
Christmas is fast approaching, so between frantic shopping, holiday office parities (ours is TONIGHT!) and other obligatory events, try to enjoy yourself. Here’s what we will be up to this weekend… friday 12 Dirksen Derby Kickoff PARTY—What has become the de facto early season snowboarder party, the 8th annual Dirksen Derby kicks off this evening […]
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TONIGHT’s Live Music: Everyone is Dirty and Problem Stick
Brusque grunge-pop recorded in an anonymous California basement, Everyone is Dirty is fronted by the charismatic Sivan Gur-Arieh on vocals and violin, a welcome addition to the terrific grime-rock. The burrowing and billowing blowback guitar riffs paired with the sweet stings of Gur-Arieh and driving simplistic percussion is a new twist on a ’90s classic. […]