A Double LP of killer tunes.
Ethan Maffey
Both a writer and a fan of vinyl records since age 5, it wasn't until nearly three decades later that Oregon Native Ethan Maffey derived a plan to marry the two passions by writing about music. From blogging on MySpace in 2007 and then Blogspot, to launching his own website, 83Music, and eventually freelancing for publications in the Pacific Northwest, like Spokane’s alt-weekly Inlander, Ethan’s aim has been to provide fans of music alternatives to the mundane and overplayed. This included a nearly two year stint as the music editor for the Source, where he scoured the Bend music scene drawing attention to local talent and notable touring acts as they passed through town. In addition to deep knowledge of the local music scene, Ethan has an uncanny ability to quote lines from the television show “Friends.” He also has an eye for women’s fashion and feels a kinship with Lucky Day, Steve Martin’s character in ¡Three Amigos!
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LSA Announcement: Steve Martin and Edie Brickell
Another show for Les Schwab Amphitheater’s 2013 season…
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Coming (Back) to America
Oregon singer Ryan T. Jacobs ends self-imposed European exile
The cliché is that young Americans go to Europe to find themselves. Sometimes all they do is spend Mom and Dad’s hard-earned money partying and learning how to swear in new languages. But sometimes, the trip is a journey, and the time abroad produces a changed person (see Lost Generation of the 20s). For singer/songwriter […]
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I Like Big Lumps and I Cannot Lie
Presidents of the United States of America returns
Thirteen years ago, Seattle band The Presidents of the United States of America (PUSA)—known for the hits “Lump” and “Peaches”—was in Bend, and it wasn't alone. The band lit up the now-defunct Club 97 with a collaborative band featuring none other than rapper Sir Mix-A-Lot (best known for his 1992 hit, “Baby Got Back”). Apparently, […]
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No Bullies Allowed
Portland singer Sallie Ford lays down the law about gender roles
One kick to the groin, two faces smacked by serving trays, four jabs to the jaw, four beer bottles smashed over heads, an elbow to the chest and, for good measure, a punch to the gut; that’s how singer Sallie Ford handles a group of rowdy bullies in the video for “Party Kids” off her […]
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BREAKING: Sasquatch! Music Festival to Expand
There’s music news… and then there’s this.
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Obsidian
Obsidian
Obsidian Baths Label anticon “I might walk upright, but then again, I might still try to die,” Will Wiesenfeld whispers on “Worsening,” the opening track on Obsidian, his second album recording as Baths. He bemoans against eerie broken glass electro beats cutting into the pillowy softness of his voice: “Where is God when you hate […]
