A mixtape filled with side projects.
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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A Tale Re-Toad
After a 16 year studio hiatus, Toad the Wet Sprocket re-emerges
George Harrison waited 15 years before following up his 1987 album Cloud Nine with Brainwashed in 2002. Grace Jones went 19 years between releasing 1989’s Bulletproof Heart and 2008’s Hurricane. And perhaps most famously, The Eagles took nearly three decades off between studio albums, finally issuing 2007’s Long Road Out of Eden, 28 years after […]
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Oregon Anthems
Portland folk band The Weather Machine’s music is roped to its rustic roots
From the majestic coastline of Cannon Beach to the refreshing spray of Silver Falls and even the far-reaching 360-degree views from Pilot Butte, Portland-based pop folk band The Weather Machine visited all 185 Oregon State parks in making the music video for its ode to the Beaver State ,”Back O’er Oregon.” For Oregon native Slater […]
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No Depression & Other New Music
The release of No Depression: Legacy Edition and our review of Pattern’s debut album Waking Lines.
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The Darkness Within
Portland’s Rainstick Cowbell exposes worldly ills with prophetic, acoustic punk rock
Like rolling tremors preceding a molten eruption, the agitated rock of Portland’s Scott Arbogast—who records as Rainstick Cowbell—is replete with hellish warnings of impending doom. Aptly, Arbogast will share those cautionary tales—mostly about greed and human mismanagement of things—Jan. 26 at Bend’s Volcanic Theatre Pub. On his latest album, 2013’s Damage Control Damage, Arbogast is […]
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TONIGHT’S Live Music: Jay Tab and Amsterdam
A rare but welcome hip hop show by local stars.
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Blues in Hand
Mark Hummel brings the Mississippi sax to Bend,
and he’s got friends
First and foremost, the Blues Harmonica Blowout tour—which has featured a rotating lineup since 1991—has legend Mark Hummel at the helm. Not familiar with him? Come out from under that rock. In the harmonica world—a place entrenched in weathered tradition—Hummel is what some might consider an ambassador between the tried and true history of blues […]