Corner Gospel Explosion shall not be pigeonholed. The debut album, “Tension,” bounces between styles that most bands need years to gain the confidence to pull off. From the dance rock album opener, “Sky is Falling (Na Na Na),” to the epic, seven-and-a-half minute closer, “Through the Fence and Out,” Corner Gospel Explosion is ready to […]
Jared Rasic
Film critic and author of food, arts and culture stories for the Source Weekly since 2010.
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Hail, Coen!
The smartest filmmakers on Earth return
Reviewing a new Coen Brothers film is an exercise in futility, especially only after one viewing. Their work is never as simple as it first seems on the surface and, regardless the genre they’re dabbling in, there are always multiple layers to unpack. “Hail, Caesar!” is the latest in their almost unbroken string of classics […]
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Big Empty
Since time is a flat circle and all celebrity is forgotten in the sea of change, 90’s rock band Stone Temple pilots are on the hunt for a new lead singer. This comes three months after the departure of Linkin Park’s Chester Bennington and two months after the death of original lead singer Scott Weiland. […]
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Freedom’s Just Another Word
“Mustang” asks important questions
A group of boys and girls play in the sea. They eventually start playing a game of chicken where the girls sit on the boys’ shoulders and try to knock one another off. When the girls return home, their grandmother starts swatting them and disciplining them for being obscene. A nosy neighbor told the grandmother […]
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Newgrass City
Fleck and Washburn together at the Tower
Abigail Washburn is a clawhammer banjo player. The clawhammer banjo is primarily a down-picking styled banjo as compared to the up AND down style of the classic banjo, which gives her solo sound a backcountry Appalachian vibe but with a modern vocal style. Bela Fleck is considered one of the most innovative banjo players on […]
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Source Suggests 2/3-2/10
B Side Brass Band Broken Top Bottle Shop is celebrating its fourth anniversary with a show starring the B Side Brass Band. With the band's funky/jazzy New Orleans sound, combined with the hundreds of different beers to choose from either on tap or in the bottle shop, this should be a dance party to remember. […]
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The Source Featured Album
The Outer Vibe takes the laid-back lyricism of Jimmy Buffet and smashes it into the falsetto of Muse and the straightforward pop of Vampire Weekend. This wide-ranging style should not work this well, but it certainly does. The band hails from Grand Rapids, Michigan, with inspirations that are deep and varied. The members wear their […]
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Source Suggests 1/27-2/3
JB Boxter JB Boxter brings his unique Americana soul to one of Bend’s newest brew locations, Craft Kitchen and Brewery. Never content to stick to a single genre, expect Boxter to hop around all over the spectrum for a singular and personal live music experience. Enjoy the craft brew and the hand crafted sound. 6 […]
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Shrek Yourself Before You Wreck Yourself
A fairytale brought to life
Everyone loves a fat, green, Scottish ogre that hates the world and everyone in it. This is just a giant recipe for success and “Shrek: The Musical” makes sense. Thoroughly Modern Productions (TMP) has made a bit of a cottage industry performing fairy tales over the last few years with productions of “Beauty and the […]
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Teenage Dystopian Apocalypse Blues
Meet the 5th Wave, same as the 4th Wave
It shouldn’t be so hard to do dystopia right, but the young adult genre seems to struggle with it. For every excellent YA post-apocalyptic series (e.g. “The Chaos Walking Trilogy” or “The Red Rising Trilogy”), there are a dozen bad ones ( “Divergent” comes to mind). With the success of “The Hunger Games” films, all […]
