Playing with Jonatha Brooke is Christine McKinley, a mechanical engineer, or as she describes it, “science nerd,” musician and author who recently released her book, “Physics for Rock Stars: Making the Laws of the Universe Work for You.” The Source caught up with McKinley about how rock stars and science are both sexy, and about […]
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Source Suggests 9/24-10/2
Roots Festival Kickoff with Patchy Sanders Ashland is more known for its top-notch theater than for its music scene, but folk orchestra Patchy Saunders is trying to change that. Combining minor-key medieval song structures with Americana soul, the band ventures outside of the typical realm of southern Oregon music in a classically influenced menagerie with […]
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On Growing Up and Growing Old
Jonatha Brooke writes theatrical insights to life, time and hula dolls
I’ve loved Jonatha Brooke since I was 12 years old. I’m not sure what it was about her delicately crafted pop songs and her veneered emotive voice that appealed to an awkward seventh grade girl whose music collection consisted mostly of what I pulled out of my parents jewel-case CD rack and 12 of the […]
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Out of Town 9/11-9/18
portland thursday 11 Mother Falcon An orchestral rock group from Austin, Tex., Mother Falcon has 20 collaborative members playing strings, horns, guitars, and percussion. The band produced perhaps one of the best tiny desk concerts ever with its dozens of members packed into the minuscule space of NPR’s offices vehemently yelling, stomping and I assume, […]
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Source Suggests 9/18-9/25
Moody Little Sister After joining forces musically and romantically, Rob Stroup, a founding member of Portland’s Baseboard Heaters, and Naomi Hooley, an Alaska native with an angelic alto, became Moody Little Sister, an endearing balladeer pop-folk duo. After fully recording, but never releasing their last album, Hooley and Stroup went back to the drawing board […]
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Source Suggests 9/11-9/18
Halfway to St. Patrick’s Day Party Green beer, bagpipes, kilts and shamrocks keep a low profile 364 days a year. Whether you’ve forgotten them or not, the day when it’s ok—nay expected—to do, wear and drink all those things is only six months away and McMenamins can’t wait. Celebrate with food and drink specials and […]
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No Flux Capacitor Required
Southern Oregon’s VAM Commanders reunite
When the VAM Commanders started out in Ashland during the mid-90s—smack in the middle of the era of bleached-hair boy bands adorned with puka shell necklaces and Gap cargo shorts—they were counterculture thrash-rock teenagers ready to destroy the world with distorted power chords. “Like so many bad decisions, it was fueled by alcohol,” explained Josh […]
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Pond-Hopping Punk Rock
Larry and His Flask are home, for a hot minute
Three weeks ago, Dallin Bulkley, Andrew Carew, Ian Cook and Jamin and Jeshua Marshall were onstage under a giant circus tent in Biddinghuizen, Netherlands. As Larry and His Flask, the spirited and wild five-piece band screamed, spit, headbanged, plucked and strummed to a crowd of thousands at the Lowlands music festival that drew more than […]
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Young and In Love
A review of Patrimony’s b3li3v3
On Friday, Portland’s heavy-rock pianist, Machine, will pour on the Fiona Apple-style fire and storytelling. Drummer Peter Thomas (of Hopeless Jack and the Handsome Devil) plays a dynamic backbone to Madeline Mahrie’s smoky expansive vocals and Madonna-esque chameleon aesthetic. Machine is a sultry eye and ear-catching duo that will kickoff a sprawling United States tour […]
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And Then There Was Jay Tablet
A review of West Ghostin’
Scheduled to bring his effortlessly unflappable rhymes and beats to the Volcanic Theatre Pub on Thursday, was half of the prolific duo The Cool Kids, Chuck Inglish. Unfortunately, a last minute cancellation of all of Inglish’s Oregon dates, Bend among them, is a big letdown for the sparse, but growing hip-hop community. Local producer, DJ […]