Editor’s note: We want to acknowledge that two of the biggest acts of the summer will play the Les Schwab Amphitheater this week, Jack Johnson on Sunday Aug. 24 and Dave Matthews Band on Tuesday Aug. 26. However, both shows have been sold out since the first days of ticket release, so unless you’re a […]
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Wedding in the Woods
Hand-building an independent music festival
After years of frustration with a lack of venues and opportunities to play music in Bend, Elijah Goodall and his band Isles decided to take matters into their own hands. Last year, they pieced together some of Bend’s alternative elite for a small-scale festival held about 45 miles out of town, up the scenic and […]
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PICK: Source Weekly’s Best Of Reader Appreciation Party
friday 15 Source Weekly Best Of Reader Appreciation Party PARTY—Have you caught yourself humming R. Kelly’s “The World’s Greatest” lately (we prefer the cover by Bonnie “Prince” Billy)? We can’t blame you. In recognition of your epic greatness, the Source is throwing you a party, filled with the winners of our annual Best of Central […]
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Nerd Rock
Portland’s Adam Sweeney stays academic in his latest project, The Breaking
Portland’s Adam Sweeney does a bit of everything; just check out this post from late last month referencing Portland soul singer/songwriter Kelsey Mousley: “Gearing up for another session with Kelsey Mousley tomorrow. I love nerding out on new mic and pre configurations. #livetrio #rnb #nerd” For this guy, being creative involves a lot more than […]
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Musical Chairs
Bend Roots Festival lands new location and sponsor in Deschutes Brewery
The Bend Roots Festival has been in five different locations in as many years. Starting in the cross-street parking lots of the Victorian Café and Parrilla Grill, the local music festival upgraded to the Century Center in 2011 only to be canceled last minute at the same location in 2012. Then, last year placed Bend’s […]
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Out of Town 8/13-8/21
eugene saturday 16 Huey Lewis and the News Best known for their cheeky late ’80s MTV hits (“Hip to Be Square,” “Heart of Rock and Roll”), Huey Lewis and the News is a surprisingly earnest and quality R&B band. So much more than a novelty act squeezing out money from reconstituting their decades-old hits, the […]
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The Big Refresh
Bend’s Harley Bourbon isn’t rewriting the playbook, just executing with new members
Back when the Source first wrote about Bend band Harley Bourbon in 2011, front man John Forrest was 22, chugging orange juice with bourbon—a drink known as an American Screw—around bonfires and rumbling loudly at local venues with his band’s take on outlaw-country-inspired punk rock. Three years later and now 25, Forrest still fronts Harley […]
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Source Suggests 8/13-8/21
JPNSGRLS Normally I’m against removing vowels and unnecessary letter capitalization in band names (I’m talking to you Strfkr and tUnE-yArDs), but after taking a good hard listen to JPNSGRLS, a Queens of the Stone Age-esque crew that includes exactly zero people from Japan and zero women, I’ve concluded that the Vancouver, BC, band’s loud, danceable […]
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PICK: Dirty Bourbon River Show
tuesday 12 Dirty Bourbon River Show BRASS—The self-described “New Orleans Gypsy Brass Circus Rock” band (‘cause we live in a post-singular adjective musical world) combines serious musical chops with a playful attitude—no doubt honed through its six-month burlesque residency. Dirty Bourbon River Show is the kind of band you’d want leading your funeral procession. (Who […]
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PICK: Seattle Funk Band Down North
tuesday 19 Down North FUNK—If GoodLife’s roof had a patio, this Seattle-based funk band would tear it off. The group that managed to turn out a funk-phobic music writer for the Stranger brings an old school flavor to the genre that birthed some of music’s greats. From throbbing, syncopated base lines to funky flourishes and […]