Stay with me here… Water Tower Bucket Boys, the boot stompin’ Americana band from Portland, is now just Water Tower. That’s it. Same band, shorter name. We’ve taken some phone calls from confused fans, so there you go. Muddy water…cleared! They’re playing at McMenamins tonight at 7 p.m. FOR FREE! They come to Bend fairly […]
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Electric Kool-Aid Funk Test
How do you feel about super-funk? What about big-band instrumental jams peppered with Sly and the Family Stone-esque vocals and groove? Do you like the background music from the ’70s TV series Shaft? If you answered yes to any of the above questions, watch this video and get your bellbottoms down to McMenamins tonight for […]
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I Think We’re Alone Now
More from our film expert, Mr. Rasic.
I Think We’re Alone Now is a documentary about many different things, but primarily about loneliness and how easy it is to turn that feeling of isolation into obsession.
The film follows two individuals and their decade long infatuation with the 1980’s pop-star Tiffany.
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Topnotch bluegrass at Horned Hand tonight
Full disclosure- we really like The Water Tower Bucket Boys.
Full disclosure- we really like The Water Tower Bucket Boys. That’s why we’re telling you to get yourself down to The Horned Hand tonight to check them out.
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Valentines Around Town
What to do tonight, with a date or a broken heart.
Happy V-Day! Here’s a short list of how you and yours can spread your love around this evening. You’re welcome, love.
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Animal Eyes and Plum Sutra: Tonight!
Alaskan rockers back in Bend, this time at Silver Moon.
The boys are back in town, and they brought friends. Portland band Plum Sutra will blow your mind with their Zen rock followed by a night of debauchery with Alaskan ruffians and indie folk rockers Animal Eyes.
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Two Republicans file to challenge Unger in Nov. election
Two Republicans will face off in May primary for Democrat Alan Unger’s county commission seat
Two Republicans challengers of Democrat Alan Unger, 60, officially joined the race for county commissioner today by submitting filings with the Deschutes County Clerk’s Office. Phil Henderson, 56, will vie against fellow Republican Tom Greene, 58, who is a current Bend City Councilor, in the May primary for a spot on the November ballot.
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Danny Barnes: Tonight! Free!
Listen to that banjo ring.
Noteworthy banjo and guitar virtuoso Danny Barnes is picking and grinning tonight at McMenamins. A number of big names in the music world count Barnes as a significant influence, including Phish’s Mike Gordon and one-man-band Keller Williams.
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Radical Band Tonight: Animal Eyes play the The Horned Hand. Cheap!
Tonight is a good night for indie folk rock and drinking beer with buddies.
So it’s shitty outside, so what? Actually, it’s not that bad today .
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Tonight’s Music: Pickwick, Polyrhythmics
Check out a free and delightfully soulful show from Pickwick tonight.
I’ll cut to the chase here: I’ve been listening to essentially one band for the past two days and that band is called Pickwick. They are a bunch of nerdy-looking Seattle indie rockers who have, seemingly impossibly, decided to play soul music.