You’ll have to wait until tomorrow afternoon to get into the Century Center, but the Bend Roots Revival (about which we’ll be writing/posting video/raving for the next few days on this blog) is kicking into motion tonight. Here’s a link to our full festival preview, which is also a two-page spread in the print edition.
The Blender
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Bend Roots Revival Coverage
You should utilize all your skills as a human being to snatch up a copy of this week’s print edition, because inside you’ll find a complete schedule to the Bend Roots Revival — the massive four-day local music explosion that is set over the new Century Center this weekend — as well as some band profiles and everything else you need to know about the event.
So yeah, pick up the paper!
And speaking of this weekend, how about this weather forecast? It’s like summer, but in the fall.
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Meet and See Atmosphere Tonight in Bend
Atmopshere, one of the more intriguing acts in all of the hip-hop universe, is playing in Bend tonight. If you or any of your friends or loved ones are into indie rap music, you probably already knew this.
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Sara Jackson-Holman Covers “Such Great Heights”
Pestering rain showers didn’t stop a sizable crowd from gathering down at Bend Fall Festival this weekend and those who were down there on Saturday afternoon caught this mind-blowing solo gig from Sara Jackson-Holman.
Halfway through the set, Jackson-Holman knocked out a cover of “Such Great Heights” the Postal Service’s mega hit from 2003.
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Bend Fall Festival Music Schedule
The Bend Fall Festival is taking place today in downtown Bend and includes a strong lineup of almost all local performers, including another appearance by Sara Jackson-Holman and what’s sure to be a rowdy set from Larry and His Flask.
Headlining the main stage tonight is Bay Area all-female Led Zeppelin tribute band, Zepparella.
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Happy Willie Nelson Day, Everyone
The summer music season ends today with a show by Willie Nelson.
Every few years in Bend there’s one night where cowboys and hippies, bikers and businessmen all gather at the Les Schwab Amphitheater and sway to the sounds of American musical hero Willie Nelson. It’s all quite magical.
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Help Local Musicians Replace Their Stolen Gear
Earlier this summer at the West Wind Ranch Americana Music Festival a thief, who may or may not have been wearing a black mask and carrying a brown burlap sack with a green dollar sign on it, stole a bunch of gear from local musicians.
The River Pigs’ Scott Foxx and Thomas T (the later of whom also plays in Mosley Wotta) were the victim of the heist.
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Built to Spill Coming to Bend
Indie rock kings Built to Spill are on their way to Bend in November.
For the past couple of months, whenever I’ve checked the Random Presents website, I’ve been bummed to see that indie rock heroes Built to Spill were playing in Ashland in November, but not in Bend. But guess what happened when I checked the site today?
Yup, I saw that Built to Spill is, indeed, playing in Bend on November 11 at the Domino Room.
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No Longer A Player
Players Bar and Grill to call it quits after September
We’ve heard whispers for several weeks and, while we still haven’t gotten official confirmation from the current owners, it appears that Players Bar and Grill is ending its long run as a destination for fans of live metal, rock, hip hop. Players is apparently putting on its final shows over the next few weeks, winding down its live music by the end of the month as the new ownership takes the reins at the hard drinking and hard rocking nightclub, according to one local bandleader who has been working with the club recently.
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The Thermals Tonight at the Tower!
One of indie rock’s coolest band stops off in Bend tonight.
The Thermals, probably one of my favorite rock bands of the past decade is playing the Tower Theatre. Yes, that’s right, an awesome rock and roll band is playing at our nicest indoor venue!
The show, part of the PDXchange Program, kicks off at 8pm tonight with an opening set from another rock trio — our very own Autonomics.
