saturday 6 Orquesta Monte Calvo MORE DANCE MUSIC—It isn’t too often that an Afro-Latin dance band twists its snakey danceable world-music grip around Bend. Corvallis’ Orquesta Monte Calvo mixes traditional and modern music styles from Peru and Colombia—Psychedelic Cumbia, Chicha, Samba, funk and more 9 pm. Volcanic Theatre Pub, 70 SW Century Dr. $6.
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An Interview with Panther Attack
Seattle-based noise band Panther Attack play obtuse, nontraditionally structured experimental rock music. Panther Attack songs take a meandering path that can lead from gong-smashing percussion to mathy guitar riffs to space-age dreamy loops, often spiraling off into stream of consciousness tinted jams. Sung Amongst Shadows, the band’s 2014 release, is a cleaned up amalgamation of […]
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Planting the Orchard
Appleseed Collective play modern gypsy compositions
Five-piece Americana fusion group Appleseed Collective has grown from a batch of songs that guitarist Andrew Brown wrote when he was 14 years old into one of the most diverse acts to tumble out of Ann Arbor, Michigan in the last decade. The band’s ornate songs resemble the group’s namesake, budding from obtuse, petite compositions […]
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PICK: Jeff Crosby and the Refugees
thursday 28 Jeff Crosby and the Refugees MUSIC—Under a mop of blonde hair with a road-tested pop-perfect voice, Jeff Crosby comes from the Bruce Springsteen school of song writing. Mesmerizing storytelling about small-town, blue-collar day-to-day with a rock and roll edge is what he and the Refugees do best. 8 pm. Volcanic Theatre Pub, 70 […]
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Troubadour Realism
Jeff Crosby and the Refugees don’t bury the big stuff
The dusty, dreamy rock and roll of Jeff Crosby and the Refugees isn’t dismissible or fluffy, although the Americana-rooted songs could as easily fit into a glowing ’90s alt-rock radio lineup as a dingy, sticky-floored dive bar. The Springsteen-esque songs delve deeply into the core of personal turmoil, blue-collar lifestyles and nomadic tendencies. From the […]
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TONIGHT’s Live Music: Carrie Nation and the Speakeasy and Emby Alexander
It might be Wednesday, but tonight’s live music lineup #inBend is pretty unbeatable. Tumbleweed folk band Carrie Nation and the Speakeasy plays at Silver Moon Brewing at 7 pm. Horns and strings! What’s not to like! Just west will be intricate art rockers Emby Alexander at Volcanic Theatre Pub. 9 pm. Read the Source’s full interview […]
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Interview with Phoenix Art Rockers Emby Alexander
When Phoenix, AZ. band Emby Alexander played in Bend just over a year ago, the Source Weekly’s music editor Ethan Maffy described their “wildly aggressive baroque music,” as “an ill-supervised field trip of feral urchins scattered through the Louvre’s halls with abandoned wonder.” I’m not even going to try to beat that. Since their last […]
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TONIGHT’S LIVE MUSIC! Mama Doll and Bobcat Rob Armenti
During the summer time, it’s not a stretch to say there’s an excellent live show every night in Bend. That means that even a lowly Monday night often has great music…take tonight for example. California’s Bobcat Rob Armenti and Spokane’s Mama Doll play tonight at Volcanic Threatre Pub at 9pm. $5.
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The Sound and the Fury
Volcanic owner challenges noise ordinance
In June 2013, members of the local music scene applauded changes to the city’s noise ordinance following a judge’s ruling that the previous code was too vague. In that case, neighbors had complained that the now-closed Horned Hand, a popular music venue, was too loud—and police issued a $500 citation. But, at the time, a […]
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PICK: Miss Tess and the Talkbacks
ROCK—Brooklyn-based Miss Tess’s playful, lilting voice transports listeners back to smoky jazz lounges of yesteryear while her band brings a folk-rock flair. Perfect music for picnicking on gingham or dancing with a cardigan-clad sweetheart, Miss Tess and the Talkbacks blend retro and modern sounds with cute but not kitschy effect. 8 pm. Volcanic Theatre Pub, 70 SW Century Dr. […]