friday 1 Patrimony ROCK—The young throwback rockers of Patrimony recorded their first album before the end of high school. With a few more years under its belt and a new polish, the band releases its second attempt, b3li3v3, a title that will never be typed again, only copy pasted. A mix of Jack White sharpness […]
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PICK:BALLYHOO! and Bumpin Uglies
thursday 31 Ballyhoo! and Bumpin Uglies REGGAE—With songs like “White Boy Reggae,” (hey, at least they admit it) and “Hallucinations,” Bumpin Uglies is a SoCal dream, a summertime piña colada of Sublime and sunshine. Ballyhoo! as an exclamation point in its name, so there’s that. Necktie Killer opens. 9 pm. Volcanic Theatre Pub, 70 SW Century Dr. $10.
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PICK: Eff Cancer Benefit for Sarah McMurray
Eff Cancer Benefit BENEFIT—Cancer is the worst. Not only is it a creeping menace that always seems to strike the nicest people, but the medicines used to stop it in its tracks are brutal and costly. Ugh. On the bright side, it often brings out a spirit of generosity and goodwill in the community. Give […]
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PICK: Back Alley Barbers
Back Alley Barbers ROCKABILLY—With a Sweeney Todd-inspired aesthetic and a lead singer—“Queen Pirate”—who looks like a punk rock Elvira, Portland’s Back Alley Barbers rock a surprisingly successful mash-up of punk, soul and rockabilly. Queen Pirate’s powerful pipes rival Gwen Stefani’s—in fact, the band sounds like No Doubt if the album Tragic Kingdom had actually been, […]
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PICK: The Dumb Waiter
friday 18 The Dumb Waiter THEATRE—Two hit men waiting for kill orders in a windowless basement find themselves at the mercy of an abandoned dumb waiter in Harold Pinter’s Tarantino-predeceasing dark comedy. A visceral script performed by local actors Derek Sitter and Nathan Woodworth makes for captivating live theater. 7:30 pm. Volcanic Theatre Pub, 70 […]
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Dumb and Dumber
Young actor Nathan Woodworth takes on The Dumb Waiter
Nathan Woodworth was an actor before he could talk. “I’ve always had a weird compulsion to imitate people,” says the 22-year-old Sisters native. “Before I could talk I was walking like the scarecrow in Wizard of Oz and my parents thought something was wrong with me. They took me to the doctor.” Woodworth, who will […]
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Showing in the Gallery
Ira Walker takes center stage
Ira Walker is a master of his craft. The all around musician and producer has his metaphors nailed (in his conversation and his songs), along with his classic 1, 4, 5 blues riffs, his empowered and experienced vocal tone, his spirited banter, and his smooth walking baselines. There is a bouncy ease about his music […]
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PICK: Be Calm Honcho
tuesday 8 Be Calm Honcho MUSIC—This group of goofy California rockers make wearing a sequined cape and singing about their home state look easy. Lead by the smoky-voiced and prolific Shannon Harney, the band’s slow-swinging, bluesy, reveby and catchy songs are unmatched in psychedelic twists and west coast vibrations. 9 pm. Volcanic Threatre Pub, 70 SW Century […]
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PICK: Taarka
thursday 3 Taarka MUSIC—The Colorado grass-fiends known as Taarka sound like a collective of train-riding pranksters trained in classical music by gypsy wolves in the foothills of the Appalachians. Gearing up for Independence Day weekend couldn’t be a more nation criss-crossing hoedown. Volcanic Theatre Pub, 70 SW Century Dr. 9 pm. $5.
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TONIGHT! Possessed by Paul James
Ok Bend, I know it’s a Tuesday and that the weather is beautiful outside BUT YOU CANNOT MISS THIS SHOW. Konrad Wert, also known as Possessed by Paul James is a seasoned Austin songwriter, guitarist, banjo and fiddle player, one-man-band and, by day, a schoolteacher. He isn’t resistant to the musical spirit taking him when […]