Rock ’n’ Roll Prophet
California songwriter Chuck Prophet’s latest release, Bobby Fuller Died for Your Sins, recalls an era when Nick Lowe and Elvis Costello back-flipped over metal’s devil … Continue reading
William Kennedy
Will Kennedy is a freelance writer and a senior music writer with Eugene Weekly. He lives in Eugene with his wife, daughter and two cats. All of whom politely accommodate his obsessions with Doctor Who and The Smiths.
Author: William Kennedy
A Truer Plane of Being
Examining post-rock spirituality with Eugene’s Paleons
In 18th-century poet William Blake’s invented mythology, the character Urizen embodies conventional reason and law, often depicted as a bearded old man carrying nets or … Continue reading
Urban Wine Hike
A guide to downtown wine tastings
For lots of people, wine tasting means driving long distances to the countryside to bucolic wineries like King Estate or LaVelle Vineyards. But in the … Continue reading
Oregon Roots
Portland sister trio Joseph have Oregon Roots
Portland roots-harmony sister trio Joseph take their name from the northeastern Oregon town of Joseph. Band member Allison Closner says she and her sisters spent … Continue reading
Mile-High Dream Folk
Colorado musician Gregory Alan Isakov is used to fronting rock bands — or singing alone with just his guitar. So he has to reach to … Continue reading
Smoke ’em If You Got ’em
Diet Cig lights up The Boreal
Pop music has long been about teen angst, social anxiety and sexual confusion. And Brooklyn two-piece Diet Cig — touring behind their hotly anticipated (and, … Continue reading
Sky High
Popular and internationally known Eugene post-rock sextet This Patch of Sky will premiere new music April 21 at Hi-Fi Music Hall. TPOS lead-guitarist and bandleader … Continue reading
Musical ‘Influencers’
Meet six people who are instruments of the Eugene sound
Music scenes are like phantoms: Point them out, and they disappear; name them and they shift; call out a great house-show venue and watch it … Continue reading
It’s Different for Barnes
EW talks with the frontman of Athens band of Montreal
I ask Kevin Barnes from of Montreal whether early Bowie stuff or bands like T Rex were on his mind when writing and recording Innocence … Continue reading
Big Plates Small Dreams
Spice ’n’ Steam and dim sum
John Li, founder of Spice ’n’ Steam, Eugene’s brand new dim sum-style restaurant, visits his native Guangdong (Canton) every few years. He says the southern … Continue reading