Eugene Weekly

Some people use “cute” as a pejorative. I don’t. So when I say that the new Ascetic Junkies video is the cutest goddamn thing EVER, what I mean is it’s the cutest goddamn thing I’ve seen in some unspecified period of time. Just look at it! Look at the way the little animated Kali Giaritta goes all frowny and slightly evil when the song rocks out! Look at the way the music appears in squiggled lines! Look at the banjo player’s fluffy white cloud of a beard! JUST LOOK AT IT! Continue reading →

Yes, MFNW continued! And continued to be great! And then I got sick and had Chow to finish and … and … and … And suddenly it’s September Twenty-freaking-third and I’d have to do some serious brain-wracking to figure out how we got this far into the month, but ANYWAY, let’s just relive the magic of MFNW just a little bit longer, and then I’ll shut up about it until next year. Continue reading →

Adventure Galley from traskblueribbon on Vimeo. Continue reading →

The theme of MusicfestNW — this year for sure, but probably every year — is apparently Getting a Late Start Due to Food. It’s just awfully hard to resist Portland’s culinary delights, even when you’re forced to choose between rock and a sausage. Wait, that sounded weird. Continue reading →

MusicfestNW 2010 began, for me, with cocktails and pickled things at Secret Society. Sorry, Phantogram, who I wanted to see; it’s just that I had a feeling sustenance would be needed over the next few hours. Continue reading →

Holy crap! It’s already time for my other favorite Portland festival (the other one being Pickathon, of course). Willamette Week’s MusicfestNW starts tonight with just one show — Devonwho and Animal Collective’s Panda Bear — and really gets rolling tomorrow. MFNW sprawls all over town, meaning sometimes it’s a pain when you want to get from Holocene to the Crystal Ballroom in a hurry, but there are enough interesting shows that you can usually keep busy just skipping from venue to venue around West Burnside. Continue reading →

We’ve been so focused on Best of Eugene voting that this one almost snuck by me: Eugene band Adventure Galley is one of the six finalists in MySpace’s Rock the Space 2 contest. Six finalists! Out of 17,000 entries! That’s pretty nifty. Continue reading →

The Jazz Station — the small, all-ages downtown performance space that’s made a home on Broadway between Willamette and Olive for five years — is getting bigger. In a letter sent to Jazz Station members on Monday, board president Chris Orsinger announced the news: The “new, improved” Jazz Station is expected to open in January at 124 W. Broadway, in a space leased from Lord Leebrick and nestled between the theater company and DIVA. Continue reading →