Scars of Experience
Thugcore legend plays Eugene
Even legends of hip-hop and hardcore music have to grow up one day. “I have a son now,” says Dan Singer, who performs as Danny … Continue reading
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Jazz and Beyond
Classical, blues and gospel are just a few of the influences you can hear this month
The Jazz Station has been one of Eugene’s most vital music institutions for years. But the club, run by the plucky independent nonprofit Willamette Jazz … Continue reading
Alpha Charly Bravo
Brooklyn’s Charly Bliss makes heartbreak danceable
Some music fans live and die for a towering guitar solo or thunderous drum fill. Me? I’m a swine for simplicity. I sip finely-crafted pop … Continue reading
Joe Manis
As long as jazz has existed, musicians have taken songs from the radio and played it in their own styles says saxophonist Joe Manis. Manis … Continue reading
Local and Smokal
Finding a homegrown musical bud for a smokin’ experience
Weed is to music as a shovel is to soil. When you’re high, you uncover that bass line or fluttering synth in the background, you … Continue reading
Blasphemous Rumors
Kayo Dot play heavy metal space opera at Old Nick’s Pub
With the heightened drama of a Bowie-esque space opera, the interstellar terrain of prog rock and the fault lines of metal, Blasphemy, the latest concept … Continue reading
They Saw the Light
Eugene old-time folk duo release new album, Due to Darkness
As a songwriter, Eugene musician Liat Tova Lis works best when she’s in motion. “Usually on my bike,” Tova Lis says. “I find a little … Continue reading
Symphonic Dissonance
Administrative changes, unhappy choristers and a sabbatical for the executive director at Eugene Symphony
As Eugene Symphony musicians tune up for their season opening concert on Sept. 26, a sour note behind the scenes has led to some singers … Continue reading
Symphonic Groove
Eugene Symphony’s got contemporary music on the program. That’s great! We want more.
If you only heard him play and sing in his bluegrass band, you’d peg him as a folkie/Americana musician. If you spotted him in the … Continue reading
Crisis of Faith
Existential despair, droning doom and black metal in Mizmor
Mizmor is a one-man, Portland-based black metal project. Its dense, towering music first emerged through a personal crisis of faith. Multi-instrumentalist Liam Neighbors, who performs … Continue reading