Heavy Metal Dreamer
English heavy metal singer Blaze Bayley recalls sitting with his mother and watching early seasons of Star Trek and Doctor Who. Bayley feels this started … Continue reading
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Nova
Eugene Weekly presents Surfs Drugs performing for #lincolnstreetsessions
Eugene Weekly presents Surfs Drugs performing ‘Nova’ live at the EW offices for #lincolnstreetsessions. Back Beat: Lincoln Street Sessions are a series of live studio … Continue reading
Punk Hates Hate
In the early 1980s, classic New York hardcore band Reagan Youth sang “We are Reagan Youth!” dropping a “sieg heil” for satirical effect. This was … Continue reading
Multnomah County Lineman
I was born in 1976. Early memories I retain from around that era include a black van my parents had with actual carpet inside of … Continue reading
Haywood — Full Session
Eugene Weekly presents Haywood performing live for #lincolnstreetsessions
Eugene Weekly presents Haywood‘s full Lincoln Street Sessions recording live at the EW offices. Back Beat: Lincoln Street Sessions are a series of live studio … Continue reading
Matthew Halls is out
In an unexpected firing from his job at OBF
Matthew Halls, the popular artistic director of the Oregon Bach Festival, has been unexpectedly fired from his job at OBF. “I have been let go … Continue reading
Francesco Lecce-Chong: Building trust
Eugene Symphony’s new music director plans to be part of the community
Not all orchestra music directors live in the city where they conduct. Most have multiple gigs and spend much of their time on airplanes and … Continue reading
A Little Help from Her Friends
Often a young musician is shaped by a singular performance that clicks a switch inside her, a switch that says: “I could do that, too.” … Continue reading
Witchy Blues
The experimental blues of Hello Dollface puts listeners under a spell. In true witch fashion, Ashley Edwards (front woman and creature of the night) is … Continue reading
Life’s a Bitch
Nathanial Rateliff and the Night Sweats make sweet music of troubled times
Nathanial Rateliff and the Night Sweats make sweet music of troubled times Your friend gets cancer days before his girlfriend announces she’s pregnant, your father … Continue reading