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Los Angeles songwriter Phoebe Bridgers is emailing me from Europe, riding in a van somewhere between Germany and the Netherlands. “I can see miles and … Continue reading
Pete Bernhard, guitarist with the Santa Cruz-based The Devil Makes Three, says you’ll hear all kinds of old-timey music on his band’s latest release, Redemption … Continue reading
In the lineup of Marvel movies, Thor: Ragnarok deserves a lot of superlatives. Best, funniest, most comic-booky; prettiest, smartest, most sincere. In the same movie, … Continue reading
Jordan Harrison’s excellent play, the Pulitzer-nominated Marjorie Prime — now at Oregon Contemporary Theatre under the direction of Willow Norton — tackles the prickly issue … Continue reading
Eugene Weekly presents ShiSho performing ‘Interactive Theatre Art Piece’ live at the EW offices for #lincolnstreetsessions . While this folk punk duo’s residency in Eugene … Continue reading
There is nothing like three days of hard rain to signal the proper end of summer and the beginning of the rainy season, aka our … Continue reading
David Pacheco, vocalist and guitarist with Thee Commons, discovered cumbia back in the 1980s, when the style took Los Angeles by storm. “Cumbia music originated … Continue reading
Portland indie act Reptaliens contains a lot of contradictions. The band’s central songwriting team, husband and wife Cole and Bambi Browning, share a love story. … Continue reading
How do you turn a mountain into music? Ask composer Benjamin Krause. A recent University of Oregon grad, now teaching in Indiana, Krause just wrote … Continue reading
There’s one scene in particular that perfectly captures the generous, heartbreaking humanity animating The Florida Project, director Sean Baker’s tragicomic ode to the tattered residents … Continue reading