Sturgill Simpson
Live at McDonald Theatre [11.15.15]
Sturgill Simpson is not the loquacious type. The most talking he offered the audience during his Nov. 15 set at the McDonald Theater was a … Continue reading
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There is Always Hope
UO graduate music student Tony Glausi has written and produced this video in an effort to "bring hope to the many broken hearts and wounded souls that are suffering today." Continue reading
A$AP Rocky, Tyler the Creator and Vince Staples
Matt Knight Arena [11.12.15]
I have seen, now, the eye of a storm — the perilous tremor of full-blast thrusters, the sound of 10,000 white hands clapping. I have … Continue reading
Pop Cultured
Costumes and camaraderie at Eugene Comic Con
Nathan Johns as Miles Morales Spiderman. All photos by Trask Bedortha. Continue reading
The dance season is lighting up!
Oregon Ballet Academy presents its story ballet Snow White and the Seven Dancing Dwarfs
The dance season is lighting up! Mark your calendar for these upcoming events: The Lane Dance Program will host JoAnna Mendl Shaw of The Equus Projects as its fall artist in residence Nov. 16-20. In addition to teaching classes, Mendl will screen her film, Håstdans på Hovdala, about a unique creation process. Continue reading
The Spectre of Mediocrity
James Bond is a real son-of-a-bitch. Emotionally withdrawn and given to bouts of depression, the agent known as 007 is a classic anti-hero — sadistic, taciturn and misanthropic, he is an assassin driven by the icy requisites of duty but given to the thrill of stepping outside the lines when he smells a rat within his own intelligence organization. Continue reading
Simple Indie Gold
Yo La Tengo
Like most modern indie bands with a 30-year discography, a tendency to genre-bend and a mountain of critical acclaim, you’d think Yo La Tengo was too complex to fall for in an instant, but I did. Continue reading
Metamodern Country
Sturgill’s Metamodern Sounds finds rejuvenation in regression
On the first track of his latest record Metamodern Sounds in Country Music, singer Sturgill Simpson name-checks alien lizards, psychedelic drug DMT, Buddha and cosmic turtles, all of which are crooned about over a classic country shuffle. Simpson may be a country singer in title, but we’re a long way from Kenny Chesney here. Continue reading
American Noise
You can join a band even if you can’t play an instrument
Fun fact: You can join a band even if you can’t play an instrument. “When we started the band I did not play any instruments,” Mallory Graham of Nashville’s The Rough and Tumble tells EW. “And I was terrified to do so.” Graham says her college friend Scott Tyler convinced her that if she agreed to play music with him, her lack of musical experience wouldn’t be a problem. Continue reading
Music x MECCA
The songs of Brooklyn-based quintet Lucius
The songs of Brooklyn-based quintet Lucius range from alt-country ballads and ’60s psychedelic to percussive pop with beguiling melodies and dance rhythms. But it’s the powerful harmonizing vocals of lead singers Jess Wolfe and Holly Laessig that really separate their sound from the mainstream. Listening to the band’s acclaimed debut album Wildewoman (2013), it’s easy to assume there’s just one singer, such is the impressive vocal union of Wolfe and Laessig. Continue reading