Phantograms Never Die
Phantogram’s haunting, post-electronic dream pop oozes a certain amount of intoxication, and the epic performance by the New York duo at Eugene’s Willamette Valley Music Festival last Saturday was comparable to watching globules in a lava lamp. I pity any one who wasn’t in attendance. It really was a seductive—if not spellbinding—show. I recently had [...]
‘Spoon’ing tonight at McDonald Theater
Tonight, the McDonald Theater welcomes Austin, Texas based band SPOON, playing at 8:00pm with special guest Explode Into Colors. Spoon has been playing their indie hits since 1993, but really broke into the spotlight with their 2002 album Kill The Moonlight (which saw one of their songs gain popularity through the popular teen-drama “The O.C.”). [...]
A Glimpse of the Eugene Music Scene
Because I am still in Eugene for spring break, I get the pleasure of discovering what our local musicians are producing and performing. Good Friday, The Horribalistics, Tullis, Drebin and a Vision in Gray who are all from around the area got to strut their stuff for a short set at WOW hall. I arrived [...]
Eugene International Film Festival
On Friday the 9th through Sunday the 11th Eugene will be host to an international film festival (who knew?) showcasing over eighty films: features, shorts, and documentaries made by independent up-and-comings and Hollywood hotshots. The festival will be held at the Valley River Center Regal Cinemas. A detailed schedule of the festival and information on [...]
Tonight at the WOW Hall: Jens Lekman and Tig Notaro
Forgive the late notice. We’re sorry. But. Swede Jens Lekman performs tonight at the WOW Hall starting at 8 p.m. Lekman, formerly known as Rocky Dennis, is a singer-songwriter who blends melodic guitar with digital samples (think Andrew Bird) to produce a sound that can be experienced here. Heavily influenced by Modern Lovers [...]
Dickie Jo's Burgers
Lucky 1952 is right. From the creatures of Mucho’s Gusto and Le Fina Taqueria comes another delicious concept of a restaurant, this time in the form of a 50′s Burger joint. Just down the street from campus on 13th and Pearl sits a brightly lit restaurant. If you pay close enough attention on the outside [...]
How Vin Diesel's critically acclaimed revival saved my innocence
The Fast and the Furious carved a testosterone-drunk early teen out of a soft-bodied child. It showed me a world of cars, girls, girls that drive cars, and Ja Rule, pretty much the picture I anticipated of my own early adulthood. Things that dramatically cooler than my at the time interests of Dragonball Z and [...]
The Roots Runaround
Apparently, while the venerable ?uestlove practices deadpan rim shots for Jimmy Fallon’s new late night show, he and the rest of the Roots surround themselves with a dense web of management bureaucrats to prevent the scheduling of interviews with cute student-run publications. I don’t know how many uninformed people with telephones they need. I’ve never [...]
4/20 came early…
and it was freaking awesome. If you’re on facebook, check out the photos by clicking here: Album #1 and here: Album #2 Thanks to everyone who came out and supported the Oregon Voice at our fundraiser show last Friday. Also thanks to the Campbell Club for hosting, the Party Tigers, The Daveys, the Arithmetic Danger [...]
New News on the Horizon
How’s it going, Voice enthusiasts? After some website issues, some printing issues, and some personal issues (because we’re all sooooo emo….wait, should I be admitting this?), the Oregon Voice brings you our second-to-last issue of this school year. Copy editor and all-around rad chick Katy Wolf brings us an interview with Greg Saunier of Deerhoof, [...]
