“The Simpsons” To Release New Theme Song After 21 Years
Pitchfork has released an article announcing that Andrew WK and one of my personal favorite hip-hop groups, People Under the Stairs, have collaborated and created a new variation of Danny Elfman’s Simpson’s theme song. It will air in the end credits on January 16th’s all new episode. Will you check it out? I know I [...]
Mr. Deacon Comes to Eugene.
Dan deacon gave the kids of Eugene a taste of the East of Coast’s ‘wham city’ last night with his beautifully absurd performance at the Wow Hall. Despite false rumors of a fourteen-piece ensemble accompanying Mr. Deacon, the morale of fellow observers was higher than I anticipated. In the furry of week four I found [...]
Gypsy Jazz: Bringin’ It Back… Hopefully
Last week’s street faire brought us joyous smells of hemp, Indian food, and (of course) our favorite Eugene-only Off The Waffle. So, after grabbing myself a chill winter-cap (it’s really colorful) and buying some gifts for friends and family, I had to make a quick stop to grab Off‘s infamous “The Bully” … my dream [...]
Run Rabbit Run
Sufjan’s rearrangement of his experimental album Enjoy Your Rabbit (2001) is great listening. Strings do a lot taking the place of electronic instruments. Just thought you should know and plan the next phase of your life accordingly.
Mayer Hawthorne: Soul-Singing Sensation
Mayer Hawthorne, signee to the infallible hip-hop label Stones Throw Records, tours in promotion of his freshly pressed debut album, A Strange Arrangement. It is a collection of eleven songs written and recorded in the old-soul fashion of Motown. Hawthorne’s cries and croons throughout are backed by nostalgic doo-wop harmonies. The instruments, most of which [...]
Review: Blitzen Trapper-Black River Killer EP
It sometimes takes a sparse, whistling overture to wake up out of that late-summer malaise. “Black River Killer,” a standout song from 2008’s Furr, joins six other Blitzen Trapper songs, sold only on CDRs at their live shows, to make the Black River Killer EP, out August 25 on Sub Pop. Short at just above [...]
Will We Be Able to Review It?
The summer isn’t really winding down. It’s just sitting there. Don’t read our progress report. Anyway, with days between now and the beginning of the ’09/10 school year becoming fewer and fewer in number, it seems like an appropriate time to look in the direction that isn’t backwards. Our first issue will need reviews, and [...]
Take That Portland!
The alternative-rock juggernaut the Pixies are taking to the air and hitting the road this fall as part of their Doolittle 20th anniversary tour. The Pixies, known to many as the band that popularized now mainstream stop-start/loud-soft dynamics and influenced cult-status bands like Nirvana and Weezer, will be crossing the Atlantic Ocean to perform in [...]
20th Anniversary Issue Out Now!
Our latest and most rewarding/colorful/longest effort of the year is now available to be viewed on the Internet from anywhere around the world, yes, even from Norway, New York City or Chicago! The print version is available around campus and will be distributed to the greater Eugene area via bike brigade shortly. If you’ve left [...]
Blitzen Trapper announce Black River Killer EP
News fresh from Sub Pop. The new EP will be in stores August 25th. We’ll do our best to get some advanced listenings of it this summer. According to Stereogum, it’ll pull together many divergent sounds, making a hard rock departure from their usual home-spun melodies. I’m offering a special prize to the person who can [...]
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 [...]
4/20 with 40 Oz. to Freedom
On 4/20 at the WOW Hall, a Sublime-cover-band called 40 Oz. to Freedom performed in celebration of the counterculture holiday. A faint cloud of reefer smoke hovered above the audience as the band played from the Sublime songbook. The crowd cheered whenever marijuana references came up in the lyrics. 40 Oz. to Freedom, comprised of [...]
Up In Da Club: A Night of Bollywood in Portland
Usually, I’m Noah DeWitt, age 18. Last night, however, I was Max Neumeyer, age 22. The security guard at the Someday Lounge didn’t think twice. I paid him my five bucks, flashed him my dubious ID, exposed my wrist for him to stamp, and entered the crowded club event Filmistan, a set composed solely of [...]
A concert that happened over a week ago…
…was The Helio Sequence at WOW Hall in support of their new album Keep Your Eyes Ahead (Sub Pop, 2008), with Eugene locals Yeltsin giving a solid performance as the first opener. By far the best thing about Yeltsin is their lead singer’s beard, which has to be a good foot long and swayed majestically [...]
Hot, Sticky, Jazzy
I’m only twenty for three more days, and the terrible age still plagues me. I got a tip-off about this band playing at Indigo tonight, but I can’t legally attend. After listening to their album last night, I want to hear the Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey spit fire. I want it so bad! I’m telling [...]
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 [...]
Peace, Pride, Patriarchy… yeah.
It’s proof that a concert has motivated you to live up to your potential when you can go home and write the review immediately just because you know that the longer you wait, the less of the show you’ll remember and the more it will suck. Firmly on the list of things that don’t suck, [...]
The Mountain Goats
Nasal singing, check. Emo crowd, check. Feeling the music in your black heart check. The Mountain Goats at the WOW Hall was a relaxing evening for a warm Wednesday night. John Darnielle opened the set with a solo performance. As he ran up to the stage I hear a young boy in the crowd say [...]
Talking With The Black Lips
If you ever get your hands on a flux capacitor-equipped Dolorean, forget the 50s. Set your sights on Atlanta, 2003 and find a Black Lips show. The sound will be kind of shitty – duct tape will do that to a PA – and the Lips’ songs will still be miles away from the dark country and doo-wop infused “flower punk” that landed their latest release, Good Bad Not Evil on just about every top 10 list for 2007. No worries though, you’re not there for the sound. You’re there for the spew—the cocktail of
The Best of Thymes
Yesterday afternoon I got back from class, and it was about twenty-five or six to four. I had invited some people over for spaghetti, so I had to get going on putting together a pasta sauce. I spun the spice rack around to grab what I needed — parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme — then [...]
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, [...]
