Kanye’s Masterpiece?
Selita Ebanks Kanye West’s short film “Runaway” dropped yesterday, in anticipation of Kanye’s new album, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, which comes out November 22. This film, the first directed by Kanye West, is an artsy, aesthetically interesting take on his new single Runaway, off West’s upcoming album. It could be the next generation of music [...]
Blue Scholars at the WOW this Thursday and Friday night
Blue Scholars, the Seattle based rap duo comprised of DJ Sabzi and MC Geologic, perform this Thursday and Friday night at WOW Hall. The pair will be releasing their upcoming album, “Cinematropolis”, in 2011. Both shows are at 8 pm and will feature Grieves & Budo, another Seattle duo.
Wiz Wows Eugene
Photos by Mike Reiner “Rule #1: Get high. Rule #2…Get home safely…but you can get high on the way there.” These were the two rules of the night stated by Wiz Khalifa midway through his sold out stop at the WOW Hall this past Saturday. In August, the stoner rapper received a public offer from [...]
Wiz Khalifa at the WOW this Saturday
After selling out the WOW Hall last spring, Wiz Khalifa returns to the same venue this Saturday for another sold out stop on his Waken Baken Tour. Ever since Wiz released his mixtape Kush & Orange Juice last spring on the Internet, the buzz has not stopped. With a nice new record deal from Atlantic Records [...]
Working together to have weekend plans
Check out our new thang, the Events Calendar, if you want to know about live music for less money in the Eugene area. I just added a bunch of events for the second half of October, and I still have a bunch more to add. Also I’d like your input; mostly I have only added [...]
Beautiful weather Eugene. Savor that shit.
To celebrate the sun on its way out, here’s the new video for “Sunshine” by Baltimore club rapper Rye Rye featuring her mentor M.I.A. The single is released in anticipation of Rye Rye’s debut album Go! Pop! Bang! scheduled to drop in January through M.I.A.’s label Neet Recordings.
When this baby hits 88 miles per hour, you’re gonna see some serious shit
Peep this brand new video for Major Lazer’s single “Perculator,” a minimalistic track with bubbly synth, drum rolls, and the words “major lazer” repeated throughout (as always). The video, directed by Konee Rok, is a puzzling cartoon collage of pop culture icons including Michael Jordan, Michael Jackson, Spock, Duncan Doughnuts, gremlins, and the flux capacitor. [...]
MISSING
Have you seen this box? Probably not, because it’s not even ours, but a depiction of what our box may look like if it were still in our possession. The box was last seen in August of 2010 — days before construction of a new crosswalk on Agate St. displaced the numerous distribution boxes which [...]
Dear Pretty Eyes
Need fashion advice? Trying to break up with your significant other? Or are you curious about how the elliptical rotation of the earth affects the accuracy of your daily horoscope? ‘Dear Pretty Eyes’ is the Voice’s new advice column featuring our spiritual guru Josh “Ram Dawg” Kennet. Submit questions to oregonvoice@gmail.com.
Ducks Fly Together
Duck Sauce “Barbra Streisand” from Mr Goldbar on Vimeo. Here’s a beautiful new video for “Barbara Streisand” by Duck Sauce, a DJ duo signed to Fool’s Gold. The video is composed entirely of cameos by people who are cooler than me. Most notable are Santogold’s ’80s dance moves and supreme babeness. Get into it.
Tonight: Flaming Lips — McDonald Theatre
The Flaming Lips’ only Oregon show is tonight (Wednesday) at the McDonald Theatre. Tickets are sold out but do what you can to get in because if the trend holds true, this show figures to be a wild one. These homies (Oklahomies?) have been together for almost thirty years but show no sign of slowing down. [...]
Rusko at the Roseland this Thursday
Rusko, a dynamic DJ from the UK who helped pioneer the genre dubstep, is scheduled to play at the Roseland Theater in Portland on Thursday with Vitalic and Noah D (sick name). His label, Mad Decent, just posted a free download of Rusko’s “Hold On” as remixed by Oliver Twist. In order to download it, however, [...]
MFNW Gunned Down by Major Lazer’s Lasers
(Sorry to post this so long after the event. I’ve been being here now.) On Thursday night of Music Fest Northwest, Major Lazer blasted its Jamaica-centric club pop at the Roseland Theater and blew the minds of a thousand dolled-up, wristband-ed youths. Picture glow-stick bracelets, pelvis-to-booty grinding, and everyone sweating on everyone. The bass-heavy dance [...]
MusicFest Northwest: Do Ya Know!?
Summer classes are over, but there are still three weeks of summer left. With that said, if you find yourself wondering how you’re gonna spend the rest of your week, you should know that Willamette Week’s MusicFest Northwest is going down, starting TOMORROW, September 8th, and running through September 12th in venues all around Portland. [...]
capitol hill block party, party, party
Now that the hippie gawking at the Oregon Country Fair has concluded, its time to turn our attention back to festivals that actually carry some musical merit. With Portland’s Pickathon not until next month and Music Fest Northwest nearly two months away, we need a booze filled event to take up our lax summer weekends. [...]
“And This Is Our Music”: Brian Jonestown Massacre Live
If one assumes that true art begins in unhappiness, than the Brian Jonestown Massacre is the tragic sovereign of revisionist rock. Although the award-winning 2004 documentary DiG!, which candidly details the escalating beef between BJM and the Portland-based Dandy Warhols, effectively put BJM on the map as notoriously troubled shoegazers, the band has come to represent something greater [...]
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 [...]
Obvious Victors: The Dance-Off Edition
It’s a matter of fact. The Oregon Voice reigns as the best body movin’ jerk jivin’ publication crew in town, after Friday night’s dance-off vs. Ethos Magazine. In the multifaceted history of the dance-off, eccentricity of movement is not the only factor in clinching a title. The demeanor and visual presentation of a dancer are [...]
Two Scholars Rock Fresh, North by Northwest
I walked into WOW hall during Bambu’s set. He had a smaller crowd because it was still early and he was wearing a Jason Mraz fedora, but other than that he was good. He dropped one of his songs over the beat of Hip Hop by Dead Prez that managed to get the crowd going. By the time [...]
TOBACCO Hits Eugene’s WOW Hall This SUNDAY
Emerging from the sleepy backwoods of rural Pennsylvania, Black Moth Super Rainbow’s musical genius, Tobacco, has broken solo and ventured into a new urban terrain. Leaving behind a heaven of synthesizer daydreams and a host of angelic murmurs, the man behind the vocoder began to explore the gritty beat of the city. Starting off in [...]
OV Got Steez
Ethos has officially accepted our challenge to partake in a dance-off of epic proportions!!!!! KWVA will be DJing the event, and while the date has not been set, it is certain that this will be a dance-off you don’t wanna miss! Until then, here’s a little preview of some OV Funk that I captured on [...]
Potential Hollywood Sports Flicks
We’ve started to include a sports section. Here are some excerpts from our current issue. words Tyler Pell “Mo Money Mo Problems” The Antoine Walker story: The former Celtics Forward earned over $110 in his twelve year NBA career. Unfortunately, Walker’s career took a nose dive when a self professed love of fried chicken got [...]
