MORE THAN JUST MOLLY
words RUBEN GARCIA Rapper Trinidad James is new to the hip-hop scene and has exploded. He hit the scene with “All Gold Everything,” a somewhat trap music track with a hook that includes the phrase, “Pop a molly I’m sweating, WOO.” He’s got everyone from white boys at the frat live-outs to Lebron James in [...]
Not a Holiday Playlist: Edition 1
words MICHAELA GIUNCHIGLIANI Winter Break is upon me. Bing Crosby’s voice croons over the airwaves, working its way into my subconscious and robbing me of what I consider good music. I must fight the urge to hum another line of “Silver Bells” and return to my ever-growing quest for the perfect playlist. For a brief [...]
STRFKR Gets WOW Hall Sopping Wet
Words ALYSSA PERSONS Photos SEAN DANAHER Walking to the WOW Hall on a relatively dry Friday night I had but one goal in mind. And that goal was to dance. As my group of like-minded friends and I made our way in a less than timely manner to the doors we were not greeted by the [...]
Rekindling Love For Tegan & Sara and The Shins
words and photos LUCY OHLSEN Tegan and Sara would be the hardest group to hate. They take up tiny little boxes of space on a stage that could just swallow them up, and produce heart-wrenchingly catchy, energetic touchy-feely pop. They sport the best leggings imaginable, wear leather jackets, and have edgy, short hair cuts. They’re [...]
Gold Tusks: The Home Recordings of Midas Bison
words C.W. KEATING Hailing from Madison, WI, Midas Bison is the moniker of Sidney Johnson, a former University of Oregon English major and full-time bedroom dreamer. Johnson has been playing music for years with various bands and side projects, but has only recently started releasing tracks on BandCamp, Tumblr, SoundCloud, and ReverbNation. His latest EP, [...]
The Treacherous Three & Doug E. Fresh Can’t Afford a Merry Christmas
This is a clip from the movie Beat Street. Santa apparently has to pay out of pocket for gifting all the children of the world, bustin’ his ass in the process of transportin’ that shit. Doug E. Fresh beat boxes like a madman without his prescription. The others around him (The Treacherous Three) give him [...]
‘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.”). [...]
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 [...]
“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 [...]
WOW Wu-Banger Yields Yet Another ‘Sup From Ghostface Killah
It seems 2009 is the year of hip-hop in Eugene… validated by an appearance of Ghostface Killah at the WOW Hall. The Voice was there… [youtube WCGbpfHqP1I]
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 [...]
Video ‘sup from Monotonix
Just one of many moments that were captured on the OV road trip to Portland for MusicFest Northwest. The picture quality came out pretty wirey, but I did take liberties with showing off my hebrew skillz (we’ll see about that). Until next time, shalom! And a quick ‘hello’ from Ami Shalev of Monotonix.
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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