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MUSICLISTINGS MUSICLISTINGS C O N T I N U E D NEIL HALSTEAD THURSDAY NOV 1 C O N T I N U E D with Guest Shay Roselip D.O.S. FREE PITCHER ORGANIC SODA! in ADV SATURDAY NOV 10 THE CABIN PROJECT With any Large Signature Pizza While supplies last U ONE per person Not valid with other offers U Dine-in only DEXTER LAKE CLUB Jam night— 7pm; Open mic, n/c DOC’S PAD—Karaoke—9pm DOWNTOWN LOUNGE Open Mic— 6pm; n/c; Karaoke—9pm GOODFELLAS Karaoke—7pm GRANARY “Grateful Tuesdaze”— 9pm; Grateful Dead covers, n/c HOT MAMA’S WINGS Open Mic— 7:30pm; n/c LEVEL UP DJ Jeff Ray—9pm; Hip hop, soul POUR HOUSE Guitaraoke with Neriah Hart—8pm; n/c MCDONALD THEATRE Jake Shimabukuro—8pm MAC’S Rooster Blues Jam—6pm; n/c THE O BAR Karaoke—9:30pm OAK ST. SPEAKEASY Karaoke— 9pm, n/c SAM BOND’S Bluegrass Jam— 9pm; n/c TAYLOR’S Karaoke—10pm VILLAGE GREEN JSQ—6pm; Jazz, n/c WHIRLED PIES Open jam— 6:30pm; n/c WHISKEY RIVER RANCH Karaoke—9pm WEDNESDAY 10/24 5TH ST. CORNUCOPIA Karaoke— 9pm FROHNMAYER MUSIC BUILDING Halloween SpookTastic w/UO Trombone Choir, Tuba-Euphonium, & Apocalyptic Brass—7:30pm BLACK FOREST Karaoke—9pm COWFISH “Hump Night” w/Connor J—9pm; Dubstep, glitch hop, n/c DEXTER LAKE CLUB Songwriter’s Night—7pm; Open mic, n/c DOWNTOWN LOUNGE Bikes, BBQ & Blues Jam—8pm; n/c GOODFELLAS Karaoke—7pm GRANARY Jazz jam w/Gerry Rempel & Bruce Cole—8pm; n/c THE GREEN ROOM Karaoke— 9pm; n/c JAZZ STATION Hardcortet—7pm; Seattle fusion, workshop, $7 HAPPY HOURS Guitaraoke w/ Neriah Hart—8pm; Karaoke, n/c JOHN HENRY’S C.R.E.A.M—10pm; Hip hop, $3 LEVEL UP ‘80s Videos w/VJ Ferris—9pm; n/c MAC’S Wine, Jazz & Variety Show w/Gus Russell & Paul Biondi— 6pm; Jazz, blues, n/c MAX’S Lonesome Randall—7pm; Rock & roll historian, n/c MULLIGAN’S Open Mic—8:30pm; n/c MCDONALD THEATRE Wolfgang Gartner—8pm OLD PAD Trivia night—9pm; n/c POUR HOUSE Karaoke—9pm QUACKERS Open jam—7:30pm; Blues, n/c RED LION HOTEL Mike Brewer & the Brewkettes—6pm; n/c THE ROK Karaoke—9pm SPIRITS Karaoke—9pm THE TANKARD Karaoke—9pm WANDERING GOAT Tater Famine— 9pm; Acoustic, punk, bluegrass, 21+, don. WESTEND TAVERN Patrick & Giri— 7:30pm; Acoustic, n/c WOW HALL ZZ Ward w/Yellow Red Sparks—8pm; Blues, hip hop, $10 adv., $12 door CORVALLIS, ETC CLOUD & KELLY’S FR Space Neighbors—10pm; Intergalactic funk; n/c LASELLS STEWART CENTER FR The Emerald City Jazz Kings: The Very Thought of You—7:30pm; Jazz, $20 MAJESTIC THEATRE FR Underbelly: Degenerate Art Ensemble—7:30pm; $14 adv., $16 door SAT Underbelly: Degenerate Art Ensemble—2:30pm; $14 adv., $16 door MU LOUNGE OSU FR The Julians —noon; n/c SUNNYSIDE UP CAFÉ SAT Tom Rawson—6pm; $5 sug. don. <H=>+, LATE NIGHT SPECIAL! $ Stuart Davis 2 SLICES While supplies last U Dine-in only Not valid with other offers U Valid only 9:00pm to close TICKETS AVAILABLE ONLINE <H=>+- SOCAL’S SPIRITED ROCKERS Jon Foreman and the guys in Switchfoot have been making some of the most thought-provoking commercial music for a decade now, and their latest release, 2011’s Vice Verses, is no exception. In fact, with apologies to their most rocking opus — Nothing Is Sound — and the album that put them on the map — The Beautiful Letdown — it is probably their best yet. The band’s penchant for crunchy guitar licks and anthemic songwriting is on full display on the first single, “Dark Horses,” and the album’s opener, “Afterlife.” “The Original” and “Rise Above It” are two of the most upbeat pop-rock tracks the band has ever released; “Restless” is a classic, emotionally-charged Switchfoot song where the tension between the temporary and the eternal is brought to the foreground and the title track shows the band’s ability to write an introspective, acoustic ditty too. Always willing to do more than simply churn out radio hits however, the band throws a couple of knee-buckling curve balls this time around. Synths and Foreman’s almost robotic vocals on the verses of “The War Inside” give that Switchfoot track an atypical feel, and “Selling the News” employs spoken-word stylings over hip-hop beats while Foreman harpoons society’s appetite for shallow sensationalism and consumerism. By the time you get to the final notes of the spine-tingling closer “Where I Belong” — an epic rock track whose focus on living on earth while looking forward to heaven would play perfectly with the “Sea of Lilies” scene in the Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader movie — you will applaud the band’s latest effort to prove that rock ‘n’ roll can entertain and matter simultaneously. Opening for Switchfoot are indie electronic rockers Paper Route, who are playing in support of The Peace of Wild Things, which released last month. Switchfoot plays 8 pm Saturday, Oct. 20, at WOW Hall; $20-$24. — Brian Palmer 36 October 18, 2012 • eugeneweekly.com
