THURSDAY
5/1
AXE & FIDDLE Sneaky Pete &
The Secret Weapons—8:30pm;
Groove-funk, $5
BEALL HALL International Tuba
Day Celebration—7:30pm; n/c
THE COOLER Karaoke—10pm
COWFISH DJ Sipp—9pm; Hip
hop, club rock
CUSH Band Brunch Acoustic
Thursday—11am; Open mic,
n/c; DJ Muse—8pm; Dub, down
tempo, n/c
EL TAPATIO CANTINA Karaoke—
8pm; n/c
FIRST NATIONAL TAPHOUSE
Manouche Noir—8pm; n/c
HAPPY HOURS Karaoke—8pm
HOP VALLEY TASTING ROOM
Lonesome Randall—7pm; n/c
HULT CENTER Chris Botti—
7:30pm; Jazz, $36-$58
JAMESON’S GOLDEN DJs—
10pm; n/c
JAZZ STATION Phoebe Blume CD
Release Party—8pm; Folk, $10
adv., $12 door
JERSEY’S Karaoke—7pm; n/c
LUCKEY’S Open Funk Jam—
9:30pm; $2
MAC’S Hi-Tone Thursday—7pm;
n/c
MAX’S DJ Plays Requests—
9pm; n/c
OAKSHIRE Dirty Dandelions—
7pm; Folk grass, n/c
THE OLD PAD Karaoke—9pm
OVERTIME TAVERN West Side
Blues Jam—8:30pm; Open jam,
n/c
RESTOBAR Steven McVay—5pm
SPIRITS Karaoke w/Shannon—
9pm
TERRITORIAL VINEYARDS Tim
McLaughlin’s Revolving Trio—
7pm; Jazz, n/c
TINY TAVERN Irish Jam—
7:30pm; n/c
VILLAGE GREEN Mr. Wizard,
Unplugged—7pm; n/c
WHISKEY RIVER RANCH Hank
Shreve Band—6pm; Blues, n/c
WOW HALL Love & Light,
Psymbionic, Oliver—9pm;
Electronica, $10 adv., $15 door
DOMAINE MERIWETHER Tyler
Morin—6pm; n/c
EL TAPATIO CANTINA Karaoke w/
KJ Rick—9pm; n/c
FIRST UNITED METHODIST
CHURCH Baroque Northwest—
7pm; Classical, $10 sug. don.
GRANARY DJ Crown—10:30pm;
Reggae, dancehall, n/c
THE GREEN ROOM Electric
Weekends w/DJ Stephen
Rose—9pm; Electro house, dub-
step, n/c
HAPPY HOURS Eddie Butler
Band—8:30pm; Rock, n/c
HARLEYS & HORSES Karaoke—
9pm
HILTON HOTEL Aftermath—
7pm; Jazz, n/c
HULT CENTER Straight No
Chaser—8pm; A cappella,
$41.50-$61.50
J. SCOTT CELLARS Jenn
Sennett—5:30pm; n/c
JAZZ STATION Patrick Jones
Duo—5:30pm; n/c; Blue
Moon—8pm; Jazz, $8, $6
THE KEG Karaoke—9pm
LEVEL UP DJ food stamp—9pm;
Rap, breaks, soul, n/c
LUCKEY’S Human Ottoman CD
Release Party, Goldfoot,
Llorona—10pm; Rock, $5
MAC’S Fiona Boyes w/Lloyd
Tolbert—8pm; Blues, $10
MATTHEW KNIGHT ARENA Sarah
Davidson, Lee Brice—7pm;
$25.50-$35.50
MCDONALD THEATRE Shook
Twins—8pm; Folk, $15 adv.,
$20 door
THE O BAR Karaoke—9:30pm
O’DONNELL’S Karaoke—9pm
OAKSHIRE Dirty Spoon—4pm;
n/c
OFF THE WAFFLE DOWNTOWN
Live music w/Willie Gone Solo—
6pm, n/c
PIZZA RESEARCH INSTITUTE Zac
Wolfe Duo—6:30pm; n/c
PLANK TOWN BREWING Sabe
Flores—9:30pm; Cello, n/c
PORKY’S PALACE Karaoke—
8pm
RAVEN A PUB Karaoke—9pm
SAGINAW VINEYARD Craig
Sorseth & Tom West—6pm;
Folk, n/c
SIDE BAR Karaoke—9pm
TASTE Deer & Antelope Band—
6pm; n/c
TERRITORIAL VINEYARDS Son
Bossa—7pm; Latin, n/c
TINY TAVERN The Pharmacy, The
Ferns, Chest Cavity—9pm; Pop,
$5 don.
TRACKSTIRS Karaoke—9pm;
n/c
TRAVELER’S COVE Peter Giri
Trio—6pm; Rock ‘n’ roll, n/c
VILLAGE GREEN Joann Broh—
9pm; Blues, n/c
WANDERING GOAT Union
Orchard—8pm; Indie, n/c
WHISKEY RIVER RANCH Sammy
Steele Band—9pm; n/c
WHITE HORSE SALOON
Karaoke—9pm; n/c
WOW HALL Led ZepAgain—9pm;
$12 adv., $15 door
POWER INSTRUMENTAL
Human Ottoman is confident that their debut album Power Baby is going to melt your face off.
This chutzpah stems from the fact that, to their knowledge, they’re the only band in the world that uses this
particular instrumentation, with Matthew Cartmill on cello, Susan Lucia on drums and Grayson Fiske on
vibraphone (like a xylophone with a sustain pedal).
“It’s shocking when you think you have an idea in your head about what cello sounds like and what vibraphone
sounds like, and then what we do happens,” Fiske says.
Human Ottoman proudly blends metal cello, world rhythm, funk and rock into a sound that you’ve definitely
never laid ears on. The three rhythm-obsessed UO grads were housemates when the band was created a year and
a half ago. While Human Ottoman may nerd out to Stravinsky when they hang out, the trio grew up listening to
alt-rock bands like Primus.
Power Baby is deliberate in form, but the band’s improvisational jazz has an unstructured mentality that produces
the chaotic sound they seek. The sound is predictable in that it’s unpredictable, like when they tried to arrange a
tango song, and it ended up sounding nothing like the original because the instrumentation wouldn’t allow it.
“The album has something for every musical subculture that you might subscribe to,” Cartmill says.
They note the pitfalls of making a freshman album, however; Power Baby took more time and money than
expected to get the sound right. Fiske even had to completely rebuild his vibraphone, adding his own super-secret,
patent-pending invention to the instrument.
The goal for the album is to excite people to see them perform because they exist as a live band. At a typical
Human Ottoman show, the band says you may find an old man head banging, or people who were booing for the
first three songs transform into the people filling the tip jar after the set.
“Sometimes I feel surprised when people give us such good feedback,” Lucia says. “Really? You liked us making
these weird sounds?”
Human Ottoman releases Power Baby live 10 pm Friday, May 2, at Luckey’s,
933 Olive St.; $5. — Bryan Kalbrosky
FRIDAY
5/2
5TH ST. CORNUCOPIA Nestler &
Hawtin—9:30pm; n/c
AXE & FIDDLE No Way Out—
8:30pm; Rock, blues, n/c
BEALL HALL Oregon Wind
Ensemble—7:30pm; $7, $5 stu.
& sr.
BILLY MAC’S Christie &
McCallum—7:30pm; Americana,
n/c
BLAIRALLY ARCADE ’80s Night
w/Chris, Jen & John—9pm;
’80s vinyl, $3
THE BLIND PIG Karaoke w/Jim
Jim—9pm
CRESWELL COFFEE Brendan
Curran—7pm; Acoustic pop, $3
COWFISH The Audio
Schizophrenic—9pm; Electro-
house, booty bass
D’S DINER Karaoke—9pm; n/c
DALIA Tonewood Trio—6pm;
Jazz, n/c
DAVIS Olem Alves Trio—7pm;
Jazz, n/c
DEXTER LAKE CLUB DLC
Roadhouse Band—9pm; Blues,
rock, $5
SATURDAY
5/3
5TH ST. CORNUCOPIA Beef
Bottom—9:30pm; n/c
THE ATRIUM Heartwood
Consort—2pm; Baroque, n/c
AX BILLY GRILL Mike Denny
Trio—7pm; n/c
AXE & FIDDLE Code Red—9pm;
Classic rock, n/c
BLACK FOREST Sojourner, Black-
out, Everyday Automaton,
Hemlock Lane—9pm;
Alternative rock, n/c
THE CANNERY Open Mic Night—
9pm; Acoustic, n/c
COWFISH Michael Human—
9:30pm; EDM, top 40, hip hop
COZMIC Moonalice—8pm; $10
adv., $12 door
CRESWELL COFFEE The
Traceys—7pm; Americana, $3
DEXTER LAKE CLUB Hank
Shreve Band—9pm; Rock,
blues, $5
DOC’S PAD Evolve Saturdays—
9pm; EDM, hip hop, n/c
DUCK INN Karaoke—10pm
EL TAPATIO CANTINA DJ &
Dance Music—9pm; n/c
THE FLYING SQUIRREL
Dubious—9pm; n/c
THE GREEN ROOM Electric
Weekends w/DJ Stephen
Rose—9pm; Electro house, dub-
step, n/c
GOODFELLAS The Hideaways—
7pm; n/c
HARLEYS & HORSES PIKSIX—
9pm; n/c
JAZZ STATION Tom Bergeron
Brasil Band w/Don Latarksi—
8pm; Jazz, $8, $6
LEVEL UP DJ Rock ‘n’ Roll
Damnation—9pm; ’70s & ’80s
rock, heavy metal; n/c
MAC’S The Tommy Hogan Band
w/Paul Biondi—8pm; Rock,
funk, $6
MULLIGAN’S Steve Ibach—8pm;
n/c
OAKSHIRE Acoustic Bent—
4:30pm; Acoustic rock, n/c;
Walking Trainsong—7:30pm;
Bluegrass folk, n/c
PORKY’S PALACE Karaoke—
8pm
POUR HOUSE Karaoke—9pm
QUACKER’S Ladies Night &
DeeJay—9pm; n/c
RAVEN A PUB Karaoke—9pm
SAM BOND’S The Blackberry
Bushes—9:30pm; Americana,
$7
THE SHEDD Black Prairie—
7:30pm; $19-$23
SONNY’S TAVERN Karaoke—
9pm
SPRINGFIELD VFW Mckenzie
Express—7pm; n/c
TAYLOR’S BAR & GRILLE DJ
Crown—10:30pm; Hip hop,
dance, n/c
TRACKSTIRS Karaoke—9pm;
n/c
TSUNAMI BOOKS Phoebe Blume
Songwriters’ Showcase—4pm;
Don.
UNITY OF THE VALLEY Tina Malia
& Hans Christian—8pm; World,
$25 adv., $30 door
VILLAGE GREEN Larry & Paul—
9pm; n/c
WANDERING GOAT The
Trumpist—Indie, n/c
WESTEND TAVERN Karaoke—
9pm; n/c
WHISKEY RIVER RANCH Dunny
Dunham—9pm; $10
WHITE HORSE SALOON
Karaoke—9pm; n/c
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