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THURSDAY 5/22 AXE & FIDDLE G Burns Jug Band—8:30pm; Old time, n/c BARN LIGHT Iron Lung Karaoke League—8pm; n/c BEALL HALL Symphonic Band—7:30pm; Classical, $7, $5 stu. & sr. BLACK FOREST Acousta Noir, Barnyard Stompers, Walking Trainsong—10pm; n/c THE COOLER Karaoke—10pm COWFISH DJ Sipp—9pm; Hip hop, club rock COZMIC Seeds & Stories Ramblin’ Jack Elliot—7:30pm; Folk, $25 EL TAPATIO CANTINA Karaoke— 8pm; n/c HAPPY HOURS Karaoke—8pm JAZZ STATION Young Jazz Cats Showcase—7:30pm; Jazz, $6, $4 mem. JERSEY’S Karaoke—7pm; n/c LUCKEY’S Open Funk Jam— 10pm; $2 MAC’S Hi-Tone Thursday—7pm; n/c MAX’S DJ Plays Requests— 9pm; n/c OAKSHIRE Will Brown—5pm; Fingerstyle guitar, n/c THE OLD PAD Karaoke—9pm OVERTIME TAVERN West Side Blues Jam—8:30pm; Open jam, n/c RESTOBAR Steven McVay—5pm SAM BOND’S The Missing Links, The Ferns—9pm; Instrumental rock, n/c SOUTH EUGENE HIGH SCHOOL Youth Symphony Spring Concert—7:30pm; Classical, $10, $5 stu. & sr. SPIRITS Karaoke w/Shannon— 9pm TERRITORIAL VINEYARDS Invisible Arts Project—7pm; Jazz, n/c TINY TAVERN Irish Jam— 7:30pm; n/c VILLAGE GREEN Red Hot Smokin’ Aces—7pm; n/c WANDERING GOAT Olivia Awbrey, Austin Farrell, Jo Nuss—8pm; Don. WHISKEY RIVER RANCH Hank Shreve Band w/Paul Biondi— 6pm; Blues, n/c WILDISH THEATER Riverside Chamber Symphony—7:30pm; Classical, $10 sug. don. COZMIC Uke Jam—5:30pm; Ukelele, n/c D’S DINER Karaoke—9pm; n/c DAVIS DJ Crown—11pm; Hip hop, dancehall, $3 DEXTER LAKE CLUB DLC Roadhouse Band—9pm; Blues, rock, $5 DOMAINE MERIWETHER Jen Sennett—6pm; n/c EL TAPATIO CANTINA Karaoke w/ KJ Rick—9pm; n/c EMBERS The Survivors—9pm; Classic rock, n/c THE GREEN ROOM Electric Weekends w/DJ Stephen Rose—9pm; Electro house, dub- step, n/c HARLEYS & HORSES Karaoke— 9pm HILTON HOTEL Aftermath— 7pm; Jazz, n/c J. SCOTT CELLARS Nancy Hamilton & Mercury’s Refrain— 5:30pm; n/c JAZZ STATION The Music of Broadway & Hollywood: Bob Ragan’s Slightly Retro Jazz— 8pm; $6, $4 mem. THE KEG Karaoke—9pm LEVEL UP DJ food stamp—9pm; Rap, breaks, soul, n/c LUCKEY’S Ruins of Ooah, The Healthy Dose,—9pm; Didgeridoo, harmonica, $7 MAC’S Shelley James Music Box—8pm; Variety, $8 MOHAWK TAVERN Cowboy Cadillac—9:30pm; n/c MULLIGAN’S Christie & McCallum—8:30pm; Americana, n/c O BAR Karaoke—9:30pm O’DONNELL’S Karaoke—9pm OAKSHIRE BeatRoot Band— 5pm; Acoustic duo, n/c OFF THE WAFFLE DOWNTOWN Live music w/Willie Gone Solo— 6pm, n/c OREGON WINE LAB Satori Bob— 6pm; n/c PIZZA RESEARCH INSTITUTE Olem Alves Duo—6:30pm; n/c PLANK TOWN BREWING Crooked River—9:30pm; Country, roots, n/c PORKY’S PALACE Karaoke— 8pm RAVEN A PUB Karaoke—9pm SAGINAW VINEYARD Mike Brewer & The Brewketts—6pm; Classic rock, n/c SAM BOND’S Human Ottoman, Western Haunts—9:30pm; $6 SARVER WINERY Peter Giri & Lloyd Tolbert—5pm; Acoustic, n/c SIDE BAR Karaoke—9pm TERRITORIAL VINEYARDS Joann Broh Band—7pm; n/c TRACKSTIRS Karaoke—9pm; n/c VILLAGE GREEN The Dylan James Show—9pm; n/c WANDERING GOAT Brain Ake & The Family Mullet, Le Petite Morte, Acid Mouth Go—9pm; Country rock, don. WHISKEY RIVER RANCH Bump in the Road—9pm; $7 WHITE HORSE SALOON Karaoke—9pm; n/c WOW HALL Charles Neville & Youssoupha Sidibe—8pm; African fusion, $10 adv., $12 door SATURDAY 5/24 5TH ST. CORNUCOPIA Dorian McWest—9:30pm; n/c AXE & FIDDLE The New Tenants—8:30pm; Indie, folk, $5 BEALL HALL Wyatt True—2pm; Violin, n/c BLACK FOREST Wetsock, Mosby, B-Line—10pm; n/c THE CANNERY Open Mic Night— 9pm; Acoustic, n/c CRESWELL COFFEE The Hank Shreve Band—7pm; Blues, $5 JACKAL’S JACKPOT When we last checked in with The Crescendo Show, the Corvallis quartet was gearing up to record Jackal’s Kiss — the band’s first studio album. Ricky Carlson (banjo, guitar, drums, backup vocals) says working with professionals, over nine studio sessions at Portland’s Jackpot! Recording Studio, pushed the band to the next level. The indie-folk outfit is doing a mini CD Release Tour May 23-24 in Corvallis, Eugene and at Seattle’s Northwest Folklife Festival. “We’ve done everything ourselves,” Carlson says of past recordings. “It was nice to work with professionals, get some good outside input on our songs.” Carlson adds that sound engineer Kendra Lynn and Jackpot! owner Larry Crane advised them on minor tweaks — tightening up a vocal harmony here and adding some percussion there. “It was little stuff that ended up going a long ways,” he says. It paid off; The Crescendo Show’s work has never sounded so realized, so full, so bold. Almost a year after placing second in EW’s Next Big Thing contest, the band has come into its own. Jackal’s Kiss is edgier, darker. The track “Honky Tonk No. 2” sounds like a cross between the energy of Shovels & Ropes and the groovy vocals of Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, complete with layered harmonies, twangy guitar and train whistles. Whereas “The Green” has a sultry, cabaret sensibility, with Kailyn Kubiak’s vocals performing a sort of aural striptease over Matt Kellam’s guiding bass, jazzy piano, finger snaps and a whole lotta snare. Carlson says the band’s venture into the dark side comes from his and lead singer Nathan Porter’s longtime love of the classical greats, such as Mozart and Chopin. “We’ve always loved some darker music like that but never put them on the albums,” he says, noting that they wrote more songs in a minor key for Jackal’s Kiss. “We decided to go for it.” The Crescendo Show plays 10 pm Friday, May 23, at Corvallis’ Bombs Away Café, 11 am Saturday, May 24, at the Northwest Folklife Festival in Seattle, and 10 pm Saturday, May 24, at The Granary. — Alex Notman FRIDAY 5/23 5TH ST. CORNUCOPIA Edewaard—9:30pm; n/c AASEN-HULL HALL UO Honors Jazz Combos Concert—7pm; $7, $5 stu. & sr. AXE & FIDDLE Run Boy Run— 8:30pm; Folk, $8 BLACK FOREST The Chronicles of Bad Butch, Coldfire—10pm; Rock, n/c BLAIRALLY ARCADE ’80s Night w/Chris, Jen & John—9pm; ’80s vinyl, $3 THE BLIND PIG Karaoke w/Jim Jim—9pm CRESWELL COFFEE Richie G, Tutu Kane & MA Beat—7pm; Hawaiian, $3 COWFISH The Audio Schizophrenic—9pm; Electro- house, booty bass COWFISH Michael Human— 9:30pm; EDM, top 40, hip hop CUTHBERT AMPHITHEATER Die Antwoord—7pm; Rap, $33 adv., $38 door DEXTER LAKE CLUB Vicki Stevens & Sonny Hess 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 EMBERS The Survivors—9pm; Classic rock, n/c THE GREEN ROOM Electric Weekends w/DJ Stephen Rose—9pm; Electro house, dub- step, n/c HAPPY HOURS Rocktopia— 8:30pm; Rock, n/c JAZZ STATION Roger Woods— 8pm; Jazz, $8, $6 mem. LEVEL UP DJ Rock ‘n’ Roll Damnation—9pm; ’70s & ’80s rock, heavy metal; n/c LUCKEY’S Poor Miners Union, Bustin Jeiber—10pm; $5 MAC’S Candy Apple Bleu—8pm; $5 MOHAWK TAVERN Cowboy Cadillac—9:30pm; n/c MULLIGAN’S Charlie Perricone— 8pm; Variety, n/c OAKSHIRE Christie & McCallum—4:30pm; Folk, coun- try, n/c PLANK TOWN BREWING Hi-Fi Ramblers—9:30pm; Rockabilly, n/c PORKY’S PALACE Karaoke— 8pm POUR HOUSE Karaoke—9pm QUACKER’S Ladies Night & DeeJay—9pm; n/c RAVEN A PUB Karaoke—9pm SAGINAW VINEYARD Mr. Blue— 3pm; Acoustic folk rock, n/c SAM BOND’S Trudy Bauchery Variety Show—9:30pm; $8 SONNY’S TAVERN Karaoke— 9pm SPRINGFIELD VFW Mckenzie Express—7pm; n/c SWEET EARTH VINEYARDS Mike Davis—2pm; Acoustic guitar, n/c TAYLOR’S BAR & GRILLE DJ Crown—10:30pm; Hip hop, dance, n/c TERRITORIAL VINEYARDS Amy Obenski—6pm; Folk, rock, n/c TRACKSTIRS Karaoke—9pm; n/c TRAVELER’S COVE Peter Giri Trio—6pm; n/c TSUNAMI BOOKS Low Tide Drifters CD Release Party— 5pm; Roots, don. 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