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Bands galore at the Block Party
DICK DÄGGER AND THE C MONSTERS
BY SOPHIA JUNE
T
he real G-spot of the block party isn’t just
at the G-Spot stage, but rather among all
those dwellings lining the Whiteaker streets
that host shows featuring everything from
screamo country to good ol’ garage rock.
Folks attending these renegade shows can be a bit rough
around the edges, including the man with a tattooed head who
told me last year that I have “crazy eyes.” But, in between the
aerial ballet and the art auction, stop by one of the block
party’s nine stages for tunes ranging from a marimba
orchestra to EDM.
HIGH STEP SOCIETY
High Step Society isn’t made up of those high-kicking
Irish dancers with auburn wigs and high steps, but neither are
they all that conventional. The band cranks out electronic
swing music, mixing live old-time jazz, trumpet, clarinet and
saxophone with EDM beat drops. Hot off two Oregon
Country Fair performances and clad in fedoras and vests, this
six-piece electro orchestra is here to create some EDM
converts. They even have a song called “Echoes of Whiteaker.”
High Step Society will play 4:15 pm at the Blairally Stage.
DICK DÄGGER AND THE C MONSTERS
DR. ROCKET
Take an already cool Eugene garage-rock band and then
add the Swedish influence of frontman Dick Dägger — and
they get even cooler. The band’s latest EP, 21st Century
Bipolar, is a collection of head-bobbing anthems that rival
the school-kid energy of The Ramones. Sometimes their
sound verges on doo-wop, in the very best way.
Dr. Rocket’s glam-rock jams will blast your weird day at
the Whiteaker Block Party. Nick Noemi and Mason Kline
blend ’60s and ’70s influences with absurd lyrics like “I
threw up when you saw me/ You ran over and I said, ‘Oh
I’m so sorry,’” all while wearing long South Asian tops
called kurtas.
Dick Dägger and the C Monsters play 6 pm at the G-Spot stage.
Dr. Rocket play 1 pm at Uncle Brad’s Secret Stage.
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