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WOW HALL Cornmeal, The Dirty Dandelions—9pm; $10-$12 WHITE HORSE SALOON Karaoke—9pm; n/c SATURDAY 8/8 5TH ST. CORNUCOPIA THURSDAY 8/6 AXE & FIDDLE Edna Vasquez, Alejandro y Maria Laura— 8:30pm; $10 B&B LOUNGE Karaoke— 9:30pm BARN LIGHT Karaoke—9pm; n/c BLACK FOREST Linden Wood— 10pm; n/c THE COOLER Karaoke—10pm COWFISH Bass-Nite w/Aaron Jackson & guests—9pm; EDM, bass-house, n/c COZMIC Eagle Rock Gospel Singers—9:30pm; $5-$8 DRIFTWOOD Karaoke—9pm; n/c EL TAPATIO CANTINA Karaoke— 8pm; n/c THE GRANARY Chill Out Lounge—10pm; n/c GREEN ROOM Open Mic Comedy—9pm; n/c GROWLER UNDERGROUND Open Mic—6:30pm; n/c ISLAND HUT Karaoke—6pm; n/c LEVEL UP Quizzo Pub Trivia w/ Dr. Seven Phoenix—9pm; n/c LUCKEY’S Funk Jam—10pm; $2 MAC’S Mike Brewer & The Brewketts—6pm; n/c MAX’S DJ Victor—10pm; n/c MOHAWK Karaoke—9pm; n/c OAKSHIRE Dirty Dandelions— 7pm; Folk, n/c THE OLD PAD Karaoke—9pm; n/c OVERTIME TAVERN West Side Blues Jam—8:30pm; Open jam, n/c QUACKERS Peter Giri & Lloyd Tolbert—7pm; n/c REALITY KITCHEN Acoustic Reality—5pm; Open mic, n/c RESTOBAR Steven McVay—5pm SAM BOND’S GARAGE Brothers Gow—9:30pm; $5 TERRITORIAL VINEYARDS Tim McLaughlin—7pm; n/c WANDERING GOAT Gloomsday, The Shifts, WarHall—8pm; Hard rock, $5 WEBFOOT DJ Sauce—10pm; n/c FRIDAY 8/7 5TH ST. CORNUCOPIA Beef Bottom—9:30pm; n/c 16 TONS CAFE Buffalo Romeo— 6pm; n/c AXE & FIDDLE DJ Dr. M—9pm; n/c BILLY MAC’S Christy & McCallum—7:30pm; Americana, n/c BLACK FOREST The Googins, The Connies, TV Static, Dick Dagger & The C Monsters— 10pm; n/c BLAIRALLY ARCADE Circus Emporium Roadshow—8pm; $5 THE BLIND PIG Karaoke w/Jim Jim—9pm COWFISH Freak-nite w/Spocter Shmock—9pm; EDM, juke, house D’S DINER Karaoke—9pm; n/c DRIFTWOOD Karaoke—9pm; n/c EL TAPATIO CANTINA Karaoke w/ KJ Rick—9pm; n/c EMBERS Coupe De Ville— 8:30pm; n/c EUGENE PUBLIC LIBRARY Dr. Jazz Combo—6pm; n/c FRIENDLY ST. MARKET Mike Davis—6pm; n/c THE GRANARY “Bubbles in the Dust”—7pm; Burningman cul- ture showcase & fundraiser, $3-$10 sug. don. HILTON HOTEL Aftermath— 7pm; Jazz, n/c J. SCOTT CELLARS Mercury’s Refrain—5pm; n/c JERSEY’S Karaoke—9pm; n/c THE KEG Karaoke—9pm; n/c LEVEL UP DJ food stamp—9pm; Rap, breaks, soul, n/c LUCKEY’S Ape Machine, Black Pussy—10pm; $5 MAC’S Groove Too w/Barbara Healy—8pm; $6 MULLIGAN’S PUB Steve Ibach— 8pm; n/c OAKSHIRE Dirty Spoon—5pm; n/c O BAR Karaoke—9pm; n/c O’DONNELL’S Karaoke—9pm PIZZA RESEARCH INSTITUTE Olem Alves Duo—6:30pm; n/c PORKY’S PALACE Karaoke— 8pm RAVEN A PUB Karaoke—9pm SAGINAW VINEYARD Blue Valentines—6pm; Rock, n/c SAM BOND’S GARAGE Mission Spotlight, McDougall—9:30pm; $5 TAYLOR’S DJ Victor—10pm; Hip hop, dance, n/c TERRITORIAL VINEYARDS The Miller Brothers—7pm; n/c TRACKSTIRS Karaoke—9pm; n/c TSUNAMI BOOKS D Squared— 7:30pm; $10 WANDERING GOAT Connor O’Shea, Two Moons, Dr. Rocket—8pm; Dreampop, $5 Goshwood—9:30pm; n/c 16 TONS CAFE BeatRootBand— 6pm; n/c AMBROSIA Kenny Reed & Stone Cold Jazz—8pm; n/c ATRIUM BUILDING Cameleon Quartet—2pm; n/c AXE & FIDDLE Castletown, Melissa Ruth & The Likely Stories—8:30pm; $5 B&B LOUNGE Karaoke— 9:30pm BLACK FOREST Repaid in Blood, In Death, Separation of Sanity— 10pm; n/c COWFISH Sup! w/Michael Human—9pm; Trap, hip hop, twerk COZMIC ARCO-PDX—9pm; $5-$12 DOC’S PAD Evolve Saturdays— 9pm; EDM, hip hop, n/c DRIFTWOOD Karaoke—9pm; n/c DUCK BAR & GRILL Karaoke— 9pm; n/c DUCK INN Karaoke—10pm EL TAPATIO CANTINA DJ & Dance Music—9pm; n/c EMBERS Coupe De Ville— 8:30pm; n/c THE GRANARY DJ Night w/Dan Craig—10pm; n/c HAPPY HOURS Eddie Butler Band—8pm; Rock, n/c THE KEG Karaoke—9pm; n/c LEVEL UP DJ Rock ‘n’ Roll Damnation—9pm; ’70s & ’80s rock, heavy metal; n/c LUCKEY’S DJ Rose—10pm; $5 MAC’S Skip Jones & The Spirit of New Orleans—8pm; $5 NFN RECORDS Ice Cream, VCR, Gazelle(s)—7pm; $5 NOBLE ESTATE Heavy Chevy Lite—6pm; n/c NEW ROCK SERIES Have your playlists gone stale? Do tasty new tunes sound tantalizing? If so, check out “You Saw Them First,” a three-day, all-ages concert series presented by Eugene radio station KNRQ and Hi-Fi Music Hall. The event features three of modern rock’s hottest acts: Joywave, In The Valley Below and X Ambassadors. X Ambassadors are riding high on “Renegades,” the hit single from the band’s 2015 debut VHS. The track is a serious contender for song of the summer, featuring an astonishing blend of now sounds: a little folk rock, a beguilingly syncopated stomp-clap rhythm and an epic chorus that will leave you singing along while punching the air with exhilaration. The lyrical content of “Renegades” is about a group of young mavericks carving their own path in the world — a story not unlike X Ambassadors’ own biography. “We’ve been playing music together for a long time,” guitarist Noah Feldshuh tells EW. “It’s a band about brotherhood and family. We’re a tight-knit group and that comes through in the sound.” VHS track “Fear” features X Ambassadors label-mates, and perhaps biggest band in the universe, Imagine Dragons. Also notable is the album’s use of audio clips and interludes borrowed from family home videos. “We threaded those throughout the album, like a hip-hop record,” Feldshuh says, explaining how hip hop is a massive influence on the group. Along with hip hop, Feldshuh says X Ambassadors grew up on modern rock acts of the early 2000s — bands like Coldplay and Kings of Leon inspired the band’s pop sensibilities. After so many years toiling in obscurity, Feldshuh says his bandmates are remaining humble in the spotlight. “We feel very blessed to be in the position that we’re in,” he says. ”We’ve all sort of had the same goals in mind and been working for it for a long time. We want to remain humble and put one foot in front of the other.” Also appearing is In The Valley Below, a Los Angeles-based duo blending edgy, modern electro pop with gritty guitars and a male-female vocal interplay recalling The Kills or White Stripes, with a pop sheen and fetish for ’80s-era dance music. The group is touring in support of 2014 release The Belt. And rounding out the series is Rochester, New York’s Joywave. Joywave are pure, infectious electro pop integrating the hard-hitting edge of Nine Inch Nails with the softer side of ’80s acts like Erasure and Pet Shop Boys, as well as current British synth-poppers Hot Chip. Joywave’s 2015 debut, How Do You Feel Now?, is out now. X Ambassadors play Wednesday, Aug. 12, In the Valley Below performs Friday, Aug. 14 and Joywave plays Monday, Aug. 17, at Hi-Fi Music Hall. All shows begin at 8 pm. Tickets are $10.37 adv., $15 door. All ages. — William Kennedy 28 A ugust 6, 2015 • eugeneweekly.com X AMBASSADORS JOYWAVE O BAR Timothy Patrick—7pm; n/c POUR HOUSE Karaoke—9pm QUACKER’S Ladies Night & DeeJay—9pm; n/c RAVEN A PUB Karaoke—9pm SAM BOND’S GARAGE The John Dough Boys—9:30pm; Bluegrass, punk, $6 TRACKSTIRS Karaoke—9pm; n/c TRAVELER’S COVE Peter Giri Trio—6pm; n/c WANDERING GOAT Cartilage, Psithurism, /root_DIR—8pm; Grind, metal, powerviolence, $5 WEBFOOT DJ BiGG—10pm; n/c WESTEND TAVERN Karaoke— 9pm; n/c WHITE HORSE SALOON Karaoke—9pm; n/c WOW HALL Shane Koyczan & The Short Story Long—9pm; $15-$18 SUNDAY 8/9 AGATE ALLEY BISTRO Karaoke— 9pm; n/c AXE & FIDDLE Traveling Broke & Out of Gas—8:30pm; Folk, blue- grass, n/c COWFISH Deep Sunday w/ Qamron Parq—9pm; Deep house, tropical, n/c HI-FI Karaoke—8pm; n/c JAZZ STATION All-Comers Jazz Jam w/Kenny Reed—4pm; Jazz, $3 LUCKEY’S Broadway Revue Burlesque—10pm; $5 OLD NICK’S The Hooten Hallers—9pm; $5 QUACKERS Karaoke—9pm; n/c SAM’S Open Mic Night—7pm; n/c SAM BOND’S GARAGE Irish Jam—7pm; n/c TRAVELER’S COVE Paul Biondi Quartet—6pm; Variety, n/c VILLAGE GREEN Dave Bach— 7pm; Guitar, n/c WANDERING GOAT Khemmis, White Wail, Santifyre, Mike Scheidt—8pm; Doom, rock, thrash, $5 THE WEBFOOT Karaoke—9pm MONDAY 8/10 5TH ST. CORNUCOPIA Quizzo Pub Trivia w/Dr. Seven Phoenix—9pm; n/c AXE & FIDDLE Zoya—8:30pm; Fusion folk, n/c BLACK FOREST Karaoke w/ Caught in the Act—9pm BUGSY’S MondayBug—7pm; Acoustic, n/c COWFISH Future Mondays w/ Erthbound—9pm; Future-beat, trap, n/c COZMIC Red Francis, Egotones, Thom Simon, The Slumps— 9pm; n/c DUCK BAR & GRILL OFY Bingo— 8:30pm; n/c OLD NICK’S Irish Jam, Punk Rock DJs—6pm; n/c PORKY’S PALACE Karaoke— 8pm SAM BOND’S GARAGE Bingo— 9pm; n/c WANDERING GOAT Singer- Songwriter’s Open Mic—7pm; Originals only, n/c WEBFOOT Twisted Trivia & Beer Pong—7pm; n/c TUESDAY 8/11 5TH ST. CORNUCOPIA Jesse Meade w/Olivia Awbrey— 9:30pm; n/c AXE & FIDDLE Open Mic— 6:30pm; Habitat for Humanity benefit, n/c THE BARN LIGHT White Mystery, Zig Zags, Courtney & The Crushers, Dobis, VCR—6pm; Garage, punk, $5-$10 THE CITY iPod Night—6pm; n/c COWFISH Work-Nite Vibin’ w/ Stephen Rose & Guests—9pm; House, hip hop, n/c CUSH Open Mic—8pm; Variety, n/c
