Concert this Thursday!
With Rich Dworsky, Fred Newman,
and special guests
FRI
2:30PM GATES • 18+ TO ATTEND • 4:00PM SHOW
FRI
AUG 28
5:00PM GATES II 6:00PM SHOW
SEPT 18
5:30PM GATES II 7:00PM SHOW
with Citizen Cope
Dark Star Orchestra & Hollis Brown
Continuing the Grateful Dead Experience... outside!
TICKETS ONLY $10 INCLUDING ALL FEES
SEPT 24
5:00PM GATES II 6:30PM SHOW
SUN
preconceived notions about what you sound like.
“We started having that post-hardcore influence, a little bit of doom,”
guitarist Brian McLelland tells EW. The up-and-coming Seattle quartet is
touring in support of its latest release The Camel, The Lion, The Child, out now
on Bleeding Light Records.
But McLelland says it would be wrong, despite HWOIG’s epically dark name,
to pigeonhole them as a metal band.
“As a guitar player I have a lot of influence from different metal bands — all
kinds of different heavy stuff,” McLelland says.
Listen to HWOIG and hear complex time signatures, angular grooves and
the drifting, lilting but nonetheless powerful voice of Lisa Mungo. Think the
science of Radiohead, the atmosphere of Cocteau Twins and the exhilarating
headache of At The Drive In. “We are also big fans of horror movie
soundtracks,” McLelland adds.
Surprisingly, McLelland says HWOIG started out with more lighthearted
intentions. “We were a little bit more like party rock — pounding beers,
shredding riffs,” he says. “[Lisa Mungo] grew up with a huge amount of
knowledge. I realized I wanted to do more than just be in a garage-rock band.
We realized we wanted to push it and incorporate more influences — up our
game a little bit.”
And, of course, heady musical complexity brings comparisons to prog rock.
“We like a lot of different kinds of music,” McLelland says. “We also listen
to Yes and Rush — classic prog. I’m also a big fan of bands like These Arms Are
Snakes and Botch, a lot of that Northwestern stuff.”
“You get those prog-like elements of odd time signatures and angular
energy,” McLelland continues. “For me it comes from bands like that instead
of traditional prog stuff.”
He Whose Ox is Gored plays with paleons, Moro and gazelle(s) 7 pm
Saturday, Aug. 29, at The Boreal; $8. All ages. — William Kennedy
AUG 27
6:00PM GATES II 7:30PM SHOW
RESERVED SEATING AVAILABLE
THU
HEAVY
LIGHTNESS
When your band is named He Whose Ox is Gored, people are going to have
THU
SWAMP
THING
Eugene’s The Sawyer Family has been crafting blistering tales of death, murder
and suffering since 2001. The psychobilly-cum-swampy-stoner-metal act has seen
lineup changes, growing pains and years of touring since its early rockabilly days,
elevating themselves into a genre-defying monster.
As tends to happen at home, though, this act often goes unnoticed.
On the road, however, The Sawyer Family is a force to be reckoned with. Having
performed more than 400 shows, hitting nearly every state since 2009, the boys
have rubbed elbows with bands like Mondo Generator, Koffin Kats and more. Catching
the ear of Grammy-nominated producer John Custer (Corrosion of Conformity), they
began work on their fourth full-length album, simply titled Sawyer Family.
The latest LP is something of a new beginning, the first to showcase their
revamped sound with bassist Zach Sawyer at the helm instead of previous frontman
Seth Sawyer (of Beast of Eden). The result is a viciously tight-riff rockin’ affair, as well
as a nearly flawless introduction to the second era of one of Eugene’s most unique
and underrated acts.
Hear The Sawyer Family’s new album live along with local grunge metal act
Dirtclodfight and punkers Xboyfriends 9:30 pm Saturday, Aug. 29, at Old Nick’s Pub;
$5. 21-plus. — Joshua Isaac Finch
Concert this Friday!
SEPT 27
5:00PM GATES II 6:30PM SHOW
EUGENE, OREGON
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