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SHANGHAIED
IN THE EUG
San Francisco band The
Shanghais have never been to
Eugene. Lead vocalist Natalie Sweet
is wondering if we have any good
vegan food here.
“I’m always on the hunt,” Sweet
tells EW via email. Based on that
question alone, the quartet should
feel right at home in our fair city with
its verdant veggie foodie scene.
The Shanghais will release their
latest EP, Fall in Love with the
Shanghais, this spring on
Philadelphia-based label Endless
Daze Records.
Shanghai’s track “I Fell in Love
(With the Living Dead)” mixes the
campy theatrical punk of The
Cramps with The B-52’s funhouse
take on ’50s-era rock ‘n’ roll.
Sweet describes her band’s sound
as “’60s Motown girl-group-inspired
garage-punk.”
“It’s a super high-energy rock ‘n’
roll dance party,” Sweet says of the band’s performances. “We love each other and we love everyone who
comes out to our shows.”
So where would members of The Shanghais like to be shanghaied? “You’re officially the only person to
get the name!” Sweet exclaims. [For those who still don’t know, Shanghaing was a method of kidnapping
people and sending them off to work on ships in seas far, far away. Portland has some unique history on
this. Google it.]
“Being shanghaied is no bueno,” she continues, “so we wouldn’t want that to happen at all. But we
would love to go on a rock ‘n’ roll vacation (that’s what we call tour) to Europe and Japan!”
The Shanghais play with Eugene’s Not A Part of It, XBoyfriends and Saffron 7 pm Sunday, Jan. 17, at
The Boreal, 450 W. 3rd Ave.; $7. All ages. — William Kennedy
MULLIGAN’S Steve Ibach—8pm;
n/c
O BAR Karaoke w/Jared—9pm;
n/c
SAM BOND’S GARAGE Bluegrass
Jam—9pm; n/c
SIDE BAR Game Night—7pm;
n/c
WANDERING GOAT Hostages,
Thom Simon—8pm; Rock, $5
WHITE HORSE SALOON Karaoke
w/Slick Nick—9pm; n/c
WEDNESDAY 1/20
5TH ST. CORNUCOPIA Karaoke
w/Slick Nick—9pm
AGATE ALLEY BISTRO Lounge
Jams w/Bue Brown & Chilly
Soup—9pm; Jazz, funk, n/c
AXE & FIDDLE Stelth Ulvang,
Nick Jaina—8:30pm; $8
BEALL HALL Estelí Gomez—
8pm; Soprano, $8-$10
BLACK FOREST Karaoke w/
Cammi—9pm
THE BLIND PIG Comedy Open
Mic w/Cienna Jade—9pm
THE BOREAL Justus Proffit,
Tijuana Ty, Mel Anoma—7pm;
Acoustic punk, $5
THE COOLER Hump Night Trivia
w/DR Dumass—7pm; n/c
COWFISH West Coast
Wednesday w/Ultramafic—9pm;
Hip hop, trap, n/c
HAPPY HOURS Mama Jan’s
Blues Jam w/Brian Chevalier—
8pm; n/c
HI-FI ENCORE LOUNGE Funk
Night—8pm; n/c
JAZZ STATION Oak Hill School
Winter Concert—7:30pm; Don
JERSEY’S Karaoke—8pm;
Ladies night, n/c
KOWLOON Karaoke—9pm; n/c
MAC’S Gus Russell & Paul
Biondi—6pm; Oregon Cancer
Foundation fundraiser, don
MAX’S Lonesome Randall—7pm;
Rock & roll historian, n/c
MOHAWK Karaoke w/Jillian—
9pm; n/c
MULLIGAN’S Open Mic—
8:30pm; Variety, n/c
OLD NICK’S The Eleinvaders—
9pm; TBA
OLD PAD Trivia Night—9pm; n/c
POUR HOUSE Karaoke w/KJ
Mike—9pm
SAM BOND’S GARAGE Mike
Dillon Band—9pm; Jazz, funk,
$8
STARLIGHT LOUNGE Quizzo Pub
Trivia w/Dr. Seven Phoenix—
9pm; n/c
TAYLOR’S BAR & GRILLE DJ
Crown—10:30pm; Hip hop, top
40, dance, n/c
WANDERING GOAT Spoken Word
Open Mic—8pm; n/c
WAYWARD LAMB Lip Sync Battle
w/Cornel Hardiman—8pm; n/c
WETLANDS BREW PUB OFY
Bingo w/Troy & Rude Ruth—
8pm; n/c
WILDCRAFT Michael Conley—
6pm; n/c
WILD DUCK WDYK Trivia—7pm;
n/c
CORVALLIS
(AND SURROUNDING AREAS)
BOMBS AWAY CAFE
TH Asterion, Patrimony &
Pyramid—9pm; n/c
FR MOsley WOtta, Future Metz—
9pm; $5
SA Fruition—9pm; $15
CALAPOOIA BREWING
TH Wild Hog in the Woods—
7:30pm; n/c
SA Antonette Goroch—8pm; n/c
CLOUD & KELLY’S
FR Landon Wordswell—10pm;
n/c
SA The Tablerockers—8pm; n/c
OSU MEMORIAL UNION
FR Noah Seitz—noon; Solo cel-
list, n/c
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