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About Eugene weekly. (Eugene, Oregon) 1993-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 28, 2016)
THURSDAY 1/28 AXE & FIDDLE The Fret Boys, Pluto the Planet—8:30pm; n/c B&B LOUNGE Karaoke— 9:30pm BARN LIGHT Karaoke w/Bre— 9pm; n/c BEALL HALL University Symphony Orchestra—7:30pm; $5-$7 BIG CITY GAMING Trivia—7pm; n/c BREWSTATION Sophia James— 6pm; n/c THE COOLER Luke Kaufman & Matt Borden—9pm; $10 [Karaoke w/Cammi—10pm] COWFISH Purrsday w/Kitty Trap—9pm; Bass, trap, n/c CUSH Guitar Club Open Mic— 8pm; Originals only, n/c DRIFTWOOD Karaoke w/Slick Nick—9pm; n/c EL TAPATIO CANTINA Karaoke— 8pm; n/c EUGENE PUBLIC LIBRARY Singing Shakespeare w/Laura Wayte—6pm; n/c GREEN ROOM Open Mic Comedy—9pm; n/c GROWLER UNDERGROUND Open Mic—6:30pm; n/c ISLAND HUT Karaoke—6pm; n/c JAZZ STATION Tim McLaughlin Revolving Trio—7:30pm; $7-$10 LEVEL UP Quizzo Pub Trivia w/ Dr. Seven Phoenix—9pm; n/c LUCKEY’S Grateful Family Jam—10pm; $2 MAC’S Soul Restoration Project—7pm; n/c MAX’S DJ Victor—10pm; n/c OAKSHIRE Hipbilly—5pm; n/c OLD NICK’S The Beat Crunchers—9pm; $5 THE OLD PAD Karaoke—9pm; n/c OREGON WINE LAB “Categorically Correct” w/host Elliot Martinez—6:30pm; Trivia, n/c THEIR MAJESTY Yes, technically speaking, Shabazz Palaces is a rap group. But that sort of classification is about as accurate as calling Bitches Brew a jazz record or Captain Beefheart a rock star. Sure, it gets you in the right galaxy, but it does nothing to describe the bizarre constellation of fractured beats, warped vocals and occult imagery the group has formed during their six years together. The Seattle-based duo’s lead voice — Ishmael Butler (formerly of Digable Planets) — has often used “abstract” to describe the Shabazz Palaces OVERTIME TAVERN West Side Blues Jam—8:30pm; Open jam, n/c REALITY KITCHEN Acoustic Reality—5pm; Open mic, n/c RESTOBAR Steven McVay—5pm SIDE BAR WDYK Trivia—9pm; n/c TERRITORIAL VINEYARDS Holler & The Hive—7pm; n/c WANDERING GOAT Dobis, /root_ DIR, Zane Jankins—6:30pm; Punk, grind, $3-$5 WAYWARD LAMB “I’m Too Sexy” w/Angelica D’Vil & DJ John the Revelator—10pm; n/c WOW HALL International Guitar Night—8pm; Acoustic guitar masters, $25-$30 FRIDAY 1/29 5TH ST. CORNUCOPIA Jazz Flute Project—9:30pm; n/c BLACK FOREST Wade Graham, Bullets or Balloons, Hyper Sloth—10pm; n/c BLAIRALLY ARCADE ‘80’s Night w/Chris, Jen & John—9pm; $3 THE BLIND PIG Karaoke w/Jim Jim—9pm, n/c BOHEMIA PANACEA Open Mic— 6pm, n/c BREWSTATION 3 Man Slam— 7:30pm; Rock, n/c COWFISH Freek-Nite w/SPOC- 3PO the Audio Schizo—9pm; $3 D’S DINER Karaoke—9pm; n/c DOC’S PAD Karaoke w/KJ Mike—9pm; n/c DOMAINE MERIWETHER LeMaster & Abrams—6pm; Americana, n/c DRIFTWOOD Karaoke w/Slick Nick—9pm; n/c EL TAPATIO CANTINA Karaoke w/ KJ Rick—9pm; n/c EMBERS Coupe De Ville— 8:30pm; n/c EUGENE WINE CELLARS Gus Russell & Lauri Hammond— 5:30pm; n/c HAPPY HOURS Downside Up—8pm; n/c HILTON HOTEL Aftermath— 7pm; Jazz, n/c JAZZ STATION UO Jazz Combos—5pm; n/c [Alvin & the Chipfunks—7:30pm; $7-$10] JERSEY’S Karaoke Contest— 9pm; n/c JIMMY’S ON 11TH Karaoke w/ Zach—9pm; n/c THE KEG Karaoke w/Cammi— 9pm; n/c sound, which might be best interpreted to mean that nothing he and producer Tendai Maraire craft is concrete. Butler and Maraire cryptically released two EPs before emerging from hiding in 2011 with their shadowy full-length Black Out. Their latest, 2014’s Lese Majesty, has seen the group plunge deeper into abstraction: Maraire’s mutated psychedelia moves between bangers like “#CAKE” and woozier, atmospheric interludes while Butler delivers lines like “blackness is protracted and abstracted by the purest.” LAVELLE WINE BAR Gumbo Groove—6:30pm; n/c LEVEL UP DJ food stamp—9pm; Rap, breaks, soul, n/c LUCKEY’S Ready Steady Soul Club—10pm; $3 MAC’S Bottlneck Blues Band— 8pm; $5 MCDONALD THEATRE The Wood Brothers—8pm; $25-$27 MCSHANE’S Dark Buffalo—9pm; Rock, n/c MOHAWK Country Wide—9pm; Country, n/c NEW HOPE AUDITORIUM Dréos—7pm; Celtic, $15 O BAR Karaoke w/Jared—9pm; n/c OAKSHIRE Fiddlin’ Sue Band— 4:30pm; n/c O’DONNELL’S Karaoke—9pm OLD NICK’S Pickaxe Preacher, Snow Dragon, Broken Dead— 9pm; $5 PIZZA RESEARCH INSTITUTE Olem Alves Duo—6:30pm; n/c PORKY’S PALACE Karaoke— 8pm RAGOZZINO HALL UO Opera Ensemble “Orfeo ed Euridice”— 7:30pm; $5-$10 SAGINAW VINEYARD Jackie Jae & Jason Cowsill—6pm; n/c TAYLOR’S DJ Victor—10pm; Hip hop, dance, n/c TERRITORIAL VINEYARDS ButterChuck, Town & Country Blues Band—7pm; Healthy Moves fundraiser, don. TRACKSTIRS Karaoke w/ James—9pm; n/c WANDERING GOAT King Columbia, Zach Bryson—9pm; Bluegrass, folk, $5 WHITE HORSE SALOON Karaoke w/Ted—9pm; n/c WOW HALL Chicano Batman, Haunted Summer, Snow White—9pm; $10-$12 SATURDAY 1/30 5TH ST. CORNUCOPIA Inner Limits—9:30pm; n/c 911 W. BROADWAY George Colligan, Jon Lakey, Micah Hummel—7:30pm; $7-$10 ATRIUM BUILDING Eugene Peace Choir—2pm; n/c AX BILLY GRILL Tonewood Trio— 7pm; Jazz, n/c AXE & FIDDLE Kim Archer— 8:30pm; $5 B&B LOUNGE Karaoke— 9:30pm BEALL HALL Michael Partington—8pm; Classical gui- tar, $8-$10 BLACK FOREST Tripolee—10pm; n/c BREWSTATION Cowboy Cadillac—7:30pm; n/c On stage, the group has been known to bring in live percussion and other instrumentation from Maraire’s native Zimbabwe to further evoke the otherworldly feel of their records. Better still, the group chose a worthy opener to guide us into the Shabazz Palaces world in THEESatisfaction singer SassyBlack, whose eastern-inflected vocals and space-funk sound orbits in the same sonic constellation. Sassy Black and Porter Ray join Shabazz Palaces 8:30 pm Saturday, Jan. 30, at WOW Hall; $12 adv., $15 door. — J.D. Swerzenski eugeneweekly.com • January 28, 2016 23
