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About Eugene weekly. (Eugene, Oregon) 1993-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 28, 2016)
COWFISH Sup! w/Michael Human—9pm; Hip hop, pop-40, $3 DOC’S PAD Evolve Saturdays— 9pm; EDM, hip hop, n/c DRIFTWOOD Karaoke w/Slick Nick—9pm; n/c DUCK BAR Karaoke w/Bre— 9pm; n/c DUCK INN Karaoke—10pm EL TAPATIO CANTINA DJ & Dance Music—9pm; n/c EMBERS Coupe De Ville— 8:30pm; n/c FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH Perceptions of Sound—7:30pm; Multi-sensory concert experi- ence, $5-$20 HAPPY HOURS Christie & McCallum—8:30pm; n/c HULT CENTER Rodney Carrington—7pm; Comedy, $46 JAZZ STATION Tom Bergeron Brasil Band & Art Lillard— 7:30pm; $9-$12 THE KEG Karaoke w/Cammi— 9pm; n/c LUCKEY’S Jake McNeillie & Co., BeatRootBand, Sons of Guns— 10pm; $3-$5 MAC’S Blue Evolution Band— 8pm; Blues, funk, $5 MOHAWK Done Deal—9pm; n/c NOBLE ESTATE LeMaster Abrams—4pm; n/c OLD NICK’S Bluegrass for Bernie—5pm; Fundraiser, $12 POUR HOUSE Karaoke w/KJ Mike—9pm QUACKER’S Ladies Night & DeeJay—9pm; n/c RASTA PLUS Open Mic—7pm; n/c RAVEN A Karaoke w/Zach— 8pm; n/c SAM BOND’S GARAGE Brother’s Gow—8pm; Rock, funk, $7 TRACKSTIRS Karaoke—9pm; n/c TRAVELER’S COVE Peter Giri Trio—6pm; n/c WANDERING GOAT Comedy at the Goat w/Seth Milstein, Dillon Flynn, Michael Sevigny & Tanya Kornilovich—8pm; $5 [Vox Vocis, And Then Suddenly, Purple Frankie—9:30pm; Mathrock, hardcore, $5] WESTEND TAVERN Karaoke— 9pm; n/c WHITE HORSE SALOON Karaoke w/Ted—9pm; n/c WOW HALL Shabazz Palaces, Sassy Black, Porter Ray— 8:30pm; $12-$15 SUNDAY 1/31 AASEN-HULL HALL Roomful of Teeth—7:30pm; $8-$10 AGATE ALLEY BISTRO Karaoke w/Bre—9pm; n/c BEALL HALL Oregon Wind Ensemble—3pm; $5-$7 BLAIRALLY Game Show! w/Elliot Martinez & Chad Kashuba— 10pm; n/c COWFISH Los Domingos Caliente—9pm; Latin, $3 COZMIC Steel Wool—5pm; $5 CUSH Open Mic—7pm; n/c EMBERS Karaoke—7pm HOP VALLEY Hipbillies, Holler & The Hive—2:30pm; n/c JAZZ STATION Sunday Jam w/ Torrey Newhart—2pm; $5 LUCKEY’S Broadway Revue Burlesque—10pm; $5 MOHAWK Karaoke Jenga w/ Jillian—8pm; n/c MULLIGAN’S Open Mic— 7:30pm; n/c OAKSHIRE Chad Kashuba— 4pm; n/c OLD NICK’S /root_DIR, The Get, Jargon—9pm; n/c QUACKERS Karaoke—9pm; n/c RAGOZZINO HALL UO Opera Ensemble “Orfeo ed Euridice”— 3pm; $5-$10 RIVER STOP Open Rock Jam w/ Brian Chevalier—5pm; n/c TRAVELER’S COVE Paul Biondi Quartet—6pm; Variety, n/c VILLAGE GREEN Dave Bach— 7pm; Guitar, n/c MONDAY 2/1 5TH ST. CORNUCOPIA Quizzo Pub Trivia w/Dr. Seven Phoenix—9pm; n/c BLACK FOREST Karaoke w/ Cammi—9pm BUGSY’S MondayBug—7pm; Acoustic, n/c COWFISH Qamron Parq—9pm; Moombah, glitch, n/c DUCK BAR & GRILL OFY Bingo— 8pm; n/c ELK HORN Trivia Night w/Elliot Martinez—7pm; n/c EMBERS Karaoke—8pm 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 WOW HALL Saintseneca, Des Ark—8pm; $12-$14 TUESDAY 2/2 5TH ST. CORNUCOPIA Jesse Meade w/Daniel Cioper— 9:30pm; n/c AXE & FIDDLE TNT Trivia— 8:30pm; n/c BEERGARDEN Trivia w/Ty Conner—7pm; n/c THE CITY iPod Night—6pm; n/c COWFISH DJ Smuve—9pm; Hip hop, dancehall, n/c CUSH Poetry Open Mic—7pm; n/c DUCK BAR Trivia—7pm; n/c EMBERS DJ Victor Plays Requests—8pm; n/c FIRST NATIONAL TAPHOUSE WDYK Trivia—7pm; n/c GRANARY Christ Stubbs—6pm; Piano, n/c THE GREEN ROOM Karaoke— 9pm GROWLER UNDERGROUND Trivia w/Mr. Bill—6pm; n/c HI-FI ENCORE LOUNGE S.H.I.P. Jam—8pm; n/c HOT MAMA’S WINGS Open Mic— 8pm; n/c LEVEL UP Ninkasi Karaoke Night w/KJ B-Ross—9pm; n/c LUCKEY’S Amusedays! w/Seth Millstein—10pm; Comedy, n/c MAC’S Roosters Blues Jam— 7pm; n/c O BAR Karaoke w/Jared—9pm; n/c OLD NICK’S Cards Against Humanity Tournament—9pm; n/c SAM BOND’S GARAGE Bluegrass Jam—9pm; n/c THE SHEDD Blues Harp Blowout featuring Curtis Salgado— 7:30pm; $36 SIDE BAR Game Night—7pm; n/c WHITE HORSE SALOON Karaoke w/Slick Nick—9pm; n/c WEDNESDAY 2/3 5TH ST. CORNUCOPIA Karaoke w/Slick Nick—9pm AGATE ALLEY BISTRO Lounge Jams w/Bue Brown & Chilly Soup—9pm; Jazz, funk, n/c BLACK FOREST Karaoke w/ Cammi—9pm THE BLIND PIG Comedy Open Mic w/Cienna Jade—9pm 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 JERSEY’S Karaoke—8pm; Ladies night, n/c KOWLOON Karaoke—9pm; n/c LUCKEY’S Alvin & the Chipfunks—10pm; $3 MAC’S Gus Russell & Paul Biondi—6pm; n/c MAX’S TAVERN Lonesome Randall—7pm; Rock & roll his- torian, n/c MOHAWK Karaoke w/Jillian— 9pm; n/c MULLIGAN’S Open Mic— 8:30pm; Variety, n/c OLD NICK’S Act of Defiance, Sanctifyre, Athiarchists—9pm; $10-$12 OLD PAD Trivia Night—9pm; n/c POUR HOUSE Karaoke w/KJ Mike—9pm 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 Joe Kaplow & Rachel Hoffman—8pm; $5 WETLANDS BREW PUB OFY Bingo w/Troy & Rude Ruth— 8pm; n/c WILDCRAFT Llorona—6pm; Mexamericana, n/c WILD DUCK WDYK Trivia—7pm; n/c WOW HALL Super Duper Kyle— 8pm; Hip hop, $15-$20 CORVALLIS (AND SURROUNDING AREAS) NEWPORT PERFORMING ARTS CENTER SA Newport Symphony Orchestra—7:30pm; $20 BOMBS AWAY CAFE TH The Red Oak Rounders— 9pm; n/c FR Fever Flash & Zebra, Scratchdog Stringband—9pm; n/c SA Crooked—9pm; n/c CALAPOOIA BREWING TH Wild Hog in the Woods— 7:30pm; n/c SA Oregon Valley Boys—8pm; n/c CLOUD & KELLY’S SA Tim Karplus Band—10pm; n/c TU Drink & Draw—7pm; n/c FLORENCE EVENTS CENTER FR Jesse Cook—7pm; $10-$30 SA Emerald City Jazz Kings— 2pm; $36 LA SELLS STEWART CENTER FR Emerald City Jazz Kings— 7:30pm; $36 OSU MEMORIAL UNION FR Dave & Sharon Thormahlen—noon; Guitar-harp duo, n/c QUEERCOREPOWER PWR BTTM is a self-identified queer-core duo from upstate New York that SURREALIST DOOM POP Last year, Ohio’s Saintseneca released Such Things, one of the freshest, and yet familiar, indie-rock records of 2015. Saintseneca’s guitar-based music is sweetly earnest, exhibiting the infectious melodies and charmingly snotty lo-fi sensibilities of Pavement. In other words, Saintseneca are quintessential college rock. Bandleader and multi-instrumentalist Zac Little calls Saintseneca’s sound “surrealist doom pop,” adding that when Saintseneca plays live, “we are surrealist doom pop with mediocre jokes in between.” Little’s words evoke Dali-esque imagery with lyrics like “hanging like a loose tooth in the sky” from Such Things’ “The Awefull Yawn” track. And that sense of humor and edge of the absurd carry over into Saintseneca’s creation story. “I met a purveyor of dream crystals,” Little tells EW, describing his band’s beginnings. “It was said that if you placed the crystal under your pillow at night you would be granted access to a mystical dreamland,” Little says. “Similarly, others who possessed the dream crystals could enter the same realm.” Little continues: “You could interact with these individuals in dreams, despite what might appear to be an otherwise insurmountable distance in the waking life. Here I saw all of my bandmate’s bands play and I liked what they did, and asked if they would be in a band with me.” North Carolina’s Des Ark and Newberg’s The Hill Dogs join Saintseneca 8 pm Monday, Feb. 1, at WOW Hall; $12 advance, $14 door. All ages. — William Kennedy 24 January 28, 2016 • eugeneweekly.com now resides in Brooklyn. Last year the band gained massive critical buzz with the release of its debut LP Ugly Cherries, a collection of punk and power-pop tunes subverting heteronormative guitar rock reminiscent of Weezer. The track “Serving Goffman” draws comparisons among personal identity, dressing in drag and the costumes worn in corporate America — after all, aren’t we all just roleplaying? “I held my breath in a suit and tie,” PWR BTTM sings — members Ben Hopkins and Liv Bruce share vocal duty. “I want to put the whole world in drag,” the song continues, “but I’m starting to realize it’s already like that.” Elsewhere on the record, on the sweet love song “I Wanna Boi,” PWR BTTM sings: “I wanna boy who’ll keep the bed warm while we’re watching TV … I wanna boy who isn’t anything like me.” Ugly Cherries liberates thrashing, messy-yet-tuneful guitar work and the lovesick indie-rock anthem for the queer community and beyond. PWR BTTM plays with Eugene’s The Critical Shakes and Vegetarian Cats 7 pm Saturday, Jan. 30, at The Boreal, 450 W. 3rd Ave.; $10. All ages. — William Kennedy
