THURSDAY
8/18
5TH ST. PUBLIC MARKET Gumbo
Groove—6pm; n/c
AXE & FIDDLE Olivia Aubrey,
Sneaky Bones—8:30pm; Folk,
n/c
B&B LOUNGE Karaoke—
9:30pm
BARN LIGHT Karaoke w/Bre—
9pm; n/c
BEERGARDEN Still Thinking
Trio—7:30pm; n/c
THE BOREAL Boy on Guitar, The
Lucid Trees, Self Proclaimed
Nercissist, Tijuana Ty, Axis
Salvation—7pm; Pop, $8
COBURG CITY PARK Riffle—
6pm; n/c
THE COOLER Karaoke w/
Cammi—10pm
COWFISH Purrsday w/Kitty
Trap—9pm; Hip hop, trap, edm,
n/c
COZMIC Upstate Rundown—
9pm; Americana, $8-$10
DEXTER LAKE CLUB Karaoke—
7pm; n/c
DRIFTWOOD Karaoke w/Slick
Nick—9pm; n/c
EL TAPATIO CANTINA Karaoke—
8pm; n/c
GREEN ROOM Open Mic
Comedy—9pm; n/c
GROWLER UNDERGROUND
Acoustic Underground Open
Mic—8pm; n/c
HAPPY HOURS Crystal Harmony
Karaoke—8:30pm; n/c
HI-FI LOUNGE Daryl Hance
Powermuse, T-Bone Waldon &
The Prime Cuts—10pm; $5
JAZZ STATION The World’s Finest
Apples—7:30pm; $9-$12
THE LOUNGE Karaoke w/Sassy
Patty—8pm; n/c
MAC’S Shreve Jones Shreve
Project—6pm; n/c
MAX’S DJ Victor—10pm; n/c
THE OLD PAD Karaoke—9pm;
n/c
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
SAM BOND’S BREWING
Chibuku—6pm; African guitar,
n/c
TERRITORIAL VINEYARDS The
Porch Band—7pm; n/c
VANILLA JILL’S Ryan Kwan—
7pm; Mystic folk, $5 sug. don.
FRIDAY
8/19
5TH ST. CORNUCOPIA The
Klezmonauts—9:30pm; n/c
AXE & FIDDLE LeMaster &
Abrams—8:30pm; n/c
BILLY MAC’S Christie &
McCallum—7:30pm; n/c
BLACK FOREST Eugene Metal
Celebration—9pm; Rock, n/c
BLAIRALLY ARCADE ‘80’s Night
w/Chris, Jen & John—9pm; $3
THE BLIND PIG Karaoke w/Jim
Jim—9pm, n/c
COWFISH Freek-Nite w/SPOC-
3PO—9pm; Hip hop, juke house,
$3
COZMIC Aloha Friday: Neal Chin
& Friends—6pm; n/c
D’S DINER Karaoke—9pm; n/c
DOC’S PAD Karaoke w/KJ
Mike—9pm; n/c
SEATTLE SLUDGE REVIVAL
Sometimes a band’s strength lies not in its particular
sound but in each player’s ability to unite fully behind the
sound, to present a single battlefront, to commit individual
expression to one common purpose — to communicate,
combust and even, at times, self-immolate as a whole.
Hard-hitting Seattle trio So Pitted does just that on its
impressive Sub Pop Records debut Neo. Guitarist-vocalist
Nathan Rodriquez tells EW his band is “very much a punk
band” in the vein of Bleach-era Nirvana. Neo’s sound also
references the myriad side projects of legendary producer
and musician Steve Albini.
DOMAINE MERIWETHER Heavy
Chevy—6pm; n/c
DRIFTWOOD Karaoke w/Slick
Nick—9pm; n/c
EL TAPATIO CANTINA Karaoke w/
KJ Rick—9pm; n/c
EUGENE WINE CELLARS Plays
Well w/Others—6:30pm; n/c
GROWLER UNDERGROUND You
& I, Elizabeth Cable, Jarod
Jackson—8:30pm; n/c
HI-FI Battle of the Bands:
Spectrum Lake vs. Hyding
Jekyll—7pm; $5
HI-FI LOUNGE Bustin Jieber,
Astro Tan & Thom Simon—
10pm; $5
HILTON HOTEL Aftermath—
7pm; Jazz, n/c
JAZZ STATION Noel Jewkes—
7:30pm; $9-$12
JERSEY’S Karaoke—9pm; n/c
THE KEG Karaoke w/Cammi—
9pm; n/c
LAVELLE VINEYARDS Mike
Brewer & Brewketts—6pm; n/c
LEVEL UP DJ food stamp—9pm;
Rap, breaks, soul, n/c
MAC’S The Ty Curtis Band—
8pm; $10
MOHAWK Country Wide—9pm;
n/c
NOBLE ESTATE Skip Jones &
Friends—6pm; n/c
O BAR Karaoke w/Jared—9pm;
n/c
OAKSHIRE Walker T. Ryan—
5pm; Blues, n/c
O’DONNELL’S Karaoke—9pm
OLD NICK’S Crimson Altar,
Gorgon Stare, White Wall—
6:30pm; Doom metal, $5
PORKY’S PALACE Karaoke—
8pm
SAGINAW VINEYARDS Coupe De
Ville—6pm; n/c
SAM BOND’S BREWING Will
Carpenter—6pm; n/c
SAM BOND’S GARAGE Tracy
Bonham Fine, Dale Bradley—
9:30pm; $10
SPRINGFIELD CRUISE-IN
Taylor’s Crossing—6pm; Rock,
country, n/c
TAYLOR’S DJ Victor—10pm; Hip
hop, dance, n/c
TERRITORIAL VINEYARDS
Lonesome Randall—7pm; n/c
TRACKSTIRS Karaoke w/
James—9pm; n/c
VANILLA JILL’S Heir to
Heartache—8pm; Whimsey &
woe, $5 sug. don.
WANDERING GOAT PhiloPhobia,
Impulse Control, Purple
Frankie—8pm; $5
WHITE HORSE SALOON Karaoke
w/Ted—9pm; n/c
WOW HALL Music’s Edge
Summer Rock Camp Show—
7:30pm; $5
SATURDAY
8/20
5TH ST. CORNUCOPIA Tripolee—
9:30pm; n/c
16 TONS CAFÉ The Traceys—
6pm; Soul, n/c
ATRIUM BUILDING Blue Crew—
2pm; n/c
AX BILLY GRILL Peter Giri &
Lloyd Tolbert—7pm; n/c
AXE & FIDDLE The Bougies, The
Big Poppies—8:30pm; Garage
rock, blues, n/c
B&B LOUNGE Karaoke—
9:30pm
BARN LIGHT EAST Lori Jean—
3pm; Alt-rock, n/c
BEERGARDEN Spectrum Lake—
7:30pm; n/c
BLACK FOREST Eugene Metal
Celebration—9pm; Rock, n/c
CITY NIGHTCLUB Crystal
Harmony Karaoke—9pm; n/c
And Rodriguez even cites the unlikely influence of
Janet Jackson and what he calls the “hard, industrial
R&B” of the new jack-swing era.
Each member of So Pitted has “different ideas of what
a song can sound like,” Rodriguez explains, but the final
product is sludgy, grimy, brutal and doomy with a sly
wink, as if to say, “Look out: We’ve arrived to tear shit up
and have fun while doing it.”
Guitarist Jeannine Koewler supplies guitar lines on a
nasty low-end, acting almost like a bass. Drummer and
vocalist Liam Downey is a passionate lover behind the kit.
So Pitted are most formidable when Koewler and Downey
lock together in mosh-inducing, militaristic grooves, such
COWFISH Sup! w/Michael
Human—9pm; Hip hop, edm,
$3
CUSH CAFE Open Mic—2pm;
n/c
DOC’S PAD Evolve Saturdays—
9pm; EDM, hip hop, n/c
DRIFTWOOD Karaoke—9pm;
n/c
DUCK BAR Karaoke w/Bre—
9pm; n/c
DUCK INN Karaoke—10pm
EL TAPATIO CANTINA DJ &
Dance Music—9pm; n/c
EUGENE WINE CELLARS Guy
Russell & Lyn Burg—6:30pm;
n/c
GROWLER UNDERGROUND
Steve Goodbar—8:30pm; n/c
HI-FI Battle of the Bands: The
Architex vs. Met Diggy—7pm;
$5
HI-FI LOUNGE Broncho—10pm;
$7-$10
JAZZ STATION Dawn &
Hawkes—7:30pm; $9-$12
MAC’S Coupe De Ville—8pm; $5
MOHAWK Goshwood—9pm; n/c
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 Fresh
Inc.: Cypher Fresh, The Reward
System, Stryk-9 & 28 the
Native, The Cave Dwellers,
Fahari Classix—9:30pm; $5
SARVER VINEYARD Mike Brewer
& Brewketts—5pm; n/c
TRACKSTIRS Karaoke—9pm;
n/c
VANILLA JILL'S Open Mic—7pm;
n/c
WESTEND TAVERN Karaoke—
9pm; n/c
WHITE HORSE SALOON Karaoke
w/Ted—9pm; n/c
SUNDAY
8/21
AGATE ALLEY BISTRO Karaoke
w/Bre—9pm; n/c
AXE & FIDDLE Out to Lunch—
8pm; Electrosoul, n/c
THE BOREAL Glass Cat, Amelie
Prime, Lord Becky—7pm; Post
rock, $5
COWFISH Los Domingos
Calientes—9pm; Latin, n/c
CUSH CAFE Open Mic—2pm;
n/c
THE EMBERS Karaoke—7pm
HAPPY HOURS Crystal Harmony
Karaoke—7pm; n/c
ISLAND HUT Karaoke—2pm;
n/c
MOHAWK Karaoke—8pm; n/c
QUACKERS Karaoke—9pm; n/c
RIVER STOP Open Jam Session
w/Brian Chevalier—6pm; n/c
SAM BOND’S GARAGE Carissa
Johnson, Ellis Moore, Songs by
Thom—8:30pm; n/c
VILLAGE GREEN Dave Bach—
7pm; Guitar, n/c
WEBFOOT Karaoke—9pm; n/c
WOW HALL Sean McConnell w/
Andy Davis—8pm; $12-$20
MONDAY
8/22
BLACK FOREST Karaoke w/
Cammi—9pm
BUGSY’S MondayBug—7pm;
Acoustic, n/c
COWFISH Gourmet Monday w/
Chef Baoteng—9pm; Trap, n/c
FIRST NATIONAL TAPHOUSE
Open Mic—8pm; Rock, n/c
GRIDIRON Karaoke—8pm; n/c
PORKY’S PALACE Karaoke—
8pm
ROARING RAPIDS Sean
Peterson, Jason Palmer, Tony
Glausi, Josh Hettwer & Torrey
Newhart—6:30pm; n/c
WANDERING GOAT Singer
Songwriter’s Open Mic—7pm;
Originals only, n/c
as on “Holding the Void.” Throughout, Rodriguez gulps,
gargles and barks like a young Kurt Cobain, somehow
always managing to stay tuneful.
Rodriguez says signing to Sub Pop still “has a lot of
prestige in this [Seattle] area.” He adds quickly that So
Pitted is still a small band, committed to the DIY ethos of
all-ages venues like The Boreal, where So Pitted play this
time through Eugene. Rodriguez says he discovered
music in venues like The Boreal, which unfortunately have
become all too rare around Seattle.
So Pitted plays alongside Chastity Belt, VCR and iLee
7 pm Tuesday, Aug. 23, at The Boreal; $10, all ages. —
William Kennedy
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