THURSDAY 1/26
AXE & FIDDLE Ralph White—
8:30pm; n/c
B&B LOUNGE Karaoke—
9:30pm; n/c
THE BARNLIGHT Karaoke w/
Breezy Bee—9pm; n/c
BEERGARDEN Era Coda—
7:30pm; Prog, n/c
BLACK FOREST Moon Panda,
Kaitlin Sevy—10pm; Rock, n/c
DEXTER LAKE CLUB Karaoke w/
Jared—9pm; n/c
HAPPY HOURS Crystal Harmony
Karaoke—8:30pm; n/c
HI-FI Martin Sexton—8pm; $25
HULT CENTER Barber Piano
Concerto—8pm; $21-$66
IZAKAYA OYAZI ToadFace—
10pm; $5
LUCKEY'S Grateful Dead Family
Jam—10pm; Dead covers, $3
MAC'S Shreve, Jones, Shreve
Project—6pm; Blues, variety,
n/c
MAX’S DJ Victor—10pm; Hits,
old standards, requests, n/c
OLD NICK'S John Prine Sing
Along—6pm; $5 [Jargon, Thom
Simon, Sacred Trees—9pm;
Funk rock, psych, $3-$5]
SAM BOND'S GARAGE David
Olney w/Daniel Seymour & Ellis
Moore—8pm; $8-$10
SHADOWFOX Open Mic—8pm;
n/c
TERRITORIAL VINEYARDS
Spencer & Friends—7pm; Jazz
guitar, n/c
WHIRLED PIES DOWNTOWN
Perriguenalia—6pm; n/c
RAGOZZINO HALL Ben Wendel—
7:30pm; Jazz, $10-$20
RIVER STOP Ramblin' Roberts—
8pm; n/c
SAGINAW VINEYARD Richie G &
MA Beat—6pm; Americana, n/c
THE SHEDD Herb Alpert & Lana
Hall—7:30pm; $35-$53
TERRITORIAL VINEYARDS
GEO4—7pm; Jazz, n/c
VALHALLA WINERY Henry
Cooper Duo—6pm; n/c
WHIRLED PIES DOWNTOWN Dan
Cioper—6pm; n/c
WHITE HORSE SALOON Karaoke
w/KJ Mike—9pm, n/c
WILDCRAFT CIDER WORKS
Amblin—6pm, n/c
WOW HALL Ladysmith Black
Mamabazo—8pm; African a
cappella, $21-$33
SATURDAY 1/28
5TH ST. CORNUCOPIA Inner
Limits—9:30pm; n/c
ATRIUM BUILDING Eugene
Peace Choir—2pm; n/c
AXE & FIDDLE David Olney—
8:30pm; $8
BEALL HALL LCC Big Band—
5:30pm; Jazz, $5-$7
BEERGARDEN Spectrum
Lake—7:30pm; Dream surf, n/c
BREWSTATION Restless Souls—
7:30pm; Rock, n/c
CITY NIGHTCLUB Crystal
Harmony Karaoke—9pm; EDM,
n/c
CUSH CAFE Open Mic, 2pm; n/c
DEXTER LAKE CLUB Daddy
Rabbit—8pm; Oldies, n/c
DOC'S PAD Karaoke w/KJ
Power—9pm; n/c
DRIFTWOOD BAR Karaoke w/
Slick Nick—9pm; n/c
DUCK BAR Karaoke w/Breezy
Bee—9pm; n/c
THE EMBERS Coupe De Ville—
8:30pm; n/c
HAPPY HOURS Parish Gap—
9pm; Rock covers, n/c
IZAKAYA OYAZI "Nobody Listens
to Techno" w/Luke Mandala—
10pm; $7-$10
JAZZ STATION Oregon Jazz
Festival After Hours Jam—8pm,
Jazz, $10
KEG TAVERN Dance Music
w/J'Lynn—9pm; n/c
LUCKEY'S Thom Simon, Human
Ottoman, Era Coda—10pm; $5
MAC'S The Blues Harp
Showdown w/Hank Shreve, Bill
Rhoades, Henry Cooper—8pm;
$8
MOHAWK TAVERN
Countrywide—9pm; Country,
n/c
OLD NICK'S Scoundrel Prince
Lounge—10pm; Drums & bass,
$3
RASTA PLUS Open Mic—7pm;
n/c
TIME OUT TAVERN Ozone
Baby—9pm; n/c
TRACKSTIRS Karaoke w/BIG
E—9pm; n/c
TSUNAMI BOOKS Tess Altiveros
& Elisabeth Ellis—5pm;
Chamber music, $10 sug. don.
WHIRLED PIES DOWNTOWN
Garcia Birthday Band—9:30pm,
Psychedelic jam, $10-$12
WHITE HORSE SALOON Karaoke
w/KJ Mike—9pm; n/c
WOW HALL High Step Society,
Soul Vibrator, Mr. Moo—8pm,
High Step CD release party,
$10-$12
SUNDAY 1/29
AGATE ALLEY BISTRO Karaoke
w/Breezy Bee—9pm; n/c
AXE & FIDDLE DJ Rock n Roll
Damnation—7pm; n/c
BEALL HALL Phantasm—7pm;
$10-$45
COWFISH DJ Kalien’s Planet of
Pop—9pm; Hip hop, remix, n/c
CUSH CAFE Open Mic—2pm;
n/c
THE EMBERS Karaoke w/Sassy
Patty—7pm; n/c
JAZZ STATION Sunday Jam host-
ed by Adam Carlson—2:30pm,
Jazz, $5 don.
MOHAWK TAVERN Karaoke w/
KJ Mike—8pm; n/c
MULLIGANS Open Mic—
8:30pm; Variety, n/c
OLD NICK'S Rue Snider, Jake
McNeillie & Company, Jaron
Yancey—9pm; Americana,
punk, n/c
FRIDAY 1/27
5TH ST. CORNUCOPIA Dubious
Rubes—9:30pm; n/c
AXE & FIDDLE Something Like
Seduction—8:30pm; Reggae,
alt rock, n/c
BLAIRALLY Church of '80s w/
Chris, Jen & John—8pm; '80s
vinyl, $3
BREWSTATION Vantage—
7:30pm; Rock ballads, n/c
BRONCO SALOON Karaoke w/
Lindsey—9pm; n/c
COWFISH Rascal Cabaret—
8pm; $5
CRESWELL COFFEE The Corn
Stalkers—7pm; Blues, rockabili-
ty, $4
THE DAVIS DJ Crown—10pm,
Hip hop, dance, reggaeton, $5
DOC'S PAD Karaoke w/KJ
Power—9pm; n/c
DUCK BAR Karaoke w/Breezy
Bee—9pm; n/c
DRIFTWOOD BAR Karaoke w/
Slick Nick—9pm; n/c
EL TAPATIO CANTINA Karaoke w/
KJ Rick—9pm; n/c
THE EMBERS Coupe De Ville—
8:30pm; n/c
HAPPY HOURS Living the
Dream—8pm; Rock, n/c
IZAKAYA OYAZI Zac Wolfe—6pm;
n/c
JAZZ STATION Frank Poloney
Jazz Flute Project—7:30pm,
Jazz, $10
JERSEY'S Karaoke w/Sassy
Patty—9pm; n/c
KEG TAVERN Karaoke
w/J'Lynn—9pm; n/c
LUCKEY'S Ready Steady Soul
Club—9:30pm; Soul dance
party, $3
MAC'S The Blues Club Project—
8pm; Blues, soul, $6
MOHAWK TAVERN Schwing—
9pm; Rock, n/c
NINKASI Blues to Cure the
Blues w/Breaker's Yard—7pm;
WellMama fundraiser, $60
OAKSHIRE Fiddlin' Sue Band—
4:30pm; n/c
OLD NICK'S Reggae Vinyl Spin—
5-8:30pm; n/c [An Empty
Room, Fox Medicine, Orchards,
Pacifico—9pm; Ambient doom,
$5]
18
TSUNAMI BOOKS Adam Miller—
3pm; Songs & stories of Woody
Guthrie, $10
WEBFOOT Karaoke w/KJ
Power—9pm; n/c
MONDAY 1/30
AXE & FIDDLE DJ Rock n Roll
Damnation—7pm, n/c
BLACK FOREST Karaoke w/KJ
Power—9pm; n/c
CENTENNIAL STEAK HOUSE
Karaoke w/Dominic—8pm; n/c
OLD NICK'S Irish Jam—6pm;
n/c
OREGON WINE LAB Barbara
Healy Trio—5pm; Blues, n/c
WHIRLED PIES DOWNTOWN The
Toasters—9pm; Ska, $13-$15
TUESDAY 1/31
5TH ST. CORNUCOPIA Jesse
Meade w/Girin Guha—9:30pm;
n/c
CUSH CAFE Poetry Open Mic—
7:30pm; n/c
THE EMBERS DJ Victor—8pm;
Current hits, standards,
requests, n/c
HOT MAMA’S WINGS Open Mic—
8pm; n/c
LEVEL UP Karaoke w/Kade—
9pm; n/c
MAC'S Roosters Blues Jam w/
Skip Jones & Byron Case—
7pm; n/c
MCDONALD THEATRE
Switchfoot—3pm; $33-$53
MULLIGAN'S PUB Steve
Ibach—8pm; acoustic, eclectic,
n/c
O BAR Karaoke w/Jared—9pm;
n/c
OLD NICK'S Ancestors in
Training—9pm; Reggae, $7
SAM BONDS GARAGE Bluegrass
Jam—9pm; n/c
UNITED LUTHERAN CHURCH
Delgani String Quartet—
7:30pm; $10-$25
WOW HALL Tribal Seeds, Raging
Fyah, Nattali Rize—8pm,
Reggae, $13-$15
WEDNESDAY 2/1
HIGH
STEPPIN’
From the opening moments of High Step Society’s eponymous debut LP, the listener is dropped down
a dust-cloaked chute and spit into a netherworld of speakeasy freedom. The astoundingly visual 10-track
album depicts a fever dream of futurist phantasmagoria — robotics at war with compressed air and brass.
You can almost smell the oil and grease, feel the spark plugs bursting with life as the production line
churns toward high gear. A moment of birth, or electronic rebirth, then the pulse sweeps in and you bump
through coiling cigarette smoke toward the tinny psycho wails of growl and plunger squealing beyond.
As electro-swing goes, this is far from run-of-the-mill. Whereas typical acts within this genre consist of a
single sample-wizard and hundreds of hours on Ableton Live, High Step Society brings a full band into that
played-out scene and opens it up to new possibilities.
Rebecca Conner’s sultry voice drifts over the thump in welcoming swaths, keeping what would otherwise
be an instrumental record from growing tiresome. Of course, the instrumentals play their part. Produced
by Nara Reicher and Ethan Rainwater — samples and bass, respectively — a clear and concise vision has
been realized.
Clocking in at 40 minutes, the album plays long enough to suck you in without any shortchange of
repetition. After the jaunty thrill of side one, the last five tracks seem to meld together — a dizzying spell of
spaced psychosis, with only your heartbeat driving the dance.
Recorded at Eugene’s own Track Town Records and mixed in the Whit by Victor De Souza Franca, the LP
is evidence that Eugene’s music world could have proper production value if only the interminable acoustic
scene would give way to a century shift.
Believe your ears, folks, this new record from the High Step Society is lit. Expect to hear these jams
around town after Saturday’s big release party.
High Step Society’s album launch with Doors, Soul Vibrator and Mr Moo starts 8 pm Saturday, Jan. 28,
at WOW Hall; $10 adv., $12 door — Andy Valentine
January 26, 2017 • eugeneweekly.com
5TH ST. CORNUCOPIA Karaoke
w/Slick Nick—9pm; n/c
BLACK FOREST Karaoke w/KJ
Powers—9pm; n/c
BREW & CUE Karaoke w/Crystal
Harmony—9pm; n/c
THE COOLER Karaoke w/Caught
in the Act—9pm; n/c
HAPPY HOURS Mama Jan’s
Blues Jam w/Brian Chevalier—
8pm; n/c
HI-FI LOUNGE Zoso—8pm; Led
Zeppelin tribute, $16-$20
JERSEY'S Karaoke w/Sassy
Patty—8pm; n/c
LUCKEY'S Alvin & the
Chipfunks—10pm; Funk, open
jam, $3
MAX'S TAVERN Lonesome
Randall—7pm; n/c
MOHAWK TAVERN Karaoke—
9pm; n/c
MULLIGANS Open Mic—
8:30pm; variety, n/c
OLD NICK'S Johanna Warren,
Wyndham, Lola Kirk, Megan
Johns—8pm; Psych, folk, $7
CORVALLIS
AND THE REGION
BOMBS AWAY CAFE
TH Free Range Open Mic—
8:30pm; n/c
FR Human Ottoman,
Gazelle(s)—9:30pm; $5
SA The Kosmos—9:30pm; $5
BUGSY'S
FR & SA Outlaw Sunshine—
9pm; Country, n/c
MAJESTIC THEATRE
FR & SA Flamenco Pacifico—
7:30pm; $28-$30
TRAVELER'S COVE
FR Peter Giri Trio—6pm; Rock,
n/c