THURSDAY 2/23
AXE & FIDDLE Noah Derksen—
8pm; folk, n/c
B&B LOUNGE Karaoke—
9:30pm; n/c
THE BARNLIGHT Karaoke w/
Breezy Bee—9pm; n/c
BEERGARDEN Bacon,
Bluegrass & boneyard beer fest
ft. Goshwood—7:30pm; blue-
grass, n/c
BLACK FOREST Jaron Yancey,
Nat Lefkoff, Jack Symes—
10pm; acoustic, n/c
BREW & CUE WDYK Trivia w/
Rising Phoenix Productions—
7pm; n/c
COWFISH Kitty Trap—9pm;
Bass, house, trap, dubstep, n/c
DEXTER LAKE CLUB Karaoke w/
Jared—9pm; n/c
HAPPY HOURS Crystal Harmony
Karaoke—8:30pm; n/c
HI-FI LOUNGE Dead Winter
Carpenters & Danny Barnes—
10pm; $10-$12
JAZZ STATION Chuva Boa—
7:30pm; jazz, $10
LUCKEY'S Grateful Dead Family
Jam—10pm; dead covers, $3
MAC'S Patrick & Giri—6pm;
blues, jazz, comedy, n/c
MAX’S DJ Victor—10pm; Hits,
old standards, requests, n/c
MCSHANE'S Acoustic
Underground Open Mic—
7:30pm; n/c
OAKSHIRE PUBLIC HOUSE
Hipbilly—5pm; n/c
OLD NICK'S Eugene Order of
Steel Happy Hour Bout—7pm;
n/c. Troll, Menin, Tawuse
Melek—9pm; Doom Metal, $5
SAM BOND'S GARAGE Blake
Morgan, Janita—9pm; $10
SHADOWFOX Open Mic—8pm; n/c
TERRITORIAL VINEYARDS
Christie & McCallum—7pm; n/c
WHIRLED PIES DOWNTOWN
North Eugene Ukulele Allstars
Concert—7pm; ukelele, don.
JAZZ STATION Mikel Paul Trio—
7:30pm; $12
JERSEY'S Karaoke w/Sassy
Patty—9pm; n/c
KEG TAVERN Karaoke
w/J'Lynn—9pm; n/c
LAVELLE Patrick & Proveaux—
6:30pm; n/c
LUCKEY'S Ready Steady Soul Club
Whole Lotta Soul Dance Party—
9:30pm; rare soul 45's, $5
MOHAWK TAVERN Racetrack
Romeos—9pm; rock, n/c
NOBLE ESTATES Jen Sennett
Franklin—6pm; blues, R&B, n/c
OAKSHIRE PUBLIC HOUSE
Fiddlin Big Sue Band—5pm; n/c
OLD NICK'S Deathbed
Confessions, Sweater For An
Astronaut, Monocuda, Adamant
Ant—9pm; metal, $5
RIVER STOP RESTAURANT
Darlene & My Band—8pm; n/c
SAGINAW VINEYARD 2 Hot 4
Fido—6pm; country, n/c
SAM BOND'S GARAGE The Bones
of J.R. Jones—9:30pm; $8
TERRITORIAL VINEYARDS
GEO4—7pm; jazz, n/c
TSUNAMI BOOKS Halie & the
Moon—8pm; acoustic pop, $10-
$15
VALHALLA WINERY Tyler
Morin—6pm; n/c
WHIRLED PIES DOWNTOWN Dan
Cioper—6pm; Singer/Songwriter,
n/c, Beat Crunchers—9:30pm;
funk, fusion, $5
WHITE HORSE SALOON Karaoke
w/KJ Mike—9pm; n/c
WILDCRAFT CIDERWORKS
Westfalia Breakdown—6pm;
String Band, n/c
SATURDAY 2/25
AXE & FIDDLE The Slow
Ponies—8:30pm; old time west-
ern, $5
BEERGARDEN Bacon, Bluegrass
& boneyard beer fest ft. Corwin
Bolt & the Wingnuts, Essence of
Etouffee, Zach Bryson & the
Meat Rack—8pm; n/c
BLACK FOREST Creep Creep
Janga, Emerald Mountain
Band—10pm; psych, rock, n/c
BREWSTATION Rebel Journey—
7:30pm; rock, n/c
BUGSY'S Outlaw Shine—9pm;
country, n/c
CITY NIGHTCLUB Crystal
Harmony Karaoke—9pm; EDM,
n/c
COWFISH Michael Human—
9pm; hip-hop, EDM, n/c
CUSH CAFE Banjo Youngblood &
The Long Story Shorts—kids
show 5pm; $5-$10. High Step
Street Band—8pm; $5-$10
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
HAPPY HOURS Ozone Baby—
8:30pm; classic rock, n/c
HI-FI LOUNGE Chicano Batman
w/79.5 & Sad Girl—10pm; $12-
$15.
HI-FI MAIN HALL Sol Seed w/
Indubious & Ja Ras—8pm; reg-
gae fusion, $10.
IZAKAYA OYAZI Red Pants Trio—
7pm; n/c
JAZZ STATION Jacob Zimmerman
Trio—7:30pm, jazz, $12
KEG TAVERN Dance Music
w/J'Lynn—9pm; n/c
LUCKEY'S Jake McNeil & Co. w/
FastMan—10pm, gothic ameri-
cana, $5
MOHAWK TAVERN Big Time
Band—9pm; rock, n/c
MULLIGAN'S Daddy Rabbit—
9pm; 50s & 60s rock & roll, n/c
NOBLE ESTATES Henry Cooper
& Friends—6pm; blues, classic
rock, n/c
OAKSHIRE PUBLIC HOUSE
Jackie Jae & Jason Cowsill—
1pm; n/c
OLD NICK'S Scoundrel Prince
Lounge—10pm; drums & bass,
$3
SAM BOND'S BREWING Benefit
for Egan Warming center w/
Maya Love, Love Truffle —7pm;
George Harrison tribute, $10-
$20 don.
SAM BOND'S GARAGE Bleepin
Funny Comedy!—5pm; n/c
TJ'S GARDENS Grand opening
w/Sunday Bump, 2pm; n/c
WHIRLED PIES Ramblin' Rose
AKA Cats Under the Stars—9pm;
psychadelic jam, $8-$10
WHITE HORSE SALOON Karaoke
w/KJ Mike—9pm; n/c
MONDAY 2/27
FRIDAY 2/24
AXE & FIDDLE Dan Weber—
7pm; n/c. The Breaking, Flies w/
Honey—8:30pm, alt-rock, n/c
BEALL CONCERT HALL Jazz
Winter Concert—7:30pm;
$8-$10
BEERGARDEN Bacon, Bluegrass
& boneyard beer fest ft.
Slippery Slope String Band—
6pm; Breakers Yard—8pm; n/c
BLACK FOREST A World Without,
Vintersea—10pm; prog metal, n/c
BLAIRALLY Church of '80s w/
Chris, Jen & John—8pm; '80s
vinyl, $3
BREWSTATION 3 Man Slam—
7:30pm; rock, n/c
BRONCO SALOON Karaoke w/
Lindsey—9pm; n/c
BUGSY'S Outlaw Shine—9pm;
country, n/c
COWFISH SPOC-3PO—9pm;
House, trap, remix, n/c
CRESWELL BAKERY BW
Krehbiel—5pm; americana, n/c
CRESWELL COFFEE Mike &
Carleen McCornack—7pm; $4
THE DAVIS DJ Crown—10pm;
hip-hop, 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
HAPPY HOURS Justin Case—
8:30pm; classic rock; n/c
HI-FI MAIN HALL Mardi Gras
Masquerade Dance Party—
8pm; $15; after party w/DJ
Tawrence & DJ Jackson
Myron—midnight; n/c for ticket
holders
IZAKAYA OYAZI Zac Wolfe
Band—7pm; n/c
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SUNDAY 2/26
AGATE ALLEY BISTRO Karaoke
w/Breezy Bee—9pm; n/c
AXE & FIDDLE JRAS, One Dollar
Check, The Resinators—
8:30pm; reggae, alt-rock, n/c
BEALL CONCERT HALL Low
Brass Day—6pm; n/c
BEERGARDEN Bacon, Bluegrass
jam & boneyard beer fest—
3pm; n/c
COWFISH Aaron Jackson—9pm;
Bass-house, club, n/c
CUSH CAFE Banjo Youngblood &
The Long Story Shorts—5pm
kids show; $5-$10. Pretty
Drunk, Dumpster Joe & Jazz
Villains—8pm; $5-$10
THE EMBERS Karaoke w/Sassy
Patty—7pm; n/c
JAZZ STATION Sunday Jam host-
ed by Adam Carlson—2:30pm;
jazz, $5 don
LUCKEY'S The Broadway Revue
Burlesque Show!—10pm; $5
MCDONALD THEATRE Datsik—
7pm; dubstep, EDM, $29
MOHAWK TAVERN Karaoke w/KJ
Mike—8pm; n/c
MULLIGAN'S Open Mic—
8:30pm; variety, n/c
OAKSHIRE PUBLIC HOUSE Chad
Kashuba—1pm; acoustic come-
dy, n/c
OLD NICK'S Orchards, Sleep
Inertia, Dalembert, Is Dead—
9pm, math rock, $3-$5
RIVER STOP RESTAURANT Open
Jam Session—6pm; n/c
SAM BOND'S GARAGE Yairms,
AlhhlA, Thom Simon—9pm; $5
SHADOWFOX Kareng Fund Art
Bingo—2pm; n/c
TSUNAMI BOOKS Joe Craven &
the Sometimers—7:30pm;
$13.50-$15
UNITED LUTHERAN CHURCH
Chamber Music Concert—3pm;
french baroque music, $5-$15
WEBFOOT Karaoke w/KJ
Power—9pm; n/c
WHIRLED PIES Scott Law &
Ross James' Cosmic Twang—
8pm; psychedelic rock, $10-$12
WOW HALL Gladiators ft. Droop
Lion—9pm; Bob Marley
Celebration, $17-$20
MYTHICAL,
MAGICAL, TACOCAT
I first heard of Seattle band Tacocat (read it backwards!) from friends up north. They said
seeing the pop-punk group live was like sighting a mythical animal: a unicorn, or a cat actually
made from tacos.
Since releasing their debut Lost Time on Sub Pop subsidiary label Hardly Art, Tacocat’s profile
has been steadily on the rise in the Northwest and beyond. And most talk surrounding the band
still involves their live shows.
Tacocat drummer Lelah Maupin calls her band’s electric on-stage chemistry a “ je ne sais quoi”
kind of thing, a phrase perfectly capturing the band’s sense of fun and frivolity, but also, she tells
EW, a product of persistence. “We’ve been doing it for a really long time,” Maupin says.
While Tacocat’s music is always infectious, there’s also a little punk rock nihilism underneath
the driving power chords, upbeat tempos and sunshine-y harmonies — dispatches from a happy
place where everyone pogos to The Go-Go’s in old Weezer Blue Album t-shirts.
“Beautiful Seattle, fall into the sea,” sings charismatic, usually neon-color-haired vocalist
Emily Nokes on the song “I Love Seattle,” continuing: “Earthquake, tsunami/There’s still no place
I’d rather be.”
And Tacocat’s sillier side shows up elsewhere with the tune “Dana Katherine Scully,” named
after the TV detective heroine of the X-Files.
Maupin says her band even has a bit of a Eugene connection. Bassist Bree McKenna spent a
summer here and remembers it fondly. “Hopefully it’s the magical place that Bree remembers it
to be,” Maupin says.
Tacocat plays with Nashville’s Daddy Issues and Eugene’s VCR and Girls Punch Bears 7 pm
Tuesday, Feb. 28, at The Boreal; $8 adv., $10 door. All-ages. — Will Kennedy
February 23, 2017 • eugeneweekly.com
AXE & FIDDLE DJ Rock n Roll
Damnation—7pm; n/c
CENTENNIAL STEAK HOUSE
Karaoke w/Dominic—8pm; n/c
COWFISH Eugene DJ Revue—
9pm; multi-genre, n/c
FIRST NATIONAL TAPHOUSE
Open Mic—8pm; n/c
OAKSHIRE PUBLIC HOUSE
Trivia—7pm; n/c
OLD NICK'S Irish Jam & service
industry happy hour—6pm;
n/c. Wei Zhongle, Sen Wisher,
Ghost Tour, Beepsters—9pm;
indie-rock, $3-$5
SAM BOND'S GARAGE Bingo—
9pm; n/c
WANDERING GOAT Songwriters
Night (originals only)—7pm;
open mic, n/c
TUESDAY 2/28
5TH ST. CORNUCOPIA Jesse
Meade w/Michael Conley—
9:30pm; n/c
AGRARIAN ALES Pert' Near
Sandstone—6pm; roots, n/c
AXE & FIDDLE Science Pub—
5pm; n/c
BEALL CONCERT HALL Poetry in
Song—7pm; $5-$7
COWFISH DJ Diemos—9pm;
House, n/c
DEXTER LAKE CLUB Acoustic
Night w/Brian Chevalier—
5:30pm; n/c
THE EMBERS DJ Victor—8pm;
Current hits, standards,
requests, n/c
HI-FI MAIN HALL Otep —8pm;
$16-$20
HI-FI LOUNGE Reggae Night w/
Sol Seed—10pm; n/c
LEVEL UP Karaoke w/Kade—
9pm; n/c
LUCKEY'S Amusedays w/Seth
Milstein—10pm; comedy, open
mic, n/c