CHEFFIN’
UP INSTRUMENTALS
Heavily auto-tuned, Houston’s Travis Scott may seem just
another robot-voiced rapper stretching his limited vocal range into
a kind of soul music for the singularity: a casualty of modern pop
existing in a focused grouped box that’s within a box and produced
in a factory.
Yet there’s an earthy charisma beneath the synthetic veneer of
Scott’s wildly popular 2016 release, Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight.
First, there’s the loping, whooping chain-gang backbone of “Way
Back,” Scott testifying to the awesome spectacle of Houston Rock-
ets star James Harden when he finds the range.
And then there’s something of the old-time bluesman on McKnight
album-track “The Ends,” a strongly narrative tale about a predator
conning kids to their demise with promises of fame and fortune in
the music biz. Scott growls: “I gave up on the Bible long time ago … I
came up in the town, they were murderin’ kids/ And dumped them in
the creek up from where I live,” and you can feel it’s true.
Scott’s a natural storyteller. And throughout McKnight, the
conceptual brio, future-leaning production and sweaty veracity put
Scott in line, in the eyes of many, to be heir apparent to one-time
collaborator and reigning hip-hop king of self-promotion, Kanye West.
In fact, Scott recently broke his own world record performing his
own song “Goosebumps” 15 times in a row, the kind of absurdist
concept rap stunt that surely leaves West slapping his forehead like,
“I’m losing my edge.”
But for Scott’s fans, the rapper’s frenetic stage show and electric
mic presence are what it’s all about. Scott was recently arrested in
Arkansas for inciting a riot at his performance. He pleaded not guilty
and was released without bail, proving one person’s riot is another
person’s show business.
Travis Scott brings his Bird’s Eye View Tour to Eugene alongside
Khalid 8 pm Friday, June 2, at Cuthbert Amphitheater; the show
is all ages and SOLD OUT, but in 2017 there may still be ways
to score tickets to the areas most hotly anticipated show of the
summer. — Will Kennedy
SCIENCE FACTORY PLANETARIUM
David Helfand & Justin Lader's
"Through the Portal" CD celebra-
tion—7:30pm; $15
TIME OUT TAVERN Downside
Up—8:30pm; rock, n/c
QUACKER'S Ladies Night &
DeeJay—9pm; n/c
WHITE HORSE SALOON Karaoke
w/Sarah—9pm; n/c
WOW HALL UO Green & Yellow
Garter Bands farewell perfor-
mance—7pm; pop, funk, pep
tunes, $5
YUKON JACK'S Justin Case—
9pm; classic rock, n/c
SUNDAY 6/4
AGATE ALLEY BISTRO Karaoke w/
Breezy Bee—9pm; n/c
BLIND PIG Karaoke w/Sassy
Patty—7pm; n/c
COWFISH Aaron Jackson—9pm;
bass-house, club, n/c
CUSH CAFE Open Mic—2pm; n/c
THE EMBERS Karaoke w/Sassy
Patty—7pm; n/c
HI-FI LOUNGE Battle Tapes w/
Rococode—8pm; electro dance
rock, $7
JAZZ STATION Sunday Learners
Jam hosted by Sean Peterson—
2:30pm; jazz, $5 don.
LUCKEY'S The Broadway Revue
Burlesque Show!—10pm; $5
MAC'S Tribute to Fallen Soldiers
Show & Dinner Benefit ft. Skip
Jones & The Spirit of New
Orleans, Paul Biondi, John Swan
& the Revelators, Daddy Rabbit,
Kelly Thibodeaux & Etoufee,
Soulicious—2pm; ticket includes
BBQ chicken dinner, $25
MOE'S Stone Cold JAZZ w/Kenny
Reed—6pm; jazz jam, n/c
MOHAWK TAVERN Karaoke w/
Caught in the Act—9pm; n/c
OLD NICK'S American Forrest, Liz
Unphair, TBA—9pm; indie, folk,
$5
RIVER STOP RESTAURANT River
Stop Sunday Jam w/Brian
Chevalier—6pm; n/c
SAM BOND'S GARAGE Olivia
Awbrey w/Caitlin Jemma—7pm;
folk-punk, $7
SCIENCE FACTORY PLANETARIUM
David Helfand & Justin Lader's
"Through the Portal" CD celebra-
tion—5pm & 7:30pm; $15
SPFD HIGH SCHOOL Eugene
Community Orchestra Concert—
7:30pm; n/c
TSUNAMI BOOKS Guitar Master
Brooks Robertson—7:30pm; $15
WEBFOOT Karaoke w/KJ Power—
9pm; n/c
MONDAY 6/5
BLACK FOREST Karaoke w/KJ
Power—9pm; n/c
BUGSY'S MondayBug—7pm;
acoustic, n/c
CENTENNIAL STEAK HOUSE
Karaoke w/Dominic—8pm; n/c
COWFISH Motown Monday w/DJ
Kingsley Strangelove—9pm;
soul, n/c
THE EMBERS Karaoke w/Jim Jim
& Sassy Patty—8pm; n/c
FIRST NATIONAL TAPHOUSE Open
Mic—8pm; n/c
HI-FI LOUNGE Kuinka w/Ezra
Bell—9pm; indie-folk rock, $10-
$12
LUCKEY'S Amusedays w/Chaz
Logan Hyde!—10pm; open mic,
comedy, n/c
OLD NICK'S Irish Jam—6pm; n/c.
Wizzerd, Stoner, Troll, Psyrup—
9pm; metal, $5
SHADOWFOX Soul & Blues
Jam—7pm; n/c
THE SHEDD Chamber Music
Amici presents Janice Tipton &
Allan Vogel—7:30pm; $5-$32
SPFD GRIDIRON BTM Karaoke—
8pm; n/c
WANDERING GOAT Songwriters
Night (originals only)—7pm;
open mic, n/c
TUESDAY 6/6
5TH ST CORNUCOPIA Jesse
Meade w/Dan Mahoney—
9:30pm; n/c
BEALL CONCERT HALL Chamber
Music on Campus—8pm; n/c
COWFISH New DJ Revue—9pm;
n/c
CUSH Poetry Open Mic—7:30pm;
n/c
DEXTER LAKE CLUB Acoustic
night w/Brian Chevalier—6pm;
acoustic jam, open mic, n/c
THE EMBERS DJ Victor—8pm;
Current hits, standards, requests,
n/c
HI-FI LOUNGE Reggae Night ft.
Something Like Seduction w/
Resinators—9pm; reggae jam,
n/c
LEVEL UP Karaoke w/Kade—
9pm; n/c
LUCKEY'S Amusedays w/Chaz
Logan Hyde—10pm; comedy/
open mic, n/c
MAC'S Roosters Blues Jam w/
Skip Jones & Byron Case—7pm;
blues jam, n/c
MULLIGAN'S PUB Steve Ibach—
8pm; acoustic, n/c
O BAR Karaoke w/Jared—9pm;
n/c
OAKSHIRE Bluegrass Jam—
6pm; n/c
OLD NICK'S Open Mic w/
Rooster—9pm; n/c
SAM BOND'S GARAGE Bluegrass
Jam—9pm; n/c
SPFD HIGH SCHOOL Spfd HS Fine
Arts Dept. presents Spring Choral
Concert—7:30pm; n/c
WHITE HORSE SALOON Karaoke
w/Slick Nick—9pm; n/c
WEDNESDAY 6/7
5TH ST CORNUCOPIA Karaoke w/
Slick Nick—9pm; n/c
BLACK FOREST Karaoke w/KJ
Powers—9pm; n/c
BREW & CUE Crystal Harmony
Karaoke—9pm; n/c
THE COOLER Karaoke w/Caught
in the Act—9pm; n/c
COWFISH DJ Smuve—9pm; hip-
hop, n/c
HAPPY HOURS Mama Jan’s Blues
Jam w/Brian Chevalier—8pm;
n/c
HI-FI LOUNGE Funk Night—
10pm; funk jam, n/c
ISLAND HUT Karaoke w/Jared—
5pm; n/c
JERSEY'S Karaoke w/Sassy
Patty—8pm; n/c
LUCKEY'S Wednesday Night
Groove Sessions w/The Sunday
Bump—10pm; funk, jazz, open
jam, $3
MAC'S Gus Russell & Paul
Biondi—6pm; jazz, variety, n/c
MAX'S Lonesome Randall—7pm;
rock n roll historian, n/c
MOHAWK TAVERN Karaoke w/
Caught in the Act—9pm; n/c
MULLIGAN'S Open Mic—8:30pm;
variety, n/c
OLD NICK'S Grumbler, The Shifts,
Password: Firebird, Novacane—
9pm; garage, indie, rock, $5
SAM BOND'S GARAGE The
Donkeys—9pm; $5
SIDELINES SPORTS BAR Karaoke
w/Mike—9pm; n/c
WAYWARD LAMB Lipsync
Battle—9:30pm; n/c
WEST END TAVERN BTM
Karaoke—9pm; n/c
WHIRLED PIES Marcola School
Student Recital directed by Tim
McLaughlin—7pm; n/c
CORVALLIS
& THE REGION
BOMBS AWAY CAFE — Corvallis
FR Olivia Awbrey w/Brutal
Bridges Band & Show Tigers—
9:30pm; folk-punk, $5
VOLCANIC THEATRE PUB — Bend
WE Roy Zimmerman—7pm; ben-
efit for KPOV Radio, $17-$20
NORTH COUNTY PERFORMING
ARTS THEATRE — Nehalem
FR STEEL WOOL—7:30pm; $10-
$12
100 YEARS
CLUB
10PM FRIDAY, JUNE 2:
PSYCHOTIC REACTION, MANCHINO, TBA
($5) (ROCK, GARAGE)
10PM SATURDAY, JUNE 3:
BEADY MOONLIGHT, SACRED TREES, SCUZ BROS.
($5) (PSYCH ROCK, GARAGE)
830 Olive St | 541-343-3204
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