ALL THINGS MUSIC
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THURSDAY, MAY 6, 2021 • THE BULLETIN
Bandcampin’: Good stuff for your ears
BY BEN SALMON • For The Bulletin
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andcamp is an online music platform used largely by independent artists and record labels to stream songs and sell merchandise. It’s also a vibrant virtual
community teeming with interesting sounds just waiting to be discovered. Each week, I’ll highlight three releases available on the site that are well worth
your time and attention. If you find something you dig, please consider supporting the artist with a purchase.
WURLD SERIES,
SPECTRAL WOUND,
“A Diabolic Thirst”
“What’s Growing”
Like a lot of musical
genres, black metal has
evolved and mutated
and splintered off into
different directions over
the past few decades,
so now we have sub-
genres like symphonic
black metal and blackgaze
and black ’n’ roll. But there
are some bands still out there do-
ing it like their forebears. One of those
bands is Montreal’s Spectral Wound, whose
new album, “A Diabolic Thirst,” is a wall-
to-wall, pedal-to-the-metal ripper, super-
charged with an electrical storm of guitars, a
bazillion blast beats and a howling demonic
beast handling the vocals. Put this record on
and let it peel the paint off the walls of your
personal hell.
If you’re a
faithful reader
of Band-
campin’, you
know oblique,
’90s-style indie
rock is one of
my musical com-
fort zones. I grew
up on the original stuff
(Pavement, for example), and
now I can’t resist contemporary bands
that draw from that old sound. Here, then,
is Wurld Series, a four-piece from Christ-
church, New Zealand, whose Bandcamp
page touts their “skewed pop sensibility and
lo-fi production aesthetic.”
Doesn’t that sound like Pavement? You
bet it does, and so does Wurld Series, and
that’s OK. They’re putting their own spin
listen live
THURSDAY 5/6
Just Us: Duo Jeff and Julie Carter will perform classic
soft-rock covers and some original songs mixed in.
Advance tickets required, no door sales; 5-7 p.m.; $10;
Faith, Hope and Charity Vineyards, 70450 NW Lower
Valley Drive, Terrebonne; go.evvnt.com/777062-1 or
541-526-5075.
Faisal: The country band will perform on the
outdoor stage; 5-8 p.m.; tickets required; General
Duffy’s Waterhole, 404 SW Forest Ave., Redmond;
eventbrite.com
Skillethead: The local bluegrass band will perform;
6-8 p.m.; River’s Place, 787 NE Purcell Blvd., Bend;
go.evvnt.com/777005-0
An Evening with Wil Kinky: The rock, blues and
soul artist will perform; 6-8 p.m.; The Brown Owl, 550
SW Industrial Way, Bend; go.evvnt.com/773405-0 or
541-797-6581.
Kaiser: The local musicians will perform; 6-9 p.m.;
Bunk+Brew Historic Lucas House, 42 NW Hawthorne
Ave., Bend; go.evvnt.com/777751-0 or 458-202-1090.
Reno & Cindy: The local duo will perform. Advance
tickets required, no door sales; 6-9 p.m.; $10; Faith,
Hope and Charity Vineyards, 70450 NW Lower Valley
Drive, Terrebonne; go.evvnt.com/777068-1 or 541-
526-5075.
Kelly Farrell: The country artist will perform;
6:30-8 p.m.; Midtown Yacht Club, 1661 NE Fourth St.,
Bend; go.evvnt.com/777784-0
Countryfied: The country band will perform; 6:30-
9:30 p.m.; $15; General Duffy’s Waterhole, 404 SW
Forest Ave., Redmond; eventbrite.com
Saucy: The party rock band performs; 7-10 p.m.;
The Horseshoe Tavern, 410 N. Main St., Prineville;
go.evvnt.com/777715-0 or 541-447-9932.
Keb’ Mo’: The blues artist will perform live from City
Winery in New York City; 6:30-8:30 p.m.; $20; online;
go.evvnt.com/777612-1 or 541-317-0700.
Spring Sessions — Retro Night with Superball:
The classic rock band will play ‘70s hits live on the
outdoor stage and be live streamed on the Worthy
Facebook page; 7-9 p.m.; Worthy Brewing Company,
495 NE Bellevue Drive, Bend; go.evvnt.com/772378-0
FRIDAY 5/7
SATURDAY 5/8
High Desert Nights feat. Mari, Third Seven, Sam
Juju Eyeball: The local Beatles tribute band will
on a familiar form, and
as a result “What’s
Growing?” is warm
and wonderful
and incredibly
promising.
ORIGAMI
ANGEL,
“Gami Gang”
“Gami Gang”
may have the sim-
plest album cover art in
recent memory, but the music
contained within is a 50-minute fireworks
display of maximalist pop-punk that’s just
brimming with good ideas.
Origami Angel are two dudes (Ryland
Heagy and Pat Doherty) from the Wash-
ington D.C. area blessed with a bottom-
less supply of hooks and the skills to de-
ploy them wherever they want — in the
incredible vocal
melodies, the
caffeinated
guitar
parts,
even the
unpre-
dictable
rhythms
that form
the back-
bone of
their sound.
Constantly
teetering on the
razor’s edge between “lots of fun” and “a bit
too silly,” “Gami Gang” ends up just being a
total blast.
Ben Salmon is a Bend-based music journalist and host
of Left Of The Dial, which airs 8 to 10 p.m. Thursdays on
KPOV, 88.1 FM and streams at kpov.org. You can find him
on Twitter at @bcsalmon or email him at bensalmon@
gmail.com.
MUSIC & MORE AT LOCAL NIGHTSPOTS THIS WEEK
perform in the garden market; 4-7 p.m.;
Schilling’s Garden Market, 64640 Old Bend Redmond
Highway, Bend; go.evvnt.com/777798-0 or
541-610-5921.
celebrate his birthday), concert will also be live
streamed on the Worthy Facebook Page; 6-8 p.m.;
Worthy Brewing Company, 495 NE Bellevue Drive,
Bend; go.evvnt.com/772379-0
3 of We: The local rock trio will perform; 5-7 p.m.;
Crux Fermentation Project, 50 SW Division St., Bend;
go.evvnt.com/777759-0 or 541-385-3333.
The Woodsmen: The country, bluegrass, jazz and
blues band will perform; 6:30-9:30 p.m.; $10; General
Duffy’s Waterhole, 404 SW Forest Ave., Redmond;
eventbrite.com
DJPK: The local singer-songwriter Pete Kartsounes
takes on a new persona and a new funky style;
5-7 p.m.; River’s Place, 787 NE Purcell Blvd., Bend;
go.evvnt.com/777017-0
Saturdays in the Yard with Arthur Buezo: The
savage folk artist performs in the hostel’s outdoor
space; 6-8 p.m.; Bunk+Brew Historic Lucas House, 42
NW Hawthorne Ave., Bend; go.evvnt.com/777748-0
or 458-202-1090.
John Shipe & Mark Ransom: The Americana duo
will perform on the patio. Reservations accepted;
6-8:30 p.m.; Sisters Depot, 250 W. Cascade Ave.,
Sisters; go.evvnt.com/777726-0
or 541-904-4660.
Karyn Ann: The indie-folk singer-songwriter will
perform; 6-8 p.m.; On Tap, 1424 NE Cushing Drive,
Bend; go.evvnt.com/777649-0
Spring Sessions — Travis Ehrenstrom: The roots
rocker will perform live on the outdoor stage (and
SUNDAY 5/9
Michalis Patterson: The folk-rock artist will perform
on the patio; 5-7 p.m.; The Brown Owl, 550 SW
Industrial Way, Bend; go.evvnt.com/777764-0 or 541-
797-6581.
Coyote Willow: The roots duo performs; 6-8 p.m.;
River’s Place, 787 NE Purcell Blvd., Bend; go.evvnt.
com/777022-0
WEDNESDAY 5/12
Spring Sessions — Barringer & Baker: The duo will
perform a variety of music from the 1960s through
‘80s. Concert will also be live streamed on the
Worthy Facebook page; 6-8 p.m.; Worthy Brewing
Company, 495 NE Bellevue Drive, Bend; go.evvnt.
com/772381-0