November 13 in GO! Magazine
Sore throat and an achy body here, folks, so I’m going to keep this short. And if you don’t hear from me over the weekend, now you know why. -Tiempo Libre is bringing an authentic Latin-jazz dance...
View ArticleHuh. Maybe Kanye West was right …
… maybe Gaga is Madonna. This video is fascinating. Just try to take your eyes off of it.
View ArticlePhotos of KISS last night in Seattle; they’re in Portland tomorrow
I can’t stand KISS, really. Or rather, I can’t stand what they’ve become. So I’m not heading up to Portland to see Paul, Gene and those other two guys at the Rose Garden in Portland on Tuesday night....
View ArticleThe Underground: Closed for good.
Just four months after opening with a lot of potential and promises, The Underground has permanently closed, according to co-owner Diana Larson. The club — located in the old Club 97 space, under the...
View ArticleWhat’s the weirdest thing in this video?
Below is the incredibly bizarre new video from Charlotte Gainsbourg for her duet with Beck, called “Heaven Can Wait.” Simple question: What do you think is the weirdest thing in this video? The...
View ArticleNovember 20 in GO! Magazine
Happy Friday-before-Thanksgiving, folks! Do you know what the Friday before Thanksgiving means? It means next week is Thanksgiving, which means good food, days off work, and sports on television. (This...
View ArticleBeyonce, Shakira, NOFX … and Reed Thomas Lawrence?
Congrats to local reggae-pop-rock singer-songwriter Reed Thomas Lawrence, whose upward trajectory continues today with his appearance as a featured artist on MySpace’s Music homepage. If you click that...
View ArticleTonight’s performance of “The Santaland Diaries” canceled (Update: Friday, too.)
Tonight’s performance of David Sedaris’ “The Santaland Diaries” at Silver Moon Brewing & Taproom in Bend has been canceled because of a death in the family of Derek Sitter, the man behind the play....
View ArticleNovember 30 in GO! Magazine
Hey, sleepyhead! Wake up! I know, I know … you ate a lot of turkey and drank some beer and laid on the couch and fell asleep. But that was yesterday afternoon. You’ve been asleep for, like, 18 hours!...
View ArticleInstant Classic: Black Star x The Roots x Dirty Projectors make “History” on...
This is unquestionably one of the very best hip-hop moments of the year; too bad it was buried at the very end of a show that airs at 12:30 a.m. and gets mixed reviews, to put it generously. That means...
View ArticleWhat good are year-end or decade-end lists anyway?
At the end of each year, music geeks (like myself) rank their favorite albums, singles, reissues and so on, and post them in public places for fellow geeks to deride. And each year, a small chorus of...
View ArticleCake, Sigur Ros coming to Les Schwab Amphitheater for Memorial Day weekend
Bend’s Les Schwab Amphitheater just announced two concerts for Memorial Day weekend: – ’90s alt-rock survivors Cake will perform on Saturday, May 25. Tickets cost $37 plus fees in advance. – Icelandic...
View ArticleGet to know Mindscape and Doc & Wyatt before tonight’s Method Man show
In last week’s GO! Magazine, I wrote this respectful but not fawning piece on the career of Method Man, the Wu-Tang Clan rapper who’ll perform at Bend’s Domino Room tonight. After listening to a bunch...
View ArticleSpeaking of tonight: The Preservation at The Horned Hand
The Austin, Texas band The Preservation is playing at The Horned Hand (507 N.W. Colorado Ave., Bend) tonight. 8 p.m. start time, and a $5 cover. Well worth it to see these folks make mighty fine music....
View ArticleThis week in GO! Magazine’s music section
Nice weather, First Friday, live music … OK! – Northwest folk singer Nathaniel Talbot (and his band) will hold a CD-release show Thursday at The Belfry in Sisters. My colleague David Jasper spoke with...
View Article[Stream] Eluvium, “Don’t Get Any Closer”
Here’s a beautiful new track from one of my all-time favorite artists, Portland-based ambient/classical paragon Eluvium, who I’ve written about many times — both live reviews and recordings — on this...
View ArticleThis week in GO! Magazine’s music section
Here’s what’s happening, musically, in Central Oregon over the next seven days. – The famous South African singing group Ladysmith Black Mambazo returns to Bend’s Tower Theatre on Sunday night. My...
View ArticleFirst acts announced for 2013 Sisters Folk Festival
The wonderful Sisters Folk Festival‘s 2013 lineup will feature dozens of folk and not-so-folk acts by the time the event rolls around on the weekend of Sept. 6-8. In 2011, I had a folky experience;...
View ArticleTyler, the Creator and Earl Sweatshirt are coming to Bend
Well this is a feather in our rap cap: The two most prominent figures (unless you count Frank Ocean) in super-hyped L.A. hip-hop collective Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All — Tyler, the Creator and...
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