A big rock 'n' roll bargain.Byline: Lewis Taylor The Register-Guard The Ovulators have a moody, spacious, soulful garage sound that's entirely their own. The female foursome from Eugene will headline an evening of homegrown indie rock Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that primarily exists in the independent underground music scene. The term is sometimes used interchangeably with underground music as a whole, though more specifically implicates that the music meets the criterion of being rock, as starting at 10 p.m. Saturday at John Henry's, 77 W. Broadway. POP NOTES Joining the Ovs is another act with Eugene roots, Portland's the High Violets, and two other local faves: the punchy punch·y adj. punch·i·er, punch·i·est 1. Characterized by vigor or drive: "He speaks in short, punchy sentences, using plain, populist words that excite" trio Yeltsin and the fabulous Ed Cole and the College Girls College Girls is a Channel 4 documentary series, first transmitted in the UK from 8 September 2002. The documentary followed the lives of six students who studied at St Hilda's College, Oxford, the last remaining single-sex college at the University of Oxford, between 1998 of Tora Bora Tora Bora (Pashto: تورا بورا, “black dust” ), known Locally as Spīn Ghar, is a cave complex situated in the White Mountains (Safed Koh) of eastern Afghanistan (), in the Pachir Wa Agam District of Nangarhar province, . The show starts at 10 p.m. The cover is the ridiculously low price of $2. Jim Basnight Saturday, New Max's Jim Basnight has become such a frequent visitor to Eugene that it would be easy to mistake him for a local boy. A few more times through town and the former Rockinghams frontman front·man n. 1. also front man A man who serves as a nominal leader but who lacks real authority. 2. Music A leading singer with a group. will get a key to the city along with his cut of the door. Always on tour, Basnight is a Northwest rock veteran with power pop in his veins. Having also served with the Moberlys and the Jim Basnight Thing, his music encompasses a variety of different styles, including jazz, blues, R&B and New Wave. This time, Basnight comes to the New Max's Tavern, 550 E. 13th Ave., on Saturday for a 9 p.m. show. He'll play songs from his recent album, "Recovery Room." The cover is $3. Megan Slankard Megan Slankard, born June, 1983 in Tracy, California, U.S. is a female vocalist, musician, and recording artist. She gained popularity when she appeared on an episode of TLC's What Not To Wear in July 2004. , Jim Brunberg Saturday, Cafe Paradiso Sweet-voiced folk singer Megan Slankard has been busy. The 20-year-old singer-songwriter and guitarist made 100 stops in 60 cities last year, and she can only hope to do more of the same this year. Slankard wrote all 13 of the songs on her latest album, "Freaky freak·y adj. freak·i·er, freak·i·est 1. Strange or unusual; freakish. 2. Slang Frightening. freak Little Story." Now on tour to promote the album, she will share the spotlight with Jim Brunberg of the band Box Set at 9 p.m. Saturday at Cafe Paradiso, 115 W. Broadway. Tickets are $6 to $8. CAPTION(S): The Ovulators will strike a pose when they headline a show at John Henry's on Saturday night. Also on the bill: the Eugene bands Ed Cole and the College Girls of Tora Bora and Yeltsin, and the Portland- based High Violets. |
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