A pair of distinctly Northwest trios play Luna.Byline: Serena Markstrom The Register-Guard After packing Luna for her CD release party in March, Jessica Parsons-Taylor is back as part of a jazz trio The term trio in jazz usually refers to a group comprising a pianist, a double bass player and a drummer. The pianist is usually considered the leader of these trios, and trios are usually named after their pianist. that will open Saturday for the Kris Orlowski Trio out of Seattle. POP NOTES Orlowski released an EP called "The Compromise," which is six pop songs by a capable singer-songwriter. His bio calls the sound "quintessentially Northwestern," which would put him up the same evergreen tree as Mat Kearney Mat Kearney (['kɑrni']) (born December 1, 1978) is an American singer-songwriter born in Eugene, Oregon, now based in Nashville, Tennessee. and Justin King There are different prominent people named Justin King:
"The band brings their roguish rogu·ish adj. 1. Deceitful; unprincipled: Set adrift by his roguish crew, the captain of the ship spent a week alone at sea. 2. Playfully mischievous: a roguish grin. antics, witty musical interludes and infectious, affable sense of belonging to their live shows, leaving the listener wanting much, much more," a bio says. The show starts at 8:30 p.m. for a $5 cover. Luna is at 30 E. Broadway. "One Dream at a Time" Today, Cozmic Pizza Consider it a kickoff to festival season. From 2 p.m. to 11 p.m. today, Cozmic Pizza will approximate a festival-like atmosphere - albeit indoors - with back-to-back bands playing to raise money for the Oregon Supported Living Supported living is the term given by local authorities in the UK to encompass a range of services designed to help disabled citizens retain their independence in their local community. Previously, housing and support were usually provided by a charity or local council. Program's client travel fund. Deb Cleveland and the Vipers will headline the show. Give what you can, but as a guideline, organizers suggest $15 for an all-day pass or $5 per band. The event also features a silent auction. The program is a nonprofit agency that supports adults with developmental disabilities developmental disabilities (DD), n.pl the pathologic conditions that have their origin in the embryology and growth and development of an individual. DDs usually appear clinically before 18 years of age. . Find out more at www.oslp.org. Cozmic Pizza is at 199 W. Eighth Ave. "Normal Bean Live" Today, Wildish Theater For tonight's kickoff show on a mini-tour of the West, the "Normal Bean Show" will raise money for Eugene Peace Works and the Musicians Emergency Medical Association. A third of the tour dates are in Lane County, so if you can't make it today, you'll have chances to see the bands next week in Florence and Cottage Grove Cottage Grove, village (1990 pop. 22,935), Washington co., SE Minn., near the St. Croix River; inc. 1965. There is farming (cattle, sheep, corn, and soybeans) and manufacturing (chemicals and machinery). . Ken Petersen will be performing with the Nearly Normal Band. Johnny Midnite Productions' artists Bazil Rath- bone, the Freetones, Eugene's Natural Progression and mobile percussion group Samba samba Ballroom dance of Brazilian origin, popularized in the U.S. and Europe in the 1940s. Danced to music in ⁴⁄₄ time with a syncopated rhythm, the dance is characterized by simple forward and backward steps and tilting, rocking body movements. Ja also will appear. The show at Richard E. Wildish Community Theater, 630 Main St., Springfield, starts at 8 p.m. Tickets are $15. On April 27, Andru Bemis opens a 7 p.m. show at the Axe & Fiddle in Cottage Grove, 641 Main St. The cover there is $5. Lo-Fly Saturday, Tiny Tavern Local band Lo Flying Aircraft has morphed into Lo-Fly, a "rock-garage-experimental" act, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. www.myspace .com/starthousand. "A new lineup has been organized, and fresh material is being written as we speak," the MySpace page reports. "The band's drastic transformation has inevitably led to a totally different sound and a higher level of intensity." The band now features Jason Starshine on guitar and vocals, Ian Dixon McDonald on lead guitar, Pound Dog Ben on bass and Ian Haight on wooden cylinders and bronze discs. Influences include Low, Coastal, My Bloody Valentine, Slowdive, Smashing Pumpkins, Radiohead, Tool, Bright Eyes and Jimmy Eat World, according to a bio. The still-intact LaunchPad - a "science fiction and spy music glam band" - will open the free show at 10 p.m. Tiny Tavern is at 394 Blair Blvd. Rhymefest 2007 Saturday, WOW Hall Mackdub, Dzo, Michael Kay and Marvin Harley as "The Electric Soul Improv," Loon loon, common name for migratory aquatic birds found in fresh- and saltwater in the colder parts of the Northern Hemisphere. Its strange, laughing call carries for great distances. Like the grebes, loons float low in the water and their legs are placed far back. , Indo, Greenstate, Fellidale, Endr 1, Starbuks, Stupendous stu·pen·dous adj. 1. Of astounding force, volume, degree, or excellence; marvelous. 2. Amazingly large or great; huge. See Synonyms at enormous. and DJ PSL 1. PSL - Portable Standard Lisp. 2. PSL - Problem Statement Language. See PSL/PSA. will perform Saturday at the WOW Hall during Rhyme- fest 2007. "This night will also be full of nothing less then the best hip-hop acts the area has to offer, including the man regarded by many as the greatest pure lyricist lyr·i·cist n. A writer of song lyrics. Also called lyrist. Noun 1. lyricist - a person who writes the words for songs lyrist to walk the streets of the 541 - Dzo," a news release says. Tickets are $10 at the door, and showtime is 9 p.m. The WOW Hall is at 291 W. Eighth Ave. Jamie Stillway Today, Sam Bond's Saturday, the Axe and Fiddle Sing Out! magazine compares Jamie Stillway's guitar playing to that of Bill Frisell and Leo Kottke. And in her biography, she's described as "eclectic and innovative." This weekend, you can see her at Sam Bond's Garage and the Axe and Fiddle in Cottage Grove. The Oregonian called Stillway's 2005 release, "Mell of a Hess," a "stellar piece of work" and "instrumental guitar at its best." The album features members of Taarka, Jackstraw jack·straw n. 1. jackstraws (used with a sing. verb) A game played with a pile of straws or thin sticks, with the players attempting in turn to remove a single stick without disturbing the others. 2. and the Foghorn fog·horn n. 1. Nautical A horn for sounding warning signals in fog or darkness, used especially on ships, buoys, and coastal installations. 2. A booming, insistent voice. Stringband, like Stillway all Portland artists. For her Eugene show, Stillway will be accompanied by upright bassist Tim Renner, whom a news release says is one of Portland's most in-demand jazz musicians. Sam Bond's is at 407 Blair Blvd., and the show starts at 9:30 p.m. today. The Axe and Fiddle show starts at 8:30 p.m. Saturday. Sassparilla Jug Band is the headliner for both nights. Each has a $5 cover. The Slip Tuesday, WOW Hall The Slip is bringing a naughtily named band with it on tour. Although this is an all-ages show, parents should know that the opener is likely to say something like, "Hi, we're Holy ---- and it's great to be in Eugene!" If your children are not ready to hear the F-bomb dropped several times over the course of the evening, it might be better to keep the young ones home on Tuesday. For mature audiences, be prepared to watch the Slip live up to its claim to have brought the "epic" back to rock with its new album, "Eisenhower." Jim James, from My Morning Jacket My Morning Jacket is an American rock band known for their reverb-heavy sound, their eclectic mix of indie rock, country rock, psychedelic, and jam band styles, and enthusiastic and energetic live shows. , told The New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times about the Slip in an article that ran last July. "Seeing them live was amazing," James is quoted as saying. "I instantly felt a bond with these three guys. `You see so many tired, boring rock acts doing the same thing over and over, but these guys are reaching out. ... They're taking what we know of music and trying to twist it to a different place." The show starts at 9 p.m. Tickets are $13 in advance or $15 at the door. The Retrofits Wednesday, Cozmic Pizza Out of Portland's indie pop scene, the Retrofits like to mix their jazz and mainstream sensibilities. With the instrumentation of a jazz ensemble and the catchy melodies of a rock band, the band's debut, "Away From Here," features 12 original tracks. The 2007 album had an all-star team working on it, with engineering by Dave Friedlander, who's worked on albums for Prince and Pink Martini, a news release says. Bernie Grundman (Michael Jackson, Alanis Morissette, Jamie Cullum) mastered the recording in Hollywood. "The band is now evolving, along with Denver's nationally charting the Fray, as one of the West's premier purveyors of expressive and engaging piano-pop," the band's publicity materials quote The Oregonian as saying. The show starts at 9 p.m. for a $6 cover. Horse the Band Wednesday, WOW Hall According to the WOW Hall, Horse the Band is an experimental, post-hardcore band from Lake Forest, Calif., with an 8-Bit videogame-influenced sound and a nickname to go with the territory: "Nintendo- core." It's not just the sound, either. The band actually refers to Nintendo characters in some of its songs. Horse has played the Warped Tour and the Sounds of the Underground tour, and has done shows with GWAR GWAR God What an Awful Racket (band) GWAR Gay Women Against Rape (common, but probably apocryphal name origin of the band) GWAR Generic Waste Acceptance Requirements , All That Remains and Dragonforce. Horse also has released three albums: "Secret Rhythm of the Universe," "R. Borlax" and "The Mechanical Hand." "A Natural Death" will be released in June, a news release says. Openers include the Number 12 Looks Like You, Light This City and So Many Dynamos So Many Dynamos is a rock band from Edwardsville, Illinois, a city in the metro-east St. Louis area. Their music is generally classified as indie rock, combining aspects of pop, dance-punk, and math rock. They take their name from a famous palindrome. . Tickets are $10 in advance and $12 at the door. Showtime is 8 p.m. |
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