Alkaholiks headline intoxicating night of rap.Byline: LEWIS TAYLOR The Register-Guard Tha Alkaholiks Tha Alkaholiks, also known as Tha Liks, were an American hip hop group from Los Angeles, California. Since the early 1990s they have produced funky, upbeat, hedonism-themed party music with a hardcore hip hop edge, powered by the beats of DJ and producer E-Swift (born Eric will storm the stage of the McDonald Theatre, 1010 Willamette St., at 9 p.m. Tuesday. The West Coast rappers made their name working with King Tee King Tee, also spelled King T, (born Roger McBride in Compton, California), is an American West coast rapper from Compton, California. Career Born in 1969, Tee began his rap career on Capitol Records in 1988, with Act a Fool. on his 1993 album "Tha Triflin.' ' They also toured with KRS-1, Ice Cube and Too Short before releasing their 1993 debut, `21 & Over." The Alkaholiks are touring with Living Legends The Living Legends crew is a group of eight West Coast hip hop artists. Although their roots lie in Los Angeles and Oakland, the Legends also have fans worldwide. Background , Defari, DJ B-Mello and Portland hip-hop icon Cool Nutz, who's out there in support of "Verbal Porn," his third album. Tickets to Tuesday's show are $20 at the door or $16 in advance at House of Records, Coolest Shop and through Fastixx. The Danged, Dizzy Elmer and the Switchblade Hearts will gang up and make some noise today at John Henry's, 136 E. 11th Ave. Show time is 10 p.m. The cover is $3. Cigar, a Eugene-born trio, will headline an evening of punk rock on Saturday at the WOW Hall, 291 W. Eighth Ave., with Compact 56, a former Eugene outfit now based in Portland. Everyone at the show will receive a copy of Compact 56's new four-song pre-release, "Subtract & Divide." The local punk trio Monkee Torture will open the show with the hardcore punk Hardcore punk, now commonly known as hardcore, is a subgenre of punk rock that originated in North America in the late 1970s. In North America, hardcore punk emerged with a new sound, which was generally thicker, heavier, and faster than standard punk rock. band Blockhead. Show time is 9:30 p.m. Tickets are $7 at the door. Kooken & Hoomen, an electronic quartet from San Francisco, will be at Sam Bond's, 407 Blair Blvd., at 9:30 p.m. Saturday, opening for the Eugene funk band Papa's Soul Kitchen. "Escuela" is the title of Kooken & Hoomen's latest album. You can hear elements of Tortoise, Air, Frank Zappa and others in their music, which bridges jazz, rock and electronica. The cover is $5. Itinerant folksinger folk·sing·er or folk sing·er n. A singer of folksongs. folk singing n. Jamie Anderson will be back in town for a performance at 8:30 p.m. Saturday at Cafe Paradiso, 115 W. Broadway. Anderson, known for her sense of humor Noun 1. sense of humor - the trait of appreciating (and being able to express) the humorous; "she didn't appreciate my humor"; "you can't survive in the army without a sense of humor" sense of humour, humor, humour , is touring in support of her new self-released album, "Listen." The cover is $5. The Klezmonauts will return to Sam Bond's Garage at 8:30 p.m. Sunday. The funky Eugene band continues to go where no klezmer klezmer (klĕz`mər), form of instrumental folk music developed in the Eastern European Jewish community. The style had its beginnings in the Middle Ages; its name is a Yiddishized version of the Hebrew klei zemir group has gone before, crossing the boundaries of Eastern European music into the realms of Eastern Indian, Celtic, African, bluegrass bluegrass, any species of the large and widely distributed genus Poa, chiefly range and pasture grasses of economic importance in temperate and cool regions. In general, bluegrasses are perennial with fine-leaved foliage that is bluish green in some species. and beyond. The cover is $3 to $5 on a sliding scale. The punk rock legends the Dead Kennedys will come to Eugene for a show at 8:30 p.m. Monday at the Wild Duck Music Hall, 169 W. Sixth Ave. Spread Eagle will open the show with a homecoming performance. Tickets are $15 day of show or $12.50 in advance. Modest Mouse, a Northwest indie rock favorite from Issaquah, Wash., will return to the WOW Hall for an 8:30 p.m. show on Tuesday. The trio recently released the EP "Everywhere and His Nasty Parlour Tricks Everywhere and His Nasty Parlour Tricks is the title of an EP released by the indie rock band Modest Mouse. It collects the earlier Night on the Sun EP along with unreleased tracks from the recording sessions for The Moon & Antarctica. ," a collection of new recordings and previously out-of-print songs, and "The Air," a remix and rearrangement of songs from the band's major label debut "The Moon & Antarctica." Stagger Lee will open the show. Tickets are $15 in advance or at the door. A gaggle of local musicians will be raising money for the local chapter of the Green Party on Thursday at Cafe Paradiso. The 9 p.m. performance will feature the Indian music of Bindaas, folk and blues originals and traditionals by Walker T Ryan, Celtic-folk from singer Casey Neill, Venezuelan-inspired songs by Irene Farrera, acoustic blues from Barbara Healey and Tim Danforth and other treats. The event is also a post-speech celebration for Ralph Nader, who will be speaking that day as part of the Public Interest Environmental Law Conference The Public Interest Environmental Law Conference (PIELC) is held annually in early March at the University of Oregon Law School in Eugene, Oregon, United States. The conference is a gathering of environmental activists, advocates, and students from across the United States and the at the University of Oregon The University of Oregon is a public university located in Eugene, Oregon. The university was founded in 1876, graduating its first class two years later. The University of Oregon is one of 60 members of the Association of American Universities. . The cover is $8 at the door, $5 with a ticket from Nader's speech. The Celtic rock band Tempest will blow into town Thursday for an 8:30 p.m. show at the Wild Duck. The group melds American rock with Norwegian traditionals, Scottish ballads and Irish jigs and reels, sewing it all together into original songs that combine mythology and history. Tickets are $10. CAPTION(S): The Celtic group Tempest, playing Thursday at the Wild Duck, features an American-Norwegian-Scottish-Irish sound. Pop music scene |
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