Hardcore festival displays its health by getting sicker.Byline: POP NOTES By Serena Markstrom The Register-Guard This year's press kit for Sickfest smelled a little less like cigarette smoke than last year's. But the event's lineup is just as intense, with performances by the Athiarchists, Domesticide, Grieving grieving Mourning, see there Sun and A Plague of Hatred. This is the third year for the local and regional metal showcase, billed as "the sickest night of the year." After letting the publicity package air out for a couple days, we learned that the event will feature a couple of veteran local bands, one from Portland and a fourth that's new to the Eugene hardcore scene. The Athiarchists are close friends Aaron Tunnel and Dano Lemm. They have been playing hardcore music with "heavy, clear vocals" since 2005. The Athiarchists promote and market themselves and offer free downloads of their music at wwww.theathiarchists.com. Domesticide has become a Sickfest staple, playing what the news release calls "brutal" death metal. The band did a West Coast tour this year in support of "Good Is Dead," the band's debut album. The Sickfest newbies are Grieving Sun, from Portland, and A Plague of Hatred, the newest Eugene band on the bill. Today's show starts at 8 p.m., and admission is $8 at the door. The WOW Hall is at 291 W. Eighth Ave. Micah Wolf Today, Luna Micah Wolf, a singer-songwriter based in Hawaii, is trying to win over POP NOTES Eugene audiences. Tonight's show is his second swing through Luna in the last couple of months. Wolf brings both Hawaiian and world beat influences to the solo concert. His do-it-yourself, debut CD has a cheerful and laid-back sound, a news bio says. Put Wolf firmly in the Jack Johnson/Ben Harper/Brett Dennen bag. The show starts at 9 p.m. for a $7 cover. Luna is at 30 E. Broadway. The Objex Today, John Henry's The Internet has worked its connective connective - An operator used in logic to combine two logical formulas. See first order logic. magic for Lane County product James Malcolm James Malcolm (July 14 1880 – December 6 1935) was a Canadian politician. Born in Kincardine, Ontario, he was elected to the Canadian House of Commons representing the Ontario riding of Bruce North in the 1921 federal election. . Malcolm was a regular performer in a bunch of short-lived bands on the local punk and rock scene, including the Offs. After almost a decade, he uprooted himself and headed to Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. . In some stroke of Vegas luck, the four members of the Objex found each other via a Craig's List See craigslist. posting. It has been working out quite well for them in the year and a half since they started playing. The band is just back from some shows overseas. And aside from Malcolm getting stuck in England because of a damaged passport, the band enjoyed success over there. Malcolm says in an e-mail that he got his new passport from the U.S. Embassy, and it looked as if he would have time to catch a flight and join the rest of the band for a Brooklyn show. But his train derailed in a London subway and he had to run 16 blocks to catch another, slipping onto the plane with only seven minutes to spare. In Brooklyn, the Objex played for a group of some 300 African-American punk fans. "The Brooklyn show ruled," he says. "I've never seen anything like it. (Lead singer) Melony was in heaven. They were crazy and so cool." Members of the group also have been showcased at the South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas, and have appeared in two independent films. Today's 10 p.m. show at John Henry's, 77 W. Broadway, also features Limosine (with ex-members of the Courtesy Clerks) and Capgun Suicide. The cover is $3. The band plays again Wednesday at Luckey's, 933 Olive St., with Self Esteem Boat Willie opening. That show starts at 10 p.m. The cover is from $3 to $5. The Super Sick Wid It Album Release Party Saturday, Taboo Mistah F.A.B. and Turf Talk Turf Talk (born Demar Bernstein, 1979 in Vallejo, California), is a Bay Area rapper at the forefront of the hyphy movement. His unique style of delivery has earned both local[1] and national[2] acclaim. each have new albums, and Luni Corleone and Cool Nutz have a collaboration project they are celebrating Saturday at Taboo. Mistah F.A.B, from Oakland, Calif., has a project called "Da Baydestrian"; Turf Talk's is "West Coast Vaccine"; and Portland's Luni Corleone and Cool Nutz have created "Every Single Day." The show also will feature performances by Mak Dub, Maniac Lok, DJ Chill with Ronin ronin (rō`nĭn), in Japanese history, masterless samurai. Ronin were retainers who were deprived of their place in the usual loyalty patterns of Japanese feudalism. , Chef Boy R Bangerz, Cousin Fik and Mr. D.O.G. Taboo is at 23 W. Sixth Ave., and the show starts at 8 p.m. Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 at the door. Warren Barfield Warren Barfield is a Christian musician. Born in Goldsboro, North Carolina, Barfield's music is often classified as a mix of pop, rock, folk, and soul. His compositions are largely inspired by the Christian writers, Brennan Manning and Philip Yancey. Sunday, WOW Hall Warren Barfield and Logan Martin are two names Eugene often sees together on posters for Christian singer-songwriter shows. They were last in Eugene in the fall, and both have been busy touring since then, a news release says. Warren Barfield, 27, has been working as a performer since he was 16 and writing songs since he was 12. He has created his most revealing album with "Reach." On it, he questions his faith and beliefs after a car accident killed his sister's best friend, who was like another sister to him. Martin lives in Albany. He was most recently in town doing a show at Cozmic Pizza behind his Verbatim ver·ba·tim adj. Using exactly the same words; corresponding word for word: a verbatim report of the conversation. adv. Records debut album, "Colorless col·or·less adj. 1. Lacking color. 2. Weak in color; pallid. 3. Lacking animation, variety, or distinction; dull. See Synonyms at dull. ." The seated show starts at 7 p.m. Tickets are $10 in advance or $14 at the door. Prezident Brown Monday, John Henry's Fresh off the Northwest World Reggae reggae, Jamaican popular music that developed in the 1960s among Kingston's poor blacks, drawing on American "soul" music and traditional African and Jamaican folk music and ska (a Jamaican and British dance-hall music). Festival near Marcola on Aug. 10-12, Prezident Brown is back in the area to do a Monday gig at John Henry's, part of his Build the Vibes Tour. Prezident Brown is from Ocho Rios Ocho Rios (ō`chō rē`ōs), town, NE Jamaica, on the Caribbean Sea. It is a major tourist center, as well as a commercial port that exports mainly bauxite. , Jamaica. 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. a news release, he is a "champion in the new roots and reality consciousness." Part of the so-called "edutainment Educational material that is also entertaining. (application) edutainment - Interactive education and entertainment services or software, usually supplied commercially via a cable network or on CD-ROM. " movement within reggae, Prezident Brown's aim is to heighten consciousness while still providing a good show. Prezident Brown plays with the Solid Foundation Band and guest Andrew Diamond. The show starts at 8 p.m. Tickets are $10. Adam Sweeney and Ashleigh Flynn Thursday, Luna Adam Sweeney and Ashleigh Flynn, singer-songwriters with ties to Portland, each have a new CD to share during a Thursday release party at Luna. Sweeney is based in Massachusetts now, but he got his start in Portland. A news bio says he has just completed his second full-length album. Willamette Week Willamette Week (WW) is an alternative weekly newspaper published in Portland, Oregon, United States. It features reports on local news, politics, and culture. Its weekly circulation is 89,807. says of Sweeney that his personal observations "seem lifted from a letter to a friend A Letter to a Friend (written 1656; published posthumously in 1690) , by the 17th century philosopher and physician Sir Thomas Browne is a medical treatise full of case-histories and witty speculations upon the human condition. ." Flynn's no stranger to the folk scene here. Her new live disc, "Sneakin' Out With Ashleigh Flynn," came from night spent playing with Sneakin' Out, an alternative 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. band based in Portland. The CD was recorded at a sold-out Mississippi Studios show that featured Tracy Grammer. The music starts at 8:30 p.m. Thursday. Tickets are $7. |
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