Norwegians warming up to Eugene.Byline: BUZZWORTHY The Register-Guard It's not exactly a Norwegian invasion, but some musicians from Norway have crossed the same Big Pond the Beatles did in 1964. Three such acts are in town this week, starting with Sondre Lerche headlining Saturday at Sam Bond's. Fellow sanger-sangskribent Thomas Dybdahl Thomas Dybdahl (born April 12, 1979 in Sandnes, Norway) is a Norwegian musician in singer/songwriter tradition. Biography Thomas Dybdahl went out to become somewhat of a shooting-star in Norway. and American singer-songwriter Willy Mason This article is about the singer-songwriter. For the rugby league player, see Willie Mason. Willy Mason (born 21 November 1984) is an American singer-songwriter. open. At the WOW Hall on Thursday, musikk fabrikant 120 Days open for Ratatat. You might not recognize the four guys from 120 Days with their clothes on after they posed in the buff for a photo published in Rolling Stone rolling stone Noun a restless or wandering person magazine. But when they play Eugene they'll be fully clothed clothe tr.v. clothed or clad , cloth·ing, clothes 1. To put clothes on; dress. 2. To provide clothes for. 3. To cover as if with clothing. and ready to play some Krautrock techno techno electronic dance music that first appeared in the U.S. in the 1980s and became globally popular in the 1990s. It originated with Detroit deejay-producers who, inspired by European electro-pop, underlaid dreamy synthesizer melodies with rapid electronic rhythms. . Forced Norwegian translations are really not necessary here, because all of these artists write and record in English. Lerche, for one, grew up listening to American pop music and watching U.S. TV shows such as "Married With Children." In exciting news closer to home, another South Eugene High School South Eugene High School is a public high school located in Eugene, Oregon, United States. It was founded as Eugene High School around 1900, and was located at Willamette Street and West 11th Avenue in a brick building that later served as Eugene's city hall. grad has completed a record. This time it's Jessica Parsons-Taylor, who shines in her debut album "The Slower Side of Time." Here's a girl who's not afraid to be happy, although her songs aren't always. Parsons-Taylor is likely a temporary bright spot on the local scene as she plans to try and make a music career, and we all know how difficult that is to do from here. Catch her while you can Thursday, at a CD release party at Luna. Speaking of bright spots, we can't wait to see "The Last Mimzy." No, we are not children, but some of us never saw "E.T." and won't listen to reviewers who say the new movie just isn't good enough. We think it looks cute cute adj. cut·er, cut·est 1. Delightfully pretty or dainty. 2. Obviously contrived to charm; precious: "[He] and sweet. But don't come crying to us if it's not. We'll have been right there with you spending the $20 or whatever it costs to see a movie these days. You can listen to new music on the Ticket Files blog: www.registerguard.com /ticketfiles. |
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