Ladies and gents, I have family in town this weekend and am going to try to steer clear of the blog for a few days. Devastating, I know.
Before I disappear, though, I want to let you know what’s happening in Bend, musically, over the next seven days. Be sure to grab a GO! Magazine or visit the calendar on the GO! Web site for lots more options beyond these:
-When L.A. MCs Scarub and Very collaborate, they call themselves Afro Classics. And they’re dope. They have a new album out this week and they’re playing in Bend next week.
-You thought the days of Queen-style pomp-rock were over, didn’t you? Well, meet The Janks.
-Sweatshop Union is a hip-hop collective out of British Columbia, Canada. They are not associated with any sweatshops as far as I know. Now get back to work!
-Local industrial band Warm Gadget and one-man speed-metal wonder Bald Eagle Shirt are gonna get strange at Players Bar & Grill.
-Silver Moon Brewing continues to expand its music offerings, hosting cosmopolitan electro-funk-jazz duo Planet Loop and Bend’s own glitch-hop crew, the Thumbprint Collective. (Download 48 minutes of Thumbprint’s chilled out electronica by clicking right here.)
-Guitar mega-talent Tony Furtado in concert at a beautiful old church in the ghost town of Richmond? Sounds like a highly listenable experience. Just remember to take a sweater.
-Don’t forget there are a few music-related movies happening at BendFilm this weekend.
And hey! Look for another blog post in the next little bit about a fundraiser happening Saturday at Parrilla Grill that you should consider checking out.
Tags: Afro Classics, Blackstrap, Planet Loop, Sweatshop Union, The Janks, Thumbprint Collective, Tony Furtado, Warm Gadget, Willie Carmichael
Heh heh. “Folk up.” I get it.