All you jazz fans out there ought to consider checking out this band BUG tonight in Sisters. (Sorry for the short notice.)
BUG consists of five educators, and you can hear their slick (but not too slick) sound at their Web site. Or, just trust Jody Henderson, the band director at Sisters High School and Sisters Middle School, who says BUG is “the real deal.” Jody’s a jazz fan, a player and a vital cog in the region’s jazz scene, so he knows what he’s talking about.
The band will play at 7:30 tonight in the Sisters High School band room, at 1700 W. McKinney Butte Road. Cover is $5 for students and $10 for adults, and the money will help pay for more artists like this to come to Sisters, where they work with jazz students before playing a concert for the general public. It’s a cool thing that’s worth supporting.
… but The Heavy went and canceled its show tonight in Bend at the last minute. So instead of giving them free promotion, let’s turn our attention to what’s happening at Silver Moon Brewing & Taproom in their place. Below is a message from Moon booker Cassie Moore, which I’ve edited just a tad:
“Okay, I know we are all a little bummed that The Heavy canceled their Silver Moon show (tonight). So we can either stay home with our tails tucked between our legs, listening to their new album, sobbing and pricing flights to the UK, or we can party it up like the rugged mountain folk that we are. It’s Halloween week. I say we put on some costumes and party it up.
Mosley Wotta and a variety of other local artists are going to put on a free show (tonight) starting at 9. Because even though it’s exciting to have internationally touring acts on our stage, our local musicians never fail to entertain us, make us forget about the (lousy) economy and shake our asses. So come shake your ass at the Moon tomorrow night and get warmed up for Halloween.
I may regret this, but I will personally buy a beer for each person who shows up in a costume. Consider it a consolation prize for The Heavy being canceled. But you do have to be wearing a costume, and you can only have one. Just tell the bartender to put it on Cassie’s tab. And no, you can’t bring a change of costumes to get more free beer. We’re on to you.
Cheers and hope to see you tomorrow night!”
That’s the spirit! Find other things to do tonight at The Bulletin’s events calendar.
Sorry about the quiet on the blog over the past few days. I got sick. Really sick. But I’m back! Mostly.
Anyway, I wanted to post this a week ago to give you time to prep for the Afro Classics show tonight at Bendistillery Martini Bar. Alas, I am just now getting around to doing so, but that’s OK; you’ve still got all day to study up. And you should. You don’t want to sleep on this show or be fooled by the small venue. This is one of the best hip-hop acts to come through Bend this year.
Here are your study materials:
-Read my article about Afro Classics, an L.A.-based hip-hop duo comprising MCs Very (of Us Pros) and Scarub (of Living Legends).
-Download the group’s two “Workaholics” mixtapes for free. Click here to grab ‘em both. (If you must choose one, go with “Workaholics 2.”)
-Watch the good-lookin’ video for “Rap Fanatic” right here:
If you like what you hear, you should consider picking up the new album, “Classic Rock,” here. And you should check out the show. Again: Afro Classics, plus Mosley Wotta and Kruse at 9 tonight at Bendistillery Martini Bar in Bend. Cover is $3.
In case anyone out there was planning on attending, tonight’s Christian concert in La Pine has been canceled. Here’s the word from one of the organizers:
We just received word that the COME TO THE CROSS TOUR Concert that was scheduled for this evening has been canceled due to mechanical failure of their van while en route.
If you have no idea what concert I’m talking about, here’s the poster. But again, this show is not happening. Do not go to this.
Sword swallowers. Fire eaters. Burlesque performers. Stage magic. Hobo poetry. It’s vaudeville meets rock ’n’ roll. It’s the Yard Dogs Road Show.
And it’s hard to believe it’s been three years since the Dogs — a dozen members strong, and based out of California’s Bay Area — brought their rolling creative wonderland to Bend. It has, though, and the group remains committed, according to its bio, to leading “the modern hobohemian on a visual and sonic journey through part of history that may or may not have existed — followed by an ambitious return to the emotional challenges of our punch-drunk contemporary world.”
The Dogs place a heavy emphasis on blending facets of the old world with modern pop culture in a way that, at least for a couple hours, will provide a welcome respite from your real life.
In case you can’t read the poster below, the show starts at 9 p.m., doors open at 8, and it’s $20 in advance (outlets here) and $25 at the door.
Here’s your friendly reminder that Finn Riggins is kicking off their fall tour tonight at Silver Moon Brewing & Taproom at 24 N.W. Greenwood Ave., in Bend, with the Portland band Church opening. Start time: 8 p.m.(ish). Cover: $5. Download a song from the new Finn Riggins album “Vs Wilderness” by clicking here, and here’s the band playing another new tune last week in Portland:
Also tonight! Three of Bend’s best and best-known hip-hop acts are doing a free show at Boondock’s Bar & Grill, 70 N.W. Newport Ave., in Bend. Top Shelf, Mosley Wotta, and Cloaked Characters will be there, as will DJ Hit-n-Runn. Click to watch Mosley Wotta’s nifty video for “Boom For Real,” or stay right here and watch the Cloaked Characters’ clip for “Lost Package.”
Also tonight! The Bend Roots Revival officially kicks off. We’ll have full coverage of the weekend’s events in tomorrow’s GO! Magazine, but tonight, there’s a meet-and-greet and open mic at Parrilla Grill at 6 p.m., followed by some Grateful Dead cover action from Back From the Dead (5:30-7 p.m.) and Rising Tide (7-9 p.m.) over at the Victorian Cafe.
Also tonight! Heavy, heavy, heavy metal of the local variety at Ye Olde Underground … ahem … The Underground, which is at 2221 N.E. Third St., in Bend. We’re talking Wache The Dead, Almost Is Nothing, Booze Devil and Dusk’s Embrace. The brutality will begin at 8 p.m., and $5 gets you in. I’m too lazy to copy in all the MySpace sites for these bands, but they’re listed on the flyer, so here’s that:
Also tonight! Necktie Killers at The Summit, ’80s night at Players, Rough String Band at Northside, The Quons at 28, and much more. Find it all on the events calendar at The Bulletin’s Web site.
Occasionally, a band gets booked for McMenamins’ monthly Great Northwest Music tour and then becomes a much bigger deal, and those of us who live near a McMenamins get a serious bargain. Tonight is one of those nights, when the Providence, R.I., country-rock band Deer Tick plays a free show at Old St. Francis School at 7 p.m.
You can download an MP3 from Deer Tick’s new album “Born on Flag Day” right here. And you can watch them do an awkward interview with NBC News anchor Brian Williams here. You can read my short story about them from last week’s GO! Magazine by clicking here. And if you’d like yet another Deer Tick tune, just click the link below.
These United States is a fast-rising band from Washington, D.C. and Lexington, Ky., that makes a vibrant and rollicking pop/rock/twang racket. They chose the direction of their new album, “Everything Touches Everything,” based on the outcome of the 2008 presidential election; read more about that in my article on the band.
Here’s the opening track from the album. Feel free to download it:
These United States plays tonight at Silver Moon Brewing & Taproom, located at 24 N.W. Greenwood Ave., in Bend. Local rockers Goodbye Dyna will open the show, which begins around 9 p.m. Cover is $5.
That’s right, the traveling mall-punk wonderland known as the Warped Tour will celebrate its 15th birthday by showing a special film tonight in a slew of movie theaters across the country, including Bend’s Old Mill Stadium 16.
The show will feature two hours of performances by big-name acts such as Blink-182, Katy Perry, the All-American Rejects, NOFX, Bad Religion and Ice T (plus the rad roots-reggae band The Aggrolites), all interspersed with behind-the-scenes footage and other junk. The performances were taped earlier this month in Los Angeles; Rolling Stone was there and filed this review.
The film begins at 8 p.m., and tickets cost $12.50, available at the box office. Again, that’s tonight.
Just do us all a favor: Before you spike up that 18-inch mohawk of yours, think long and hard about whether you’d want to sit behind that thing in a theater.
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