Fun show with these two folk artists. I prefer Erin playing with a band behind her, her more “rockabilly” material, check out her songs,” we will become like birds” ” white city” ” blackbird” and “le petit mort.”
She played with Natalia Zuckerman backing her up on the lap steel guitar.
Recently back from touring Europe, the Shivas stomped and swayed in the Star bar in Portland. They played an old gem about Jack the Ripper for Halloween
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The opening act was Go! Zilla from Italy.
I drew the Shivas many years ago, here is the drawing.
A few years ago I was in Toronto for nxne and someone told me they were looking forward to seeing Shannon and the clams. The name stuck in my head and I looked them up and dug their sound. They were playing a post haloween show in Portland. The show was very fun, and they bring their sound of their records very accurately to their live show.
Here is my warm up drawing.
Whoops, forgot one of the ns. Better draw them over again. Form where I was standing, the drummer was hard to see.
Beautiful music! Very surf garage! I love the 60s style organ sounds and the gritty rock vocals.
Here are some photos.
Eugene’s funk pioneers Eleven Eyes tore it up at the hi fi music hall. Andy plays in Bustin Jeiber and the Cherry Poppin Daddies. He subbed in on sax and kicked all the asses!
Is it a weird coincidence that there is an anime named “11 Eyes?”
I have drawn them before check it out.
Killy Dwyer is on tour and passed through Eugene after Portland and before California. Of course she asked me to open. I had a great time and performed my comics, ” you don’t need money to have fun” and had audience members draw on my white suit, and played ” the anthropic principle lullaby” and handed out clave and the audience jammed with me.
Killy did a great set and showed us much variety of moods. Looping her voice and singing unapologetically about cancer, death, orgasms and other topics that make audiences squirm! She plays accordion, guitar, a tiny Casio sk-1 and she improvised with stuffed animals and other objects she found in the bookstore.
This is the flyer I made for the show.
And of course, We got a few shots of the two of us on stage together. Follow her on Twitter, on Patreon and wherever!
El Ten Eleven play complicated, shimmering, beautiful guitar based music. Using electronic drums the drummer can act as a bass player and add electronic noises. Using looping pedals and several guitars, some of whom have two necks, the guitarist can add layer upon layer of baroque melodies and embellishments. To say this band is deep would be an understatement. It’s best to say they are musician’s musicians.
If you know anything about double neck guitars, you’ll see that my illustration is inaccurate. Actually his bass is the bottom neck, and bass necks are longer. Also, he doesn’t have a fretless guitar neck on his double necked guitar- but I don’t care! I drew it! Notice I drew several hands to try and capture something about they way he composes and performs.
Maybe I’ll finish inking and coloring it someday. Here is a cool interview with Kristian Dunn and Tim Fogarty.
And here is their website.
People have lumped them into the same post rock genre as Battles and Tortoise. But they say they don’t listen to post rock! I think they sound sometimes like Ratatat. Great live show. It’s amazing that the guitarist has such control over timing and his pedals.
Ruth plays a harp and writes beautiful, inspirational songs, about Love, loss, and the rugged endurance of ubiquitous weed Queen Anne’s Lace.
I especially liked “Dark Blue, Dark Green.” It, and every song on her EP “To The Moon,” seem to be about the passing of a close friend. In her song, “Right Now,” she sings hopefully, ” Like a callus on a finger, over time it just makes you stronger, than if you had it, if you took it right now. Put the time in, and the effort, you will find you get what you deserve. You will find all truly right now. ” She told us the song is about her process of learning to play the harp, but you can apply it to anything you are trying to achieve.
photographers everywhere are waiting for the development of invisible microphones.
Merry Ellen Kirk and Caroline Bauer also played. She released a new album and it has a very positive review here. It was a lovely evening of live, passionate music. Thank you Merry Ellen for sharing Ruth with us in Eugene!
These three mcs delivered a positive show with much crowd participation shouting along and waving hands in the air, bouncing and enthusiastic cheers.
Guests Lateef the truthspeaker and Vursatyl filled in with Gift of Gab and DJ Jumbo on the decks.
I didn’t color this picture, because I don’t think it’s as good.
This charming Americana band sing harmonies and recall the Avett brothers. Look for them in your area.
They call themselves, “your favorite band.” They have been called “LA’s best party band” and the highest paid wedding band in the Irkutsk peninsula.
It’s Igor and the Red Elvises! My brother and I listened to their music as children, watched the movie” six string samurai” and played Red Elvises albums on KSUA college radio.
The live show did not disappoint. “Bacon” and “Drinking with Jesus” were humorous new songs to me. Igor sang many old hits, including ” I wanna see you belly dance,” “Rocketman” and “Boogie on the Beach.” “Surfing in Siberia,” is the coolest arrangement of Miserlou I’ve ever heard. The girls Dregas and Dejah sang lead on several songs. I was excited to hear the April March hit, “Chick Habit.” Jasmin hits the drums hard and can fluidly switch between the surf rock beat and the disco rhythm.
The show was delightful, hilarious, and full of so much energy, sweat and animal print! Look at their website here.
Isaac and the Awkward Situations 