May 2009
5 posts
Stereo Skyline will keep you heart beat b-beat...
With their uniform blonde, side-swept hair and all clad in different combinations of vests, ties, and skinny pants, watching power-pop trio Stereo Skyline perform live is like an optical illusion. Fronting the Long Island based group is baby-faced singer/guitarist, Kevin Bard, and rounding out the group is Brian Maddox on bass and Rob Michelsen on the drums. Their sound however is fairly...
Danger Radio by Kari Cook
Danger Radio is a high energy power-pop band whose songs will soon be playing in everyone’s head. The band is made up of vocalist Andrew De Torres, keyboardist Spencer Phillips, drummer Nico Hartikainen, guitarists Andy Brookins and Elan Wright, and bassist, the newly added Robbie Cochrane replacing former member Marvin Kunkel. They are currently touring in support of “Used And...
Bad Kids in Town by Alex Roland
Monday, April 27th, the Black Lips came to Eugene Oregon’s WOW! Hall accompanied by Flowers Forever. The “Lips” are a self-described “flower punk” band, which includes elements of punk, psychedelic, garage rock, blues, and indie, blended into a strikingly unique sound. The Atlanta, Georgian band is most commonly known for its live antics, including but not limited to: vomit, blood, urine, nudity,...
Falling Up Takes a Bite Out of Eugene by Alex...
An upbeat crowd of various fans, friends and family expanded throughout the venue, swaying, headbanging and having a regular good time. Eugene’s WOW! Hall was alive this Mother’s Day with the sounds of the Science Heroes, Ruth, Archaeology and Falling Up on the last day of Falling Up’s Fangs Tour. The crowd was relatively laid-back throughout the show but talkative between sets. The concert...
Singing Loud and Proud by Alex Roland
The venue faintly smelled of sweat, and reeked of dust kicked up from the stage in a frenzy of rocking out. The stage lights and a disco ball at the center of the room danced wildly with the audience to the music and static pumping through speakers. Not even three full rows lined the stage. However, the excitement of the audience was not hindered by its size, an almost equal amount of guys to...