String Theory and Toasted Spices

Expect loudness July 3, with Tarrakian who list “’70s rock, doom, metal and punk, weed and booze” as influences. They’re paired with locals, Fire Demons, with Robert Tripp from The Hard Ride and Jeff Langdon, ex-Hitch guitarist, currently drumming for Henpecker. They warn, “The demons are summoned and nothing can hold them back from wreaking total audio chaos!!!!”

And speaking of Henpecker, they play Thursday, June 26, at the Jambalaya with Nipplepotomous, offering “humorous trance-inducing anti-fascist protest-minded good time music.” Friday at the Jam, it’s Moon Mountain Ramblers, a bluegrass-ish combo from Bend, along with The Rubberneckers, who do not play bluegrass.

Saturday at the Jam it’s the return of Hillstomp with their bucket ’n’ slide blues. Rooster McClintock opens with some Humboldt honky tonk. Then on Sunday, The Pack A.D. from British Columbia stops off toward the beginning of a summer-long U.S. tour. The Park is just Becky Blackon electric guitar and vocals andMaya Milleron drums,playing raw, haunted blues tunes and sounding like a full band. Good shit. Same with Right On John, a one-man-blues-band from Portland (Hillstomp’s from Portland too, so our weekly quota is filled).

Organik Time Machine and DJ iOn are down from Ashland to lay down funky “livetronika” jams Friday at the Red Fox with locals Matty Dread and DJ Touch. Across town at the Pearl it’s jazzy funk by Disco Organica from Eugene, most likely with Easton Stuard on keys.

Saturday you have Phil Berkowitz and the Dirty Cats, up from Sonoma to blow harmonica blues at Blue Lake Casino, while Reed KD and the Armchair Aviators are here from Santa Cruz playing groovy alt. folk at Mosgo’s.

It’s mind-boggling how many bands are out on the road right now. When you consider the price of gas, you know they can’t be making any money doing it. All they need is someone to take a little time to listen. It could be you. Turn off that TV and get out on the town. And if you like what you hear, drop some money at the merch table. They need it.

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