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The Shins rock the Schwab
May 26, 2012 4:00 am
Portland-based pop-rock band The Shins helps the Les Schwab Amphitheater kick off its 2012 Bend Summer Concerts series Friday night. The series continues tonight with the comedy-rock band Tenacious D and Sunday with veteran alt-rocker Beck, followed ....MORE
Going out
Looking for something to do? Check out our listing of live music, DJs, karaoke, open mics and more happening at local nightspots. Find lots more at www.bendbulletin.com/events.
May 25, 2012 4:00 am
TODAYDAVID GILLESPIE: 6 p. m.; Taylor's Sausage Deli & Pub, 913 N. E. 3rd St., Bend; 541-383-1694. THE SHINS: Indie rock, with The Head and The Heart and Blind Pilot; $35; 6 p. m.; Les Schwab Amphitheater, 344 S. W. Shevlin Hixon Drive, Bend; www. bendconcerts. com. (Pg. 4)BILL HAYES: 6:30 p. m.; River Rim ....MORE
Upcoming Concerts
May 25, 2012 4:00 am
June 1 — The Marrow (rock), The Horned Hand, Bend, www. reverbnation. com/venue/thehornedhand. June 1 — Jantsen and Papaskunk (electronic), Domino Room, Bend, www. slipmatscience. com. June 2 — Little Owl (indie rock), The Horned Hand, Bend, www. reverbnation. com/venue/thehornedhand.....MORE
Anastacia, Voodoo Highway play Maragas
May 25, 2012 4:00 am
The friendly folks up at Maragas Winery north of Terrebonne will host their annual open house Saturday, with music by a couple of fine local bands. The festivities will kick off around 10 a. m. with Voodoo Highway, a trio that digs deep into blues, rock, Americana and everything else they’ve....MORE
Les Schwab Amphitheater FAQs
All you need to know if you're going to the shows
May 25, 2012 4:00 am
Parking You can park in all Old Mill District lots and the Mt. Bachelor Park-N-Ride lot at Columbia and Simpson avenues. Free bike parking is next to the venue on Shevlin Hixon Drive. Disabled-accessible parking is in the lot next to Art Station on Shevlin Hixon Drive. What can I bring in? Empty....MORE
Weekly recap: Last Band Standing
May 25, 2012 4:00 am
28 local bands are battling for the title of Last Band Standing at the Century Center (70 S. W. Century Drive, Bend). On May 17, Kleverkill and Truck Stop Gravy advanced to the semifinals. Last night’s winner was chosen after press time. Next week, LBS takes a week off before holding its....MORE
Beautiful Train Wrecks celebrate new CD
May 25, 2012 4:00 am
For years, The Beautiful Train Wrecks have been one of the promising young acts in Portland's Americana underground — Willamette Week said they put a “fresh spin” on roots-rock — but now we Central Oregonians can claim at least a fraction of the band as our own. That's....MORE
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10 years of Les Schwab Amphitheater
• Who has played, how many people attend and what the venue means for Central Oregon
May 26, 2012 4:00 am
On July 4, 1971, an estimated 10,000 people gathered in Bend's Drake Park to hear actor/musician Burl Ives and others “sing in a rock festival of sorts,” according to the Aug. 23, 1971, edition of The Bulletin. Longtime Bend developer Bill Smith remembers the scene.“The fire....MORE
The Shins
Reading between the lines of ‘For a Fool’
May 25, 2012 4:00 am
Over three excellent albums released between 2001 and 2007, James Mercer — principal singer and songwriter in The Shins — walked a careful lyrical line between inscrutable detachment and the occasional song sprinkled with just enough clues for a solid interpretation. So it is striking....MORE
Tenacious D
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May 25, 2012 4:00 am
Tenacious D, the over-the-top, tongue-in-cheek rock duo of actor-musicians Kyle Gass and Jack Black, occupies a unique place in music. Like something only a mad scientist obsessed with Led Zeppelin and Spinal Tap could create, Tenacious D makes tight, blazing folk-metal laced with sophomoric humor,....MORE
Beck
What has he been up to over the past 4 years?
May 25, 2012 4:00 am
In the Internet age, four years goes by in the blink of an eye. Take Beck, for example, who plays in Bend on Sunday (see “If you go”). From 1994 to 2008, the visionary singer, songwriter and producer pumped out 10 critically acclaimed and commercially successful albums in 14 years,....MORE
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