8/2/2019 Arts - 3/9 (9)

http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/arts-39-9 1/1

9The Pioneer LogMarch 2, 2012arts

is Week’s

TOPFOURNEW ALBUMS

BY HAYLEY TRIVETTArts Editor

LILACS AND CHAMPAGNE

by LILACS ANDCHAMPAGNE

PORTLAND, OR

Sounds Like: A lo-, lysergic tape collage

FAITHFUL MAN

by LEE FIELDSBROOKLYN, NY

Sounds Like:Deep funk, soul, disco

FUMES

by GRANDPARENTSPORTLAND, OR

Sounds Like: Jangly kraut-rock, shoegaze

BLOOM

by BEACH HOUSEBALTIMORE, MD

Sounds Like:Nautical dreams with organs

IMAGES FROM BANDCAMP.COM

Listen to their newly released sin-  gle “Myth” at http://beachhousebal-

timore.com. e full album will be available May 15.

BY DHARMA KHALSAPhotographer

Description: e past few yearshave been a time of economic tur-bulence, not only in the U.S., but

around the world. So many arestruggling to get by and the chal-lenge to merely scrape by andmake ends meet can at times seemdaunting or even impossible. I wasout on a sunny day with my cam-era (Pentax 35 mm SLR) and cameacross this sign displayed by a streetdrummer. I’d seen him on this par-ticular corner many times before,but had never stopped to read thesign he displayed. Most of the timeI was too distracted by his amaz-ing set up of plastic garbage cans,buckets, and other creative drumcontraptions. Not only was his set

up fascinating, but what he wasable to produce from some plas-tic bins was utterly impressive. Ithought this simple message, along with the genuine, toothy smile hedisplayed to the throngs gatheringto hear him, were worth a thou-sand words, as photographs oftenare.

PHOTO OF THE WEEK

Tan Before You BurnThe second annual Sunburn preshow features a variety of bands from Portland

IMAGE BY TIM HOWE

CONTINUED FROM FRONT PAGE

Next will be the Autonomics, apop-punk trio with a versatile blue-sy feel. Formed in Bend, Ore. inlate 2008, the Autonomics’ mem-bers are twins Evan and VaughnLeikam and Dan Patenberg onlead guitar and wiley vocals. eband has been raging the houseshow circuit for a while now, and iseven rumored to be playing an LC

house show tonight. e energeticrockers are full of fun and mosh-pit

BY JAKE BARTMANStaff Writer

Tonight, catch a unique recitalfeaturing music written entirely by Chrissy Misso (’12). e event willbe the culmination of several yearsof preparation and practice, featur-ing almost 30 musicians who havecome together for the one-night-only show.

“Preparing a composition re-cital is a long and tedious task. I’vebeen writing music specically forthis recital for the last three years,”Misso said.

e recital will include six origi-

nal pieces reecting a broad spec-trum of musical interests, to beperformed by musicians of vary-ing backgrounds in unique group-ings. “Angie’s Dances” will be per-formed by a string quartet, “eSilver Swan” by a small choir, “…if I should fall…” by two pianos,“Dreamscape” by marimba, violaand horn, and “Modern Classi-cal” by a trumpet and several stringplayers.

potential. Despite the numerousschemes you have come up with,you will not befriend the GZA this  weekend. If you’re trying to makemusical friends who are nice localguys, the Autonomics are a greatbet.

  Animal Eyes are about as mes-merizing as their name. e Alas-kan transplants moved down toPortland to live the dream, or astheir interview on Reverbnation

says, “We’re writing songs, playingmusic and working shitty jobs to

“It’s safe to say that

[Animal Eyes] will

charm the whiskers

off you with a head-

bobbing sound remi-niscent of Grizzly

Bear or Animal Col-

lective.”

support ourselves as we do it.” eband’s rst album, called Found inthe Forest, dropped last Novem-

ber and the solid debut is gettingbig ups in the blogosphere, as wellas word-of-mouth momentumaround town. It’s safe to say thatthe quintet will charm the whiskerso you with a head-bobbing soundreminiscent of Grizzly Bear or Ani-mal Collective.

e celebrated Portland duoBrain Storm, made up of Adam

Baz and LC alum Patrick Phil-lips (CAS ’10), has been creat-ing a noisy, psychedelic cloud-scape since 2008. Composed of guitar, keyboard, drum kit andtuba, the band’s sound traversesgenres. Check out their videos,shot on sunny Portland porchesand containing strange scenes of quilted blankets and nostalgic pat-terns. e band, who played argu-ably one of the best sets at PDX Pop Now! last summer, creates amaelstrom of textures and charis-ma that your medulla oblongata won’t want to miss.

Tomorrow, the Co-op, 1 p.m., free 

“Preparing a com-

 position recital is

a long and tedious

task. I’ve been writ-

ing music specifical-

ly for this recital for

the last three years.”

Senior Composition

Recital:Chrissy  Misso

 All of the performers have vol-unteered their time to the recital.“So many people have gone aboveand beyond for me,” said Misso, whose sister plans to come to Lewis& Clark to perform in the show.Misso also noted that the recital

 will be a result of the contributionsof a number of faculty members,especially Assistant Professor of Music Michael Johanson, Instruc-tor of Music Brett Paschal andGeorge Skipworth. “It has beendi cult coordinating rehearsalsand getting everyone to come, withthe busy schedules we all have,”Misso acknowledged.

e experience of developingthe recital has proved to be a valu-able one for Misso. “It is amazingto see the development of my mu-sic from the rst, sometimes hor-rible, recital to this last week,” she

said. Besides editing and nalizingthe music, planning for the show has involved nding and securingthe extensive list of performers, co-ordinating rehearsals, advertisingand designing programs. “It hasbeen interesting balancing this overregular classwork,” Misso noted.

 Attendees should expect to gaina real feel for Misso’s growth as amusician over the course of her LCcareer. “I think the selections I havechosen for my recital demonstratesthe development of my composi-tion style over the last few years,”she said.

Evans, Tonight, 7:30 p.m., free