REVIEW BY: NIC CASTILLON 

Mount Eerie, the solo project of songwriter Phil Elverum, performed to a hushed crowd at a rare seated show in the WOW Hall on Tuesday, April 4th. This show followed the release of his eighth LP written under the Mount Eerie moniker entitled A Crow Looked At Me. The album details the pain and emptiness surrounding the passing of his wife, Geneviève Castrée, in July of 2016 to pancreatic cancer. At this show, the audience was let into the deeply personal experience of Elverum’s grieving process while he performed the songs off of this most recent album.

The show began with a performance from Lori Goldston, a classically trained cellist whose work includes collaborations with the bands Earth and Nirvana, with her most recognizable work most likely being her appearance on Nirvana’s acclaimed live album MTV Unplugged in New York. She…

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KENDRICK LAMAR DOES IT AGAIN. 

one of our most legendary DJs: Marc Time, shows us his old radio playlist from 40 years ago --- 

PLAYLIST playlist // photos - Natalie Miano 

Playlist // Photos - Sophie Cettina 

PLAYLIST  photos // playlist - Stacy Renee Yurishcheva

Interview and Photos by: Sean Thomson Cookie Monsta is one of the key artists that helped push dubstep from the UK underground to the festival masses in America. Himself along with his good friends at Circus Records have provided the scene with some of the heaviest and most prolific dance music tracks to date. This winter, Cookie has kept himself busy by joining Excision on his 2017 Paradox tour. With support from other notable bass music DJs Barely Alive and Dion Timmer, this prolific team has proven to be an unstoppable force. I was fortunate to catch up with Cookie Monsta while the tour made its stop at the McDonald Theatre in Eugene. He speaks about his history, influence and creative process. First off, how did you come up with the name Cookie Monsta? [Laughs] It’s never a fun story. It’s actually quite boring. My last name is Cook. So, when I was in college for music, I would save my music files in a… Read More

Preferred DJ name: Toby (friends and promoters call me King Toby) Hometown: Corvallis, Oregon Show time and day: Thursdays 8-10pm Show title: Roots ’n’ Kulcha Radio Show genres and/or description: Reggae Artists commonly played on show: Sizzla, Chronixx, Jah9, Lutan Fyah, Midnite/Akae Beka, Dezarie, Hugh Mundell, Dennis Brown, Burning Spear, Beres Hammond, Peter Tosh, Culture, Israel Vibration, Capleton, Queen Ifrica… How long have you been a DJ? Since August 2007 Top 5 albums of 2016: - Jah9 – 9 - Akae Beka – Portals - Kabaka Pyramid X Major Lazer – Accurate Mixtape - Perfect – Reggae Farmwork - Hempress Sativa - Unconquerebel How did you get involved with KWVA? What made you want to be a DJ? My… Read More