Written By: Jack Skidmore

Favorites

● If I Ever Was a Child 

● Cry All Day

● Someone to Lose 

● Locator 

● We Aren’t the World (Safety Girl) 

For those looking for a more lighthearted Wilco album “Schmilco” is the one for you. Spearheaded by artist Jeff Tweedy, the Chicago-based alternative band, Wilco, delivers a whimsical folk and alt-country-focused track list on their 10th full-length album. I particularly enjoy the humorous and clever lyricism throughout the album. Each song is also tightly packaged and musically focused to be easily digestible and allow the album to flow through quite seamlessly. I would play this album during a laid-back morning in the comfort of my home or on a walk to the river on a sunny spring day. It is undoubtedly an instant…

Written By: Codi Farmer

There’s nothing quite like getting home on a Friday night with muddy shoes, a light ringing in your ears, and a catchy chorus stuck in your head that you heard that kid in your 10 AM class sing just a few hours before. This is the closing of another successful night as an attendee at a house show here in Eugene. It’s something I know and love dearly, but what often goes overlooked is everything that goes into making all that magic happen – the orchestration of a backyard gig here in the Dirty Eug. 

It often starts on Instagram DM where local bands will often reach out to each other with a proposal to do a show together. These messages often consist of some pretty brief information – a weekend, a rough lineup of who they want on the bill, and if you’re lucky, a venue location that has already agreed to take on the liability of a couple hundred inebriated college students stomping in their yard. Once the show is in the books, it’s time to get…

 Written By: Zoë Holguin

 I was scrolling through TikTok this past week and came across this video of a girl talking about how we need more “losers” starting bands. The video sucked me right in— who doesn’t like a good grabber sentence? She goes on to say how there are “too many hot people” in bands now, and how they all look “too cool” and as a result, it’s ruining the quality of music. In my head, I thought, “FINALLY, someone had to say it,” it’s something that all music enjoyers think about. We listen to music not because the lead singer’s hot, it’s all about the quality of the art. I’ll be honest when I watched the video I immediately thought of Will Toledo, frontman of the band Car Seat Headrest. The man is the definition of a scrawny, white guy that you’d feel scared of if he came up to you at a house party; doesn’t mean the music isn’t great. So that begs the question, is there a relationship between the quality of music and attractiveness?…

By Lindy Rybloom

Harriette adds significant depth to the world of bedroom pop by carefully placing allusions into her tunes. She draws listeners in with her unusual lyrical approach including distinctive use of puns and plays-on-words. Harriette’s rise to fame can be accredited to TikTok as she has shot straight to the top since getting her start in 2021 and gaining popularity by the day. Born and raised in Texas, Harriette reveals the notable impact of social media on the music industry and how it can be a gateway into the world of music production for those lucky enough to go viral. She is currently finishing a tour of European cities where she has been opening concerts for the Norwegian singer, Girl In Red.

Released in 2021 with over 700,000 listens on Spotify, Harriette’s addictive jam “Wednesday” is laced with references to The Addams Show, Ash Wednesday, and John Steinbeck’s novel, Sweet Thursday, among other Wednesday-related puns. The tune speaks to…

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