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Last Band Standing 38 (mostly) local bands are battling for the title of Last Band Standing each week at Boondocks Bar & Grill (70 N.W. Newport Ave., Bend). The May 20 winner was selected after GO! went to press. Next week’s battle is at 8 p.m. Thursday, and tickets cost $3 in advance at Bend’s Indoor Garden Station (541-385-5222) or $5 at the door. Visit www.clear1017.fm for more info. April 22 winner: Kleverkill. April 29 winner: Absofreakinlutely. May 6 winner: Elliot. Wild card: Tuck And Roll. May 13 winner: Tall as Rasputin. Wild card: Blackstrap. May 20 contestants: Bobby Sims and The Blues Rockers, Eric Tollefson and The World’s Greatest Lovers, Erin Cole-Baker, Hot Tea Cold, The Sofa Kings. May 27 contestants: Mosley Wotta, Mullet Marshmello, Blowin’ Smoke, Hands On Throat, Problem Stick. — Ben Salmon
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Runner Runner visits Silver Moon Brewing Runner Runner’s official bio touts the California band’s “humungous pop hooks.” (It’s spelled “humongous,” but whatever.) With good reason. The band’s music will not be for everyone; if you’re a hater of the emo-tinged mall-punk-pop-rock that’s become quite popular in recent years (and eaten up all the hyphens), you should check out the tunes at www.myspace.com/ runnerrunner before you blindly head to Silver Moon Brewing Friday night. Look, I’m no superfan of Panic! at the Disco or Paramore or whoever. But I did think those early singles by The All-American Rejects and The Killers were
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pretty catchy. And I still won’t change the channel when Fall Out Boy’s “Sugar, We’re Goin Down” comes on. There, I said it. So I can appreciate the, yes, humongous pop hooks in Runner Runner’s songs, especially “So Obvious.” And if too much sugar makes you feel icky, you should at least consider catching Runner Runner tonight, so that if they’re headlining Les Schwab Amphitheater in two years, you can say you saw ’em way back when. Runner Runner; 8 tonight; $5; Silver Moon Brewing & Taproom, 24 N.W. Greenwood Ave., Bend; 541-388-8331 or www .myspacecom/silvermoonbrewing.
Tribal Seeds set to play Domino Room There was a time in Bend when you couldn’t swing your dreadlocks around without hitting a reggae show.
These days, the irie feelings seem to be harder to come by, at least for those in whom the island vibes stir. But Tribal Seeds is here to change that. The Californiabased band will roll into the Domino Room tonight, bringing with them a vibrant blend of easygoing rock and real roots reggae, embodied in their influences: Steel Pulse, Midnite, and that guy on that poster in that dorm room you hung out in that one time. Like many reggae bands, Tribal Seeds sprinkle their message with the big three S’s: spirituality, social awareness and something that rhymes with sarijuana. They’ve toured all over the place and shared the stage with The Wailers, Matisyahu and Soldiers of Jah Army, and their 2009 album “The Harvest” debuted at No. 5 on Billboard’s reggae chart. Find much more at www .tribalseeds.net. Continued next page