A big week at Bend’s Midtown Ballroom and Domino Room
Published 3:45 pm Wednesday, August 7, 2024
- Built to Spill celebrates 1994’s “There’s Nothing Wrong With Love” — by playing it in its entirety Sunday.
This was going to be a short story about Built to Spill, one of my favorite bands of the past quarter-century. But then I got to lookin’ at the rest of the schedule at the Midtown Ballroom and Domino Room this week and decided I need to call your attention to everything happening there.
Two quick things first, though: 1. If
you don’t already know, the Midtown Ballroom and Domino Room are two separate venues inside the same building at 51 NW Greenwood Ave., in Bend.
And 2. For more information and links to buy tickets, hit up midtownballroom.com.
On Thursday night, rising country artist Randall King visits the Midtown. The Texas native released his sophomore album “Into the Neon” in January and it spills over with memorable melodies and timeless twangy sounds that draw from country music in the 1970s, ‘80s, ‘90s and ‘00s.
This dude’s the real deal! Jake Jacobson opens. 8:30 p.m., doors open 7:30 p.m. $20.
Rootsy rock ‘n’ roller Jerry Joseph has been playing in Bend for as long as I can remember.
He’ll do so again Friday night at the Domino Room, where one can expect to hear his unique life experience coursing through his well-crafted songs. Joseph is one of those “your favorite musician’s musician” types — destined to make great records and never quite get the attention he deserves. Ella Spencer opens. 8 p.m., doors open 7 p.m. $20.
The bass-and-beats-focused Cascade Equinox Festival returns for its second year at the Deschutes County Fair & Expo Center Sept. 20-22, and on Saturday night, they’ll throw a pre-party at the Midtown featuring the electro-global-dance music of Beats Antique, who have a huge following in Bend. Fee-free passes to Cascade Equinox will be available for purchase. This one’s going to pop off, I predict! Haywyre opens. 9 p.m., doors open 8 p.m. $30.
For the third time in 15 years in The Bulletin, I’ll say this: Built to Spill’s three-album run from 1994 to 1999 might be the best by a rock band in the past three decades. On Sunday night, they’ll celebrate the first album in that run — 1994’s “There’s Nothing Wrong With Love” — by playing it in its entirety. A night of Doug Martsch’s bummed-out indie-pop and sparkling guitar heroics? Yes, please! Playdead and Sugar Pox open. 8 p.m., doors open 7 p.m. $30.