EP review - Secrets in the Salt "Krill Through Baleen"

I know, I know, this title is looking very familiar - but Secrets in the Salt ended up in communication with more than one of us, and when Jess and I became aware that we were both working on reviews for the same album, we decided, with the help of course of the lovely miss Goldie, that the best solution was to provide both...

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Ben Meyercord's Live Music for August 25th

Hello Dear Readers,I have been back in town for three days and have seen soooo much good music that I haven;t even had time to blog it. Let me make a short list of some of the highlights: A Weather, Point Juncture WA, AAN, Black Heart Moon, Grey Anne, Morning Telportation,The Dandy Warhols, Matt of the Sarcastic Dharma Society, plus I got to play my...

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TURN MY HEADPHONES UP!!! Volume 1

"You can't just put velvet in the shit and think they're nice headphones!"This is the first installment of my new column of mini music reviews, intended to be briefer and breezier, with a slightly smaller chance of critical douchiness than normal."Put some treble in it... put some treble in it... that's my word!!!"Pikara- PIKARAWhen...

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Ben Meyercord's Live Music Picks for August 15th

Hello Dear Readers,I stayed up waaaaaaay to late last night. I played on KBOO on a show that lasted from midnight to 3 am. I was nervous about getting sleepy so I downed a Red Bull Cola at about 11 pm. I think that may have been a mistake as I didn't end up going to sleep until about 7 am. Before I knew it I was 3 in the afternoon. Crazy. Anyways,...

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Ben Meyercord's Live Music Picks for August 14th

Hello Dear Readers,I went to a rock show last night (The Ax, and Red Fang). I had a few realizations. A) I don't see heavier music nearly enough. B) The louder the music is the taller the crowd is. I have been going to a lot of wussy shows lately (because I love wussy music) and I have felt a normal height, actually sometime a bit tall. Last night...

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Radio 23 do you copy?

Have you heard of or listened to online radio station Radio23?Jeff Hylton Simmons contacted me about hooking up Clear so he he can broadcast live on Radio23 from PICA: TBA. That's how I heard of it. Now I am listening to it! I love it!From Radio23.org:Radio23 is a non-commercial, freeform radio station dedicated to providing...

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CIMTB blogger update

I'm "working" on a FUN music project directly related to The Great Northwest and Eriq Nelson is moving to The Great Northwest, Portland to be exact, for shizzy.from http://logicalawesome....

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Ben Meyercord's Live Music Picks for August 13th

Hello Dear Readers,The house show I went to/played last night was amazing. So many good bands, such a good "vibe". I am so glad to be a part of it. You should have been there. Anyways, here is what is happening tonight:Thursday, August 13thHotel Deluxe is having a screening of Trafic as part of their Top Down series. The opening band tonight is...

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Ben Meyercord's Live Music Picks for August 12th

Hello Dear Readers,It is so nice out today. So nice that I want to go see some music. Oh look! Here are some shows:Wednesday, August 12thMusic on Main St. put on by PCPAis having a show with The Old Believers and Autopilot Is for Lovers. Both of these bands used to be duos and both of these bands have swelled to become much bigger and have larger...

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Davis Hooker live preview

I am not often prone to hyperbole, but I can't get enough of this live set from Davis Hooker. Live from Underwood, MN on 5 hours sleep via PDX and Belfast, Ireland. He of Watery Graves, ...worms, Rob Walmart, and A John Henry Memorial.Even though I mostly listen to hip-hop, I will listen to this on repeat until the actual record...

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Ben Meyercord's Live Music Picks for August 10th and 11th

Hello Dear Readers,What are you doing right now? Ewww. What you should be doing is checking out all these bands that are playing shows in the next couple days:Monday, August 10thValentine's is having a show with Sea Caves and Pep Assembly. Sea Caves is a band I keep hearing about but have yet to see. My friends have said good things. I listened to a...

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Ben Meyercord's Live Music Picks for August 9th

Hello Dear Readers,Sundays are always a good night for shows. I don't really know why, but seriously, you can bank on Sundays having some of the best shows of the week. See:Sunday, August 9thDoug Fir is having its picking on Picking on Sundays event this time with .Adam Shearer (of Weinland and Justin Power. I think both of these guys are good songwriters....

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Ben Meyercord's Live Music Picks for August 8th

Hello Dear Readers,There are like a million good shows happening tonight. These are the ones I endorse.Saturday, August 8thBackspace is having a show with BOAT (Seattle), New Century Schoolbook and Ron Hexagon (LA). BOAT and New Century Schoolbook are both gleaming examples of modern indie-pop. I love both. Rex Hexagon is uh...well, remember when...

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Ben Meyercord's Live Music Picks for Friday August 7th

Hello Dear Readers,I love the combination of Summer and not working three days in a row. It often makes me feel like a kid. Like I can do anything. Which for me would be to see a lot of shows. Which I do. I ended up making two shows last night. Though to be fair one of them might not have counted because it was only one band and I played in that...

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Ben Meyercord's Live Music Picks for August 6th

Hello Dear Readers,There is a lot of good music going on tonight. For real. I am planning on trying out the whole show hopping prospect again. I went all right last time I tried it. Anyway, here are the shows I am interested in seeing.Thursday, August 6thSpectre is having a First Thursday show with Y La Bamba. It is in The Goldsmith Building....

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Ben Meyercord's Live Music Picks for August 5th

Hello Dear Readers,Here is the scoop for today's shows. Peace.Wednesday, August 5thMusic on Main Street is put on by Portland Center for Performing Arts every Wednesday. Today they have Stolen Sweets. I beleive that I have seen their name around. They play that kind of western swing jazzy kind of music. It is pretty fun and I would imagine fun...

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Ben Meyercord's Live Music Picks for August 4th

Hello Dear Readers,What's haddenin'? There is some good stuff happening. See:Tuesday, August 4thRock Bottom Brewery is having a show with Meyercord and Grey Anne. This Heart Will Burn Right Out is a cool entity. It serves as a website that promotes good Portland bands by posting interviews and podcasts, and free mixes and such. In addition to that...

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Ben Meyercor's Live Music Picks for August 3rd

Hello Dear Readers,Last night I did what I always plan on doing, but rarely carry out said plan. I went to more than one show. I started the night at Local Cut's Portland Makes Music and was able to catch an awkward interview with Casey Jarman and Leonard Mynx and Audie Darling followed by some good performances by Eza Rose and Chad Palme (hats off to...

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Ben Meyercord's Live Music Picks for August 2nd

Hello Dear Readers,It's Sunday. This means there is usually a ton of music (usually free on Sundays, as I recall). Let's see what we got.Sunday, August 2ndDoug Fir is having a show with Supper XX Man and Shoeshine Blue. This is part of the 'Firs "Pickin' on Sunday" series. It is kinda like that Pickathon thing that happened in Happy Valley this weekend....

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