Ben Meyercord's Live Music for Wednesday March 31st

Hello Dear Readers,Last night I ended up being to tired to go to a show. I actually went to bed pretty early after recording a podcast thing that lasted longer than I had anticipated. But man there are a lot of great shows going on tonight. These are the shows I want to check out:Wednesday, March 31thElla Street Social Club is having a show with And...

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Ben Meyercord's Live Music Picks for Tuesday March 30th

Hello Dear Readers,I am back. California is beautiful and sunny and warm. Portland is cold and rainy. But I am glad to be back regardless of the temperature. I played many shows in many cities and noone has as many good shows on any given day like Portland. Or maybe they do and I just didn't research enough. In any case, I am glad to be back. I returned...

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Newish Music Roundup

I am so so sorry for not blogging more. Some of my excuses are cool- like having a couple of novels coming out- but most of them are not. At any rate, I will try to pick up the slack. There is so much music coming our way, it's spilling into our ears and out of our asses, and we will do our best to share it with you. Here...

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Listen to new Broken Social Scene tracks, then get terribly excited.

Broken Social Scene has three of their tracks up for previewing now. I'm so excited about this record, I have to check into a mental hospital until my LP arrives. C'mon May 4th! ...

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HOLY SHIT! The Goldie Edition

I just heard Joanna Newsom for the first time. I am horrified. This is the audio equivalent to the Saw movies:With out getting into the whole "ethics of music" thing, I want to tell you how I feel about this woman's voice.I hate her voice.Joanna Newsom's voice has clearly inspired the bulk of all the singers I strongly dislike. All this time, I thought...

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HOLY SHIT!!!

This is not a music-related post, but I just had to share the mighty revelation. On a road trip down I-5, my daughter was watching "The Lorax" on the portable DVD player on the headrest behind me. Suddenly it struck me...Dr. Claw, of "Inspector Gadget" fame......is one of Seuss' Oncele...

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Swallows: Between the Sea and Sky Release

Hi folks,As fate would have it, I'll be playing a bit part in a really cool show tonight, but let me tell you about the MAIN EVENT.Powerhouse duo Swallows are having a CD Release show at Langano Lounge for their latest disc Between the Sea and Sky.Their new work demonstrate a mastery of controlled intensity, with compositions meditating on a modality...

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RIP Alex Chilton, 1950-2010

Since it hasn't been mentioned here yet, I just want to say..Damn. Alex Chilton. Dead at 59. Big Star was one of my top bands when I was first getting into music and they are still near and dear to my heart. Let's have a moment of mus...

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Ben Meyercord's Live Music Picks for Wednesday, March 17th

Hello Dear Readers,Last I am about to leave you guys for a bit. Okay? Stop. Stop it. Dry your sweet little eyes. I am off to play bass in Y La Bamba and Sean Flinn & The Royal We in the land of California. I will be back in about ten days. Until then you will have to put up with the posts of the other bloggers (the ones that can actually write)....

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Ben Meyercord's Live Music Picks for Tuesday, March 16th

Hello Dear Readers,Last night I played I went and saw A Place To Bury Strangers at The Woods. They claimed at one point to be the loudest band in NYC. They started off not so loud but then slowly krept their volume up. They sounded like a punk band that was eaten by a shoegaze band. Or as my roommate put it, "Jesus Mary Chain". There was a live...

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Ben Meyercord's Live Music Picks for Monday, March 15th

Hello Dear Readers,Last night I stayed in and played bass. It was relaxing but I still ended up staying up later that I probably should have. Oh well. There are two shows that peaked my interest that are happening today. One is not local but I think I will go see A Place To Bury Strangers at The Woods for FREE at 6 PM. Here is the local one:Monday, March...

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BAT COUNTRY!!!! Lonely island edition

Well, you expected to be "On A Boat", but more in the spirit of a dick in a box, I am indeed making a funny on you. Nope, not the darlings of comedy, I am instead speaking of that thrice-damned island from the hit TV series "LOST."What does it have to do with music, you may ask? Well, we all know that actors and musicians tend to have a lot of overlap....

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Ben Meyercord's Live Music Picks for Sunday, March 14th

Hello Dear Readers,Last night I played in Sean Flinn & The Royal We at The Woods. It was kinda ridiculous, other the several months, Sean has built up two bands to play his songs. Last night he combined the bands together and even added a member with John from Nick Jaina and Run On Sentence making the band nine members strong. It was awesome...

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Suburban Home Records

Growing up as I did in the East End of Henrico County, Virginia I have had a complex relationship with country music. For most of my life it represented everything I stood against. Racism, ignorance and the leering macho horseshit of my fellow residents. The twang of the slide guitar was a surefire sign that I was about to...

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Ben Meyercord's Live Music Picks for Saturday, March 13th

Hello Dear Readers,Last night I was going to check out the show at Laughing Horse Books, but then right as I got out of Meyercord practice I got a call to be part a Ramona Falls music video. Looks like Luzelena and I will make cameos in the video. As people standing in an art gallery. I am a rockstar! Anyway here are some shows that look good to...

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Ben Meyercord's Live Music Picks for Friday, March 12th

Hello Dear Readers,Yesterday was really busy and kinda upsetting. I had most of my blog post finished the night before, but I slept late and ended up leaving the house and being away from a wireless network until 11 last night, thus there was no post. Frustrating. I helped a friend move last night (I seem to be doing this a lot lately) which was cool,...

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The Rock and Roll Metro Map

See full size I found this fantastic map of rock music on reddit today and I thought you folks might appreciate it. Where do I buy tickets for this train? I think the best part is how incredibly divisive this is to people. ...

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Ben Meyercord's Live Music Picks for Wednesday, March 10th

Hello Dear Readers,Last night I did not make it out to any shows. A late night AristeiA practice made sure of that. Did anyone see any good shows last night? If not here's a few things you might check out tonight:Wednesday, March 10thKPSU is having The Mean Jeans is play on the radio. The Mean Jeans are a great punk pop band in the vein of The Ramones...

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Ben Meyercord's Live Music Picks for Tuesday, March 9th

Hello Dear Readers,Last Night I did not go to a show. For Shame! If you did please a comment about what show it was that you saw and how great and/or horrible it was. I on the other hand, got out of AristeiA practice at 9 and then helped a friend move until 11. I did not feel like seeing a show after that. But tonight might be different. Here are the...

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Ben Meyercord's Live Music Picks for Monday, March 8th

Hello Dear Readers,Last night I played a house show at Luzelena's House in NE. It was way fun. I missed one of the performance but caught many others including a set by my friends Misty and Seth. They were just drowning in reverb and it sounded beautiful, their instrumentation was an electric guitar and and an organ with some minimal drums. The music...

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Ben Meyercord's Live Music Picks for Sunday, March 7th

Hello Dear Readers,Last night I played at The Knife Shop in AristeiA. It was the first time I have been in it since the new stage and sound system was installed. I was impressed. I thought we played well we were followed by a Clap Your Hands Say Yeah like band called And And And. Then came Thuggage who were actually really good. And way more entertaining...

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Ben Meyercord's Live Music Picks for Saturday, March 6th

Hello Dear Readers,Last night I stayed home despite some good shows. I actually cleaned my room which has been on my to do list for about 3 months. I am actually quite proud of myself. Tonight there are an ass load of good shows (like a big ass load). Check it out.:Saturday, March 6thThe Knife Shop is having a show with The Taste, Thuggage, and ArtisteiA....

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