TURN MY HEADPHONES UP! Friendly Neighborhood Edition

Hi everybody, it's time to clear out the ol' inbox again?  HAhAHAHAHA, just kidding, the inbox will never get clear.  That's just the nature of the beast.  But what isn't beastly is that I do get to listen to a lot of awesome new music, and make fun of a lot of really bad music.  It's all in the spirit of...

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TURN MY HEADPHONES UP... "Run and tell that" edition

Crikeys, I've been so busy interviewing fancy people that I've forgotten all about my portion of submissions that are slipped under the crack in the door in the wee hours of the morning.  So as is my wont, I'm going to start working backwards and letting you know what's up. Unfortunately, since I'm in a really bad mood...

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Ben Meyercord's Live Picks for Monday October 24th

Hello Dear Readers,What's up? I have not been to any shows in a while. I also haven't blogged in awhile. My life is way different than it was than when I started blogging. It also seems like my life has been pretty scattered in the last year or so. But I am going to try to make time to write about the shows that look good to me. Here are the...

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Back and Forth with Lucas Dix

What up Lucas? Got a few questions for you. First off, let's take it back. What was your introduction to hip hop? What inspired you growing up, or continues to inspire you?Aside from rocking my clothes backwards while listening to Kriss Kross in second grade and having some Biggie albums get confiscated by my Mom in 4th or...

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Cloudy October Q&A

*UPDATE 12AM OCTOBER 18 - STREAM THE RECORD FREE HERE*Dear Funky Lord Finesse, I got some questions for you, is that cool?Ha. You caught the Lord Finesse reference, nice.Let's start off by taking it back to the basics. What was your introduction to hip-hop? I think you're slightly younger than me, so I assume you didn't come...

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The Metal Jerk

(PORTLAND, OR) - CLOUDY OCTOBER SET TO RELEASE HIS SOPHOMORE ALBUM, 'THE METAL JERK', OCTOBER 18TH, THROUGH FIELDWERK RECORDINGS, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS Cloudy is a half american male emcee, publisher, producer-songwriter, rhyme inspector and social magician. Cloudy makes research-based hip-hop that caters to the listeners intellect....

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New Cloudy October Interview Coming This Saturday

Just talked to Cloudy and he has a lot on his mind. We will be having a meeting of the minds Friday evening, and our conversation will be transcribed by Saturday Night *Don Pardo voice*. This is gonna get good. Trust me. In the meantime.......

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JESS GULBRANSON INTERVIEWS TONY LEVIN

Hello again everybody, I have a very special treat.  Coming up this Friday at the Aladdin Theater is a concert that you don't want to miss: the Adrian Belew Power Trio with Tony Levin's Stickmen.  Between the two, they've worked with a who's who of awesome rockers: King Crimson, Peter Gabrial, Pink Floyd, Frank Zappa,...

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Ron's Picks: Black Pussy's On Blonde

It is suffice to say that with a name like Black Pussy, you are probably going to be embarking on a journey with an extremely bad ass group.  Of course, this is a band residing the the fair City of Roses, home to the cult legends Starfucker.  And just as the stars would show, the old 80's hip hop question, "What's...

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A CIMB Interview with Timmy Williams of Whitest Kids U' Know

I was recently fortunate enough to come in contact with the (soon to be) comedic legend Timmy Williams.  You know him best as an extremely lovable and talented member of the comedy troupe Whitest Kids U Know.  Whether you've seen them live on the summer festival circuit, had their show relentlessly hold space on...

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FREE SHOW/BEER this Friday September 23rd

“Before you criticize a man, walk a mile in his shoes. That way, when you do criticize him, you’ll be a mile away and have his shoes. “An unknown wise man said that, and since 2007 the good people at Crappy Indie Music: The Blog have been… um… stealing your shoes. Now is the time for them to show off, and three musical projects...

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JESS INTERVIEWS CHRIS MARTIN... FOR REALS Y'ALL

Sometimes it's hard out there to be a blogger.  The other night I had the displeasure to be... let's say, "Schrodinger's Journalist", simultaneously on-and-not-on the guest list at a show, until I collapsed the waveform by getting the hell out of there.  It was all due to an unfortunately Byzantine chain of communication,...

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Ben Meyercord's Live Music Picks for Monday September 5th

Hello Dear Readers,What's up? I have not been to any shows in a while. I should probably change that. Maybe I will. Here are the shows that look good to me today:Valentine's is having a show with Hello Mtn, Like a Villain, and St. Frankie Lee. Hello Mtn is the group led by Catherine Odell and Matthew Morgan. Catherine Odell used to front the group...

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Ben Meyercord's Live Music Picks for Monday August 29th

Hello Dear Readers, You guys know what I write about. I write about Portland shows that happen in Portland, Or. I was at work all day, so this a bit later in the day than usual but Here are the shows that look good to me today: Valentine's is having as how with Evan Way, Zach Tillman (Seattle), and Alina Hardin. Evan Way seems to be doing a good...

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