Thursday, June 3, 2010

ARANYA Goodfoot


Well I am back on point with some gorgeous new performances to share. Speaking of gorgeous, have you ever seen Aranya? As I watched this band, I remember a euphoric excitement coming over me, an ecstatic joy. It was probably a combination of the music, the burning of incense or tree resin, and the candle(s), but more than likely, the presence of the singer and viola player, Uta, who, though exceptionally beautiful, as well as talented, is wielding something far more astounding than either. A personal surefootedness, and and self awareness uncommon amongst musicians. It is like she is pouring a cup of bright light into the room that scrubs each and every soul until it is clean. Beneath it's dark exterior, Aranya is full of love and light, and brings me back to many a moonlit night, dancing naked under the stars as trios of healers sing with birdlike voices in praise of the elements.


back to zipped files. in order to hear the entire performance, you must unzip two files.

Monday, April 19, 2010

COMPETING Dunes

4/17/10 Jeremy Clemens - guitar, Jake Pebbles - drums. Competing from Sacramento. A beautiful kicking for your rock-n-roll butt. I love listening to this band. To make this fit on here, i had to chop out all the clapping between songs, which may give the impression of one long song. Tight band that sometimes loosens up, but in a very tight way, making it that much tighter.
http://www.sendspace.com/file/j1k42g

myspace.com/competing

Friday, April 16, 2010

BOYD ANDERSSON Goodfoot


Boyd plays bass guitar (I Am The Arm, Afternoon Brother, Antennas Erupt, Dinosaur Heart, and Subarachnoid Space) Here he is playing solo with some recordings of birds etc.


Tuesday, April 13, 2010

MIDNIGHT SNACKS Cherry Sprout

4/3/10 Ambient music by Larry Yes and Kevin Michael Mayfield. Sitar, guitar, theramin, bells and chimes, delay pedals and more. I like it. It was a good night at Cherry Sprout across the board. Huge crowd. Enjoy.


EVOLUTIONARY JASS BAND Cherry Sprout

4/3/10 I am not sure if i have all the personnel correct on this. Here's what I have. Jeff Brown, Michael Hendrickson, Marisa Anderson, Daphna Kohn, Christine Denkenwalter, Jessie Johnson, Alicia Rogers, and Scott DeMay. It was their last show, as Jeff is moving to Los Angeles. My tape was a little faulty, and you can hear it at the end of side one and the beginning of side two. Other than that, I love this recording.

side one

side two

JUAN PROPHET ORGANIZATION Goodfoot


4/7/10 Jeff Holt guitar, accordion, bass and vocals, Grayson White - violin and vocals, Kris White - guitar, bass and vocals, still trying to figure out who the drummer was. this band is one of the hardest bands to classify. they are a little bit of everything. the stuff gets stuck in my head in a good way. there was also a guest rapper who had a gigantic boombox. i am really impressed by this band. they are weird, but good enough musicians that you can't really question it. there's even a split second of disco, which i love.




part 1


part 2

Monday, April 12, 2010

CEX FUCX Cherry Sprout

4-3-10
Mark Kaylor, Dana Vlatka, Shane Schneider, Jean Paul Jenkins, Heather Vergotis, David Rafn, and Zac Nelson. Guest vocal performance and dance by a drunken audience member. Where elso can you see an incredible show and catch up on your grocery shopping at the same time? Cherry Sprout Produce on Albina between Killingsworth and Alberta. I had put my mics on overturned grocery baskets, one of which was used by the afore mentioned guest vocalist as an anchor for his hands as he knelt in front of the band, sticking his butt out boldly and wagging it to the beat of the drums. If drum circles were like this, I would probably go to them.

http://www.sendspace.com/file/9c15pn

Thursday, April 1, 2010

ELLIE FORTUNE Shaver House


Jesse played an incredible set that night, along with Carson McWhirter, and Mason Lindahl. These songs are bomb. He has a fully produced album available of the same songs. I suggest you get one. It's hearty as boiled greens


Tuesday, March 30, 2010

THE MAN DIES Goodfoot


3/10/10. Daniel Morris - bass, vocals, Justin Stimson (bffl) - drums, vocals, Dan O'Hara - guitar, Ezra Reece - violin, keyboard, and vocals, Becki Wolff - sat onstage and drew a beautiful picture which i later framed and is on my wall. maybe soon i will add a photo of it to this post. anyhoo, this is a dope recording with crazy vocals all over it. even the violin became a vocal mic at some point in this very short and concise performance
enjoy!

Thursday, March 25, 2010

HYLAND ISLAND the compound



this band is probably named Tatanka, but possibly something else. Joey Hyland - guitar, Andrew Joseph Weaver - bass, David Ross Zeidman - drums, Pete Bryant - saxaphone, and Ezra Reece - keyboard and percussion. Carson Mcwhirter played first with a solo guitar set (3 people in this band were also in Everybody). Some of you may know that this music has been in the works for about a year and has been kept pretty much under wraps. here is the moment we've all been anticipating; the unveiling of the masterpiece, i don't mind saying.

3/19/10


here is a wave file, not zipped. i'm hoping this will eliminate some of the loss associated with this method of filesharing.

Thursday, February 11, 2010

WHAT'S UP / CRUISER Alberta Street






It was the last Thursday of June, and the pavement of Alberta street was blanketed by the feet of countless people, all together for this once a month gathering that takes place each last Thursday during the warm season on Alberta. The street was lined with street musicians and artists selling their works. Suddenly, in the middle of the street an electric band had set up. Two electric bands. What's up? and Cruiser. Soon a very diverse crowd had assembled around the bands as they played a very brief set, expecting at any time to be asked to stop by local police. Robby, Teddy, and Brian (What's Up?) started the set, and alternated with Dave and Andy (Cruiser), mostly two songs for two songs. This was devised as sort of a safety net in case the show were to get cut short since there was a new rule of no amplified music outdoors, and ensured both bands would get to play. I had the mics too hot at first, so the recording begins blown out, but cleans up shortly after. This is one of my favorite recordings.




Wednesday, February 10, 2010

HERE COMES A BIG BLACK CLOUD Camel House


If you want tons of people at your show, share a bill with this band. They roll deep. You might even call them "Here Comes a Big-Ass Crowd". Travis, Nick, Soo, Dain, and Sauce on this recording, I believe. It was the heat of late summer and everyone was sweating in this tiny, unventilated chasm of a basement. .Being situated a mere block or so from Javier's Tacqueria was the reward, and everyone cashed in. After the show, Javier's was as packed as the show was. They should have given the band free tacos.




band site

Monday, February 8, 2010

TINY KNIVES The Salad House


This band. All female. It's like a trip to outer space propelled by a rocket that has been shoved up your ass. Jai from our last post (POP ) is the Singer/guitarist. She is also turning out to be the new great matriarch of rock in Portland. On bass, probably the cutest girl ever, Ursula. Seriously, i can only talk to her for about 30 seconds before i have to run away for fear of fainting and thus embarassing myself. The drummer, I have only met a couple times, she is tougher than goat shit, but as nice as a meadow in may. Her name is Jamey (Vonneguts). This band fills the void left in me ever since Team Dresch stopped performing. That is a very high compliment. Recorded at 'gator sausage' Kevin's birthday party. What a wild party it was.


P.O.P. (Popitilopitilus)



Chelsea, Dane, Joel, Jai, & Shirt. This was in August of '09, Chelsea's farewell performance before she left town. I can describe this band for you in one word. Authentic. if i were to use two words, they would be "ass kickin'". the first time i saw this band, everyone was in costume, there was a bullhorn, a big flag, all kinds of weirdness. At this show and others around this time period, there was no bullhorn, Chelsea had a mic, and costuming was minimal, but every detail was loud and clear. it was a pure stomping of my ass, and ears. so hear you go, download this next time you need your ass whooped by real, authentic punk rock.




Friday, December 25, 2009

MARQ KAYLOR Salad House


Enough about me, lets talk about Mr. Marq Kaylor (CexFucx, Thee Oregon Artificial Limb Co., Cells, Au, Rubella, Bunny, solo, Kinetic Harpoon, Htoo Trio, Ghost to Falco, Portland Bike Ensemble, etc etc) booked here as Hammer of Hathor, but Heather Vergotis was not able to play that night, so it ended up a solo performance. a mono recording. The pitch was not in the proper position, so the actual tape plays slow at normal speed, but I did my best to pitch it to what i remember based on the ride cymbal. I love his style. Not a lot of flash or pummeling rock tricks, just good sounds and lots of control. no flailing going on here. very disciplined and deliberate, building piece by piece, starting with one drum, and eventually revealing the full kit after much teasing. I haven't found this with most musicians, but he could hit one drum once, and if i were blindfolded, I would know from that one sound that it was him. That is exactly how distinct his style is.

a wav file
http://www.sendspace.com/file/qbevqz

Marq's band
http://www.myspace.com/hammerofhathor

Thursday, December 24, 2009

BOOZER Punx Palace


10-30-09. Pretty much THE sketchiest show ever! The recording definitely matches. the power to the tape recorder was cut several times during the show, so all we have now are bits and peices, but it is worth it for the experience. I figure I have embarrassed other artists in some of these posts by uploading entire performances, mess-ups and all. Just to be fair, I suppose i shall have to embarrass myself too. that drunk guy singing on the last song is me. David Zeidman (cruiser) along with Mike Krochta (girls on da side) and Ryan (Dollar Menu) on this recording.
wav file of the show



link to band site

Wednesday, December 23, 2009

CARSON McWHIRTER Dunes


Carson at Dunes. 12 -16-09. Tape ran out on the last song. Oh well, I guess the end of this show was only to be experienced by those present. This guy and Joey Hyland have been truly an inspiration. So much intention goes into the stuff they do. What Carson does on the surface seems very drony, but if you are paying attention, you will find that this is totally composed, with phrases returning and with perplexing loops and contrapuntal rhythms. ok i'm done.

MONTAUK The Know


For a long time this was my favoritest band. Skyler Stimson, Sharon Ermlich, J.B. Holland, and Mike Donnely. This was I Think '07, but i'm not sure. This is a sketch recording, but if you have seen this band, you know that this is a great show, with all the heart grabbing melodies you would expect from a Montauk show, and of course, inaudible vocals. You can hear people saying "I can't hear the vocals," and Skyler saying "good, you didn't want to, trust me."
here are the wav files.

Wednesday, December 16, 2009

GIRLS ON DA SIDE Sumner Love


Ah, the fun continues. GirlsOnDaSide. I love these guys. Let's just call this progressive reggae for lack of a better term. You might think you are on the sandy beach of a tropical island with gorgeous girls in bikinis dancing to the beat of a calypso band, when suddenly a feirce wind picks up and dark clouds form overhead as ice cold pellets of freezing rain begin to fall, stinging the skin. Then, without warning, you are thrown into the back seat of a Nash Rambler and driven over the rolling hills of a countryside to a house, where you are tied to a chair and forced to watch a series of short films, mostly clay-mation, an episode of woody woodpecker, and a weezer video. After all that, just as the needle is dropped onto the 4th Led Zeppelin LP, you wriggle your arms free and bolt out the door, running as if pursued by a hungry cat. You run until your legs can no longer move, and then collapse face down on the sandy beach of a tropical island while two bikini girls look down at you and start to giggle.

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

CRUISER Green House


6-22-09. David Zeidman and Andy Weaver (Everybody etc.) load in to a dank basement, and squeeze their equipment into a corner. the headlining act wanted to cut to the quick, so they played before Cruiser and Why I Must Be Careful, and not only played an epic 45 minute set, but continued to engage in an ongoing free jam. you can hear them in the recording as Dave and Andy launch into their set. it is not long until they achieve absolute command of the party. Dave dropped a stick in one song, or maybe two, but they way he plays it off makes it all the more amazing. let's see.


note. trying out sendspace. scroll down to the bottom of the page for the download link, and ignore the plea for premium membership.