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September 24, 2005
UrbanHonking Credited On Miranda July's Film Website
A nice mention at the bottom of the Miranda July film 'Me and You and Everyone We Know' website credits Urban Honking with blog support for helping out on Miranda's blog for the film.
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Posted by kmikeym at 3:17 PM
September 13, 2005
Bay Guardian Says YACHT is "gung-ho positivity against the odds"
Grooves: YACHT - San Francisco Bay Guardian
YACHT's Jona Bechtolt makes glitched-out pop dance experiments that neither digress into monotonous beats nor get weighed down by vocal filler.
... electronics, pop, and trad rockisms have found a peaceful coexistence and even produced sturdy hybrid breeds in the Northwest scene from which Bechtolt emerges – one that includes Bobby Birdman, Thanksgiving, and ((VVRSSNN)) – and may even spearhead.
Posted by kmikeym at 1:06 PM
September 7, 2005
Bro Zone Gets Some Local Love
Label combines indie ingenuity with a smorgasbord of influences to stunning effect - Willamette Week
Following last year's Own Zone, local label States Rights Records' latest compilation, Bro Zone, features new and exclusive contributions from a predominantly Portland-based crew of 26 artists, all of whom have been asked to explore the unifying themes of friendship and pop culture. The results are eclectic and consistently rewarding.
Taken as a whole, Bro Zone presents an exciting glimpse into a new kind of Northwest music, one that is mindful of the indie legacy of the region while looking to influences beyond the rock canon and fervently embracing the new possibilities afforded by cheap digital technology.
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September 2, 2005
The One Man Bands
Know Your Local One-Man Bands - Portland Mercury
"Solo musicians: Self-motivated virtuosos, or mole-ish assholes that can't get along with other people? And what's with slamdancing to MP3s anyway? The Mercury sat down with five of Portland's most prominent one-man bands—laptopians E*Rock (AKA Eric Mast) and YACHT (AKA Jona Bechtolt), spazz performance artist Panther (AKA The Planet The's Charlie Salas-Humara), ambient experimentalist White Rainbow (AKA Adam Forkner), and classical metalist Silentist (AKA Mark Evan Burden) to get some answers." (read more)
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Bro Zone does it right.
BRO ZONE CD RELEASE PARTY FEATURING HOOLIGANSHIP, E*ROCK AND YACHT, FRANZ PRICHARD AND WHITE RAINBOW, DJ HOT AIR BALLOON, DJ SAFEASHOUSES - Portland Mercury
"(Foxes, 435 SE 3rd Ave) Bro Zone, States Rights Records' sequel to last year's compilation Own Zone, focuses on "the times shared with those we consider close...The times where you are sitting in a car, windows rolled down, not talking because the music is too loud but also so happy that you are with that person or persons." And the windows are steamed up, but it could just be the effects of normal body heat in close quarters, or maybe somebody ripped a serious fart or was just playing ultimate frisbee—not everything has to be a damn sex act. Features tracks by States Rights regulars Thanksgiving, Bobby Birdman, all the acts playing at tonight's release party—including the stellar Hooliganship, a collaborative set by E*Rock and YACHT, and the reunion (sort of) of Yuma Bitsu—and about two-dozen more. Once again, States Rights does it right. JWS"
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