You Should Know I must visit Portland, Oregon soon. It has a great music scene, breathtaking natural beauty, and an exciting young NBA team (I'm a basketball fan). I may have unfairly built the city into a beacon of awesomeness in my head but it's hard to argue with the quality of music originating there. Then again, wherever there is a great music scene, there are also throngs of know-it...
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I love these lyrics...The thrill here is quicker than you'd thinkThe way some jet-lagged bar kept pouring the wineFrom over their heads then sit back down againFour times is once too much for loveThat's how many times the clock struckI wandered home, saying your nameThe arches here were built 'cause they don't fallThe cat dead drawls to make you feel smallYou might find your small soulLeave the...
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I posted Oviedo by Blind Pilot the other day and loved it so much that I wanted to know a bit more about these guys..A Portland-based duo singer/guitarist Israel Nebeker and drummer Ryan Dobrowski, Blind Pilot seem to strike a balance between mellow folk and West Coast indie pop.The two friends first banded together in college before combining their musical talents and touring the northwestern ...
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I couldn't believe upon looking up Blind Pilot on MOG that there haven't been any posts on this duo. So here I am to share another great music find that has been dropped in my lap. Israel Nebeker and Ryan Dobrowski produce a beautiful sound together. I knew their sound was the sound, my sound, as soon as I heard the first few notes. And then Israel's voice poured out of the...
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Blind Pilot is indeed from Portland, Oregon, someplace I feel like I absolutely need to visit knowing how many great artist come from Portland. Seems almost whimsical when I think of the place - trees, coffee shops, small venues, lots of bands.....a cozy little city :). Now these are obviously just my own thoughts of what Portland would be like, so if you're from Portland, I'd love for you to s
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photo: Expunged RecordsIndie Americana duo Blind Pilot is on tour. They share the bill with The Low Anthem on the first leg: 10/25 Plush - Tucson, AZ * 10/27 Bronze Peacock at House of Blues - Houston, TX * 10/28 Granada Theater - Dallas, TX * 10/29 The Parish - Austin, TX * 10/30 Spanish Moon - Baton Rouge, LA * 11/02 Club Downunder - Tallahassee, FL * 11/03 The Social - Orlando, FL * 11/04 Th...
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Rising Portland-based band Blind Pilot will expand their fall tour with 18 new dates beginning November 13 in Burlington, VT. Acclaimed singer-songwriter Laura Veirs will open for Blind Pilot on the new dates, which include performances at New York City’s Bowery Ballroom, Philadelphia’s World Café Live and Chicago’s Lincoln Hall. ...
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photo: Expunged Records Sparse and luxurious at the same time. That's 3 Rounds and a Sound , an album by Portland duo Blind Pilot . With acoustic guitar and drums augmenteed with some keyboards, violin, horns and accordeon this is the kind of music that tastes like good cup of coffee. You can put tons of tags on these guys, but they sound first and for all like a great indie folk band.They took...
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One of the albums I've been listening to incessantly this year is 3 Rounds and a Sound, from Portland's Blind Pilot. Mr. Chair put a song on a mix, I sought it out and just like that, a new favorite record emerged on the scene.The band was in town earlier this year, but I had the flu. So it's great news they're returning - Oct. 25 at Plush, with The Low Anthem.Blind Pilot plays mellow, melodic
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Sis boom baâ€"I just returned from my noon-time gymming session! My body is a machine, dewed with sweat and I am losing minutes like buttons. If I get my permit (fingers crossed), I will be spending a few days this autumn hiking from the Grand Canyon's north rim to the south rim. I think it will be THE BEST THING I'VE EVER DONEâ€"the pleasures of life are infinite! Duly noted, it will be a challen
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Music critics are falling all over themselves on these guys, as they are true modern troubadours. Blind Pilot follows a folk pop that draws from both Elliot Smith and Death Cab for Cutie. These Portland natives, Israel Nebeker and Ryan Dobrowski will charm you with the big hit "Go On Say It" (it was a featured Itunes free single last year). Fans of alt. folk pop will enjoy the simple acoustic ...
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2009 has shaped up to be quite a year for HT faves Blind Pilot. The Portland-based act have logged a lot of miles on the road over the course of the last six-plus months with headlining tours, festival appearances and holding down the opening slot for a number of big name bands which include the likes of The Decemberists, Gomez and the Counting Crows. Showing no signs of slowing down, Blind Pil...
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Blind Pilot performing tomorrow night here in their hometown, Oh ye! poor boy, why don't you try getting water?poor boy, why don't you try getting sleep?I think if one of us is going to sufferwhy shouldn't it be me?poor boy, your wife is in hard laborthe rhythm you knowis pulsing and drifting to the gravewhen you come toyou'll be asking yourself just one questionwas I always this way?was I alwa...
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Earlier this week the HT Staff picked their favorite albums of '08, when we gathered Around The Barbecue . To continue on our year-end house cleaning, we've got another list. Back in early July I dropped my Top 6 Of The First 6 list, and since we're not ones for traditional Top Ten around these parts I figured I'd revisit that format to round out the year's releases.The second half of the year saw
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Blind Pilot, Portland’s latest indie breakout act, is coming to San Francisco’s Café Du Nord tonight with opener Loch Lochman. After an extremely underground West Coast tour from Vancouver to San Francisco two years ago, so underground that frontmen Ryan Dobrowski and Israel Nebeker accomplished it by bike, the two returned to Portland and recorded their debut album 3 Rounds and a Sound, whic
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