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My favorite Portland band: MACHINE

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My favorite Portland band: MACHINE

I’ve known Eric for years now, ever since the days of wrenching on our air-cooled Volkswagens together in Anacortes, Washington… Ahhh, bloody knuckles and whiskey gingers. Anyway…

They were luck enough to hop a ride down to SXSW this year, but before they left I was able to catch them during an in-studio performance at KBOO, and as always, I brought my camera.

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Machine is Portland duo Madeline Mahrie & Eric Stopke. Their blend of heavy rhythms and fuzzed out piano create a sound that grabs your attention until the last notes ring out from her Marshall stack. This Machine kills eardrums… Wear earplugs.

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If you’re a fan of doom-folk songstress Chelsea Wolfe, or garage punk rock legend-in-the-making Teri Gender Bender, you WILL LOVE THIS BAND.

http://www.facebook.com/Iammachine

(If you look closely you’ll see Hopeless Jack & the Handsome Devil hangin’ out…  They’re another AMAZING Portland band!)

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Going on tour? Bring your camera.

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Josh Roberts and the Hinges

The thing that makes me nervous about bringing my camera on tour is the obvious: “What if?” What if someone breaks into our van and steals it? What if I get too drunk, set it down somewhere, forget about it, and lose it? The truth of it is: These are all SERIOUS reasons and will likely happen, so be mindful of your sh!t!

On tour I carry a Nikon D50 with a kit lens and a 50mm 1.8 lens. It’s not a full frame and the higher ISO settings SUCK. I work around this problem by using a mono pod. Best investment EVER. It’s super handy for minimizing camera shake, and I use it a lot to get different perspective. Example: Get your exposure setting where you want it, set the swivel (if your mono pod is equipped) to the approximate angle to get the coverage you need, set the timer, hit the shutter, stick that puppy up in the air and hold it steady till it clicks. Then take a look…  Might take some trial and error, but you will get some really cool perspective shots that you wouldn’t get otherwise.

i play pedal steel in a rock band… it’s awesome.

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Hi. My name is Michael Winter and I play pedal steel in a rock band. Here’s a little info:

TRUCKSTOP DARLIN’

“Truckstop Darlin’ comes out of the amazing music scene of the Great Northwest, more specifically, Portland, Oregon. Despite being loud and thundering, Truckstop Darlin’ wear their hearts on their sleeves; if Wilco grew up listening to Lucero’s harder moments, it might sound something like this. Their live shows are a sweaty, fist-pumping riot soaked in cheap beer and whiskey and while most bands who fall under the alt-country umbrella focus more on the country part, Truckstop Darlin’ keeps their amps turned up. These boys play honest, driving rock n’ roll.”

Or something like that.

Here’s a video of us playing live at Dante’s in Portland, Oregon. Thanks to Ben Blankenship for creating the video…  You rule.