Video: WEINLAND I'm Sure it Helps (Official HD version)

HEEB REMIXED: WEINLAND, ST. EVEN, GIDEON FREUDMANN ( Holocene , 1001 SE Morrison) The Oregon Jewish Museum has enlisted Weinland's Adam Shearer and Aaron Pomerantz to put together Heeb Remixed, a night of local Jewish songwriters and musicians. Weinland will play, naturally, along with Gideon Freudmann of Portland Cello Project and St. Even (AKA Steve Hefter)—plus knishes and Manischewitz cocktails. L'chaim! NED LANNAMANN Youthbitch Youthbitch Youthbitch Youthbitch Youthbitch by Youthbitch YOUTHBITCH, DISKORDS, BOOM ( Star Bar , 639 SE Morrison) [...]

I believe Seattle has spawned a new subculture I'm coining as hicksters. These guys probably grew up in Seattle. Suburban white kids with wealthy parents just like hipsters. But, they're dressed like they came from a farm where dating your cousin is the norm. Your beard(like the amish) is never long enough. and the uniform consists of boots, carharts, and either flannel or a cowboy flair button-up. Little did I know, this definition is already on urban dictionary. Don't you hate when your ideas were already someone else's IDEA? Headlining Wednesday was: The Maldives.(pronounced mall-deevs) [...]

• Maldives - Time Is Right Now

So... yet another year has almost passed... I'd like to take this opportunity to thank all the people that has made guestposts here on the blog. Many thanks to you, and to all the readers for continuing to follow the blog. It means a lot to me, even if you don't add any comments anymore. The list of 2009: In spite of what all the kids say, it's not been a super-quality year. It's been a "CK One"-year, e.g everything sounds more or less the same. [...]

"She won't be waiting/ You're lost but she's found"? "Helpful is hurtful when life's inside out"? "Know what you're building will fall to the ground"? With cryptically depressing lyrics like these, Portland, Oregon indie-folk band Weinland 's "I'm Sure It Helps" may not seem to be the most uplifting song choice, but damn if the melancholic beauty brought forth in the song's gorgeous, woodsy twang and the hushed, plaintive delivery spewing from behind the thick beard of lead singer/ guitarist's Adam Shearer aren't the most soothing marriage of sounds to chill back to when hiding [...]