This Week in the Mercury
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
KNW YR PDX / Tonight! Know Your Yachts.
Posted by Ned Lannamann on Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 12:15 PM
The Portland music scene is so overstuffed with bands that it can be hard to keep track of them all. (Even when it's your job.) So, to keep things from being too confusing, we're taking a look at two similarly named Portland bands—YACHT and Incredible Yacht Control—and giving you the rundown on their differences. Confusion, be gone!
YACHT: Jona Bechtolt and Claire L. Evans (pictured above)
Incredible Yacht Control: Bret Vogel of Crosstide (pictured below) is the mastermind behind Incredible Yacht Control, with help from Matt Henderson and Rian Lewis, also from Crosstide. Kody and Ruban Nielson of the Mint Chicks (who are tonight's opening band) are also involved.
Notable performances
YACHT: Once performed on an actual yacht.
Incredible Yacht Control: Played their first gig in November of last year. Tonight's gig at Rotture is still among the first Incredible Yacht Control shows.
Where to get their music
YACHT: Lots of free YACHT mp3s are for the taking at their website, on the Souvenirs page. Their latest full-length, See Mystery Lights, is available wherever fine music sold.
Incredible Yacht Control: An unmastered version of their record is available for free on their website, after you click on the "Music" tab.
Upcoming shows
YACHT: A Portland release show for See Mystery Lights will happen sometime in September, but a date and venue have not been pinned down. At their PDX Pop Now! City Hall show last month, they joked about possibly doing it on a plane. So... maybe it will be on a plane? We don't know.
Incredible Yacht Control: Hey, funny you asked! Incredible Yacht Control are playing tonight at Rotture! The show starts at 9 pm and costs $6. The Mint Chicks, Deer and the Doe, and Housefire are also on the bill.
N.B. Yachts were a Stiff Records band from Liverpool in the late '70s. They have nothing to do with any of this.
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