Ben Grigg
@bengrigg.bsky.social
Acoustical Engineer at Shure / Babe Report / VP of Secondary Affairs at Exploding in Sound Records / Microphone Nerd / Cat Fancier / Chicago
Hey Chicago! I’m playing bass with my friend Hanna in Cheezing this Thursday at Reed’s Local. It’s our first show and we’re playing with Milwaukee greats Brief Candles!
May 13, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Hey Chicago! I’m playing bass with my friend Hanna in Cheezing this Thursday at Reed’s Local. It’s our first show and we’re playing with Milwaukee greats Brief Candles!
🎵 Running is nice, running won’t stop you, from doing all the things in life you want to 🎵
April 27, 2025 at 6:26 PM
🎵 Running is nice, running won’t stop you, from doing all the things in life you want to 🎵
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always happy to have more Whelpwisher (@bengrigg.bsky.social) in the world, wrote about them for the first time since 2019 for @post-trash.bsky.social
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Whelpwisher - “Same Mistakes” | Album Review — POST-TRASH
Whelpwisher’s Same Mistakes sees no need to bury technical skill beneath complexity. Ben Grigg is a songwriter who can seemingly churn out effervescent rock songs in his sleep. Whelpwisher is like t...
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April 15, 2025 at 6:23 PM
always happy to have more Whelpwisher (@bengrigg.bsky.social) in the world, wrote about them for the first time since 2019 for @post-trash.bsky.social
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Hey hey! We’re on this week’s @pitchfork.com selects playlist!!! 🤙🤪
March 17, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Hey hey! We’re on this week’s @pitchfork.com selects playlist!!! 🤙🤪
Last time I got to play with Ovlov and Krill was 2014 at a stacked @eisrecords.bsky.social showcase in Brooklyn. So excited to play with them again on Saturday in Chicago!
March 13, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Last time I got to play with Ovlov and Krill was 2014 at a stacked @eisrecords.bsky.social showcase in Brooklyn. So excited to play with them again on Saturday in Chicago!
New @babereport.bsky.social single out today on @eisrecords.bsky.social! Check it out and come see us on tour in a couple weeks! li.sten.to/babereportdi...
March 11, 2025 at 1:19 PM
New @babereport.bsky.social single out today on @eisrecords.bsky.social! Check it out and come see us on tour in a couple weeks! li.sten.to/babereportdi...
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everything is 25% off today using code EIS25 on Bandcamp!! explodinginsoundrecords.bandcamp.com
March 7, 2025 at 8:22 PM
everything is 25% off today using code EIS25 on Bandcamp!! explodinginsoundrecords.bandcamp.com
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Ovlov are releasing “Buds Demos” on March 14th. Tapes are nearly sold out. Listen to “The Weekend (Demo)” now. ovlov.bandcamp.com/album/buds-d...
Buds Demos, by Ovlov
7 track album
ovlov.bandcamp.com
March 6, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Ovlov are releasing “Buds Demos” on March 14th. Tapes are nearly sold out. Listen to “The Weekend (Demo)” now. ovlov.bandcamp.com/album/buds-d...
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New post! Wrote about songs I enjoyed in February, featuring @grahamcrackerbox.bsky.social @milkocromlom.bsky.social @bengrigg.bsky.social @cruisinrecords.bsky.social @jtsimons.bsky.social @cheekface.bsky.social @nyxfears.bsky.social @filip.start-track.com @outro-band.bsky.social, Patches & more:
New Playlist: February 2025
It’s the February 2025 playlist! The year is in full swing, and this playlist reflects it, as it’s almost entirely culled from the new year. You’ll recognize a lot of these songs …
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March 4, 2025 at 3:23 PM
New post! Wrote about songs I enjoyed in February, featuring @grahamcrackerbox.bsky.social @milkocromlom.bsky.social @bengrigg.bsky.social @cruisinrecords.bsky.social @jtsimons.bsky.social @cheekface.bsky.social @nyxfears.bsky.social @filip.start-track.com @outro-band.bsky.social, Patches & more:
Patent number 3! This one is for the pop filter on the Shure NXN8/S and NXN8/C. It was a real technical challenge to make a pop filter so thin, cost effective, and user-removable, while also making sure it was still a highly effective pop filter. I’m proud of this one!
March 1, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Patent number 3! This one is for the pop filter on the Shure NXN8/S and NXN8/C. It was a real technical challenge to make a pop filter so thin, cost effective, and user-removable, while also making sure it was still a highly effective pop filter. I’m proud of this one!
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There's a way for drake to come back from this and that is to make a ska record
February 11, 2025 at 6:04 AM
There's a way for drake to come back from this and that is to make a ska record
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MAGA rn:
Diversity: “Boooo bad, only strict qualifications (as defined by me) matter!!!”
Loyalty: “Yes, perfect, this was in fact the only qualification I cared about.”
Diversity: “Boooo bad, only strict qualifications (as defined by me) matter!!!”
Loyalty: “Yes, perfect, this was in fact the only qualification I cared about.”
February 11, 2025 at 4:17 PM
MAGA rn:
Diversity: “Boooo bad, only strict qualifications (as defined by me) matter!!!”
Loyalty: “Yes, perfect, this was in fact the only qualification I cared about.”
Diversity: “Boooo bad, only strict qualifications (as defined by me) matter!!!”
Loyalty: “Yes, perfect, this was in fact the only qualification I cared about.”
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Reposting as Sagan is so prescient from 30 years ago.
February 10, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Reposting as Sagan is so prescient from 30 years ago.
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Heyo! We’re hitting the road for a couple weeks in March/April. Playing with so many friends and sick bands! Too many to list here. More updates coming soon!
February 5, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Heyo! We’re hitting the road for a couple weeks in March/April. Playing with so many friends and sick bands! Too many to list here. More updates coming soon!
HELLO! @eisrecords.bsky.social is raffling off four test pressings of Ovlov’s classic debut album AM! All proceeds will go to Mutual Aid Los Angeles Network. Please consider buying a ticket and help spread the word!
February 4, 2025 at 5:28 PM
HELLO! @eisrecords.bsky.social is raffling off four test pressings of Ovlov’s classic debut album AM! All proceeds will go to Mutual Aid Los Angeles Network. Please consider buying a ticket and help spread the word!
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here's a playlist of some great punk songs from the start of this bullshit year
this post includes an essay about moving through the latest era of upheaval by embracing community + lessons learned from a new year's day tarot reading and the cher memoir see-saw.fun/playlist-the...
this post includes an essay about moving through the latest era of upheaval by embracing community + lessons learned from a new year's day tarot reading and the cher memoir see-saw.fun/playlist-the...
playlist: the best punk songs of january 2025
Seven dozen good songs that kicked off this hellish year, plus a blog about upheaval, community, and the Cher memoir.
see-saw.fun
February 3, 2025 at 5:11 PM
here's a playlist of some great punk songs from the start of this bullshit year
this post includes an essay about moving through the latest era of upheaval by embracing community + lessons learned from a new year's day tarot reading and the cher memoir see-saw.fun/playlist-the...
this post includes an essay about moving through the latest era of upheaval by embracing community + lessons learned from a new year's day tarot reading and the cher memoir see-saw.fun/playlist-the...
Ovlov AM test pressings being raffled off by @eisrecords.bsky.social to benefit LA fire victims! Help spread the word!
February 3, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Ovlov AM test pressings being raffled off by @eisrecords.bsky.social to benefit LA fire victims! Help spread the word!
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some absolute gems from all over the world in this week’s punk column, including a trio of hits from the iconic Italian label Goodbye Boozy + some great stuff from Australia and Tokyo + some effortless Chicago power pop + ELVIS 2 see-saw.fun/punk-this-we...
punk this week: jacket burner, intermission, plastic act + 13 more
Some absolute heaters have arrived for the final day of January. Scroll all the way to the end.
see-saw.fun
February 1, 2025 at 3:33 AM
some absolute gems from all over the world in this week’s punk column, including a trio of hits from the iconic Italian label Goodbye Boozy + some great stuff from Australia and Tokyo + some effortless Chicago power pop + ELVIS 2 see-saw.fun/punk-this-we...
New Whelpwisher out!
Same Mistakes, by Whelpwisher
12 track album
whelpwisher.bandcamp.com
January 31, 2025 at 3:30 PM
New Whelpwisher out!
Cannot contain my excitement over playing with Ovlov, Krill, and Bursting! 😍😍😍
January 29, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Cannot contain my excitement over playing with Ovlov, Krill, and Bursting! 😍😍😍
I’m so thrilled this is finally announced!!! Shure teamed up with Korneff and Black Lion to make new plug-in and hardware versions of the Level-Loc! I got to meet Tchad Blake and do some very basic maintenance on his Level-Locs, which were accurately and lovingly modeled in physical/plug-in form.
January 27, 2025 at 5:28 PM
I’m so thrilled this is finally announced!!! Shure teamed up with Korneff and Black Lion to make new plug-in and hardware versions of the Level-Loc! I got to meet Tchad Blake and do some very basic maintenance on his Level-Locs, which were accurately and lovingly modeled in physical/plug-in form.
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if i was instructed to censor the gestapo forces i’d start to wonder if i was one of the bad guys
Fox News blurring ICE personnel during raids
January 23, 2025 at 5:29 PM
if i was instructed to censor the gestapo forces i’d start to wonder if i was one of the bad guys
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It actually is very important that you do things that you take pleasure in, regularly. That is part of how you survive the things that feel like they are going to destroy you.
January 23, 2025 at 3:50 AM
It actually is very important that you do things that you take pleasure in, regularly. That is part of how you survive the things that feel like they are going to destroy you.