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We’re excited to announce a brand new feature on the site! Until now, I’ve had to enter each event in our show listings on the site manually, but now you can do it yourself! This feature is especially useful for bands, promoters, and venues who want to make sure that we are aware of your events and get them listed. Please keep in mind that not every event will be picked to get listed on the site, but if you are familiar with HillyTown and the types of events (concerts) that we normally list, you should have a good idea of if what you want to submit is a good fit. Here’s what it will look like when you click on the “Post An Event” link on the right sidebar:
Fill in all of the appropriate information, submit it, and then we will check out the submission and edit it if needed and hopefully publish it to the site in the showlist. If you like, include your contact info in your submission (it won’t be published with the listing) so that we can contact you if more information is needed. If you are submitting info for a venue that is not listed in our system, please just contact us at hello [at] hillytown.com with the show info. Thanks! I’d love to hear some feedback on this new feature! Give it a shot! Special thanks to Rob Korobkin from level8 for putting this together for me! Though he may have left our lovely East coast environs for the sunny shores of California, we still count Adam Kurtz as a player in the Portland, Maine music scene. With that in mind, today we celebrate the release of his new EP, Throw Them In The Ocean.
This followup to Open Road is really more of a logical followup to The Devil Is Defeated, as the first in a series of EPs drawing on material originally written and recorded in 2009. You can stream and purchase the album here or check it out over on the left as the featured album this week. Depending on how much you choose to pay for the download, you can get different bonuses from extra tracks to a song written just for you! Pretty fun. Enjoy. You may have noticed that there’s a new featured album over on the left sidebar of the site. Portland’s premier piano-popster, Will Gattis (who did a pretty admirable job commanding and entertaining the room at SPACE the other day playing to a very young all ages crowd) , celebrates the official release of his new EP (under the simple name of Gattis), this Friday with a show at The Big Easy. Recommended for fans of artists like Ben Folds (which may be a bit too close of a comparison, but it’s gotta be said), Steve Burns, and Fluid Ounces. Previously-featured Portland indie pop band In The Audience has an update: their new album will be delayed a bit longer than expected, so in September they will release a digital single/EP for “American Names” (which you can hear on Myspace) that will feature three cover versions of the same song by other bands. The full length album should be done some time in October. Also this Friday, funk/hip-hop act Grant Street Orchestra is bringing their Parkside style to SPACE Gallery and throwing a big old house party. Get down to some smooth horns with their brand new track, “As Time Goes By.”
Who were your favorite acts at KahBang this year? I’m curious to hear about how the Film & Art aspect of the expanded festival was this year. Let us know in the comments! All photos in the (alphabetical) post by Conall O’Brien. Read on… HillyTown exclusive! New video from Portland psych-drone collective Planets Around The Sun (directed by the band’s own M. Lajoie). The song is “Sunshooter” off their upcoming album Ram Of Heart Check it out: See the band live next weekend on Saturday, 8/27, at the Frontier Cafe in Brunswick, ME in conjunction with a screening of Bill Daniel’s film, SONIC OPRHANS (also screening at SPACE Gallery in Portland the day before – August 26). You know I love Phantom Buffalo, and I hope you do too. Tomorrow night sees the release of their long-awaited new album, Cement Postcard With Owl Colors with a show at Empire (Same Basic Bear and Chris And The Instant Animals open). Get a preview of the new (or at least newly released on record) jams here and check out the show! Ps. I have a photo recap from KahBang last weekend in the pipeline – look for that here on Monday! Now that Time-Lag/Iele Tree has closed up shop, a new business is coming to the Arts District in Portland, right above Strange Maine. On Wednesday, September 1st, Moody Lords will hold their grand opening at 578 Congress St. #2F in Portland, Maine. A new collective will take over the spot, maintaining a similarly eclectic, finely curated selection of goods. Madeline Leach (who has an excellent history of local business experience courtesy of Material Objects, Ferdinand, and Find) heads up the team with vintage clothing, along with Andrew Chang, Jake Millet (both formely of Bull Moose), and Adam Brokos to offer records and used/vintage electronics alongside local vinyl courtesy of Time-Lag and vintage clothing from Hand-Me-Down-Owl. The store’s hours will be Tuesday through Sunday, 11am-6pm. They can be reached at 207-773-9363. Help the new business kick things off with a fundraising party at The Big Easy on August 22nd. |
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