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Tonight, PCMH hosts the Portland Music Foundation‘s monthly mixer from 6 to 8 pm. The event is free and open to the 21+ public. Also, Pitchfork just announced the Fall tour dates for Andrew Bird (and St. Vincent). Check out the October 24th stop on that one: South Portland, ME – S. Portland High School . . . → Read More: Mix It Up As if you didn’t know, the only thing anybody seems to care about today is the King Of Pop passing away. RIP MJ indeed. Arootsakoostic Festival is this weekend and hosts a pretty eclectic lineup, including many of the Portland scene’s finest acts! Someone report back to us with photos! The fantastically done crowdfunded documentary . . . → Read More: Temporary Sunshine Round Up [June 20-26] I’ve been in quite a pizza-loving mood lately (which you really know if you’ve run into me on Congress Street in the evening over the past week), so it’s interesting to come upon this little bit of news: Joe’s NY Pizza (or, more specifically, their upstairs “Slice Bar”) is going to start hosting events. Music, . . . → Read More: Music By The Slice Last night marked the debut of a new venue in Portland. The Apohadion is a brand-new performance space located at 107 Hanover Street, in the space otherwise known at Fort Awesome, Pat Corrigan and Dave Noyes’ studio. Jon Donnell was there and got some great shots of the new space and the three bands . . . → Read More: Inside the Apohadion (new venue!) In an effort to keep the Portland/La Soc vibe going after that last minute Lewis & Clarke show a while back, two of the label’s excellent artists, Matt Bauer and Strand Of Oaks, stopped by on tour to play with the elusive Tin Ceilings, which in this incarnation featured Sarah Ramey (Seekonk/Wolf Larsen), Dave . . . → Read More: HillyTown Presented: Matt Bauer + Strand Of Oaks + Tin Ceilings [6.19.09] Album art by Jason Gorcoff Dilly Dilly is one of those Portland musicians who you need to know. We featured her recently (for the Tower Of Song Fest) but this week there’s cause for celebration and a reminder: she’s just released a full length album called Of Art And Intention which you can download . . . → Read More: Dilly Dilly’s Of Art And Intention Is Free This weekend is full of fun. Mega concert updates just happened. Check the showlist and get out there! Justin Ellis interviewed me for the first Know Your Blog interview, HillyTown edition at the Press Herald! (Which had an interesting week of its own). Portland Coffee Roasters (where we’ve enjoyed many a weekend morning serenade by . . . → Read More: Roundup June 13-19 Last weekend, Frontier Ruckus came through Portland for a gig at the White Heart, and they played a special backyard picnic pre-party at an undisclosed location in the West End. David Meiklejohn captured it on video, for those of us who were dettered by the rain. As you’ll see, there were plenty of people who . . . → Read More: Frontier Ruckus Video, Live In The Rain, In Maine Let’s get one more food post in, while we’re on a roll. Again we take an optimistic look at late night pizza options in Portland. The other day I spotted this Craigslist ad (thanks, job search rss feed!), and then the Psst! confirmed it: a new restaurant by the name of Otto’s Pizza would . . . → Read More: Music Fans Need Food Too: Otto’s Pizza I know, two food-related posts in a row? I thought this was a music blog! Don’t worry, it is. I just enjoy food, as you may have noticed. Drinks, too. At El Rayo Taqueria (aka that new taco joint in Portland that’s really good) yesterday I noticed an interesting beverage on the drink menu: a . . . → Read More: Some People Get Thirsty: El Rayo Michelada review by Biscuit Wakefield The Udder Place Chocolate Chip Cookie My apologies. I forgot the price. Two years ago I joined my husband on a trip to New York City, where he was attending a boat sales show, and there I encountered a chocolate chip cookie unlike any I’d ever eaten. It was at . . . → Read More: Portland Cookie Review: The Udder Place On Friday night, They Might Be Giants made it up to Portland, Maine for their (supposedly) only show in Maine this decade. Though they often double it up and do a children’s show early in the day followed by a later club show for the grownups, this time around they just brought the full-on-adult . . . → Read More: I’m Pretty Sure, They Might Be Giants. Photos! Before we get into it, might I share with you this late-notice bit of HillyTown housekeeping from the department of live music, or HillyTown Presents. On Saturday, June 20, we’re bringing you Strand Of Oaks, Matt Bauer, and Tin Ceilings with an evening of music at Zero Station. Details here. Our partner-in-pinmaking, Kris, has . . . → Read More: Portland Is A Coastal City. [June 6-12] It seems like Spencer And The School Spirit Mafia have been making a huge impression all over Portland for a while now, before releasing any recorded music or having much of an online presence at all. These days, this seems like a pretty novel approach to promoting a band, but it sure seems to work . . . → Read More: Spencer, etc. Mounting An Attack Just to clear some things up, I have official word from Asylum to update us on changes going on at the club. Contrary to what you may have be hearing from anonymous posts and commenters posing as employees, the venue is not going to be discontinuing their live music programming this year. We will be . . . → Read More: No Room For Rumors |
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