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Our friends at the Pine Haven Collective beat us to it and got the scoop on Find, a cool new vintage store on at 16 Free Street here in Portland. Reports have already come in from a few folks who picked up great stuff there in the first few days since the opening. A few . . . → Read More: Found Find + Aroundness It’s been a long, fun month for HillyTown. Thanks to all the bands who played the OFFStage free concert series at SPACE Gallery, Otto for the pizza deals, the artists who designed posters, Allen West for doing sound for pizza and cranberry juice, everybody who volunteered at the events, and everybody who came out . . . → Read More: OFFStage Is Done. Thanks! Last night I took the 20 minute drive from Portland to Biddeford for a couple of firsts. The occasion was Blood Warrior‘s first show in Maine (they’ll be playing second at tonight’s final installment of the HillyTown OFFStage at SPACE free concert series). I’d been enjoying the two tracks available on their myspace page . . . → Read More: Blood Warrior’s First Trip To Maine; The HFSA The past three Wednesdays have been a lot of fun, as each week three bands have played free shows on the floor at SPACE Gallery. Thanks so much to all the bands who’ve participated in this experiment, and everybody who has been coming out each week to enjoy the shows! Tomorrow sees the finale . . . → Read More: Final OFFStage At SPACE Show Tomorrow! Time to vote for the 2009 We Push Buttons awards. There are a lot of DJs in there that I’m not familiar with (and of course some tough choices among the ones I do know), but I’m sure that many of you out there have spent enough time on the dancefloors around town to know . . . → Read More: You Push Buttons We had a great time at the first KahBang Music & Art Festival up in Bangor, Maine this weekend (Saturday, August 15, 2009). Check out the full photo gallery (it’s a big one, 90 photos strong) here. It was no surprise that Matt & Kim would be a highlight (if you haven’t seen them, . . . → Read More: KahBang Festival Photos! As we get into the third installment of the our month-long Wednesday night free, all ages concert series, OFFStage @ SPACE, we reach a very special one. This show’s headliners are calling themselves Phantom Computers (and as you can see in Annie Godfrey Larmon‘s poster for the event, a Buffalo At Sea provides the . . . → Read More: HillyTown OFFStage at SPACE Part 3 Tonight! So, who else is heading up to Bangor for KahBang! tomorrow? I’m anticipating a Portland field trip. Congrats to Christian for winning our Gay Blades-sponsored contest! I haven’t tried it yet, but if there’s pulled pork in Monument Square, I’m there. In band-personell-shifting-news, Dead Man’s Clothes is now down to a trio, including Ian Riley . . . → Read More: What This Week Was, What’s Coming Remember the contest I’m running? Yup, the one where you can win two passes to the KahBang Fest in Bangor this Saturday just by emailing me! Go look at the pretty picture of The Gay Blades and follow the directions to email me and then at exactly 1:30pm today I will randomly select one winner . . . → Read More: Last Chance for KahBang! Tickets! Last week was incredible , starting with the loudest, most intense band possible (Haru Bangs) was absolutely the right idea. See for yourself in a couple weeks when [dog] and [pony] debut the first episodes of their HillyTown Presents concert video series. In the meantime, let’s keep things moving with the shows. Round 2 of . . . → Read More: HillyTown OFFStage at SPACE Part 2 (Tomorrow!) + Stuff Tonight The Portland Daily Sun has as its lead story the breaking news about how it’s hard to get your event flyers noticed in Portland. The above photo (taken last Spring when I was visiting Portland before moving here, I remember noticing how crowded the community boards were with concert announcements) gives you an idea . . . → Read More: It’s Like The Wild West Out Here. Flyer Wars. . . . → Read More: First Friday Roundup, KAHBANG Ticket Contest!, OFFStage Photos Neko Case played a great set to an enthusiastic (and very, very warm) sold out crowd last night at Port City Music Hall. Opener Lucy Wainwright Roche – joined by Neko collaborator Kelly Hogan for part of the set – got the crowd warmed up with amusing banter between songs (for the record, I . . . → Read More: Neko Case Photos In celebration of HillyTown.com’s first year, I’ve put together a free, all ages, Wednesday night concert series for the month of August at SPACE Gallery. Tomorrow kicks things off with Haru Bangs, Theodore Treehouse (formerly/members of The Cups), and the debut performance from Boxy (members of Brenda, Graeme K). Tune in to Liberation By Sound . . . → Read More: HillyTown OFFStage at SPACE starts Wednesday! I will see 659 of your smiling faces at Port City Music Hall tonight for the sold out Neko Case show! Here’s her recent appearance on Letterman, doing “This Tornado Loves You.” This past weekend, Case played the All Points West Festival. Looks like it was a pretty great time. . . . → Read More: Neko Case Tonight! |
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