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It’s mid-April, so that means that we’re back with yet another (our third, in fact) HillyTown Belfast Free Range Fest Sampler! This year, we’ve collective tracks from 21 bands playing next weekend’s festival (April 27) to make this free album for you to stream, embed, and download! Check it out below or at Bandcamp. (If you just want a zip of the MP3s, go here).
Get your Free Range Fest passes here! Check out more from Jesse Pilgrim & The Bonfire at Bandcamp. Kyle Gervais (Grand Hotel, Cosades) has a new project called KGFREEZE Here’s his first video, for the song “Can’t Get My Mind Off Of You,” of the debut album, Sociopath. Here’s the fourth – and final – installment in our BTR Hear & There video collaboration with BreakThru Radio. For this one, we joined Tyler from Foam Castles in the band’s basement practice space in Portland for the song, “Underground Interiors.” More goodness from Lady Lamb The Beekeeper! This time, a video directed by the one and only David Meiklejohn, for the song “The Northing Pt. II.” Keep reading for Aly’s upcoming headlining tour dates, with opener Xenia Rubinos. Lady Lamb on tour:
Lately it seems like we’ve got another Maine-related video from BTRtv to post every day! The fun will just keep going with more coming soon, too! Here’s Endless Jags being interviewed by the dude who runs this site. Enjoy! For this, the third installment of our collaboration with BTR Hear & There, we stopped by Lisa/Liza‘s apartment in the West End of Portland on a chilly, foggy day, for an intimate, solo performance of her song, “There In The Water.” The video is also available on YouTube. Upcoming tour dates: Lisa/Liza on Bandcamp: http://lisalizas.bandcamp.com/ Check back on 2/27 for the 4th and final installment of this video series, featuring Foam Castles.
This one has been a very long time coming. Lady Lamb The Beekeeper‘s big debut LP, Ripely Pine, comes out next Tuesday (2/19) on Ba Da Bing, but you can stream the whole thing today.
Head over to WNYC Soundcheck for individual tracks, or listen to the whole thing right here.Lady Lamb currently has 4 shows scheduled to celebrate the release. Two of which are in Portland. Definitely get tickets for that SPACE Gallery show ASAP if you plan on going, as it will definitely sell out. 2.12 @ DC9 WASHINGTON D.C. We’re back with another installation of this 4-part BTR Hear & There video series with Maine artists. Last week, we gave you if and it performing “Undone” at Bunker Brewing Company in Portland. Today, we take things down the highway to Biddeford, dropping in at one of our favorite venues, The Oak + The Ax, with Portland lo-fi folk-inspired trio, Rural Ghosts, doing their song, “Limbo.”
Once you’ve checked out the video, take a listen to From Lorem, With Love (Volume 1), a new compilation from Portland-based Lorem Ipsum Recordings, which includes music from Rural Ghosts and friends. Sometimes we just like to spring fun things on you. Today marks the beginning of a series of video collaborations as part of BreakThru Radio‘s BTR Hear & There series, presenting bands performing in interesting locales. For this MAINE-themed series, we spent a week in and around Portland working with some of our favorite local acts. Check out the first episode, featuring if and it playing “Undone” at Bunker Brewing Co. in East Bayside. Look for more about this series in the coming weeks!
Predictably, Lady Lamb The Beekeeper had an excellent, crowded show at SPACE Gallery, which she always talks about as being her home venue (we’ll never forget that time she hushed a sold out, talkative crowd there before she was even very well-known locally). It’s always great to see her back on that stage, and last night was no exception. Solo and playing a borrowed guitar (from Jeff Beam), she tore through a set of favorites and newer songs to a hyper-attentive audience, and even announced that she’ll be back to play the venue in March to celebrate the release of her first studio album. Headliner Kaki King may not have had the hometown advantage, but that didn’t get in the way of playing a strong set with numerous guitar changes, and even sharing a performance using a new Moog-crafted acoustic guitar. Check out some photos from the show below. Photos by Bryan Bruchman.
We’re starting to really get used to – and enjoy – these shows where bands take it to the crowd, be that on the floor, or on chairs, benches, bars, etc. Last night at SPACE Gallery was certainly one of those. Though Brooklyn band Lucius had to cancel, the two acts still on the bill truly made the most of the night. You Won’t opened and won the crowd over, going off-mic and singing from the middle of the room for a portion of their set. Later, headliners Pearl And The Beard did the same, even inviting their friend Lady Lamb The Beekeeper (who opens for Kaki King at the same venue tomorrow night) to close out the night with a song she’d helped the band to write. It was definitely a fun night with a room full of friendly, appreciative (and attractive, according to PATB) people. More of these, please. Photos by Bryan Bruchman. What, did you think that just because it’s Sunday and a soggy day that you get to stay in for the night? Think again. Two shows in the Arts District are sure to get the crowds out. Port City has Trampled By Turtles (whose name we just can’t get past, but they do seem quite popular) with the excellent Spirit Family Reunion opening. If you prefer a little more indie pop with your folk, down the street at SPACE Gallery is a triple bill of some of our favorite bands, all of whom have a knack for putting a big smile on audiences’ faces. Pearl and the Beard have become a Portland staple over the last few years, and You Won’t have made a number of trips up to the area from Massachussetts, I’m actually in town for a bit so we’ll be paying even more attention to what’s happening in Portland this week. Tonight the big show is obviously Smashing Pumpkins at the State. Not sure what their shows (or lineup) are like these days, but if they play at least 5 songs pre-1999, it’ll probably be more than worth the ticket price. Coming in right behind that is Steve Earle at Port City, but that’s sold out. What’s our recommendation for this evening’s entertainment? SPACE Gallery! (yeah, big surprise, right?) School Of Seven Bells, Twin Sister, and Moon King should make for a pretty excellent night of dancy/dreamy indie pop.
Dinosaur Jr are back in town tonight, headlining a show at the State Theatre. You probably already knew that. Now for a bit of shameless self-promo: If you’re still up for fun (and have some hearing left) head over to Slainte after the show for a free party with Mount Sharp (ex-Marie Stella and Mango Floss) and CHRY. Things should start there around 10:45.
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