It’s hard to believe that it’s already been three months since this year’s excellent Belfast Free Range Music Festival. The growing fest has quickly become one of our favorite musical moments to look forward to each year in Maine, and we’re proud to be a part of it (through our annual afterparty at Three […]
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We know that this is a pretty busy weekend in Portland, so we decided to give the Maine music fans in NYC a little excitement too. This weekend, The Rattlesnakes are heading south, hitting NJ, NY, and MA (check out their tour flyer below). This Sunday, August 5, they’re stopping at Union Hall in […] 
Article by Kevin Steeves. It would be difficult to think of a harder working — or at least busier — Portland musician in the last six months than Evan Parker, the primary songwriter and vocalist of if and it. At the tail-end of last year the band released the no-fuss lo-fi EP Ratpig […] 
Sure, this was almost three months ago, but that sounds like a good time to reminisce a bit. On Friday, April 27, we took over the great Dirigimus warehouse space in Portland for a massive party featuring What Cheer? Brigade, Callers, the Milkman’s Union, and the Nogar Family Band. It was a fun, surreal […] 
Mayo Street Arts has been one of our favorite unique venues in Portland since it opened, and there was something very charming about the sort of intimate performances that the limitations of the room demanded. However, we’ve been curious about just what a full on rock band would sound like in there, and now we […] 
Before you get into the interview, take a minute to grab this brand new track from Glass Fingers, “Out Side,” available here for the first time ever. Word is it is unlike anything on the new album. Enjoy the track, and catch Glass Fingers live at Arootsakoostik this Saturday, July 7, in New Sweden!
By now you’re probably used to us telling you about cool events that we’re excited about, and promoting the shows and festivals that we’ve organized (like PICNIC), but here’s a new twist. Our friends at the Denmark Arts Center have been quietly hosting intimate events at their space, and now they’re stepping up their […] 
It’s officially summer. That means bands playing outside under the sun in all sorts of unusual places and situations. One of our favorites (for good reason, since we’re in charge of the music!) is PICNIC, which happens this year on Saturday, August 25 in Lincoln Park in Downtown Portland. We’ve got 9 bands […] 
As promised, Bowerbirds played SPACE Gallery on Wednesday with opening sets by Basia Bulat and local favorites The Milkman’s Union. Check out the full gallery of photos by David Zwickerhill below! […] 
Bowerbirds at SPACE Gallery – photo by Bryan Bruchman Concert preview/interview by Kevin Steeves. A lot has changed since the last time North Carolina natives Bowerbirds played at SPACE Gallery. At the time, the homespun folk trio were touring in support for the (now) pastoral folk megastar and Kanye West collaborating Bon Iver […] 
Hello friends of HillyTown, Maine music lovers far and wide. We’re very, very excited this weekend. Why? Because tomorrow will be our first time participating in the L Magazine’s Northside Festival, held in and around the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn. We were invited to curate a showcase featuring Maine and Brooklyn bands, and we’re […] Sunset Hearts interview by Kevin Steeves. Regardless of how Saturday night’s SIX mini-festival, curated by HillyTown favorites Sunset Hearts goes — one thing’s for certain — it wouldn’t have been possible without the SPACE Gallery’s expansion last year into the annex next door. That’s because SIX will feature half a dozen of Portland’s most […] This is some pretty fun news to share. While I was in Maine for the recent week of HillyTown shows, I caught up with José Ayerve, aka A Severe Joy, to shoot a performance video in Portland for BreakThruRadio‘s video series, Hear & There. Check out the video of the song “Inside Out and Hand […] 
Our recent week of shows in Maine was great, but now we’re back to doing that other thing we do, where we hook up our favorite Maine acts with shows in NY! We’ve got one happening this week, featuring the patron saints of HillyTown, Phantom Buffalo! For this occasion we’re working with our […] |
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