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Tuesday, July 27 was the third and final concert in my free, all ages early Tuesday evening summer concert series, OFFStage @SPACE Gallery, celebrating the 2nd year of this site. Foam Castles Thanks to the bands (Foam Castles, Old Man Forest, and Charles Burst played this one, see here and here for recaps of the first two installments), Otto Pizza, and everybody who helped make the shows happen by working door, bartending, running sound, making posters, telling a friend, etc. Special thanks to our friends at WMPG for their massive help by having the featured bands play live on the air during Liberation By Sound for the past three weeks. Old Man Forest Charles Burst I won’t say we’ll revisit the exact same formula (multiple shows, on the floor at SPACE, three bands, etc.) but something will definitely happen again next year around this time. Maybe something a little bigger… until then, keep reading.
Jakob Battick‘s 4-song album, Heavy The Mountains, Heavy Are The Seas is now available for purchase/download (with bonus demo/alt/preview tracks included) on Bandcamp. It is also the new featured album right here on HillyTown for the next week. This is not an easy album: the songs are long, dark, and often meandering at times, but ultimately rewarding. It’s a good introduction to just one side of Jakob Battick (& Friends), who has shown himself to be a strong rising talent in the Portland music scene. See for yourself tonight at SPACE Gallery, as JB&F opens for Brooklyn’s (excellent, and previously sadly overlooked in town) La Strada. Before you even read this, head to WMPG and listen live to Charles Burst on Liberation By Sound!
Last week was round 2 of the HillyTown OFFStage series at SPACE Gallery. Thank to Good Kids Sprouting Horns, Doomstar!, and Balthrop, Alabama for playing on the floor and being part of our party! Come say hi again tonight at 538 Congress Street as we close out the series with Foam Castles, Old Man Forest, and Charles Burst! Show starts promptly at 7pm, all ages welcome, and free admission (though we ask for $5 donation for the bands if you can swing it). Read on for last week’s photos. The Radiators are a New Orleans-based band who’ve been going strong for over 25 years now, entertaining crowds with a mix of bayou funk and blues that’s come to be known as Fish Head Music (unusual to see that word spelled without a Ph in these parts, huh?). Conall (a self-professed “Fish head”) checked out the band’s stop here in Portland at (What looked like a crowded) Port City Music Hall on Saturday, July 24th. Read on for the full photo gallery!
The second year of the HillyTown OFFStage @SPACE concert series is in full swing. We started the all ages, early Tuesday evening, suggested donation concerts last week with Domino Harvey (formely known as Lapsed Axis), Same Basic Bear, and Miniboone. Thanks to the bands, everybody who came to the show (especially those who donated to help pay the touring band), and Otto Pizza for helping out to feed the musicians and staff! Photos! Domino Harvey (frontman Nick Schroeder couldn’t be there so they projected him) Read on for more photos and info on tonight’s show! Read on… Two-thirds of the HillyTown team covering Nateva were primarily interested in Saturday’s events, but photographer Conall O’Brien was in it for the long haul of all three full days. Here’s his coverage of some of the bands that played in Oxford, Maine on the 4th of July, including the festival headliners, Furthur! Don’t forget to check out our coverage from Friday and Saturday too! George Clinton & P-Funk (with the show-stealing Sir Nose)
On Sunday, July 11, Montreal-based Sub Pop band Wolf Parade brought the tour for their new release, Expo 86, to Portland with a highly-anticipated show at Port City Music Hall. Japanese band The Moools opened. Read on for photos! Read on… |
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