Hilly Town: The Portland Maine Music Blog

2013 Belfast Free Range Fest Sampler!

Hilly Town — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 14:07:38 +0000

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).

2013 Free Range Fest Sampler by Various

Get your Free Range Fest passes here!

New video: “The Flattest Of Country” Jesse Pilgrim & The Bonfire

Hilly Town — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 13:52:35 +0000

Check out more from Jesse Pilgrim & The Bonfire at Bandcamp.

New KGFREEZE Video

Hilly Town — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 12:04:46 +0000

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.

Lady Lamb the Beekeeper [CD Release] / Xenia Rubinos / Cuddle Magic – SPACE Gallery – 03/02/13

Kevin Steeves — Sun, 03 Mar 2013 01:00:00 +0000

BTR Hear & There MAINE #4: Foam Castles – “Underground Interiors”

Hilly Town — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 17:36:52 +0000

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.”

Lady Lamb video for “The Nothing Pt. II”

Hilly Town — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 14:49:04 +0000

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:

Endless Jags on BTR Live Studio

Hilly Town — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 18:02:58 +0000

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!

BTR Hear & There MAINE #3: Lisa/Liza – “There In The Water”

Hilly Town — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 13:26:28 +0000

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:
2/14 @ Precinct in Somerville, MA
2/15 @ The Oak + The Ax in Biddeford, ME

Lisa/Liza on Bandcamp: http://lisalizas.bandcamp.com/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/LisaLiza/193653500693164

Check back on 2/27 for the 4th and final installment of this video series, featuring Foam Castles.

Stream Lady Lamb’s Ripely Pine Now!

Hilly Town — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 16:01:09 +0000

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.
2.16 @ BULLMOOSE MUSIC IN-STORE 5:30p PORTLAND, ME
2.22 @ TT THE BEAR’S PLACE CAMBRIDGE, MA
2.23 @ THE KNITTING FACTORY BROOKLYN, NY
3.02 @ SPACE GALLERY PORTLAND, ME

BTR Hear & There MAINE #2: Rural Ghosts – “Limbo”

Hilly Town — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 14:21:33 +0000

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.