It’s been a busy year for the Portland music scene. So much has changed (go ahead, dig through the archives and check out all the album releases, music videos, store and venue openings and closings, musicians moving away, and new bands forming)! We redesigned the site, presented a bunch of shows (including a free summer series at SPACE Gallery), curated Treble Treble Volume 2, and put together a CMJ Day Party and Official Maine Showcase. As for concerts, here’s a bit of what we saw:
- Kino Proby [1/8 PCMH]
- The New Deal [1/20 PCMH]
- [2/2 PCMH]
- HillyTown Presents [2/20 Apohadion] + Asian Mae, Thunderbow, Hobgoblin [2/18 Mayo Street]
- Dilly Dilly and Sontiago, Lady Lamb the Beekeeper, Pearl and the Beard [2/26 Hogfarm]
- Free Range Music Fest [4/26]
- Against Me! [4/28 PCMH]
- Theodore Treehouse [5/13]
- HillyTown Presents [4/28 Slainte]
- Nateva Festival [7/2-4 Oxford]
- Wolf Parade [7/11 PCMH]
- The Radiators [7/24 PCMH]
- Ducktails, Big Trouble, HERBCRAFT [7/29 Apohadion]
- Lower Dens [8/9 Apohadion]
- KahBang [8/13-14 Bangor]
- American Folk Festival [8/27-29 Bangor]
- Hill in the Ville [9/11 Waterville]
- My Morning Jacket [10/15 State Theatre]
- moe. [10/16 State Theatre]
- Matt & Kim [11/3 PCMH]
- Sara Harmer, Hey Rosetta! [11/9 PCMH]
- Steven Wright [11/11 State Theatre]
- Sunset Hearts [11/11 Apohadion]
- Clinic [11/7 SPACE]
- EOTO [11/13 PCMH]
- Nat Baldwin, Travis Laplante, Kurt Weissman [11/16 BUOY]
- Spose [12/1 PCMH]
- HillyTown Presents [12/9 Mayo Street]
- Dashboard Confessional [12/12 State Theatre]
- PICNIC Holiday Sale [12/11-12 Irish Heritage Ctr Portland]
And a few interviews (which you can expect more of in the new year):
As always, thank you so much to all the HillyTown volunteers: writers, photographers, tech help, etc, and of course the entire music scene. If you’re interested in helping out by contributing to the site, please don’t hesitate to get in touch (hello -at- hillytown[dot]com). 2011 is going to be a very interesting year for us all.
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