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By Hilly Town, on April 15th, 2010%

Last night the Portland Phoenix threw a really fun party at Port City to announce the winners of their “Best” readers poll. I’m proud to say that HillyTown won the award for Best Blog! Thanks to everybody who voted! Also, congrats to all the other nominees and winners of various awards – a few I feel compelled to mention include my Portland Pins collaborator Kris Johnsen, who won in the category of Best Visual Artist, SPACE Gallery with a Triple Crown for Best Hip-Hop Venue + Best Non-gallery Art Space + Best Movie Theater (Arthouse), Port City Music Hall for Best Rock Venue, Geno’s for Best Jukebox, Empire (and His Honor The Fuge) for Best Karaoke, and – vaguely put – the Dooryard, Apohadion, and Mayo Street Arts as part of the DIY/alternative studio/performance spaces awarded with Best Arts Scene Trend. See all the winners here. Don’t forget, voting is open for their next big poll – the 2010 Best Music Poll so head over and pick your favorites.

One more thing – HillyTown is not just me (Bryan). Thanks to the exceptional people who have been kind enough to contribute words and photos to this site over the past year and a half. If you are interested in getting involved in HillyTown (and I’m open to ideas including but not at all limited to the music, arts, food, and literary scenes in and around Portland) let me know at hello-at-hillytown.com.

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Roundup! Feat Tours, Record Store Day, Triumphant Returns (April 11-17)

By Hilly Town, on April 17th, 2009%

breakdancing between acts
The big music news and happenings this weekend are mostly centered around the annual Record Store Day, which goes down tomorrow, Saturday the 18th (also of note is the unrelated show at Hogfarm), at record shops around the country! Local celebrations start early, with an appearance by Ani Difranco at the Scarborough Bull Moose Records today at 1pm. Word is she’ll be playing a few songs for fans. As for tomorrow: Looking for the awesome events and deals? Here’s the rundown of some notable ones:

  • Portland Bull Moose – Disturbed + This Way performances
  • Scarborough Bull Moose – Killswitch Engage autographs
  • South Portland Newbury Comics – Lady Lamb the Beekeeper and more
  • Portsmouth Bull Moose – The Minus Scale performance + Static X autographs
  • Waterville Bull Moose – Dominic & The Lucid performance
  • Brunswick Bull Moose – Bearkat & The Loblolly Boy + Jerks of Grass performances

First, some exciting news on events happening in Portland this summer. Then, well, everything else!

Graeme K in Maine
Finally, it appears that one Graeme K is making his grand return to Portland after some time in the northwest, and he’ll be working on his follow up to Hidden Beast, enlisting the help of his friends in the local music scene to make it happen. Welcome back!

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