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HillyTown Presented at SPACE [5.10.11]

bryan — Mon, 16 May 2011 18:59:35 +0000

On Tuesday night, we welcomed the return of Brooklyn metal band Goes Cube back to Portland with a HillyTown Presents show at SPACE Gallery. Local party metal thrashers Waranimal and Peapod punks Huak rounded out the night of loud music.

Waranimal are playing a show tonight at Geno’s, and Huak have a new maxi-single with remixes out now.

HillyTown Presents: Goes Cube + Waranimal + Huak

Hilly Town — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 17:08:56 +0000

Who HillyTown Presents: Goes Cube + Waranimal + Huak When Tuesday, May 10, 2011 8:00pm - $8 - 18+ Where SPACE Gallery (map) 538 Congress St Portland, ME, USA 04101 Other InfoIt would be easy to call Brooklyn's Goes Cube a metal band. After all, their music is heavy, loud, and often fast. But Goes Cube continually demonstrates that it exists in a universe all its own: outside the trends and styles of New York (where the band formed), and outside of the standard metal tropes - drawing on influences that also include punk, hardcore, noise, and indie rock. Their idea is simple: make the heavy heavier, fast faster, hooky hookier, and pretty prettier. Their new disc - In Tides And Drifts (The End Records) - even calls upon folk singer Jaymay, whose haunting melodies break hearts as the band behind her batters eardrums. Waranimal are a totally excellent party metal band who recently gave us a strong contender for show of the winter season by filling SPACE with a bounce house, silly string, and a whole lot of crowdsurfing dudes in hawaiian shirts. Local punk (post-punk/hardcore/political/art/just-call-it-great) quartet Huak have a new full length coming this summer and open this show. HillyTown Presents works with both national touring acts and Maine musicians to curate unique live music experiences.

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SXSW Bands: Goes Cube (Brooklyn, NY)

bryan — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 16:27:43 +0000

South By Southwest 2011 is just under a month away, and enjoying 5 days of nonstop live music requires a bit of preparation. I’ll be looking at some of the acts I hope to catch, including bands from Maine, those who regularly play in Portland, and national acts who will hopefully make it through here in the near future. Send any recommendations for bands I should check out and cover here to hello – at- hillytown.com!

Metal might not be my music genre of choice, but over the years a few bands have caught my attention enough to make me rethink that. Lately, Waranimal – Portland’s premier purveyors of party metal – have been doing a pretty convincing job, but before them it was Goes Cube – friends and former neighbors of mine in Brooklyn, whose music might actually be more hardcore than metal – who would get me into it. The guys have only played in Portland once (though lead singer/guitarist David spent some time up here the last two summers working on a novella – The Janitors – which comes out 4/1/11) but with a new album on the way I’m sure there will be plenty of opportunities to get them back up here.

Their new record, In Tides And Drifts (which is apparently “f*@%ing sick“) will be out March 29 from The End. Get caught up by listening to their previous album below.

Goes Cube tour dates:

3/09 New York, NY – Studio At Webster Hall (feat. Naam, The Austerity Program and Rosetta)
3/11 Raleigh, NC – Slim’s Downtown
3/12 Columbia, SC – The Whig (feat. The Unawares)
3/13 Birmingham, AL – TBA
3/14 Hattiesburg, MS – The Tavern
3/16 Austin, TX – The Hole In The Wall (The Midgetmen’s Texas Jumpstart 4)
3/16 Austin, TX – TBA
3/17 Austin, TX – Hotel Vegas (“Brooklyn Bbq“)
3/17 Austin, TX – The Ale House (Official SXSW Showcase: The End Records)

Clues / Goes Cube / Marie Stella

Hilly Town — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:08:46 +0000

Who Clues / Goes Cube / Marie Stella When Friday, July 31, 2009 9:00pm - $6 - 21+ Where Empire Dine & Dance (map) 575 Congress Portland, ME, USA Other InfoClues [Montreal] + Goes Cube [NYC] + Marie Stella [Portland]

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