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Picnic Music & Arts Festival Lineup

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We’re excited to announce the HillyTown Presents-curated lineup of bands playing at next month’s Picnic Music & Arts Festival in Portland, Maine. The free August 27th festival will take place at Lincoln Park on Congress Street and Franklin Arterial from 11am-6pm. We’ve put together a fun day including Maine bands and 3 NYC acts coming . . . → Read More: Picnic Music & Arts Festival Lineup

HillyTown Presents: July 29 at Mayo Street Arts

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New show announcement!

On Friday, July 29, HillyTown Presents if and it + Beat Radio (NYC) + The Farthest Forests at Mayo Street Arts [10 Mayo Street, Portland, ME]. Doors 7:30pm, music 8:00pm, all ages, $5.

Headliners if and it have been making a name for themselves at just about every venue in . . . → Read More: HillyTown Presents: July 29 at Mayo Street Arts

HillyTown Presents: if and it / Beat Radio (NYC) / The Farthest Forests

Who HillyTown Presents: if and it / Beat Radio (NYC) / The Farthest Forests When Friday, July 29, 2011 8:00pm – All Ages Where Mayo Street Arts (map) 10 Mayo Street Portland, ME, USA Other InfoHillyTown Presents: if and it + Beat Radio (NYC) + The Farthest Forests

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HillyTown Presented: Lovers [6.4.11]

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With a busy schedule of HillyTown Presents shows over the past couple of months, we’ve had the opportunity to work with some great local and national acts, including longtime favorites and bands we were seeing for the first time. This past Saturday in Biddeford, we brought you Lovers – a trio from Portland, OR . . . → Read More: HillyTown Presented: Lovers [6.4.11]

HillyTown Presents: Lovers (and more) Saturday!

HillyTown Presents: Lovers + Tree Streets + Jose Ayerve

Portland, Oregon-based electro-pop trio Lovers have set out on an ambitious two month long national tour that brings them to Biddeford tomorrow for this exciting HillyTown Presents triple bill tomorrow night (6/4) at The Oak + The Ax in Biddeford. We’re excited about our new friends from the other Portland, but don’t skip out . . . → Read More: HillyTown Presents: Lovers (and more) Saturday!

Project Jenny Project Jan (and more) Will Make You Dance. Tonight!

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This show has been a long time in the making. I’d actually had them penciled in to play in Portland two years ago, but they got snatched up by Fujiya & Miyagi (who they collaborated with for “Pins And Needles“) for a world tour. Their latest album, Home Sweet Home, is a bit smoother . . . → Read More: Project Jenny Project Jan (and more) Will Make You Dance. Tonight!

HillyTown Presented at The Oak and The Ax [5.14.11]

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Saturday night was a busy one for music, with lots of great events happening around Portland, but we headed out of town for some fun at the Oak + the Ax in Biddeford. Miniboone (who played one of our OFFStage shows last year) were up from NYC and joined by the excellent Bangor rock . . . → Read More: HillyTown Presented at The Oak and The Ax [5.14.11]

HillyTown Presented at SPACE [5.10.11]

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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 . . . → Read More: HillyTown Presented at SPACE [5.10.11]

HillyTown Presents: Lovers / Tree Streets / Jose Ayerve

Who HillyTown Presents: Lovers / Tree Streets / Jose Ayerve When Saturday, June 4, 2011 8:00pm – $6 – All Ages Where The Oak & The Ax (map) 140 Main Street, back alley Biddeford, ME, USA 04005

formerly Hogfarm Studios Annex!

Other InfoHillyTown.com Presents: Saturday, June 4, 2011 at The Oak + The Ax (Biddeford, ME)

Lovers (Portland, OR)
http://www.loversarelovers.com/
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Tree Streets (Bangor, ME)
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=157215180977447
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José Ayerve / A Severe Joy (Portland, ME)
http://soundcloud.com/aseverejoy/a-severe-joy-master-v-1

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New Huak Maxi-Single “Ex Ghost”

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What a way to put out a new single: Portland’s post-punk prodigees, Huak, just released a brand new song, “Ex Ghost,” but aren’t content to leave it at just one track with a b-side or two. Instead, they threw in 8 different remixes of the track by local artists, all peppered with more new (improvised) . . . → Read More: New Huak Maxi-Single “Ex Ghost”

HillyTown Presents This Week: Metal/Punk Tuesday + Indie Rock Saturday!

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This week we’re bringing you two very different, very excellent shows in Southern Maine. Tuesday in Portland we have three bands with overlapping bits of metal, punk, hardcore, and even a bit of sludge, then Saturday in Biddeford things get upbeat, quirky, and even more fun. We’re excited to be welcoming back Goes Cube and . . . → Read More: HillyTown Presents This Week: Metal/Punk Tuesday + Indie Rock Saturday!

Photo Recap: Free Range Fest [4.30.11] – Part 3

HillyTown Afterparty at Three Tides: Mango Floss

As you’ve already seen in parts 1 and 2 of our Free Range Music Festival photo coverage, we all had an incredible time in Belfast this weekend. This is the third and final installment of photos, which includes the HillyTown afterparty held at Three Tides. The party was a big success – in fact . . . → Read More: Photo Recap: Free Range Fest [4.30.11] – Part 3

HillyTown Presents: Project Jenny, Project Jan / Murder Mystery / Sunset Hearts

Who HillyTown Presents: Project Jenny, Project Jan / Murder Mystery / Sunset Hearts When Thursday, May 19, 2011 9:00pm – $7 – 21+ Where Empire Dine & Dance (map) 575 Congress Portland, ME, USA Other InfoHillyTown Presents: Project Jenny, Project Jan + Murder Mystery + Sunset Hearts

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HillyTown Presented: Milagres at OLS [4.23.11]

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On a night packed with great shows around town (and in Biddeford!) we headed out to One Longfellow Square for our first time working with the venue that we’ve tend to think of as one of the classier performance spaces in Portland on Saturday night. Recent Kill Rock Stars signees Milagres were the headliner, . . . → Read More: HillyTown Presented: Milagres at OLS [4.23.11]

One Longfellow Show Tonight + Giveaway Announcement

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What more can we say at this point? Come to the show tonight!

Tickets available at the door. $10. All ages.

Here’s a little bonus incentive to come (as if three incredible bands at a beautiful venue isn’t enough): tonight at the show we’ll be announcing two more HillyTown Presents events PLUS giving away . . . → Read More: One Longfellow Show Tonight + Giveaway Announcement