In preparation for their featured performance at tonight’s HillyTown OFFStage @SPACE show, NYC’s Miniboone will be stoppying by WMPG on their way into Portland. They’ll be playing live on the air and talking to DJ Roy of Liberation By Sound in the first part of his show, from 3pm-5pm. Tune in to get a preview and then come out to the show tonight! Doors at 7pm, all ages, $5 suggested donation. Bands will be playing on the floor in front of the stage – Miniboone will follow locals Domino Harvey (f/k/a Lapsed Axis) and Same Basic Bear. We’ll see you there!
Way back on March 30, local buzz band Theodore Treehouse played a live set on WMPG‘s Liberation By Sound (above photo of the band is from after their set). Now you can listen to the podcast of their whole performance right here!
Read on for photos from the band’s show at Geno’s on Thursday, May 13. This was Krissy’s last show with the group before moving out west (word is she’s working on big dreams of rock stardom.)
I may be out of town (and apparently missing killer dance parties, a downtown filled with jack-o-lanterns, impending snow, and all sorts of birthdays and assorted ridiculousness) but that doesn’t mean I’ve forgotten you, Portland. The big Hell No On One benefit show tonight (with an all ages version tomorrow) – which supports the No One One campaign for protecting marriage equality in Maine – is sure to be quite an event. The creator of the event, Spencer Albee, appeared on DJ Roy’s show Liberation By Sound last week to promote it, and now you can listen to that show on the LBS podcast.
I have to say, Nick and Krister from Dog And Pony do some great work. They filmed all of the performances during my HillyTown OFFStage @ SPACE Gallery concert series last month and are rolling them out in episodes over at their website. This week they present “King Day” by Brooklyn’s Blood Warrior. Check it out below:
Head over to their post for a large video and interview with the band. Today around 4pm, Liberation By Sound on WMPG will feature an interview with the creators of [dog] and [pony] in which they make a big announcement. Tune in!
Liberation By Sound host DJ Roy recently visited the new studio in South Portland built by Ron Harrity (Peapod/PICNIC/Honey Clouds), and along with DJ Miles got some inside info on the construction of this professional studio in a residential neighborhood. Check it out:
Honey Clouds frontman Trey Hughes will be the special guest on DJ Roy’s show Liberation By Sound this afternoon on WMPG. Tune inf at wmpg.org from 3-5 pm today to hear some of Trey’s favorite music, along with some special new Honey Clouds jams.
Make sure to tune into WMPG (90.9/104.1FM in Portland) today from 3-5pm to listen to Liberation By Sound with DJ Roy. For the second half of the program he’ll have special guests John, Will, and Alicia from the Tower Of Song on the air, talking about their project and an upcoming festival in the works.
Hey all – this afternoon I’ll be stopping by DJ Roy’s show on WMPG, Liberation By Sound, to catch up after last weeks’ South By Southwest music festival in Austin, Texas. Tune in at WMPG.org or 90.9/104.1FM to listen in from 3-5pm!
Happy First Friday, Portland! Did you know that HillyTown has a Facebook group now?
Portland Maine music and internet news:
After a few false starts and soft openings, the Port City Music Hall is officially holding their grand opening tonight with a sold out show by the Derek Trucks Band. The band has new video for the song “Down Don’t Bother Me” featuring a studio session with muted colors, tasteful closeups, and wailling slide guitar solos here.
Liberation By Sound, the Tuesday afternoon show on WMPG hosted by DJ Roy, finally got a Myspace page! Now all of us faithful listeners can have a heads up about special guests and shows! Make friends. This week marked the debut of a (unofficial) HillyTown-informed concert calendar on the show!
Details for the 48 Hour Music Festival on February 21st at SPACE Gallery were announced, including a (almost) complete list of the musicians participating. Check out the Myspace page for more.
Buoy Gallery in Kittery has gotten people talking (a Dirty Projectors show there this weekend put it on a lot of radars) – it’s a new gallery and performance space in what was originally a post office. Every second Friday of the month in 2009 they’ll host the Unique States Series, which combines three experimental musicians: one each from Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Maine.
Again in the NYC music spotlight, Ocean will be joining Salome, Batillus, and Riff Cannon at Pitchfork’s Show No Mercy event at Public Assembly in Brooklyn on 2/15.
An update from Peapod Recordings reveals a number of promising releases from the local label to come this year. Chriss Sutherland, Honey Clouds, South China, Company, and more goodness to be expected from Portland’s hardest working label!
Around the internet, musically:
Sad news in the music world, as The Cramps’ Lux Interior passed away. RIP.
The Morning Benders released a free album of covers of songs by Paul Simon, Roy Orbison, The Velvet Underground, The Cardigans, Fleetwood Mac, Talking Heads, and more. Get it here!
Project Jenny, Project Jan have a new ep (The Colors) full of fantastic collaborations coming out on April 14 (get a preview at Stereogum). For a minute they were going to play our big party this month, but plans changed – don’t worry, we’ll get them up to Portland before long.
These weekly roundups are getting a bit long! I’m starting to think these news bites might be better off in some sort of sidebar. What do you say, readers?
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