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By bryan, on August 9th, 2011% 
Maybe it didn’t turn out to be such a Hot August Night (the slightly wet weather and wind kept the live music inside on the lower deck of the boat) but we still had a great party on the Casablanca Sunday Night. Thank you so much to Peapod Recordings, SPACE Gallery, if and it, Foam Castles, Huak, Mango Floss, Metal Feathers, DJ pEACFANg, DJ Cutlass, VJ Dave J, and everybody who came out to party with us for making it an amazing night on Casco Bay! Read on for a full (massive) photo gallery. Read on…
By Hilly Town, on November 11th, 2009% It was just yesterday that Peapod Recordings officially released Brown Bird‘s excellent new (and more upbeat than some may have expected) album, The Devil Dancing, which our friends at Dog And Pony featured with this interview at the Friendly Toast in Portsmouth.
Already, the band has some more news. In February, they have the opportunity to tour Europe for two weeks with The Low Anthem, but they need to raise some money in order to do it. To do this, they’ve set up a unique donation page where you can purchase an album of unreleased tracks (for $10) or contribute more and get more (from the new album to Brown Bird’s entire catalog).
Download “Danger And Dread” and go here for more samples from the new album.
By Hilly Town, on June 12th, 2009% 
Before we get into it, might I share with you this late-notice bit of HillyTown housekeeping from the department of live music, or HillyTown Presents. On Saturday, June 20, we’re bringing you Strand Of Oaks, Matt Bauer, and Tin Ceilings with an evening of music at Zero Station. Details here.
- Our partner-in-pinmaking, Kris, has photos up documenting the Portland Pins manufacturing process and ensuing parties from last weekend. Stop by Eli-Phant to get your own piece of Portland local art history. Check back to learn more about the next phase of the Portland Pins Project soon.
- This weekend’s musical lineup is looking good – TMBG are the big ticket tonight, but music fans looking for something different, or just in a mellower mood, should definitely hit the Tryst Haunt at SPACE – get all the cozy details at the l’animaux blog. The local label will be unveiling a couple of new releases, some of which I’ve had the pleasure of seeing/hearing, and I assure they are not to be missed. White Light’s “Five Horses” is topping my list for drone jam of the year.
- Tomorrow night might leave metal fans looking for something to do, since the Ocean show at PCMH got postponed (until the 18th), if they aren’t up for Jucifer they could always join the indie rockers over at SPACE to help Bird In The Rafters celebrate their long-awaited record release.
- On Sunday, Frontier Ruckus is in town from Michigan for a special show at The White Heart. Check out the promo video.
- Coast City Comics will have their grand opening tomorrow, Saturday the 13th, from 10am to 10pm.
- Covered In Bees + Zombies + kickball = awesome. Sunday, June 28. Start decomposing now.
- Did you get a taste of the 61 ft lobster roll at the Old Port Fest or were you too busy stuffing your face with fried dough like us?
On a personal note, I launched my new photography portfolio site this week. Portland, its people, and its music scene are pretty well-represented.
See you out there, in the sun, hopefully. It is supposed to be summer now, right?
By Hilly Town, on April 7th, 2009% 
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.
By Hilly Town, on February 6th, 2009% 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.
- Tonight also marks the public debut of The Pine Haven Collective’s first art event in Portland. From the looks of things they’re up to some pretty cool stuff at Corduroy.
- The Portland Daily Sun made its debut – free on the streets of Portland Tuesday through Saturday. Most notable debut story? Shedding some light on the Shaws trucks and structures being built in the park (see Portland WinteRush and The Downtown Showdown for more).
- 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.
- Ticketmaster and Live Nation merging?
- The Walkmen released a strangely hypnotic stop-motion style video for the song “Four Provinces”
- Extra special props to my pals in the band The Homosexuals, who also have a video out this week. Watch “3am (Pink Pony)” and be mesmerized.
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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