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While at SXSW last year (wow, that’s coming up again fast, isn’t it?) I got my first taste of rapper P.O.S. (at the same venue where I saw the Ting Tings the year before, a similar case of not knowing what I was in for and being sort of blown away). I was already a fan of Astronautalis (no stranger to Portland, himself) and pleasantly surprised when he joined P.O.S. onstage at that show (hence the above photo). Tour dates were just announced, and take a look at that – on March 11th both artists will be playing a show at SPACE Gallery. Plan to be there. Read on for all P.O.S. tour dates. Read on… The Bollard published their list of The 10 Best Local Rock Albums Of The Decade (complete with mp3s). Is your favorite Portland band/album listed there? I’ve heard a few different opinions on what they missed or what shouldn’t have made it on such a list but did, but altogether it seems to make a lot of sense to me. This weekend is another busy one, starting tonight with the Bakery Photo Collective’s annual fundraising photo auction, Photo A Go-Go from 6-8pm, with music by the venerable King Memphis. Check out a preview of the work available here. The fun continues tomorrow, with the first PICNIC Holiday Sale, happening at the Irish Heritage Center (34 Gray Street) in Portland. I’ll be there at the Portland Pins table, selling photo prints, pins, and more. Get more info on the event – which will include live music – here. Once you’ve gotten some holiday shopping out of the way, head over to SPACE for the [dog] and [pony] dvd release show, featuring performances by Jacob Augustine, Marie Stella, Jesse Pilgrim, Wes Hartley, and more (including some interesting collaborations). The [dog] and [pony] guys have a new episode up, this time featuring Jakob Battick + Friends. For more events this weekend, check the showlist. The previously announced headliner for tonight’s show at SPACE Gallery, Liz Durrett, has canceled her performance (not sure why it’s still listed on her show schedule, but according to SPACE she’s not playing).
Have you been to SPACE lately? Maybe you were there for the Halloween party this weekend (in that case, you may be in one of these photobooth shots), or maybe you’ve wandered in during the day. Either way, you’ve surely noticed the intense exhibit taking up 90% of the wallspace inside. Thank NY artists Swoon and her friends for that. Over at the venue’s blog, Have Faith In Worthless Knowledge, you can take a look at a behind the scenes video, courtesy of the two best filmmakers in town named David. Check it out!.
It’s been a long, fun month for HillyTown. Thanks to all the bands who played the OFFStage free concert series at SPACE Gallery, Otto for the pizza deals, the artists who designed posters, Allen West for doing sound for pizza and cranberry juice, everybody who volunteered at the events, and everybody who came out to enjoy the free shows! Here are photos from the final one this past Wednesday, which featured White Light, Blood Warrior, and Mark Summers. Mark Summers White Light Blood Warrior Mark Summers
As we get into the third installment of the our month-long Wednesday night free, all ages concert series, OFFStage @ SPACE, we reach a very special one. This show’s headliners are calling themselves Phantom Computers (and as you can see in Annie Godfrey Larmon‘s poster for the event, a Buffalo At Sea provides the other half of the clue to just what that band might be) and the collaboration they have in store should be pretty special. Rumor has it that the song that inspired this very website’s name may be involved. The middle act of the night is an out-of-town band once again, this time Happy Machines from Red Bank, NJ. They’re a super fun electro-fuzz pop duo who I’ve wanted to get up to Portland for some time now, and it was finally able to happen. Don’t miss them. Get a preview of them in action here (I’ll be expecting awesome dancing like the fan in the video at the show tonight). Opening the show are Dead End Armory, the ever-evolving Wesley Hartley-front rock trio. See you tonight! In celebration of HillyTown.com’s first year, I’ve put together a free, all ages, Wednesday night concert series for the month of August at SPACE Gallery. Tomorrow kicks things off with Haru Bangs, Theodore Treehouse (formerly/members of The Cups), and the debut performance from Boxy (members of Brenda, Graeme K). Tune in to Liberation By Sound on WMPG today from 3-5pm (that means now! to hear me talking a bit about the series and playing music from some of the bands who’ll be performing.
The excellent poster for this show was created by Tim Burns, whose band Phantom Buffalo will be teaming up with Computer At Sea on the 19th for a special performance at OFFStage as Phantom Computers. |
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