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Ninni Morgia & Silvia Kastel / Sharkiface & Leslie Keffer / Andrea Pensado + i\’d m thfft able duo / Crank Sturgeon

Who Ninni Morgia & Silvia Kastel / Sharkiface & Leslie Keffer / Andrea Pensado + i’d m thfft able duo / Crank Sturgeon When Friday, April 20, 2012 8:00pm – All Ages Where Strange Maine (map) 578 Congress St Portland, ME, USA 04101

Great record shop that holds small shows with interesting music. Shows start at 8, suggested donations.

Other InfoNinni Morgia & Silvia Kastel = (Italy: voice, beats, synth, guitar)
Sharkiface & Leslie Keffer = (ksarksarjksar)
Andrea Pensado + i’d m thfft able duo
Crank Sturgeon

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janane tripp (visitations) / b.r. garm (visitations) / kent (visitations)

Who janane tripp (visitations) / b.r. garm (visitations) / kent (visitations) When Thursday, February 16, 2012 8:00pm – All Ages Where Strange Maine (map) 578 Congress St Portland, ME, USA 04101

Great record shop that holds small shows with interesting music. Shows start at 8, suggested donations.

Other InfoJanane Tripp, B.R. Garm, and Kent have been spending a lot of time alone these past few years writing songs, they’ll perform them for each other and anyone else who shows up- and they’ll p-r-o-b-a-b-l-y perform as Visitations- together again for the first time in years, if they do not suffer a cataclysmic meltdown before hand…

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Dog-Like

Who Dog-Like When Friday, January 6, 2012 8:00pm – All Ages Where Strange Maine (map) 578 Congress St Portland, ME, USA 04101

Great record shop that holds small shows with interesting music. Shows start at 8, suggested donations.

Other InfoA special first Friday event featuring (solo and together) Caleb Paul Mulkerin (Big Blood, Cerberus Shoal), Caleb Alan Clark (I Barbarian, The Heeby Jeebies), and Caleb Aaron Coulthard (The Coalsack in Crux)

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HERBCRAFT / Aswara / Chris DiRocco

Who HERBCRAFT / Aswara / Chris DiRocco When Friday, August 5, 2011 7:30pm – freeeeee – All Ages Where (map) Other Info 1ST FRYDAY YAMS: H E R B C R A F T (Portland, ME) // Hello Sunshine Records Kosmische-grooved psy-fry beamed in from the dancehall of the outer fringes of human-conscious experience. “If people took peyote at discos, Herbcraft would be the house band.” – Portland Daily Sun

A S W A R A (Asheville, NC) // Azriel
Free-stringed wind-fluted Vedic improvibrations from these Time-Lag alums (former Death Chants).
“Like the love-child of prime-era Taj Mahal Travelers & latter-day exotic-stringed-instrument​ travelers like Pelt & Vibracathedral Orchestra.” – Mimaroglu Music

C H R I S D i R O C C O (Portland, ME) // DAMP Productions
What great Mysteries revealed when CDR (Mr. Chris & The Instant Animals, Turn Down Day, Altered Gee) plugs into the analogue synth mainframe, uploads his id via tape machine, and takes flight down the Möbius strip of sound communication?

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Technically FREE, but a few dollars inna collection basket requested as a gas tank offering.
Or pick up a record or two from the Aswara dudes, their wax is righteous.
All ages welcome aboard.
Post-art-walk (7:30ish?) till blackest night (10ish?).

Made possible by the proprietors of STRANGE MAINE.

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Dan Knudsen / Under Some Bridges / Astro Al / Glade Swope

Who Dan Knudsen / Under Some Bridges / Astro Al / Glade Swope When Saturday, June 11, 2011 8:00pm – All Ages Where Strange Maine (map) 578 Congress St Portland, ME, USA 04101

Great record shop that holds small shows with interesting music. Shows start at 8, suggested donations.

Other InfoDan Knudsen = (will stop the cops)
Under Some Bridges = (karl)
Astro Al =
Glade Swope = (will rise above)

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Hyena / Reed Altemus / Carver Audain / Andy Hayleck / Paul Neidhardt / Tyler Wilcox

Who Hyena / Reed Altemus / Carver Audain / Andy Hayleck / Paul Neidhardt / Tyler Wilcox When Thursday, June 9, 2011 8:00pm – All Ages Where Strange Maine (map) 578 Congress St Portland, ME, USA 04101

Great record shop that holds small shows with interesting music. Shows start at 8, suggested donations.

Other InfoHyena = (Kennebunk psych again)
Reed Altemus = (Fluxus Action Man)
…….and the following four improvisers from Baltimore
Carver Audain = (“composes music in the Acousmatic tradition”)
Andy Hayleck = (“For the past few years he has concentrated on using unamplified bowed metal (cymbals and saw) in performance”)
Paul Neidhardt = (“one of the countries most astonishing new music percussionists”)
Tyler Wilcox = (“Experiencing true silence and the white noise of nature slowed and opened his music.”)
….playing in various groups, tandems, pairings, solos……

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Childe Bride / Jenny Graf / Berglind Agutsdottir / i\’d m thfft able

Who Childe Bride / Jenny Graf / Berglind Agutsdottir / i’d m thfft able When Wednesday, May 25, 2011 8:00pm – All Ages Where Strange Maine (map) 578 Congress St Portland, ME, USA 04101

Great record shop that holds small shows with interesting music. Shows start at 8, suggested donations.

Other InfoChilde Bride = (experimental electronics, Baltimore)
Jenny Graf = (of Metalux, Baltimore)
Berglind Agustsdottir = (electrowha? beats n’ no beats, from Berlin(?))
top news/most recent = (what oh what is Nick from Tempera up to with someone named “Daniel”)
…i’d m thfft able = (airman)

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KBD / Killick

Who KBD / Killick When Friday, April 15, 2011 8:00pm – All Ages Where Strange Maine (map) 578 Congress St Portland, ME, USA 04101

Great record shop that holds small shows with interesting music. Shows start at 8, suggested donations.

Other InfoKBD = (percussion and electronics, Toledo, OH) Killick = (great Athens, GA stringed improviser)
+ more TBA

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Hyena / Dan Knudsen / Glade Swope

Who Hyena / Dan Knudsen / Glade Swope When Friday, March 25, 2011 8:00pm – All Ages Where Strange Maine (map) 578 Congress St Portland, ME, USA 04101

Great record shop that holds small shows with interesting music. Shows start at 8, suggested donations.

Other InfoHyena = (Kennebunk psych folk?) Dan Knudsen = (“the only local folk singer with 2 greatest hits albums”)
Glade Swope = (“Modern technology meet the passion of the romantic era”)

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Matt Weston / id m theft able / Not the Wind, Not the Flag / Glade Swope

Who Matt Weston / id m theft able / Not the Wind, Not the Flag / Glade Swope When Saturday, October 23, 2010 8:00pm – All Ages Where Strange Maine (map) 578 Congress St Portland, ME, USA 04101

Great record shop that holds small shows with interesting music. Shows start at 8, suggested donations.

Other InfoMatt Weston = (fantasmagorically excellent percussionist, from Albany….)
Matt Weston + id m theft able = (…dueting with the Strange Maine cashier)
Not the Wind, Not The Flag = (Toronto free psych/improv)
Glade Swope = (Portland progressive metal lord)

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Skinny Vinny / Loup-Garou / Mystic Out Bop Review

Who Skinny Vinny / Loup-Garou / Mystic Out Bop Review When Saturday, October 16, 2010 8:00pm – All Ages Where Strange Maine (map) 578 Congress St Portland, ME, USA 04101

Great record shop that holds small shows with interesting music. Shows start at 8, suggested donations.

Other InfoSkinny Vinny = (Boston free improv splatter)
Loup-Garou = (Lowell, MA free improv splatter)
Mystic Out Bop Review< = (Portland, Me free improv splatter)

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Crank Sturgeon / Sterile Garden / Twilight People / Thithy Bwown / Mystic Out Bop Revue / Capillary Action / Underground River

Who Crank Sturgeon / Sterile Garden / Twilight People / Thithy Bwown / Mystic Out Bop Revue / Capillary Action / Underground River When Sunday, September 12, 2010 8:00pm – $5 – All Ages Where Apohadion (map) 107 Hanover Street Portland, ME, USA 04101

The Apohadion is Portland’s premier DIY performance space, and Pat Corrigan and Dave Noyes’ newest thing of beauty.

Other Infoshows from Apohadion and Strange Maine combined tonight!

Sterile Garden = (Colorado Noise)
Crank Sturgeon = (to know, know, know him, is to fish, fish…)
Twilight People = (Portland something or other something something)
Thithy Bwown = (will play early, and heartily!)
Mystic Out Bop Revue (ME)
Capillary Action (NY)
Underground River (NY)

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Matt Weston / id m theft able

Who Matt Weston / id m theft able When Saturday, October 23, 2010 8:00pm – All Ages Where Strange Maine (map) 578 Congress St Portland, ME, USA 04101

Great record shop that holds small shows with interesting music. Shows start at 8, suggested donations.

Other InfoMatt Weston = (fantasmagorically excellent percussionist, from Albany….) Matt Weston + id m theft able = (…dueting with the Strange Maine cashier)
+ more TBA

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Dan-a-palooza (Dan Knudsen)

Who Dan-a-palooza (Dan Knudsen) When Friday, September 17, 2010 8:00pm – All Ages Where Strange Maine (map) 578 Congress St Portland, ME, USA 04101

Great record shop that holds small shows with interesting music. Shows start at 8, suggested donations.

Other InfoDan Knudsen presents “Dan-a-palooza”, a gathering of local musicians covering Dan K songs.
Dan also celebrates the 10th anniversary of his album “Sunsong” by performing it in its entirety.

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Bird Organ / Mystic Out Bop Review / Silverman, Samu, McLellan

Who Bird Organ / Mystic Out Bop Review / Silverman, Samu, McLellan When Saturday, August 28, 2010 8:00pm – All Ages Where Strange Maine (map) 578 Congress St Portland, ME, USA 04101

Great record shop that holds small shows with interesting music. Shows start at 8, suggested donations.

Other InfoBird Organ = (Manchester NH’s foremost avant Bird innards)
Mystic Out Bop Review
Ken Silverman = (Guitar) + Lex Samu = (Trumpet) + John McLellen = (Drums)

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