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TWO Series: Jeff Beam & Friends / Theodore Treehouse

Hilly Town — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 20:00:00 +0000

Who TWO Series: Jeff Beam & Friends / Theodore Treehouse When Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:00pm - 18+ Where Port City Music Hall (map) Portland, ME, USA 04101 Other InfoPort City Music Hall's "Two Dollar Tuesdays" are back! For only $2, you can see two bands, on a Tuesday. Plus, all the beers are only $2. Please take a moment to process this magnitude of greatness. Once that has sunk in, you'll then realize that the two bands are: - THEODORE TREEHOUSE http://theodoretreehouse.bandcamp.com/ http://facebook.com/theodoretreehouse and - JEFF BEAM & Friends http://jeffbeam.bandcamp.com/ http://facebook.com/jeffbeammusic Both are working on a new album, so drink some inexpensive drinks while listening to new tunes on a sweet stage.

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TWO: Spencer Albee / Group Hug

Hilly Town — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 03:18:20 +0000

Who TWO: Spencer Albee / Group Hug When Tuesday, August 9, 2011 9:00pm - $2 - 18+ Where Port City Music Hall (map) Portland, ME, USA 04101 Other InfoSpencer Albee + Group Hug

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TWO: Nuclear Boots / Mouth Washington

Hilly Town — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 03:15:21 +0000

Who TWO: Nuclear Boots / Mouth Washington When Tuesday, July 12, 2011 9:00pm - $2 - 18+ Where Port City Music Hall (map) Portland, ME, USA 04101 Other InfoNuclear Boots + Mouth Washington

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TWO: The Baltic Sea [cd release] / Nice Places

Hilly Town — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 14:53:38 +0000

Who TWO: The Baltic Sea [cd release] / Nice Places When Tuesday, August 2, 2011 8:00pm - $2 - 18+ Where Port City Music Hall (map) Portland, ME, USA 04101 Other InfoTWO show! The Baltic Sea + Nice Places

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TWO: Vanityites / A Severe Joy

Hilly Town — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 20:16:42 +0000

Who TWO: Vanityites / A Severe Joy When Tuesday, July 19, 2011 8:00pm - $2 - 18+ Where Port City Music Hall (map) Portland, ME, USA 04101 Other InfoVanityites + A Severe Joy

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Will Gattis and Jeff Beam Played TWO [5.24.11]

Hilly Town — Thu, 26 May 2011 15:56:05 +0000

The same night as the Dawes/Brett Dennen show just down the road, two eponymous local acts took the stage for Port City Music Hall‘s weekly TWO show. Both 60′s psych/britpop-inspired rocked Jeff Beam (his band dropped the Ice Storm… part) and Foldsian piano man Will Gattis have have featured albums here on HillyTown in the past, and Beam even played the winter Picnic event that we curated (that reminds me, look out for the summer Picnic music lineup to be announced before long, and get those vendor applications in!). Both acts performed strongly, but Gattis deserves extra credit for playing through an illness (food poisoning, potentially) that made him leave the stage multiple times, returning each time to get right back into the next song. Read on for photos from the show!

Photos by Erika Johnson.

TWO: Jeff Beam / Will Gattis

Hilly Town — Tue, 24 May 2011 20:00:00 +0000

Who TWO: Jeff Beam / Will Gattis When Tuesday, May 24, 2011 8:00pm - $2 - 18+ Where Port City Music Hall (map) Portland, ME, USA 04101 Other InfoJeff Beam (featuring Dan Capaldi, Travis Kline, & Sam Peisner) and Will Gattis (featuring Dom Gross & Tim Webber) Port City TWO Series $2! 18+ http://jeffbeam.bandcamp.com http://willgattis.com

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TWO: Whitcomb / Jack Tar

Hilly Town — Wed, 04 May 2011 22:27:05 +0000

Who TWO: Whitcomb / Jack Tar When Tuesday, May 17, 2011 8:00pm - $2 - 18+ Where Port City Music Hall (map) Portland, ME, USA 04101 Other InfoJack Tar + Whitcomb

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Sunset Hearts Played Port City

Hilly Town — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 06:34:57 +0000

On Tuesday night, two of Portland’s newer and fastest-rising bands played a TWO show at Port City Music Hall. Hi Tiger started the night with their Joy Division-inspired dark art pop, while Sunset Hearts‘ synthy, 80′s tunes that take on a Talking Heads and Morrissey tone, closed it out. Check out the full photo gallery by David Zwickerhill below.

Hi Tiger

Catch Hi Tiger on April 29 at Slainte and Sunset Hearts April 17 in Biddeford and at the Free Range Music Festival in Belfast on April 30.

Exclusive: Kurt Baker – “Don’t Steal My Heart Away” stream

Hilly Town — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 19:07:37 +0000

Portland’s preeminent popster, Kurt Baker, is about to drop a new limited edition single with two tracks recorded by Jon Wyman – “Don’t Steal My Heart Away” b/w “Why You Gotta Lie” – just in time for his TWO show at Port City Music Hall tomorrow (2/22/11). The $2, two local band show (with $2 beers) will also be the cd release party for Grand Hotel‘s new disc, In Color. Check out the track Walken to get a taste of the band’s OK Go meets Radiohead style – the album will be available at the show for just $2! That’s a potential full night of music, drinking, and merch for under $10. Not bad!

Here’s what Kurt has to say about his new track, which you can hear for the first time below:

I had originally penned this tune for a group I briefly played with called The Goodnight Process in the spring of 2010. The band had been a local staple on the Portland, ME music scene playing pop/rock that was very influenced by groups like Rooney and Sondre Lerche, but when I joined the group we took a more straight ahead 70’s power pop approach, trying to draw heavily on groups like the Knack and Electric Light Orchestra. “Don’t Steal My Heart Away” could have been a The Leftovers tune, but playing it with a whole set of musicians in the Goodnight Process really shaped how the song would eventually turn out. I dug this tune so much, and the audience reception to it was always great whenever we played it live, so after my stay in The Goodnight Process, this was one of the first tunes I wanted to record for my solo album. This track features some excellent synth and back up vocal work from Kris “Fingers” Rodgers, and a killer lead guitar solo that channels The Shirelles “Will You Still Love Me Tomorow”, thanks to guitar monster Miek Rodrigue.”

UPDATE: The limited exclusive on this stream is over! Thanks for looking though!

Don’t Steal My Heart Away by Kurt Baker

Make sure to check out a new podcast interview with Kurt (and Kris “Fingers” Rodgers) thanks to our friends at Freezing Process.

Keep reading for some videos and more goodies from both Kurt Baker and Grand Hotel.

Surely you remember this Blondie gem, as done up by Kurt:

These dudes really love making videos…

Nothing says rock ‘n roll like the morning news!

See you at the show!