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Portland pop rock band Grand Hotel released a new video today for their track “Walken.” The storyline is pretty simple but fun and upbeat, much like the tune itself. Check it out. The guys have two local gigs coming up – this Saturday, March 12, they’ll be at Yankee Lanes for the MAMM Slam, then . . . → Read More: New Grand Hotel Music Video The new clip for “Never Easy,” the first single off Zach Jones‘ upcoming album Broken Record, starts out innocent enough, but hang in there to see things go in an interesting direction. The song itself is super catchy in that satisfyingly fuzzy way that makes us think of the Foo Fighters. Enjoy. The “Never Easy” . . . → Read More: New Zach Jones Video – “Never Easy” Back in December our friend Nate Martinez (Brooklyn-based Thieving Irons) came through town and played a special acoustic show we put together at Mayo Street Arts. Check out this video below of Thieving Irons as a full band (including members of The National, Takka Takka, and Rocketship Park) playing on the Serious Business show on . . . → Read More: Thieving Irons Update Back in December, we hosted a criminally under-attended show of excellent acoustic music at Mayo Street Arts. The final performance of the night was from Jacob Augustine, whose band – The House Of Fire – had just fallen apart. This was about as intimate as a public concert could get, and those in the room . . . → Read More: HillyTown Video: Jacob Augustine There were a surprising number of good shows last night in Portland for a Wednesday, but while most of us were out rocking out at venues, I’m sure many more were at home watching a favorite of many Mainers on TV. Ray LaMontagne & The Pariah Dogs made an appearance on Conan O’Brien‘s show to . . . → Read More: Ray LaMontagne On Conan ![Screaming Females at Death By Audio [Brooklyn, NY] January '08](http://hillytown.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/screamalesDBA-150x150.jpg "Screaming Females")
Screaming Females at Death By Audio (Brooklyn, NY) January ’08 I would say I can’t believe that Screaming Females just made their late night network tv debut (on Carson Daly), but I can believe it. I’m so glad that they just happen to love the city I left the NY/NJ area for and keep . . . → Read More: Screamales Are Back This track, “Three Orphans,” will be on the group’s March 2011 EP, Bloodworm Songs. Check Bandcamp for that and much more from the ever-shifting world of Jakob Battick’s music. I just missed Foam Castles‘ set at Empire last night, but luckily another fan caught this song, “My Merona,” on video. While the band works on their new album, get a preview of outtakes, demos, and other tracks at Soundcloud. In case you need a refresher, check out the profile we did on Foam . . . → Read More: Live Foam Castles Video While on tour overseas, this website’s favorite band ever, Phantom Buffalo, played a few songs for the French site Citazine, including the below gem of a great rendition of their song “A Hilly Town.” Check out the rest of the videos, including an amusing interview, here. I guess I must be coming around to Maine’s most popular rapper, check out the video for his (second? third? thousandth?) single, “Can’t Get There From Here.” But before you get too excited, no, it’s not an R.E.M. cover. . . . → Read More: New Spose Video – “Can’t Get There From Here”
PICNIC Holiday Sale music presented by HillyTown from Bryan Bruchman on Vimeo. Thanks to the bands and DJs that took part in the music portion of this year’s PICNIC Holiday Music + Arts Sale in Portland, ME! Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 11-12, 2010. Thanks to everybody involved, it was great to be a part . . . → Read More: HillyTown Presented: PICNIC music (video!) Our friends at [dog] and [pony] produced a performance video for Lady Lamb The Beekeeper just in time for her grand “Farewell” show at SPACE Gallery tomorrow (Friday, 10/29). She’ll be heading to Cambridge to finish her album before moving on to try her hand at NYC. We wish her luck.
. . . → Read More: Farewell Lady Lamb Video Another formerly active member of the Portland music scene who left for a bigger city (in this case he’s in NYC), Billy Libby seems to be working hard to keep pushing his music forward. Check out this new live video of his song “What’s There’s.”
Billy Libby : What’s There’s . . . → Read More: Billy Libby Video In what might seem like an unlikely pairing, Portland’s music video masters [dog] and [pony] have teamed up with Wells’ premier rapper, Spose (Universal Records), to produce a video for “The Cask” which also works as a promo video for his upcoming album, The Audacity!, due out later this year. Check it out below: . . . → Read More: Spose and [dog] and [pony] Team Up HillyTown exclusive! New video from Portland psych-drone collective Planets Around The Sun (directed by the band’s own M. Lajoie). The song is “Sunshooter” off their upcoming album Ram Of Heart Check it out: See the band live next weekend on Saturday, 8/27, at the Frontier Cafe in Brunswick, ME in conjunction with a screening . . . → Read More: New Planets Around the Sun Video |
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