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By Hilly Town, on November 2nd, 2010% Who White Light / Arborea / Jakob Battick & Friends / Pat Cunningham When Saturday, December 11, 2010 7:00pm – FREE – All Ages Where Mayo Street Arts (map) 10 Mayo Street Portland, ME, USA Other InfoWe’ve gone to great lengths to rent out Mayo Street Arts and make this event a totally FREE and ALL AGES showcase of some fine music for you folks.
Saturday, December 11th, in the gorgeous main hall of Mayo St. (Complete with delicious natural reverb) there will be free performances from Pat Cunningham, Jakob Battick & Friends, Arborea, and White Light. Also present will be a special L’Animaux Tryst merch table with tapes and rec…ords and knick-knacks, and a special selection of Arborea-curated merch from their friends and family.
A deluxe, hand-sewn, hand-printed CD of unreleased tracks from all four artists will be given free of charge to the first 20 attendees in the door that evening, featuring a total of 8 exclusive recordings (2 each from all 4 artists.) This is going to be a collector’s item for all you geeks out there.
Patric Cunningham (In Houses In Trees):
Bangor-based whispy woodsfolk with a dark undercurrent. Atypical chordings and structures, beautiful melodies and acoustic arrangements. Patric and one or two of his friends will be playing many of the 18 year old’s special songs, including some very very new and unreleased ones he’s recently written. Patric was a founding member of both Mt. Moon & 1800s Sea Monster, and his main cohort Ryan Higgins currently drums for Good Kids Sprouting Horns.
Jakob Battick & Friends:
New songs and new formations. The ever-changing nightmarefolk collective trims itself down to bare some new songs for its audience, all selections recently written to appear on the eventual release of the debut full length due out in 2011. Mysterysounds for your ears.
Arborea:
Wonder-duo Arborea will be summoning that ghostly timeless vibe they summon so well. Shanti has an incredible voice that will leave you speechless, Buck is a virtuosic folk-style guitar player, and the pair writes gorgeous ballads that seem to stand in the far shadows of various folk traditions. For those not in the know, Arborea has toured Europe, appeared live on the air at the BBC, released records on a handful of labels (Including Spanish imprint Borne Recordings), and has also been featured on NPR on multiple occasions (Gnarly credentials.)
White Light:
Local dronefolk legends from the L’Animaux Tryst family of weirdos. Ian Paige, Matt Lajoie, and Caitlin King (All also of Planets Around The Sun, Cursillistas, and Herbcraft) join forces with Jeremy and Jerusha Robinson (SOUTH CHINA!) to make sweeping songs that traverse the line between avant-anthems and searching, yearning, burning spiritual incantations. Electric guitars melt into cellos melting into primal boom-stomp drums melting into many voices.
This show has been made possible by the generous souls who subscribe to the Jakob Battick & Friends mailing list. Without their donations this show would be another paid-admission show with an ordinary attitude and ordinary expectations for the experience. Instead, we have a very special and exciting evening on our hands. Much love to all who have donated and who will donate, you will be justly rewarded with special gifts.
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By Hilly Town, on July 28th, 2010% Who Lower Dens / Inoculist / White Light (reunion) / Jakob Battick & Friends When Monday, August 9, 2010 8:00pm – 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 InfoLower Dens
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Inoculist
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White Light (reunion)
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Jakob Battick & Friends
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By Hilly Town, on August 29th, 2009%
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 . . . → Read More: OFFStage Is Done. Thanks!
By Hilly Town, on August 25th, 2009%
The past three Wednesdays have been a lot of fun, as each week three bands have played free shows on the floor at SPACE Gallery. Thanks so much to all the bands who’ve participated in this experiment, and everybody who has been coming out each week to enjoy the shows! Tomorrow sees the finale . . . → Read More: Final OFFStage At SPACE Show Tomorrow!
By Hilly Town, on July 3rd, 2009% Who HillyTown Presents: White Light + Blood Warrior [Brooklyn, NY] + Mark Summers When Wednesday, August 26, 2009 7:00pm – FREE – All Ages Where SPACE Gallery (map) 538 Congress St Portland, ME, USA 04101 Other Infopart of the HillyTown OFFStage @SPACE music series White Light+ Blood Warrior [Brooklyn, NY] + Mark Summers
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By Hilly Town, on June 25th, 2009% Who White Light / Dragon Turtle / Computer At Sea When Friday, July 10, 2009 8:00pm – 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 InfoWhite Light + Dragon Turtle
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Computer At Sea
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By Hilly Town, on June 25th, 2009% Who Cursillistas / Tempera / White Light When Thursday, June 25, 2009 8:00pm – All Ages Where BUOY (map) 2 Government St Kittery, ME, USA
New gallery and performance venue!
Other InfoCursilllistas + Tempera + White Light and joining them: The Music of Alex Mead, with Al Mead and Brett Deschenes
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By Hilly Town, on June 11th, 2009% Who Tryst Haunt: Cursillistas / Tempera / White Light / A.M. Frank / MODNIGHT When Friday, June 12, 2009 8:30pm – $6 – 18+ Where SPACE Gallery (map) 538 Congress St Portland, ME, USA 04101 Other InfoTryst Haunt II: Space is the Place With Cursillistas, Tempera, White Light, A.M. Frank and the return of MODNIGHT
l’animaux tryst record release fun!
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By Hilly Town, on April 29th, 2009% Who White Light / Cursillistas / Cloud Buster / Mystery? / Dust From 1000 Years When Saturday, May 2, 2009 8:00pm – free, donations are nice – 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 InfoCloud Buster = (solo drone from Portland)
White Light = (white heat?)
Cursillistas = (Aroostook rooted psych folk)
Mystery? = (space rock?)
Dust From 1000 Years = (Indiana “Indie/Experimental/Folk”)
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By Hilly Town, on April 17th, 2009%
I have to say, I love putting on shows at Slainte Wine Bar. It’s a pretty unassuming little room, but you can do great things there. Audiences love that shows are free, the food is good (and it was half-price on this occasion!), and the atmosphere is relaxed and comfortable for the performers. While . . . → Read More: HillyTown Presented: 4.15.09
By Hilly Town, on April 15th, 2009% Put the taxes behind you and come out for a great night of music tonight at Slainte. We’ve got locals White Light and South China (who sounded great together on WMPG’s Liberation By Sound yesterday) along with the Brooklyn duo Mary Halvorson & Jessica Pavone. As always at Slainte (24 Preble St. in downtown . . . → Read More: HillyTown Party Tonight!
By Hilly Town, on February 16th, 2009% Who HillyTown Presents: South China / Jessica Pavone & Mary Halvorson / White Light When Wednesday, April 15, 2009 9:00pm – FREE – 21+ Where Slainte (map) 24 Preble Street Portland, ME, USA 04101 Other Info HillyTown.com presents: South China + Jessica Pavone & Mary Halvorson + White Light
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By Hilly Town, on September 29th, 2008% Who Lady Lamb the Beekeeper / White Light When Friday, November 7, 2008 8:00pm – All Ages Where Tower Of Song (map) 602 Congress St. Portland, ME, USA 04101
A house show amplified onto Congress St in the heart of downtown Portland during the First Friday Art Walks!
Other InfoLady Lamb The Beekeeper + White Light blasted down Congress St during First Friday Art Walk!
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By Hilly Town, on August 25th, 2008% Who Arootsakoostik Music Festival When Saturday, June 27, 2009 11:00am – $10 – All Ages Where Thomas Park (map) Station Rd. New Sweden, ME Other InfoArootsacoustic (main stage) 11:00 – CURSILLISTAS, WHITE LIGHT + SOUTH CHINA! 12:05 – TRAVIS CYR and friends… 12:30 – JOHN CLAVETTE 1:05 – FRANK HOPKINS 1:45 – TREE BY LEAF
2:30 – PUTNAM SMITH
3:05 – The CLASS MACHINE
3:20 – LADY LAMB the BEEKEEPER
3:55 – DOMINIC and the LUCID
4:35 – CHRISS SUTHERLAND
5:20 – KELLY RAVIN TRIO
6:10 – BEARKAT & The LOBLOLLY BOY
7:10 – DEAD END ARMORY
(second stage)
11:00 – CAROL AYOOB & the PSYCHEDELICATES
11:30 – BARK TWICE BAXTER
11:55 – PAUL HOUSTON PROJECT
12:25 – JOHN NELS
12:55 – ROB ROY
1:25 – MARK SHAW
1:55 – TIGROID SUBSTANCE
2:30 – BRIAN MOSHER
3:10 – JESSE PILGRIM
3:45 – ABILENE PARADOX
4:20 – ESTIMATED PROPHETS
4:55 – The CLASS MACHINE
* – all times are subject to change.
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