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Last night, five songwriters participated in HillyTown Presents: An Evening Of Acoustic Music at Mayo Street Arts in Portland. Thank you so much to Blainor at Mayo Street and of course Marie Moreshead, D. Gross, Denise Dill, Nate Martinez, and Jacob Augustine for the excellent performances in what felt like the perfect setting for […] 
Somehow hip hop has snuck into HillyTown over the past couple of weeks, I’d be curious to see what readers think about that – and if it’s something you’d like to see more of. Last night I stopped by Port City Music Hall to check out the J. Cole show, since I figure […] Last weekend, the first ROCK THAT: Portland Maine Hip Hop Festival took over the Big Easy from Friday, 11/19 to Sunday, 11/21. Mark Curdo, the event’s organizer, says that the event, whose purpose was to “put resources, efforts and passion together all at once to make as much noise as possible for the local […] 
Both EOTO and Portland’s own Cyborg Trio work in the realm of jammy live/electronic improvisation. The two acts shared a bill at Port City Music Hall on Saturday, November 13, and The Cyborg Trio will play a free party at the Big Easy on New Year’s Eve (a night where you’ll have plenty of […] 
What, is the title a little too much? But it’s true! Billed on the Facebook event as “HOMETOWN FAVS & LOVES AFAR|||SOUNDS oF LIMITLESS GENEROSITY,” it seemed likely that there’d be warm and fuzzy feelings at Kittery’s BUOY Gallery for last night’s show, which included hometown favorite Nat Baldwin (of Dirty Projectors), Brooklyn sax […] 
On November 7, legendary UK indie band Clinic played at SPACE Gallery. California’s The Fresh & Onlys and locals In The Audience opened. Read on for photos! 
While Mister Wakefield was enjoying some comedy down the street, I was at Empire for Sunset Hearts‘ second ever show. I’d missed the first one but heard great things about it, so I made sure to be there this time around. The group formed after coming together to perform as the Talking Heads for […] On Tuesday, two Canadian acts that I wasn’t very familiar with played at Port City Music Hall. Openers Hey Rosetta! (whose album I acquired and enjoyed quite a bit shortly before the show) are a more-than-capable rock band with strong acoustic elements and songs that range stylistically from soft folk to alt-country-tinged rockers. Headliner […] 
Though they’ve been hosting shows since their soft opening last month, Biddeford’s The Oak And The Ax (the space formerly known as the Hogfarm Studios Annex), this weekend marks the official grand opening of the venue. Last night, D. Gross, Joe Fletcher And The Wrong Reasons, and Brown Bird kicked things off with a […] 
As expected, the reliably smiley Brooklyn-based (though, as we learned, New England-raised) duo, Matt & Kim, brought a high energy show (complete with balloons!) to a dance-hungry audience last night at Port City Music Hall. We missed opener Fletcher C. Johnson (Matt’s brother), but caught the mashup hit-song jacking electro dance duo Javelin, who […] 
That was pretty much all I wanted to say. Thanks to everyone involved. Phantom Buffalo at the Rock Shop – Brooklyn, NY Ready for tomorrow night at Trash Bar? For now, I’m heading out to see more bands. Full photo galleries/videos/etc from all of this fun nonsense at some point in the […] 
On Saturday, October 16, moe. participated in the State Theater‘s grand opening weekend. Conall O’Brien was there taking pictures. There was also an official after party at Port City Music Hall with The Brew and Kinetix. Read on for the photo gallery and setlists. […] 
Though I wasn’t happy about missing out on most of the opening weekend at the State Theatre, I felt better knowing that there were capable eyes and ears there checking things out to share with you on the site. Matt Dodge – a familiar name to those who read actual news publications in Portland – […] 
I’ve been hoping this day would come ever since I first visited Portland and saw the empty State Theatre… the photo gallery below will take you inside (with LOTS of images) and give a preview of what you can see in person beginning with the grand opening this weekend. After 4 years, it all […] 
When Blood Warrior came to Maine last summer on their first ever string of shows, members of the band talked about how much they loved it here, and what a great experience they had playing at the Hogfarm Studios Annex the day before the HillyTown OFFStage @SPACE show they had come up for. Apparently […] |
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