Now in its third year, After the Jump Fest is back uniting renowned indie favorites with undiscovered talent… 16+ Bands, Three Days, One Venue After the Jump Fest 09′ at Littlefield Friday, Aug 28th doors at 7pm Saturday, Aug 29th doors at 2pm Sunday, Aug 30th doors at 2pm Dinosaur Feathers The Drums Blood Warrior My Teenage Stride Wild Yaks Acrylics Holiday Shores Drink-up Buttercup
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Look, Ma, I Made A Concert Series!
In celebration of the first year of my Portland, Maine music blog/show list/late-night-junk-food-documenting site HillyTown, I put together an all ages free concert series at SPACE Gallery next month. Details here.
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Since Last We Spoke
Once again my music blogging activities have been pretty much limited to the action over at good old HillyTown, where things have been fairly lively. In fact, there’s an interview with me up at the Portland Press Herald website today about that site, and some of my other current projects.Speaking of other projects…Last week I [...]
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Goes Cube Swaps Matts, Go On Tour
As announced on Earfarm, founding Goes Cube member (and all-around awesome guy) Matt Frey will be leaving the band immediately following next week’s release show for Another Day Has Passed. Bass duties will be taken up by Matt Tyson (affectionately known as “Mister Earfarm†in these parts). If you’re in NY, definitely make it out [...]
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Sonic Youth The Eternal Pre-Order
Time to get your pre-order on for the new sonic youth LP, The Eternal. Insound has a cool deal on both the double lp and cd versions of the record. Both get you streams of the album in advance of the June 9 release date, along with exclusive MP3’s, a live album, early ticket deals, [...]
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Bat For Lashes Cancel Boston Show, Lewis & Clarke Come To Maine!
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There have been some change to the previously mentioned Bat For Lashes/Lewis & Clarke tour. The show initially scheduled for the Paradise in Boston tonight has been canceled (Bat For Lashes will return to the venue in August, and tickets will be honored then), and instead Lewis & Clarke will be coming here to Portland, [...]
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Passion Pit Contest Announcement
Sure, Passion Pit’s debut ep Chunk Of Change was good and the song “Sleepyhead†inspired some pretty awesome fan videos, but from the looks and sounds of things, the upcoming full length, Manners (Columbia/French Kiss, May 19), is going to take things much further. Check out the ripped paper style video for “The Reeling†below, [...]
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Spanish Prisoners Set Free (Album)
Spanish Prisoners are a NY-based group with an interesting history. Frontman and songwriter Leonid Maymind crafted the first album, Songs To Forget, and launched an impressive effort to thrust his new group into the forefront of the music scene last year. Against all odds, he saw some remarkable success, from touring with John Vanderslice to [...]
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Saint Solitude Touring The East Coast In TARDIS
Dup Crosson lives in Asheville, North Carolina, where he records and performs under the moniker of Saint Solitude. My first encounter with Crosson was some time last year, when he was here in Portland (where he’s from originally) playing a show with Lady Lamb The Beekeeper. It seems that every few months he manages to [...]
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They’ve Got (Power) Moves
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Another great new release out today that’s worth mentioning: NJ’s Screaming Females’ new record, Power Move, is available from Don Giovanni. Check out a few tracks from this release on Myspace. The band will be on a national tour all summer and should definitely be checked out live! Insound has a free download of the [...]
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