Hillytown.com presents OFFStage at SPACE

FREE ALL-AGES SHOWS! You heard it folks. If you read this blog at all you know that all-ages shows are a hot topic for us. We miss out on some killer shows just cuz we can legally be boozin’ it up. Well, the awesome people over at Hillytown.com have come together with SPACE Gallery for [...]

Tony Smokes and the Flared-Up Appendix!

So hey everyone, it’s Dylan. As Owen said yesterday, Tony Smokes and The Ladykillers are officially dropping out of the Maine World Tour,  and there’s a very simple reason: yesterday I went t0 the emergency room for appendicitis and got my appendix removed. The timing couldn’t have been greater; no, really. We were the only [...]

Indiesplosion: Andrew Bird & St. Vincent coming to South Portland, October 24th

Update (7/18/09): The pre-sale is now over. You can now buy tickets at Ticketmaster (chunky convenience charges included) or at the Cumberland County Civic Center (no convenience charges, I believe). Wow. This year just got a whole lot better for live shows in Maine. After being treated by They Might Be Giants, Dirty Projectors, OK [...]

Neko Case coming to Portland in August!

This is turning out to be a big summer for Portland, as far as touring bands go. So far we have They Might Be Giants, Wilco, Conor Oberst (of Bright Eyes), Ween, Guster and many more great national acts (check HillyTown for more listings). Now Port City Music Hall is bringing Neko Case (of New [...]

Indie Cred: Throwing Muses

  The other day I was sifting through my music library, trying to find something I hadn’t listened to in a while (I do this frequently in the interest of making sure my playlists don’t stagnate), when I stumbled across Throwing Muses’ 1994 Bright Yellow Gun EP. To be totally honest, it had been some [...]

An interview with Christopher Pappas of The Everyday Visuals + Video

The Everyday Visuals are preparing for the release of their third self-titled album on April 14th. If you like bands such as Radiohead, Wilco, R.E.M., Crosby, Nash, Stills & Young and Fleet Foxes, you will love this band. They play around in Portland once in a while, and they’re aiming to come back sometime in [...]

The Decemberists: The Hazards of Love

For most established artists, a concept album can make or break your career. Luckily, The Decemberists have met the challenge head-on and crafted a beautifully cohesive and emotionally diverse album. The Hazards of Love, the fifth studio album from the Portland, Oregon based indie rockers, weaves an intricate story of forbidden love, forest dwelling creatures, [...]

Where The Wild Things Are trailer released! Looks good to me!

If you have a soul and was once a child, you probably read Where The Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak. It’s a classic picture book about a mischevious child in a creature suit who gets grounded and in rebellion, dreams up a fantasy island world where these giant, scary monsters rule the land. He [...]

Tony Smokes & The Ladykillers now available at Bull Moose Music!

Hello ladies and gentlemen, We apologize for the lack of postage in the past week or so. While we weren’t focusing our energy on the blog, we managed to get our eponymous CD consigned to Bull Moose Music at the Portland, Scarborough and Bangor locations! And the CD is now available for your purchasing convenience! [...]

Ben Folds Returns to the University of Maine

Ben Folds, everyone’s favorite piano rock dude, is coming back to the University of Maine at Orono in April. He was here in April of 2006 and will be returning in the wake of his latest album released earlier this year. Y’all better come check him out. According to the Maine Campus Newspaper, “Ben Folds [...]