The inaugural Back Cove Music Festival is set to go off this weekend, on Saturday, Aug. 2 and Sunday, Aug. 3, and the lineup offers a strong slate of headliners, including Jack White, Lord Huron, The Roots, and Thee Sacred Souls, as well as a deep bench of local acts, including the Oshima Brothers, WeakenedContinue reading “Local Artists Wicked Stoked To Play Portland’s Back Cove Music Festival”
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Back Cove Music Festival Organizers Are Playing The Long Game
Portland is no stranger to outdoor music events. Shows at Thompson’s Point routinely bring as many as 7,500 people to the waterfront venue tucked in behind the transit center near Libbytown, one of Portland’s oldest neighborhoods. In 2012, nearly 15,000 people crowded into the Eastern Prom to see the British stomp/clap posers Mumford & SonsContinue reading “Back Cove Music Festival Organizers Are Playing The Long Game”
Blaze Brewing Biddeford Open Mic Is A Winner
Open mics are always fun but a good open mic can be killer, bringing together an intriguing mix of musicians – both seasoned and otherwise — to swap songs, road-test new material, and just generally have fun doing what musicians do best: playing some tunes among friends both old and new. Historically, open mics comeContinue reading “Blaze Brewing Biddeford Open Mic Is A Winner”
TPS Pick o’ the Week: Rascal Van at the Sun Tiki — Friday 7/28 8pm
If you missed out on tickets for Billy Strings over at Thompson’s Point and you’re looking for some quality live music Friday night, you might wanna dip over to Sun Tiki Studios on Forest Ave. and catch a local outfit called Rascal Van, ’cause these kids are the real goddam deal. Rascal Van’s a four-pieceContinue reading “TPS Pick o’ the Week: Rascal Van at the Sun Tiki — Friday 7/28 8pm”
Rustic Overtones Frontman Dave Gutter: Don’t Call It a Reunion
“We’re just excited to play. It’s been a big year for me, with the Grammy, and it’s been a crazy time with the pandemic. We all have a lot of feelings and a lot of pent-up energy to get out, and we have a lot of songs in our catalog.”
Local Boy Makes Good — Dan Blakeslee’s Playing the Newport Folk Festival!
Scan the roster of artists playing the Newport Folk Festival next week and you’re gonna see some pretty big names: Maggie Rogers, Billie Strings, Noah Kahan, CAAMP – the list goes on and on. You’re also gonna see this name: Dan Blakeslee. That’s because the southern Maine troubadour has been booked to play the legendaryContinue reading “Local Boy Makes Good — Dan Blakeslee’s Playing the Newport Folk Festival!”
If You Go To Only One Music Festival This Summer, It Should Be ARME Boot Camp 2
When it comes to live music, Portland punches far above its weight, and the upcoming ARME Boot Camp Festival 2 at Threshers Brewing in Searsmont on Aug. 4 and 5 proves that point in a big, big way – the headlining act this year is Maine’s own Rustic Overtones, who are reuniting to play theirContinue reading “If You Go To Only One Music Festival This Summer, It Should Be ARME Boot Camp 2”
Saturday Night Rock: FonFon Ru’s Record Release Party
For my money, your best rock value, pound for pound, is at the Space Gallery Saturday night, with the FonFon Ru record release party — four bands, no waiting: FonFonRu, Ossalot, Kal Marks and That Hideous Sound. That’s a helluva show. Three tracks from FonFon Ru’s new record, Collapse of the Silver Bridge, are upContinue reading “Saturday Night Rock: FonFon Ru’s Record Release Party”
For Mike Rivard and Club d’Elf, It’s All About the Groove
In the end, it all comes down to one thing: the groove, or whatever you might wanna call it. The beat. The rhythm. The feel. The vibe. You know it when you feel it. When it’s locked in, it can be transcendent. And that transcendence, that stunning sense of revelation, is what bass master MikeContinue reading “For Mike Rivard and Club d’Elf, It’s All About the Groove”
Pestilent Punk Performance Post
Witnessing the development of a band is something special. More often than not I’m turned on to bands that have existed and established their sound over the course of years and years. By no means do I essay to suggest that artists can’t change courses despite a reputation. I guess what I am saying isContinue reading “Pestilent Punk Performance Post”
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