You can’t swing a dead cat in this state without hitting a music festival of one sort or another but for my money, the Belfast edition of the All Roads Music Festival is, pound for pound, your best live music value. You can snag early-bird tickets at substantial savings here. Tightly curated, the Belfast editionContinue reading “All Roads Belfast is Back, and the Lineup is Stacked!”
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Anti-Folk Legend Hamell On Trial Rolls into New England for Four Shows
In this age of backing tracks and AI slop, there aren’t many performers left who can walk onstage with nothing but an acoustic guitar and not only command, but reward a roomful of attention for ninety minutes. Hamell On Trial is one of them. The anti-folk lifer, punk-rock storyteller, professional rabble-rouser, and all-around force ofContinue reading “Anti-Folk Legend Hamell On Trial Rolls into New England for Four Shows”
Another Southern Maine Music Venue Bites The Dust
Rumors, a scrappy, DIY venue carved out of some unused space above the venerable Mulligan’s in Biddeford, will shut down on Sunday, barring an act of God or a miracle of equal measure from some other unlikely source. “We’re closing our doors as of Sunday because the building is being sold,” Rumors mastermind Austin Hunter-MelansonContinue reading “Another Southern Maine Music Venue Bites The Dust”
Portland’s New Music Venue, Madrid’s, Is Launching Its Lounge Space With a Killer Show Tonight
So I wandered down to Madrid’s of an evening last night after work for the soft launch of Madrid’s Lounge room. That’s the smaller room up front, where they’ll be featuring a wide-ranging assortment of local bands and, I would imagine, an impeccably curated roster of touring acts, as well. Speaking of local acts, didContinue reading “Portland’s New Music Venue, Madrid’s, Is Launching Its Lounge Space With a Killer Show Tonight”
So many killer shows this weekend — it’s a Festivus Miracle!
Rejoice, music lovers, because this weekend offers a bounty of shows to choose from — so many that, unless you know a mystical way to bend the laws of time and space so that you can be in more than one place at the same time, you’ll probably need to make some difficult choices. FridayContinue reading “So many killer shows this weekend — it’s a Festivus Miracle!”
Vapors of Morphine and Muddy Ruckus
Saturday, Nov. 6 at the Bayside Bowl Morphine was one of those bands that elicited far more than its share of those, “Holy shit, what was that I just heard?” moments from anyone who caught them for the first time. A three-piece outfit that featured drums, bass and a baritone sax, they put out aContinue reading “Vapors of Morphine and Muddy Ruckus”