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”
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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”
TPS Pick o’ the Week: Vices Inc, Gum Parker, Get Out of My House, and Plague Dad at the Brass Rail — Friday 1/26 7pm — FREE!
TLDR: If you go to only one show this weekend, it oughta be the Pop-Punk showcase on tap at The Brass Rail Friday night, Jan. 26. The bill is stacked with some of Portland’s best up-and-coming live acts — Vices Inc., Gum Parker, Get Out of My House, and Plague Dad – and it’s FREE!!!Continue reading “TPS Pick o’ the Week: Vices Inc, Gum Parker, Get Out of My House, and Plague Dad at the Brass Rail — Friday 1/26 7pm — FREE!”
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”
Kip Brown tribute show at Geno’s honors Portland local legend’s legacy
Way back in 1983, the now-storied Geno’s Rock Club, located in a what was then quite literally an underground space on Brown Street in Portland, began booking local bands. That first show featured a band called Average Rage, fronted by a local musician named Kip Brown, who himself went on to become something of aContinue reading “Kip Brown tribute show at Geno’s honors Portland local legend’s legacy”