• Maybe it's a blip on the radar screen, but there seems to be a renewed interest in the music video lately. TWISTED ROOTS have been garnering attention for their "Hollow Earth" effort and we're big fans of the bare-chested LEFTOVERS that splash through "Telephone Operator." Now HOLY BOYS DANGER CLUB have a vid for "Criminal," off of the Lessons For Liars EP. The folks at GUY MANLY VIDEOS (they shot the Cambiata doc) are responsible — check holyboysdangerclub.com to catch a peek. It's noirish and entertaining.
• Hat tip to ERIC BETTENCOURT, who correctly pointed out that RAY LAMONTAGNE did not actually play "Hannah" at the CCCC — rather, it was "Jolene." We just can't keep those girls straight.
• There have been some fits and starts, but it looks like ANNA'S GHOST are ready to release their debut full-length with a gig at the Empire on September 18. WILL ETHRIDGE (TOWER OF SONG, which is kind of on hiatus because of fire-code issues, but will be back in October at the ARCADIA DESIGNWORKS studio) will release the disc on his ETERNAL OTTER imprint. We're not 100 percent clear on what the lineup will be for the show, though.
• BILLY LYNCH's DEEP IN THE BELLY MANAGEMENT now represents four bands/artists in town: THIS WAY, ADAM KURTZ, MARION GRACE, and JACOB AUGUSTINE. There haven't been a lot of artist-management success stories in Portland, and most efforts have clearly been labors of love, but here's hoping Lynch can establish himself as a business that furthers artist careers.
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This record grabs you by the throat from measure one.
- A little bit country
The line-up for the Portland showcase at the CMJ Festival will be: SPOSE , BILLY LIBBY , THE MALLETT BROTHERS BAND , SUNSET HEARTS , THE MILKMAN'S UNION , THE TOUGHCATS , and KURT BAKER .
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While most Patriots fans this past weekend watched with glee as Baltimore Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis was denied a return trip to the Super Bowl, I couldn't help remember the time 11 years ago when I didn't completely detest the guy.
- The Audacity of Ryan Peters
Spose hears all of it. Aren't you and Seacrest supposed be sharing chicks by now? Where's your Escalade, dude? Or, as he puts it on "Gee Willikers," off his brand-new full-length The Audacity! , "Fuck that shit/I bet he doesn't know any black kids . . . I know I hated Spose from the get go."
- Network foundation
Attention bands on the cusp: the PORTLAND MUSIC FOUNDATION is assembling seven local groups to play a Portland Music Showcase at this year's CMJ FESTIVAL in New York.
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How did I not know that Bill Chinnock was Dick Curless’s son in law?
- The radio on TV
There is nothing new about bands playing on television. But local bands and local channels? Lately there’s been something of an explosion.
- Multi-colored Greetings
You can’t accuse Jeff Beam of lacking ambition.
- That was yesterday
More than 10 years since their debut, Colepitz have long since had their day in the sun. But sometimes it really is about the music.
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Speaking of AMANDA GERVASI , we've also got word of a solo release on her part, scheduled for July 24.
- Eternal Otter Records releases a slew of singles
On July 10 ETERNAL OTTER RECORDS will be releasing its next slew of vinyl singles with a cool gig both in the Narrow Gauge museum and on the train itself.
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