Chris Moulton

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Mic check

Wax Tablet
VANITYITES frontman CHRIS MOULTON has already apologized for his insulting, immature behavior at last Thursday's Equality Maine benefit, but that doesn't mean we're ready to let him off the hook.
By PORTLAND PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF | November 02, 2011

Taking pride in Vanityites’ Once More to Lillith

Supping on contempt
He might be a crazy motherfucker (well, almost definitely), but Chris Moulton can sing and write songs like very few people, locally or anywhere.
By SAM PFEIFLE | October 26, 2011

Paranoid Social Club really are out to get you

Club-house rules
Hopefully by now you've heard the first single from Paranoid Social Club's new Axis IV , "Count on Me," and you don't need a whole lot of convincing that this is the record you'll be listening to all summer.
By SAM PFEIFLE | May 18, 2011

Lucid dreaming

An effervescent ride on the mothership
How far the Lucid have come. Sure, sometimes a band come out of the gate firing on all cylinders and crush their debut album, using chemistry and energy to overcome lack of experience. But far more common is for a band to take a little while to find their footing.
By SAM PFEIFLE | February 01, 2011

New projects, debuts, and goodbyes

Sibilance
Former CAMBIATA mates CHRIS MOULTON and STAN DZENGELEWSKI (hardest name in Portland music to spell?) have a new project they're calling VANITYITES , and they're getting help from all kinds of former bandmates and other talented folks.
By PORTLAND PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF | January 05, 2011

Jeff Beam navigates the Flying Trapeze

Without a net
Talk about a high-wire act. On his fourth full-length album in as many years, young songwriter/performer/engineer Jeff Beam has set out to make an important album that's listenable, a record that both challenges ideas about pop music and embraces them.
By SAM PFEIFLE | December 08, 2010