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Fun with mirrors

Wax Tablet
The dark lounge band JOHNNY CREMAINS are putting the final touches on their first full-length, tentatively titled Leave It To Believers .
By PORTLAND PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF | February 15, 2012

Kurt Baker is Rockin’ for a Living

Larger than life
There's so much more to Kurt Baker than his music.
By SAM PFEIFLE | November 23, 2011

Old friends return

Wax Tablet
The sinewy post-punk group HUAK drop Yorba Linda , their first full-length, named for the birthplace of Richard Nixon.
By PORTLAND PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF | September 07, 2011

Musings and mutterings from the worlds of Maine music

The Wax Tablet
MICAH BLUE SMALDONE is taking his talents to Fort Kent.
By PORTLAND PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF | July 20, 2011

Apocryphonic: This Light Offers No Warmth, July 9 at Geno’s

Music heard
Local avant-metal band Apocryphonic merge the grammar of Mogwai and the sonic vocabulary of Conifer into 35 minutes of dexterous post-rock on their impressive debut record.
By NICHOLAS SCHROEDER | July 06, 2011

The Body at Geno's, May 12

Music seen
Rumors that Providence's two-piece doom band the Body would be returning to town began as a whisper campaign in late April. With whom? No one knew.
By NICHOLAS SCHROEDER | May 18, 2011

The feel-good prog rock of By Blood Alone

Thunderstruck
If there's one thing for certain, it's that no one will feel cheated by By Blood Alone.
By SAM PFEIFLE | April 20, 2011

Foam Castles invite you to Come Over to My House

Digital domicile
Bitch all you want about the firehose of new music nowadays, but the lowered barriers to recording and distribution certainly do make it easier for artists to be a lot more playful in their releases.
By SAM PFEIFLE | April 13, 2011

By Blood Alone soar with Thunderbirds, Joe Walsh goes solo, and more

Sibilance
Be on the lookout for BY BLOOD ALONE 's new disc, Thunderbirds , which dropped on Tuesday. They'll play a gig to celebrate on April 22 at Geno's.
By PORTLAND PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF | April 13, 2011

Taboo + Ancestral Diet at the Apohadion, March 8

Music seen
When I entered the Apohadion, the room was nearly dark and the stage was empty.
By NICHOLAS SCHROEDER | March 16, 2011

Hessian + Dementia Five + Motherfu@#kers Be Trippin' on January 22 at Geno's

Music seen
With a name like a throwback to a "parental advisory" era that today seems charmingly nostalgic, Haverhill, Massachusetts's Motherf@#kers Be Trippin' (special characters theirs) were like an open-top Jeep cruising the promenade of riotous rock and roll.
By NICHOLAS SCHROEDER | January 26, 2011

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Loverless at Geno's, December 18

Music seen
Loverless aren't technically on hiatus; they just aren't playing very much. Bassist Dan MacLeod confessed he got blood blisters from practice earlier that day.
By AMANDA PLEAU | December 29, 2010

Livening up 2010: Many bands, all over town

Music seen
It was about the experience in 2010. Whether it was the sweaty, riotous, arm-over-your-buddy's-shoulder type of concert or the ruminative, head-plodding sort, concertgoers in town (and away) had much to immerse in.
By NICHOLAS SCHROEDER | December 22, 2010

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Clubber Lang will kick your ass

Undefeatable
What do heavy rock quartet Clubber Lang have going for them?
By SAM PFEIFLE | November 24, 2010

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Thrones + Christian Mistress + AoK Suicide Forest at Geno's, October 10

Music seen
Probably the most beautiful thing about a metal show is that it's the only place you can catch dozens of people emphatically nodding Yes .
By NICHOLAS SCHROEDER | October 13, 2010

Go inside radio drama

Recordings
The tale-tellers behind Final Rune Productions create what they call "stories for the ear."
By MEGAN GRUMBLING | October 07, 2010

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North Star closes, but Jay Jasch's music series continues

Sibilance
In last week's review, that Pfeifle guy flubbed a D. GROSS song name. It's "Family Man," not "Family." He's sorry.
By PORTLAND PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF | September 22, 2010

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Fall Film Preview: Underground big-screen shows

The local film scene revs up for fall
One of the happiest and most unexpected developments in local arts culture over the past year has been the subtle yet persistent proliferation of DIY and/or locally-oriented movie nights in the area.
By CHRISTOPHER GRAY | September 15, 2010

Block Party celebrates, consumes the Arts District on Saturday

Square roots
The first time SPACE Gallery closed off a chunk of Congress Street, in 2005, they filled it with sod grass and turned it into an urban lawn. The second, a year later, inflated plastic structures dotted the Arts District. This Saturday — in theme, in spirit, and in execution — they do it again by throwing a good old fashioned Block Party.
By CHRISTOPHER GRAY | September 08, 2010

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