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Wax Tablet
I t may be December, but some of these nights (particularly the weekends) offer so many interesting shows that we're scrambling around town trying to catch them all.
By PORTLAND PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF | December 14, 2011

Grant Street Orchestra gang up on Passionately Late

All you party people
Live, band-driven hip hop is a lot of fun and it's no wonder Portland has embraced Grant Street Orchestra, who this week make the Big Easy party central for the release their debut full-length Passionately Late .
By SAM PFEIFLE | October 12, 2011

Playing Trial & Error by the Bonfire

Pilgrim's progress
Jesse Pilgrim and the Bonfire do a couple things pretty well on their debut record, Trial & Error , that are hard to do well: create an album with a sense of place, and create an album with something to say.
By SAM PFEIFLE | March 30, 2011

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Summer Festivus Meximus: The Portland Music and Arts Festival, and other local music news

Sibilance
People sure do like putting on festivals.
By PORTLAND PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF | July 07, 2010

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Finding even better days

Gypsy Tailwind show power and Grace
Gypsy Tailwind have been a slow build. Though Halo Sessions was one of the best local albums of 2008, it seems no one really heard it until 2009, thanks largely to the radio success of "So Lonely," a single whose melancholy bounce was heartbreakingly honest: "I'll tell you a secret: I drank myself to sleep last night."
By SAM PFEIFLE | June 17, 2009

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Portland music news: April 17, 2009

Sibilance
Two big shows to watch coming up: That TOWER OF SONG we've been telling you about got approval from the City Council to put on a big festival May 23. So that's on.
By PORTLAND MUSIC STAFF | April 16, 2009

New England Music News: March 6, 2009

Sibilance
Sorry we didn't have time to give you the heads-up before the show, but the BALTIC SEA debuted a new five-man lineup Sunday night at the Big Easy.
By PORTLAND MUSIC STAFF | March 04, 2009