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Roy Davis ditches electricity for the Coloradas

New kind of lightning
I was really digging the brand of alt-country Roy Davis was dishing on 2010's We Are a Lightning Bolt , all kinds of melancholy and down in the mouth and drenched in warm electric guitars.
By SAM PFEIFLE | January 18, 2012

This season starts retro and then fades to Black

A Modest mid-winter
After a summer and fall that saw local releases at a fever pitch, perhaps it was inevitable we'd see something of a retrenchment for the dark days of winter.
By SAM PFEIFLE | December 28, 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

The year's top 10 local albums, and five EPs to boot

With Confidence
I'm not sure when local music has been better. If there is any problem with our little scene here in Portland, it's that there's more talent than there are fans to support it.
By SAM PFEIFLE | December 22, 2010

Sean Mencher rockabillys out

Sibilance
Rockabilly vet SEAN MENCHER and his RHYTHM KINGS have started a new second-Saturday series at the Dogfish Bar & Grille on Free Street (the old Taverna). Starts at 8 pm, even. How civilized.
By PORTLAND PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF | October 13, 2010

One man’s picks for the BiMPys

Handicapping the Best Music Poll
Pffft. That Phoenix Best Music Poll is just a popularity contest!
By SAM PFEIFLE | June 02, 2010

Random rules

25 more local musicians meet, greet, and rock at the second 48 Hour Music Festival
25 more local musicians meet, greet, and rock at the second 48 Hour Music Festival
By CHRISTOPHER GRAY | March 03, 2010

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Lightning strikes

Weather the storm with Roy Davis's third LP
When Hank Williams sang a song like "My Son Calls Another Man Daddy" he could sell it because he'd been down low: born with spina bifida, father with a paralyzed face thanks to a stroke, brother he never knew because he was already dead.
By SAM PFEIFLE | January 20, 2010

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Hot, hot heat

New Year's Eve is just a warm-up
Is New Year's back? It seemed to have been taken away from us, by a general and hard-to-pin-down sentiment that it ought to be some kind of family holiday. Fuck that.
By SAM PFEIFLE | December 30, 2009

Hope springs Eternal Otter

Sibilance
The latest scuttlebutt on Lady Lamb the Beekeeper, Ray Lamontagne, and more.
By PORTLAND PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF | December 16, 2009

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Kicking around town with Roy Davis, Lost on Liftoff, and more

Sibilance
Sideman supergroup Frederick have decided to make a record. Except they don't have the dosh.
By PORTLAND PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF | October 14, 2009

Going down the road

John Paul brings Belmont Boulevard back to Maine
When John Paul comes to Slainte in a couple weeks, he'll be returning to the Portland scene where he got his start in the biz,
By SAM PFEIFLE | April 01, 2009

Music Seen: Dead of Winter

SPACE Gallery, January 24, 2009
Peaks and valleys are the name of the game with any showcase of too many songwriters that too many people attend, but by and large, Dead of Winter retains its status as a premier night of homegrown entertainment.
By CHRISTOPHER GRAY | January 28, 2009

The boy with no name

Travis Kline creates More Time
With a tidy five-song EP, More Time , Travis Kline is the newest entrant in Portland's burgeoning alt-country renaissance.
By SAM PFEIFLE | November 26, 2008

Welcome to Shangri-La

Maine's newest music fest begins Friday in Blue Hill
The first annual Shangri-La Festival, which will be held at the Fairgrounds in Blue Hill boasts an impressive lineup that spans generations and genres.
By CHRISTOPHER GRAY | July 30, 2008

Nine is fine

Portland's Best Music Poll 2008
Thanks to the hundreds of you who ventured out right after work (or perhaps played hooky from work) on Wednesday night to attend our ninth annual Best Music Poll Portland Music Awards Show.
By JEFF INGLIS | May 14, 2008

Who's going to win?

2008 Portland Best Music Poll tote board
I give you the BMP Tote Board, handicapping the big categories — because who doesn’t like reducing real life to betting lines?
By SAM PFEIFLE | April 30, 2008

Hitting Bottom

Brown Bird return on the spring winds with an aching beauty
Lamb may insist he’s an everyman — “My heart is valve and ventricle and flesh” — but this Brown Bird truly soars.
By SAM PFEIFLE | April 16, 2008

Further + Further

Roy Davis pushes forward with the Dregs
Roy Davis has made a number of good choices since the release of his promising debut disc, Grey Town , in early 2007.
By SAM PFEIFLE | April 09, 2008

Portland scene report: March 7, 2008

Sibilance starts now
The “Sibilance” staff are mildly excited to hear that SPACE GALLERY co-founder Todd Bernard is moving on to open a new “top-tier music venue with a capacity of 700” here in Portland.
By PORTLAND PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF | March 06, 2008