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Photos: CMJ Showcase at the Trash Bar

The CMJ Showcase | Trash Bar | October 23, 2010
Dead Man's Clothes, Foam Castles, Holy Boys Danger Club and others play the CMJ Showcase at the Trash Bar on October 23, 2010.

By: NICHOLAS BRENNAN | October 27, 2010

Stopping by KahBang on a summer evening

From the audience
With year two now in the books, it's safe to say that standout sets by artists on the rise are what could truly set the annual KahBang music festival apart from similar gatherings throughout New England.

By: KEGAN ZEMA | August 19, 2010

Photos: KahBang 2010

KahBang | Bangor Mall | August 13-14, 2010
OK Go, B.o.B., Bad Rabbits, and others perform at the KahBang festival in Bangor, Maine, on August 13-14, 2010.

By: ANDREW FOSTER | August 20, 2010

Review: Good Kids Sprouting Horns at Slainte

Music Seen
Good Kids Sprouting Horns at Slainte on May 22

By: KEGAN ZEMA | May 26, 2010

Stars, bars, and open arms

Flags + Guns Dept.
The first thing I noticed when pulling into the Preble Street parking lot on Back Cove for last Sunday’s open-carry firearm event, which had been organized to encourage Mainers to legally wear their guns in public, was the Confederate flag.

By: RICK WORMWOOD | April 28, 2010

Photos: Vanna and Our Last Night in Bangor

Vanna and Our Last Night, live at Bangor Skatepark, May 1, 2010
Photos of the two bands performing during the Skate Against Drugs 2010 Tour

By: ANDREW FOSTER | May 03, 2010

Review: Theodore Treehouse at Slainte Wine Bar Mardi Gras

Music Seen
A few weeks back, Theodore Treehouse made a brief appearance in this spot, lending the band the quote that now appears on their MySpace page: "Even the bike punks couldn't resist bopping their heads."

By: BRYAN BRUCHMAN | February 24, 2010

Prince Rama of Ayodhya + Theodore Treehouse

Music Seen
At SPACE Gallery, February 1

By: BRIDGET M. BURNS | February 03, 2010

Portland Symphony Orchestra

Music Seen
At January 24, Merrill Auditorium

By: CHRISTOPHER GRAY | January 27, 2010

Review: AC + PanzerBastard + AoK Suicide Forest

Music Seen: AC + PanzerBastard + AoK Suicide Forest, live at Geno's, January 15
AoK Suicide Forest, featuring Michael Anderson (Loverless, Johnny Cremains), David Joy (Sunrunner) and Leif Sherman Curtis (Moneycastasia, ex-Conifer), have only been around since last summer and have quickly honed their blend of '70s proto-metal, psychedelia, and Japanese noise rock to a razor-sharp edge through relentless gigging.

By: DAN CLARK | January 20, 2010

Review: Kino Proby's CD-release show the Big Easy

Music Seen
At Port City Music Hall, January 8

By: BRYAN BRUCHMAN | January 13, 2010

Photos: Phish at Cumberland County Civic Center

Phish, live at the Cumberland County Civic Center on November 29, 2009
Live at Phish's 2009 Fall Tour stop in Portland

By: SCOTT HOLT | December 07, 2009

Photos: Sunday at Bonnaroo 2009

Phish, Erykah Badu, Snoop Dogg, and more at Bonnaroo 2009 in Manchester, Tennessee
Phish, Erykah Badu, Snoop Dogg, and more at Bonnaroo 2009

By: LEXY WINTER | June 18, 2009

Photos: Aerosmith, Dropkick Murphys at Comcast Center

Aerosmith and Dropkick Murphys, live at Comcast Center in Mansfield, June 16, 2009
Aerosmith and Dropkick Murphys, live at Comcast Center

By: MARY OUELLETTE | June 19, 2009

Photos: Friday at Bonnaroo 2009

Public Enemy, Santigold, Beastie Boys, and more on Friday, June 12, 2009 at Bonnaroo
Photos from Friday, June 12, 2009 at Bonnaroo 2009

By: LEXY WINTER | June 17, 2009

Photos: Bonnaroo 2009

Bruce Springsteen, Wilco, Elvis Costello, and more at Bonnaroo 2009
Bruce Springsteen, Wilco, Elvis Costello, and more at Bonnaroo 2009 in Manchester, Tennessee

By: LEXY WINTER | June 17, 2009

Music seen: Pixies vs. Sonic Youth at Empire

Sublime musical match-ups
The Clash of the Titans has become a Portland staple over the last three years. Since shifting from the Big Easy to the Empire this year, the Tuesday tradition has lost none of its crowd-pulling potential.

By: DAN CLARK | June 10, 2009

Review: Buckethead, Wolff at Asylum

Buckethead and Wolf, live at Asylum on May 27, 2009
Little is known about the masked maniac called Buckethead. According to his mythology, he was raised in a chicken coop next door to a drive-in theater, and the bucket he wears on his head contains cursed chicken bones that give him his supernatural guitar-shredding powers.

By: DAN CLARK | June 03, 2009

Music Seen: Ocean and Pontiak

Ocean and Pontiak at SPACE Gallery, May 5
The day after Ocean's predictably under-attended (30-40 people) Cinco de Mayo performance at SPACE, a friend who also attended asked what I thought. "So loud," I said. "So slow," he responded. It wasn't hard to catch the reverence in both reactions.

By: CHRISTOPHER GRAY | May 13, 2009

Music seen: Clubber Lang, Antiseptic + Batshelter

Clubber Lang, Antiseptic + Batshelter at Geno's, April 10
Ah, Batshelter. What exactly are they? Punk, metal, a little of both, or something far more complex? Whichever, they've developed quite the following in the past few months.

By: DAN CLARK | April 16, 2009

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