• The MODEST PROPOSAL won the MAMM SLAM on Saturday afternoon, earning a bevy of cool prizes, $1000 cash, and the chance to open for SPARKS THE RESCUE's CD-release show later that night. To prove this whole learning-ground-for-young-bands works, already on the undercard for the show were PHANTOM COMPANION, a group that went through the MAMM SLAMM process last year (back when it was called the Rock Off). Congrats to the MAINE ACADEMY OF MODERN MUSIC and executive director JEFF SHAW for continuing a truly special tradition in the Maine music industry.
• One-time southern Mainer ROD PICOTT is making his annual trek back to Maine in May (the 24th, at One Longfellow) to show off his brand-new Welding Burns, which we expect will be another grizzly and weathered piece of alt-country you won't want to pass by.
• TORVA VOX, featuring some former AUDIOBLACK members, recently added ERIC RANCOURT, of HATCHETFACE AND THE VIPERS, to handle the drumkit. That ought to make a loud band louder.
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NOW IS NOW frontman MITCH ALDEN has plans for a solo release. The party's scheduled for January 21 at RiRa. Expect some seriously upbeat power pop.
- In the Audience's untitled disc, and Sparks the Rescue does their Worst
IN THE AUDIENCE are ready to follow up their debut disc, What Lives , from this fall with a new, as-yet-untitled EP that they're planning to release March 31.
- Port City now 18+, all the time
After something of a long, strange trip, Port City Music Hall's quest to be an 18+ venue has come to fruition.
- Sparks fly on Worst Thing I've Been Cursed With
If there were those who thought Sparks the Rescue got a little too saccharine on their label debut, Eyes to the Sun , they may be somewhat mollified by the brand-new Worst Thing I've Been Cursed With .
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Photos from Jenny Dee and the Deelinquents at TT's
- Interview: The Wippets
One chance encounter during a trip to New Orleans back in 2003 illuminated the bulb for the Wippets' Matt Martin and Tony Depoto, two East Bay musicians seeking inspiration during the annual Jazzfest.
- From solid to standout
Maybe the most surprising thing about Portland indie band Brenda’s set at the Wilco-curated Solid Sound Festival on the Mass MoCA campus in North Adams, Massachusetts, on Saturday was that people were actually there to see it. Lots of them.
- Live Review: Big Blood + Human Adult Band + Jim Vreeland | Sep 5 at the Apohadion
Without introduction or ceremony, a contained, violent dialogue erupted between one flanneled man and his guitar.
- Photos: Cambridge Carnival International | September 12, 2010
Crowds enjoy multicultural crafts and music at the 18th annual Cambridge Carnival International at Kendall Square on September 12, 2010.
- Photos: Roger Waters performing ''The Wall'' live at TD Garden
Roger Waters performs The Wall live at the TD Garden on October 3, 2010.
- Photos: Caspian at the Middle East Downstairs
Caspian, Constants and Defeater perform live as part of the 9th Annual Last Night On Earth party at the Middle East Downstairs on December 30, 2011.
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