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Working out the kinks

As Mainers find the unfolding story about the Kennebunk prostitution ring to be socially complex and all kinds of unfortunate, CAM GROVES sees the whole thing pretty simply.

By: PORTLAND PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF | October 18, 2012

Ten years haunting

For many, Halloween's a chance to dress as a slasher or a zombie or a slutty Harry Potter or something. And no shame in that!

By: PORTLAND PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF | October 10, 2012

Down by the bay

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After a late summer renovation, BAYSIDE BOWL undertakes a seasonal reinvention this month.

By: PORTLAND PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF | October 03, 2012

Great days ahead

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We here at the Tablet can find the nostalgia industry a bit overwhelming sometimes, but now and again an idea comes along that gets it right.

By: PORTLAND PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF | September 26, 2012

Gotta stay hungry

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The whisper campaign around HI TIGER 's second record has begun.

By: PORTLAND PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF | September 19, 2012

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Among the newsiest of the chord changes in Maine music this fall, the oddball proprietors at ETERNAL OTTER RECORDS are launching a new monthly series at Zero Station, the finest forgotten little cubbyhole in Bayside.

By: PORTLAND PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF | September 12, 2012

Re-make/re-model

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We're thoroughly on board with the rebirth of Jakob Battick.

By: PORTLAND PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF | September 05, 2012

Bring back the flamenco

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Very pleased with the news that OLAS, the eight-piece flamenco-folk band and performance unit, will reunite for three shows this month after a year-long hiatus.

By: PORTLAND PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF | August 29, 2012

Homemade sauces

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Our old friends at TEA FIRST RECORDS have assembled a few honeypots for us this summer.

By: PORTLAND PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF | August 22, 2012

Flexing the goods

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Old friend SONTIAGO (a/k/a former Phoenician Sonya Tomlinson) releases the maxi-single for her huuuuuge summer hip hop/dance cut "Muscle Car" this week.

By: PORTLAND PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF | August 15, 2012

Mum's the word

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While we at Wax Tabs like to zoom in on the fringes of the music scene here in Portland, there's no glossing over the epic GENTLEMEN OF THE ROAD STOPOVER festival that went down last weekend, which basically turned the Eastern Promenade into its own island carnival.

By: PORTLAND PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF | August 08, 2012

Dark entries

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Since forming around this time last year, the metal group SYLVIA have triggered many Portlanders' brutality radars with a ferocious blend of black metal, sludge, and doom.

By: PORTLAND PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF | August 01, 2012

Maine saves Latin

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'Twas a shocker to send a text to a friend the other night reading "Hey, the guitarist from Black Flag is about to perform in a warehouse two minutes from your house."

By: PORTLAND PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF | July 25, 2012

Out for summer

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If you checked out the solo quasi-EP-release party from JACOB AUGUSTINE last weekend, you still didn't actually hear anything from the album — for lack of supporting musicians.

By: PORTLAND PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF | July 18, 2012

Banging it out

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As we enter the season of maximum enjoyment and maximum stimulation, now is the time to consider attending the area's music festivals and concert series.

By: | July 03, 2012

Granting dismissal

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Portland's 7-piece funk/hiphop outfit GRANT STREET ORCHESTRA ring their final coda this week, ending a three-plus-year run during which they became one of the most revered party bands in the state.

By: PORTLAND PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF | June 29, 2012

Summer reading

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Here's the good word: an intriguing new group called LOVERS OF FICTION caught our attention recently.

By: PORTLAND PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF | June 20, 2012

The What and the Why

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A brand-new record from the thoughtful indie-folk trio IF & IT dropped a couple weeks ago, courtesy of Ron Harrity's Peapod Recordings.

By: PORTLAND PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF | June 13, 2012

French connection

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Milled Pavement re-released an EP by the industrious rapper BRZOWSKI this week — Songs for Marty , a collaboration between Brzo and the French rapper Monsieur Sai, was originally issued in limited quantities in France only by the label Good Citizen Factory.

By: PORTLAND PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF | June 06, 2012

Over the hills and far away

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Old pal MARIE MORESHEAD has since flown on to Los Angeles, but you can hear a five-track document of her travels in a new recording of gently melodic, modern folk-pop.

By: PORTLAND PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF | May 30, 2012

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