• 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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- Power pop, radio rock, and more
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 .
- Fungus Amungus kicks out the (structured) jams
It's hard to believe Fungus Amungus have released only one album since sax player Jarrod Valenti founded the band nearly a decade ago.
- Max Creek celebrate 40 years of creativity
Imagine if the guys who started Max Creek never went to the famous Watkins Glen Summer Jam in 1973.
- Photos: Beach Fossils and Craft Spells at Great Scott
Beach Fossils and Craft Spells perform live at Great Scott on April 28, 2011.
- Photos: Chanteuse at Firehouse 13
Chanteuse featuring Jess Powers, Tracity Garrity, Miss Wensday, Tai Awolaju, Kristen Minsky, Michaelle Saintil, and The Sugar Honey Iced Tea comes to Firehouse 13 on April 30, 2011.
- From afar, Destry bring vintage allure to Boston
When Destry's Michelle DaRosa tells me she grew up watching musicals excessively, I find myself listening to her singing voice just to see what type of musical heroine she'd be.
- Getting down and dirty with Joe Walsh
Seeing Joe Walsh for the first time, down with Jerks of Grass in some of the final days of the Bramhall Pub, he was immediately "the Android".
- Say hello to Goodbye Forever, the latest from This Way
THIS WAY have put the finishing touches on Goodbye Forever , what we're hearing is an Americana-fueled second album from the band fronted by JAY BASINER .
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