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Sam Shain and the Scolded Dogs won’t mind

You can dance if you want to
No, seriously, have you been up to Hallowell?
By: SAM PFEIFLE  |  February 27, 2013
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A first sampler from the new Lorem Ipsum label

Call it a placeholder
It's been a while since Portland had itself a bona fide new label, something more than just a vanity title for a band's self-released album. It makes sense, considering the fracturing nature of the music industry in general and the ease with which independent artists can record and release music nowadays.
By: SAM PFEIFLE  |  February 27, 2013
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A Beaux across the pond

Intercontinental Collaborations
While many of us simply watched the Grammy Awards broadcast on Sunday night (marveling over the Bruno/Sting/Rihanna/Marley performance, or Carrie Underwood's dress-as-video-screen), for others the Awards show is actually the culmination of something of a Grammy festival, with industry parties and get-togethers sprawling through the week and all over LA.
By: SAM PFEIFLE  |  February 13, 2013
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The Pecan Sandies choose their Therapy


There's a fairly continuous line of ska-influenced local horn bands.
By: SAM PFEIFLE  |  February 13, 2013
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Hutch Heelan’s stuck in the middle with you


For a guy who seems pretty reserved in interpersonal interactions, Hutch Heelan can be a high-profile guy.
By: SAM PFEIFLE  |  February 13, 2013
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Phantom Buffalo’s farthest flight of fantasy

Raise a Tullamore Dew to Tadaloora
Sometimes all the cutesy artwork and twee vocals (which I quite like) can obscure the fact that Phantom Buffalo are a kick-ass guitar band, like Built to Spill's little brothers.
By: SAM PFEIFLE  |  February 06, 2013
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Eating up A Severe Joy

A loner’s solo feast
For a record collecting five singles released over the past year, A Severe Joy's second full-length, Cinematesque, Pt. 1, sure does feel like an "album."
By: SAM PFEIFLE  |  January 30, 2013
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Pig out on new 6gig

A four-song EP, and some B-sides, come out of nowhere
On stage a couple Fridays back, opening for Paranoid Social Club (who also have new work on the way shortly), 6gig frontman Walt Craven was as relaxed as I've ever seen him.
By: SAM PFEIFLE  |  January 30, 2013
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A lioness of a Lady Lamb

The powerful debut: Ripely Pine
The delivery is primal, shouted: "I'm as blue as blood before the blood goes red."
By: SAM PFEIFLE  |  January 23, 2013
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Raise your hands for the Reverie

And they all shall be ‘Joyful Captives’
The chorus rules all. The songs that capture the public imagination repeat with vengeance, feeding the human mind's taste for predictability.
By: SAM PFEIFLE  |  January 16, 2013
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Boozy two-piece blues from Arcane Lore

Mind erasers
Done right, the two-piece rock band can be pretty attractive. Just ask the Black Keys (who get help all over the place when performing, but that's another matter) and the White Stripes.
By: SAM PFEIFLE  |  January 09, 2013
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Back to the roots: The JT Lockwood Band’s self-titled debut


The Hallowell music scene is no joke. For a little burg mostly known for being an Augusta bedroom community, the live music per capita is off the charts.
By: SAM PFEIFLE  |  January 09, 2013
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Cam Jones takes a stroll through Portland

That Kin-do spirit
Portland's been a good music town long enough now that it's deserving of an ode like Yes We Kin's That We Will , a four-song EP that breathes our city's air and walks its streets.
By: SAM PFEIFLE  |  December 31, 2012
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Steve Jones proves he’s still Listening

The existence period
If Steve Jones is just going to put out another record every year from now on, I'd be okay with that.
By: SAM PFEIFLE  |  December 31, 2012
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A flurry of releases in the new year

Wintersongs
Like predicting the impact of climate change, looking forward to the season's album releases reveals an increasing number of significant events, but you can't quite pin down exactly when they'll all happen.
By: SAM PFEIFLE  |  December 26, 2012
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The top 10 albums of 2012

Were things better?
Every year, it becomes easier to indulge in nostalgia.
By: SAM PFEIFLE  |  December 19, 2012
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Hear and see Olas: The Film

Moving pictures
Usually, when you've "just gotta see that band live," it's because the recordings don't quite do justice to the energy or "vibe" with which the band performs or there's an improvisational quality to what they do that just doesn't translate to recordings.
By: SAM PFEIFLE  |  December 12, 2012
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GinLab are Abandoned Home for the holidays


Bolstering our digitally influenced local cloister, with the likes of the Other Bones and Sunset Hearts, are GinLab, a five-piece mix of traditional bass-drums-guitar and synth-beats-Kaoss Box that is more sarcastic and ironic than danceable.
By: SAM PFEIFLE  |  December 12, 2012

Giving local music for the holidays

Will it fit?
I always give local music for Christmas.
By: SAM PFEIFLE  |  December 05, 2012
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The Fogcutters add to our Christmas cheer


When done right, Thanksgiving through Christmas is a month-long party of friends, family, and whatever beverage-and-food combination turns you on.
By: SAM PFEIFLE  |  November 28, 2012
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Harbor unleash troubled waters

Every port in a storm
Between the new musical ventures at Mathew's (it will always be Pops to me), whatever's going on with Dirigimus, and the new Studio 250, there's been a bit of a heavy-music resurgence lately, much of it raw and unpolished.
By: SAM PFEIFLE  |  November 20, 2012
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