• You know, the "Sibilance" staff just happened to be glancing through a copy of PEOPLE magazine (not that we read it — our wives do!) when we came across a 3.5-out-of-4-star review of the new RAY LAMONTAGNE album. No wonder it sold 100,000 copies in the first two weeks!
• SPOSE is preparing a We Smoked It All, Vol. 2 mixtape for relatively soon release. Included? A freestyle over the CEE-LO "Fuck You" track that's six flavors of awesome.
• JASON SPOONER and crew are going to be working like dogs to promote the new Sea Monster, which hits national shelves on October 26. First up is a 24-date tour with the RYAN MONTBLEAU BAND (they've been touring with MARTIN SEXTON and playing as his backing band) starting September 28 and hit some cool rooms across the country, including Stubb's in Austin and the Mint in Los Angeles. The tour ends with a headlining gig at the KTAO Solar Center in Taos on October 30 (if you're making travel plans). Already, Spooner's first single off the new album, "Crashing Down," is charting nicely on AAA radio, rubbing elbows with new tracks by Los Lobos, Guster, and Tom Petty.
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Review: GFAC returns with double the horsepower, String sections, Local luminaries’ picks, More 
- Review: GFAC returns with double the horsepower
How spoiled are we in this town? A record like the new Greetings from Area Code 207 Vol. 8 can come out and it's like: Big Fuckin' Deal.
- String sections
All-gal bluegrass/folk outfit RAMBLIN' RED will release their debut disc next week at Mayo Street Arts on January 15.
- Local luminaries’ picks
I asked a bunch of people who really dig local music to help me make sure I wasn’t leaving any songs out when I was developing my list of the best 10 songs of the 2000s, but then I quickly realized that “best” is about as subjective as things come when you’re talking about songs.
- The Low Anthem visit the Low Countries
Plus Brown Birds and Toughcats
- Maine Songwriters Association ramps up, Pat Colwell's record, and more
The MAINE SONGWRITERS ASSOCIATION are trying to ramp up their happenings a little.
- The digital delight of Space versus Speed
Since 2000, we've had the Popsicko, Rocktopus, As Fast As (three albums), Spencer and the School Spirit Mafia, and now Space versus Speed. All with Spencer Albee as principal songwriter and frontman. Seven full-length records.
- Who's Cam Groves?
Back in the day, Preposterously Dank, the hip-hop label/collective created by Spose and featuring Cam Groves, Dr. Astronaut, and Educated Advocates, would have hit the popular consciousness with a collective album first.
- New EPs, Arborea kickstarts for an album, and Spose's song-a-week
The much-anticipated BALTIC SEA full-length has been put on hold until the new year by ERIK ROCK RECORDS , but not to worry: The band are releasing a short-run EP with two songs from the upcoming album, plus a couple of segues and a free download of a b-side from the last record.
- Sparks the Rescue record Fearlessly
Why do bands still pursue label deals? Let's ask Sparks the Rescue, who just finished up seven weeks working with producer/engineer Jonathan Wyman out at his studio in Windham, all on the Fearless Records dime.
- Leader of the pack
Ray LaMontagne's got a band now. But he doesn't have a producer.
- Ray LaMontagne and the Pariah Dogs | God Willin' and the Creek Don't Rise
Beneath the crusty-mountain-man exterior and the surly attitude toward the entertainment business, Ray LaMontagne wants you to like him.
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