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SAM PFEIFLE

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Take it to the bank

Bangor Savings supports local music. Do you?
There are some simple and harsh realities about being a local musician in Maine.
By SAM PFEIFLE  |  February 28, 2007

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Walk the line

Sorcha travels far on her full-length debut
An album with ADD, Sorcha’s Walk It Once just can’t sit still.
By SAM PFEIFLE  |  February 21, 2007

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Who’s your daddy?

Eggbot gets paternal, grows up a bit
Eggbot has always delighted in irony.
By SAM PFEIFLE  |  February 14, 2007

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Doomsday device

Frank Hopkins introduces us to our own mortalities
Frank Hopkins is Portland’s last angry man.
By SAM PFEIFLE  |  February 07, 2007

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Survivor: Portland

Jake Roche returns with a solo debut
When Jeremiah Freed decided in early 2005 to depart Portland for the sunny climes and cutthroat industry of Los Angeles, guitarist Jake Roche didn’t make the trip.
By SAM PFEIFLE  |  January 31, 2007

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Short and self-titled

Debut EPs from Katrina Abramo and Zach Romanoff
People might debate the artistic and moral value of American Idol as the final rounds approach, but is there anyone on earth who can’t get with the opening round tryouts?
By SAM PFEIFLE  |  January 26, 2007

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Clever, clever

A tantalizing debut EP from Are You a Fox?
You’ve got to have at least some affection for a young local band smart enough to reference Archilochus.
By SAM PFEIFLE  |  January 17, 2007

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Shades of Grey

Roy Davis debuts with a ramshackle warmth
We know at least two things after Roy Davis’s January 4 Big Easy CD-release show: he’s got good taste — and a brass pair of balls.
By SAM PFEIFLE  |  January 11, 2007

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That’s just super(groups)

Some ideas for bands that may never be, but should
You know, ideas are the easy part. It’s the execution that gets tricky.
By SAM PFEIFLE  |  January 03, 2007

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Local motives

Wishes for the year in local music
As is tradition (well, four years old, anyway), I’ll sum up my wishes from last year before I get to wants for 2007.
By SAM PFEIFLE  |  December 27, 2006

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Thirty for 2006

A year in local releases
Last year I hinted that I’d have to expand my rankings after two years of Top 20s. Well, here you go. The Top 30.
By SAM PFEIFLE  |  December 21, 2006

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The underside of rock

 Moss Mountain go to a damp, dark place
Moss Mountain Project’s Catfish Grouper Snapper may be the strangest album to be released in Portland this year.
By SAM PFEIFLE  |  December 13, 2006

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Angels in America

 Tony McNaboe leads an all-star cast for a holiday single
It’s been 21 years since “We Are the World,” and maybe it’s surprising we haven’t seen much like it since.
By SAM PFEIFLE  |  December 13, 2006

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South American odyssey

Dimow and Kolosko explore Latin nos•tal•gia
With all this American roots music being revived locally by the likes of Moses Atwood, Samuel James, and the Toughcats, it only makes sense that South American roots now be dug up by the likes of guitarist Nathan Kolosko and flautist Carl Dimow.
By SAM PFEIFLE  |  December 06, 2006

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Don't call it clawhammer

The Tough cats hit the mainland with Piñata
Of the 3877 songs currently on my iPod (generation two, 20 gigs) none had “unclassifiable” in the genre description until I loaded the Toughcats’ debut full-length into my iTunes.
By SAM PFEIFLE  |  November 29, 2006

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Mad scientists

Labseven finally put it all together with North Winds
Successful hip hop is all about braggadocio.
By SAM PFEIFLE  |  November 21, 2006

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Both sides of the blues

Meantone and Samuel James tackle America’s original musical form
When the Streets put out Original Pirate Material in 2004, there was much agreement that the crazy cadenced rap coming out of that Brit’s mouth was genuinely as original as music gets nowadays, exploring the very edges of contemporary music.
By SAM PFEIFLE  |  November 15, 2006

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There is a light

Tree by Leaf see God (and have a few words with him)
With 2005’s Of the Black and Blue , Tree by Leaf went from an interesting folk trio living somewhere Downeast to one of the most respected groups of talent in New England, with a following that began to span continents.
By SAM PFEIFLE  |  November 08, 2006

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Living Wage

Living Wage
I had a girlfriend once who claimed to experience actual orgasms every time Phish played “Chalkdust Torture.”
By SAM PFEIFLE  |  November 01, 2006

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Summer lasts forever

Now Is Now issue another disc full of sun-shiny pop  
Mitch Alden, frontman and songwriter for Now Is Now, is by all appearances a very happy guy.
By SAM PFEIFLE  |  October 25, 2006
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