Music Features

A decade of song

10 years of the Portland Music Awards

By MARGO ROY, CLIF GARBODEN, JOHN MARSHALL, LISA CRAIG, MATTHEW ROBBINS, SONYA TOMLINSON, JEFF INGLIS, AND JENNIFER KEARNS | June 11, 2009

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A handful of Phoenix readers questioned the parameters of what exactly defined a "Breakthrough Act" in our recent Best Music Poll, decided in dominant fashion by alt-rock quartet SEXCoffee. What exactly constitutes a band playing together for six years as finally "breaking through?" Well, it isn't titled "Best "New" Act," if that helps.
Music Seen: Ogre's farewell show
It's never easy saying goodbye to a friend.
Ocean + Desolate Grace
At Geno’s, November 13
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In the red
A handful of Phoenix readers questioned the parameters of what exactly defined a "Breakthrough Act" in our recent Best Music Poll, decided in dominant fashion by alt-rock quartet SEXCoffee. What exactly constitutes a band playing together for six years as finally "breaking through?" Well, it isn't titled "Best "New" Act," if that helps.
Music Seen: Ogre's farewell show
It's never easy saying goodbye to a friend.
Ocean + Desolate Grace
At Geno’s, November 13
Interview: Michael Angelakos of Passion Pit
In 2008, Passion Pit won Best New Artist in our Best Music Poll.
Ziggy lives!
Club Hell starts the weekend off THURSDAY (the 6th) with an early-bird experimental rock show featuring Houston's SCALE THE SUMMIT (currently on tour opening for Dream Theater) with Cranston's CALIFORNIA SMILE , who are reportedly finishing a new record.
Gallery Lucida
Whitney Art Works for the next few days hosts the work of three Portland photographers exhibiting entirely different but complementary approaches.
Take it to the bank
There are some simple and harsh realities about being a local musician in Maine.
Portland Music News: May 22, 2009
Even more RON HARRITY : BIRD IN THE RAFTERS will release their debut disc, recorded with Harrity last year, with a show June 13 at SPACE Gallery. They're calling it Jetlag and it will feature, among other things, a book oscillator invented by COMPUTER AT SEA 's GALEN RICHMOND . No, we don't know what a book oscillator is, either.
Portland scene report: January 4, 2008
Woitasek has pulled in a number of impressive acts this year and it will be a shame to see that end.
Portland scene report: November 17, 2006
Oh, if only the “Sibilance” staff were actual investigative reporters, with fedoras and press cards and trench coats and cute little white steno pads.
Portland scene report: October 13, 2006
The “Sibilance” staff got a little ahead of ourselves when we said the Scott Link solo album was imminent.
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Will B.

Actually, that's Doug from Covered in Bees.

Posted: June 12 2009 at 1:45 AM

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Will B.

Instead of Ogre in 06.

Posted: June 12 2009 at 1:47 AM

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runawayjett13

The picture above is Doug Porter from Confusatron, Covered in Bees, Johnny Cremains, and Book of the Dead. NOT OGRE, which has had the same three members for ten years now (and have won two of your awards) - Will Broadbent, Ed Cunningham and Ross Markonish.

Posted: June 12 2009 at 9:54 AM

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