• Yes, we know that there are important albums being released by ELIJAH OCEAN and the new duo of DAVE GUTTER and EVAN CASAS in the very near future. Pfeifle can't review everything in the same week, for Christ's sake, so just lay off and wait till next week.
• Perhaps it was inevitable after the burst appendix, but we just got news that TONY SMOKES AND THE LADYKILLERS are all over. However, OWEN KEITER and KEGAN ZEMA will continue on together under the new moniker: the MOTOR KICKS. The general garage-rock thing won't change, though.
• It's a long time coming, but JAYE DREW's debut album is just about ready. A Moving Train will be released with a gig at the Empire on August 15, featuring special guests KENYA HALL and LADY ZEN.
Related:
Flying solo (and duo), Tower of Song Festival, Eric Bettencourt, and the Outsiders, Rear-view mirror, More 
- Flying solo (and duo)
Think about everything you know about Elijah Ocean and Dave Gutter: Ocean's work fronting the heavy rock trio Loverless, say, or his lead-guitar turn in the radio-rock foursome All the Real Girls; Gutter's piercing vocals out front of Rustic Overtones, or his white-hot bounce in the lead of Paranoid Social Club.
- Tower of Song Festival, Eric Bettencourt, and the Outsiders
This is shaping up to be one of the best summers in a long time when it comes to outdoor and festival-type shows.
- Rear-view mirror
After a few days of Indian Summer to remind us of the summer we nearly didn't have, it's timely to shed some warm light on albums released recently that didn't get their proper due.
- Samuel James at SPACE and the dilly on Dilly Dilly
• Keep next weekend open: throwback bluesman SAMUEL JAMES has a release party scheduled for his third full-length, For Rosa, Maeve and Noreen. Joining James on August 22 at SPACE will be the likes of SONTIAGO , LADY LAMB , MICAH BLUE SMALDONE , MEANTONE , and, well, lots of other folks. Sounds like a party.
- Cambiata, Olivia Cornell and The Precious, Elijah Ocean and more
OLIVIA CORNELL & THE PRECIOUS have released their first CD, available now at Bull Moose and the like. Though they won't be playing out again until fall, have a listen to Filthy Things if you've got a jones on for some girl-rock mixed with some NYC punk flavor.
- Machigonne Festival wrap-up
The MACHIGONNE FESTIVAL was a major success, despite the best efforts of Hurricane Danny.
- Portland Music News: June 26, 2009
The "Sibilance" staff sat in on DAVE GUTTER's new project, with EVAN CASAS, being mastered by ADAM AYAN at Gateway. The record's called The Key to Adore and is more organic and subdued than what you've heard from Gutter before. Watch out for his cover of "The Man Comes Around." Look for the disc by end of summer.
- Sun-ny day real estate
People, show these guys some love. Or join them in worship.
- Girls gone wild
Maybe it was a good thing after all that Jeremiah Freed packed up and moved to Los Angeles. Sure, the band broke up, but in the process bassist Matt Cosby met Pete Donovan and managed to drag him back here to Maine.
- Music seen: Adam Kurtz Band, Loverless
Billed as the debut of Adam Kurtz's new band, Saturday at the Empire Dine and Dance marked an important moment for the local songwriter.
- Portland Music News: March 20, 2009
We got a chance this weekend to finally see ALL THE REAL GIRLS in action and we were certainly impressed,
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