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Portland scene report: November 7, 2008

Sibilance starts now
An update on Conifer, whose record we reviewed a couple weeks back.

By PORTLAND PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF | November 05, 2008

Portland scene report: October 24, 2008

Sibilance starts now
Anybody catch Ray Lamontagne on Late Night with Conan ?

By PORTLAND PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF | October 22, 2008

Portland scene report: October 17, 2008

Sibilance starts now
We already told you the October 18 show at the Station with Alias Grace would be their last. One more reason to go: Free disc for everyone who shows.

By PORTLAND PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF | October 16, 2008

Portland scene report: October 10, 2008

Sibilance starts now
Now everyone’s interested in the guy who played with Swell Season.

By PORTLAND PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF | October 09, 2008

Portland scene report: October 3, 2008

Sibilance starts now
Loverless are pushing the envelope with their new record.

By PORTLAND PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF | October 02, 2008

Portland scene report: September 23, 2008

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We have final details on the September 26 Russ Riseman “life celebration” show.

By PORTLAND PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF | September 25, 2008

Portland scene report: September 18, 2008

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RIP David Foster Wallace. Hey, man, we stole a ton of our style from you.

By PORTLAND PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF | September 17, 2008

New beginnings

Classical music comes alive this fall
Step into any classical music rehearsal space right now and you can almost taste the excitement.

By EMILY PARKHURST | September 10, 2008

Make like a leaf

Fall into local music (and other ironic urgings)
Fall appropriately takes the baton (sorry, Olympics still on the mind) from a stand-out summer of music in Portland.

By SAM PFEIFLE | September 10, 2008

Portland scene report: August 29, 2008

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The Wrecking (né Kingpin Wrecking Crew) released their album on a national scale August 19 on Universal’s Chosen label.

By PORTLAND PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF | August 27, 2008

Portland scene report: August 22, 2008

Sibilance starts now
Eric Bettencourt dropped us a line to say Shadow Shine Records is close to its first releases, one of which will be a Strange Pleasure live album.

By PORTLAND PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF | August 20, 2008

Portland scene report: August 15, 2008

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Big news out of the Rustic Overtones camp: keyboardist/vocalist Spencer Albee has left the band, replaced by Sean Morin.

By PORTLAND PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF | August 13, 2008

Portland scene report: August 8, 2008

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That’s right, Darien Brahms is finally following up on 2003’s excellent Green Valentine with another disc from Cornmeal Records.

By PORTLAND PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF | August 05, 2008

Maine's newest music fest begins Friday in Blue Hill
The first annual Shangri-La Festival, which will be held at the Fairgrounds in Blue Hill boasts an impressive lineup that spans generations and genres.

By CHRISTOPHER GRAY | July 30, 2008

Portland scene report: August 1, 2008

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Milled Pavement, nearing the 20-disc mark, have released another pair of records.

By PORTLAND PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF | July 30, 2008

Portland scene report: July 25, 2008

Sibilance starts now
The Portland music scene is getting all kinds of Web-friendly.

By PORTLAND PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF | July 23, 2008

Portland scene report: July 18, 2008

Sibilance starts now
In a summer that’s already shaping up to be a good one for local hip-hop, the biggest release may come from Labseven.

By PORTLAND PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF | July 16, 2008

Touch me, feel me

Subject Bias tell you When, Where, and How
After three increasingly good discs in 2004, 2005, and 2006, Subject Bias took 2007 off, but return with eight songs in 2008 that continue to show that Kevin Ouellette is one of the area’s best songwriters.

By SAM PFEIFLE | July 21, 2008

Portland scene report: July 11, 2008

Sibilance starts now
Brzowski is back.

By PORTLAND PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF | July 09, 2008

Portland scene report: July 4, 2008

Sibilance starts now
Modern Syndrome have changed their name to Turn Down Day, and are designing artwork for their debut full-length album, due out in the next few months.

By PORTLAND PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF | July 02, 2008