Music seen at SPACE Gallery, March 28, 2008
By TODD RICHARD | April 2, 2008
Friday night showed why our Canadian hip-hop friends like to visit Portland so often. Our little city rolled out the red carpet (actually, just rolled back the snow for a night) for Ghettosocks, an MC from Halifax, Nova Scotia. It just missed a sellout, but the audience's enthusiasm took up all the space at SPACE.
Ghettosocks ripped through his tracks, accompanied by his “band,” a/k/a Fresh Kills and special guest Gabe FM. His beats hyped the crowd and provided fertile beds for Gabe’s cuts and Count Sockula’s pop-culture spit. The incisive “Steal From Walmart” tore through the aisles, turning over endcaps, and leaving shoppers screaming.
I hadn't seen Sontiago in a while; she has clearly reached a new level of performance. Her comfort in the spotlight kicked off her set with Dilly Dilly (who soloed what many called her "best set ever") and Gabe FM. Their R. Kelly “Real Talk” moment, with the women in Kell’s role, was fantastically engaging in its strangeness.
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- Portland scene report, June 2, 2006
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- World tour
Yeah, we know — there’s tons of touristy stuff stamped “Maine” for sale all over Portland and the rest of our fair state.
- Sontiago + Gabe FM
Sorely under-appreciated hip-hop DJ Gabe FM is leaving us for the Left Coast, but couldn’t drop off the face without first dropping it like it’s hot.
- Bands' best
We all have killer stories about our best nights out in Portland, but now is not the time for your stories.
- The Lomax
Fans of fine food, deep drinks, and roots music were out in full swing at Chicky’s Fine Diner this past Friday.
- Solid gold
One of the biggest names in indie rap for the better part of a decade, Minneapolis duo Atmosphere have just released their latest album, When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold.
- Boston music news: April 25, 2008
“As far as I know,” says saxophonist Ken Field, “ Forked Tongue is the only CD ever released to include songs by both Ornette Coleman and Billy Idol.”
- The Boston Horns
These primal-funk black belts led by former Heavy Metal Horns leaders Henley Douglas Jr. and Garret Savluk spare no grease on their sixth studio album.
- Freaks and frauds
Freaks you expect, but frauds and hucksters also populate the loosely defined subculture known as the underground.
- The low end
The British rave revolution of the late ’80s/early ’90s is accurately viewed as the source of the ever increasing number of dance genres in the UK.
- The Station’s long shadow
For most Rhode Islanders, the Station nightclub conflagration — the worst disaster in the state since the hurricane of 1938 — is like a receding object in a rearview mirror.
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