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Jazz is all that

While we're still a little baffled by this sudden uptick in local stand-up comics, there's something interesting and a little beautiful about it.

By: PORTLAND PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF | December 31, 2012

Waxing nostalgic

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It was a good year for weird music — or was it a weird year for good music? — and here are some of the standouts.

By: PORTLAND PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF | December 19, 2012

We've got ventriloquists

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Uhhh, what are we supposed to make of GINLAB?

By: PORTLAND PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF | December 12, 2012

Local boy leaps fence

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Just when we were thinking how difficult it is for bands to outgrow Americana, a new recording from BUTCHER BOY shows it's not only possible but a clear sign of maturity.

By: PORTLAND PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF | December 05, 2012

Downeast Transit Authority

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PUBLIC TRANSPORT , the one-man shoegaze show of Downeast musician Duncan Bailey, is one of our latest bandcamp finds.

By: PORTLAND PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF | November 28, 2012

Sontiago revs the engine

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The US got three very different pictures of Maine last week.

By: PORTLAND PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF | November 21, 2012

Seceding from the union

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The esteemed folk-rock songwriter ERIC BETTENCOURT is leaving us for Austin, Texas, for the winter and spring, possibly longer.

By: PORTLAND PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF | November 14, 2012

A Tiger on the loose

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New action on the horizon by art-rock band the BOX TIGER.

By: PORTLAND PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF | November 08, 2012

She’s a special lady

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As BRENDA, the excellent Portland/NYC rock trio who released the gorgeous Silver Tower in 2010, preps a proper follow-up, a two-song sampler of new work is available to download.

By: PORTLAND PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF | October 31, 2012

Dim light in the distance

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We're gonna have to resist parroting the reflexively positive blurbs about NYC-via-Maine alt-pop band TWO LIGHTS .

By: PORTLAND PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF | October 24, 2012

Working out the kinks

As Mainers find the unfolding story about the Kennebunk prostitution ring to be socially complex and all kinds of unfortunate, CAM GROVES sees the whole thing pretty simply.

By: PORTLAND PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF | October 18, 2012

Ten years haunting

For many, Halloween's a chance to dress as a slasher or a zombie or a slutty Harry Potter or something. And no shame in that!

By: PORTLAND PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF | October 10, 2012

Down by the bay

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After a late summer renovation, BAYSIDE BOWL undertakes a seasonal reinvention this month.

By: PORTLAND PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF | October 03, 2012

Great days ahead

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We here at the Tablet can find the nostalgia industry a bit overwhelming sometimes, but now and again an idea comes along that gets it right.

By: PORTLAND PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF | September 26, 2012

Gotta stay hungry

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The whisper campaign around HI TIGER 's second record has begun.

By: PORTLAND PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF | September 19, 2012

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Among the newsiest of the chord changes in Maine music this fall, the oddball proprietors at ETERNAL OTTER RECORDS are launching a new monthly series at Zero Station, the finest forgotten little cubbyhole in Bayside.

By: PORTLAND PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF | September 12, 2012

Re-make/re-model

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We're thoroughly on board with the rebirth of Jakob Battick.

By: PORTLAND PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF | September 05, 2012

Bring back the flamenco

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Very pleased with the news that OLAS, the eight-piece flamenco-folk band and performance unit, will reunite for three shows this month after a year-long hiatus.

By: PORTLAND PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF | August 29, 2012

Homemade sauces

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Our old friends at TEA FIRST RECORDS have assembled a few honeypots for us this summer.

By: PORTLAND PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF | August 22, 2012

Flexing the goods

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Old friend SONTIAGO (a/k/a former Phoenician Sonya Tomlinson) releases the maxi-single for her huuuuuge summer hip hop/dance cut "Muscle Car" this week.

By: PORTLAND PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF | August 15, 2012

Mum's the word

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While we at Wax Tabs like to zoom in on the fringes of the music scene here in Portland, there's no glossing over the epic GENTLEMEN OF THE ROAD STOPOVER festival that went down last weekend, which basically turned the Eastern Promenade into its own island carnival.

By: PORTLAND PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF | August 08, 2012

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