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Port City Music Hall lowers age restriction
April 15th, 2011 • News
AS OF TODAY PORT CITY MUSIC HALL (in Portland) IS 18+ INSTEAD OF 21+
That’s awesome. Good choice, guys.
Check out their calendar for upcoming shows (including Portugal. the man in June!).
Concert Calendar, Fall Semester 2010
September 9th, 2010 • Concert Calendar, Maine, News
Tags: concerts, dark dark dark, deerhoof, doomtree, Dr. Dog, free energy, high on fire, japanther, josh ritter, lady lamb the beekeeper, land of talk, mastodon, mates of state, matt & kim, michael franti & spearhead, murder by death, my morning jacket, ok go, screaming females, state radio, suuns, the books, The Hold Steady, the low anthem, woods, xiu xiu, yonder mountain string band
Welcome to another year of faithful blogging here at WRBC’s Monkey Blog. We’ve updated our calendar to include these wonderful events happening in the next few months.
Update your planners and keep checking back to The Monkey Blog for more updates!
September 15: Woods – SPACE Gallery, Portland, ME.
September 23: The Books – University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH.
September 24: Mates of State – SPACE Gallery, Portland, ME.
September 24: Mastodon – Port City Music Hall, Portland, ME. (21+)
September 25: Dr. Dog – Library Quad, Bates College, Lewiston, ME.
September 27: Japanther & Screaming Females – SPACE Gallery, Portland, ME.
September 30: Murder By Death – SPACE Gallery, Portland, ME.
October 11: Deerhoof & Xiu Xiu – SPACE Gallery, Portland, ME.
October 12: Free Energy – SPACE Gallery, Portland, ME.
October 15: My Morning Jacket – State Theatre, Portland, ME.
October 16: moe. – State Theatre, Portland, ME.
October 18: Dark Dark Dark – SPACE Gallery, Portland, ME.
October 19: The Hold Steady – Port City Music Hall, Portland, ME. (21+)
October 20: OK GO – Port City Music Hall, Portland, ME. (21+)
October 21: High on Fire – Port City Music Hall, Portland, ME. (21+)
October 22: Yonder Mountain String Band – Port City Music Hall, Portland, ME. (21+)
October 22: Josh Ritter & The Low Anthem – State Theatre, Portland, ME.
October 27: Guster – State Theatre, Portland, ME.
October 29: Lady Lamb The Beekeeper – SPACE Gallery, Portland, ME.
November 2: Land of Talk & Suuns – SPACE Gallery, Portland, ME.
November 3: Matt & Kim – Port City Music Hall, Portland, ME. (21+)
November 6: Michael Franti & Spearhead – State Theatre, Portland, ME.
November 27: State Radio – State Theatre, Portland, ME.
November 28: Doomtree – SPACE Gallery, Portland, ME.
If you know of any fun or interesting concerts going on close to Bates, please email wrbcmonkey@gmail.com. We’ll add it to the list.
Dr. Dog, Live at Bates
September 6th, 2010 • Maine, News, Rock
Tags: concerts, Dr. Dog, Maine, WRBC
DR. DOG is coming to Bates College for WRBC’s first big show this fall.
Come see the FREE concert September 25 on the Library Quad, brought to you by WRBC 91.5 FM and CHC.
The mini music fest will begin in the early afternoon and will end by 9 PM. Bates’ own Time Travelers will kick off the event, followed by opener Delicate Steve.
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Dr. Dog’s latest album, “Shame, Shame,” has been wildly well-received. Pitchfork hailed the work “arguably the band’s finest moment,” and music critic Doug Wallen categorized their sound as “a little folk, blues, indie rock, soul, bluegrass—and a whole lot of down-home harmonizing. It conjures images of old friends sitting on a porch swapping instruments and just letting the tape recorder run.”
Mark your calenders and get psyched for an epic start to the year!
Listen to Dr. Dog: www.myspace.com/drdog
Listen to Delicate Steve: http://www.myspace.com/delicatesteve
Enter the Chillwave
March 5th, 2010 • 2 comments Maine, News, Video
Tags: Bates College, Benjamin Mays Center, Small Black, Toro Y Moi, Washed Out
Tonight in the Benjamin Mays Center at Bates College will be a concert of seemingly epic proportions, especially if you are a fan of the increasingly popular “chillwave” genre. The concert begins at 9:30 PM and features the musical stylings of the following performers:
Small Black
Washed Out
Toro y Moi
Entry is just $1 and, without a doubt, if Pitchfork was there, they would be enjoying this show. Read more »
Week in Review (2/28/10)
February 28th, 2010 • Maine, News
Tags: Atoms for Peace, Broken Social Scene, hot chip, Joanna Newsom, Small Black, Snoop Dogg, Thom Yorke, Toro Y Moi, Trivia Night, vampire weekend, Washed Out
Thom Yorke’s new band is now called Atoms for Peace. He announced a tour and played some new songs.
“World Sick”, a new Broken Social Scene song, hit the internets.
Vampire Weekend made a pretty good video.
People are liking Joanna Newsom.
Of course, Toro Y Moi, Washed Out and Small Black are this upcoming Friday.
Pretty sure Snoop Dogg was here. Read more »
Trivia Night XXXI
February 19th, 2010 • Maine, News, Video
Tags: Toro Y Moi, Trivia Night, Vimeo
The legendary night of Trivia is quickly approaching. Those of us on the Monkey Editorial Staff thought making a video to honor the occasion was in order.
Week in Review (January 24-30)
January 30th, 2010 • Maine, News
Tags: Coachella, Haiti Relief, Joanna Newsom, Maps and Atlases, mates of state, Panda Bear
Joanna Newsom announces new triple album, due out Feb. 23. Mp3 streaming here.
New Panda Bear album also (distantly) forthcoming. Album to be released in September and called ‘Tomboy’. New songs available via various YouTubes.
Coachella lineup was announced.
There were many Haiti benefits.
Local Things:
Additionally, Maps and Atlases at SPACE Gallery in Portland on Monday.
Mates of State, February 18th at Port City Music Hall. Read more »
UPDATED: Get Excited, Upcoming WRBC Concerts
January 29th, 2010 • 3 comments News, Press Release
Tags: chillwave, concerts, Hey Mama, Small Black, Washed Out, WRBC
Note: This is a republishing of an article originally posted on January 17th. The significant change is that the band Toro Y Moi has been added to the line up of the March 5 Washed Out and Small Black show.
This Winter Semester is going to be a decidedly epic time for concerts at Bates College courtesy of your friends at WRBC. While a few more shows are in the works, the first week of March will be a crowded, but decidedly epic week of shows.
The first show, to be held on Wednesday, March 3rd, will feature the music of Cambridge, Massachusetts’ Hey Mama. This contemporary rock ‘n roll four-piece band, features Avi Salloway and Celia Woodsmith, formerly of the aptly named Avi and Celia. This show, like most of our shows, will be in the Benjamin Mays Center at Bates College. Read more »
Fresh from the South: Toro Y Moi (with Video)
January 28th, 2010 • Electronic, News, Release Calendar, South Carolina, Video
Tags: Blessa, Causers of This, chillwave, Columbia, South Carolina, Toro Y Moi
We all know South Carolina as the bastion of the Confederacy, Palmettos, Boiled Peanuts and Sweet Tea… But Chillwave? Apparently. Toro Y Moi, a band that derives its name from a mashup of Romance language word meaning The Bull and Me, is a rising star in the growing genre, and he calls Columbia, South Carolina home.
His most recent album, Causers of This, was released this month as a digital download and will come out in a hard copy February 2 on Carpark Records. The Internet buzz machine is alive with support of what he is doing. Even Kanye West agrees with the hype of this former USC Gamecock, Chazwick Bundick (what a name!). Read more »
Upcoming Album Release Dates of Note
January 1st, 2010 • News, Release Calendar
Tags: album release, beach house, calendar, dr. dre, eels, erykah badu, field music, final fantasy, groove armada, hot chip, jonsi, Lil Wayne, lupe fiasco, ok go, seabear, Spoon, the whigs, the white stripes, three 6 mafia, vampire weekend, wyclef jean, xiu xiu, Yeasayer
It takes a few weeks following the holiday season for album releases to really pick up, but by the time we have all reconvened in Lewiston, Maine and throughout the up coming weeks and months there are a few releases to look out for. Here is a list of some that I am particularly excited about.
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Owen Pallett (Final Fantasy) — Heartland
OK Go — Of The Blue Colour Of The Sky
Vampire Weekend — Contra
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Eels — End Times
Spoon — Transference
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Beach House — Teen Dream
Los Campesinos! — Romance is Boring
Three 6 Mafia — Laws of Power Read more »