http://www.mainetoday.com/blogs/soloud/ en-us soloudinhere@gmail.com 2008-05-06T11:53:48-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.mainetoday.com/blogs/soloud/026616.html As Fast As frontman Spencer Albee and legal professional Mark Fischer will be holding an educational seminar on Creativity and Copyright at the USM Portland campus on Thursday, May 8th from 3:30PM to 5. 26616@http://www.mainetoday.com/blogs/soloud/ Special 2008-05-06T11:53:48-05:00 http://www.mainetoday.com/blogs/soloud/026429.html Coldplay is working on their 4th full-length album, Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends, which is due out on June 12th. To promote their upcoming LP they have made their first single, "Violet Hill", available for download. 26429@http://www.mainetoday.com/blogs/soloud/ Free Music 2008-05-02T11:43:01-05:00 http://www.mainetoday.com/blogs/soloud/026238.html The first band I am featuring on Give 'em a Listen is The New Pornographers. They are an indie rock/power-pop band from Vancouver, featuring alt-country artist Neko Case and Destroyer frontman Dan Bejar. 26238@http://www.mainetoday.com/blogs/soloud/ Give 'em a Listen 2008-04-29T12:09:01-05:00 http://www.mainetoday.com/blogs/soloud/026136.html For those who haven't heard, Weezer is back...with the Red Album. Yes, after cycling through Blue and Green, they have decided to go for the color red. You can listen to the new single "Pork and Beans" on their Myspace.... 26136@http://www.mainetoday.com/blogs/soloud/ Upcoming releases 2008-04-27T21:39:52-05:00 http://www.mainetoday.com/blogs/soloud/025967.html My friends Stefan Henegar and Swollen Spring Violets will be playing for free at the Burnham Lounge in Robie-Andrews Hall on the USM Gorham campus this Saturday. This is going to be a very special end of the year event for residents in Robie-Andrews before finals week kicks in. 25967@http://www.mainetoday.com/blogs/soloud/ Concert 2008-04-24T10:07:11-05:00 http://www.mainetoday.com/blogs/soloud/025815.html I went to Bullmoose Music Warehouse in Scarborough last Saturday for Record Store Day, and I took a few videos of the happenings there. 25815@http://www.mainetoday.com/blogs/soloud/ soloudTV 2008-04-22T10:12:52-05:00 http://www.mainetoday.com/blogs/soloud/025496.html Participating local record stores in Maine will be celebrating Record Store Day with freebies, contests, and and in-store performances. If there's any day to go to your local independent record store, Saturday, April 19th is the day! 25496@http://www.mainetoday.com/blogs/soloud/ Special 2008-04-15T22:10:24-05:00 http://www.mainetoday.com/blogs/soloud/025258.html Rustic Overtones has just released their music video for "Letter To The President" from their latest album, Light At The End. You can watch the new video right here! 25258@http://www.mainetoday.com/blogs/soloud/ Music Video 2008-04-11T13:46:59-05:00 http://www.mainetoday.com/blogs/soloud/025082.html The first edition of soloudTV features the Portland-based Mark Gennarro Band and Massachusetts indie rockers Day Sleeper and their live show at USM from last Saturday. 25082@http://www.mainetoday.com/blogs/soloud/ soloudTV 2008-04-09T11:43:02-05:00 http://www.mainetoday.com/blogs/soloud/024839.html Check out my local artist mixtape from Muxtape.com! And...there's another contender in the online mixtape world, and it's called Mixwit. Read on to find out why it may be better than Muxtape! 24839@http://www.mainetoday.com/blogs/soloud/ Free Music 2008-04-04T12:12:00-05:00 http://www.mainetoday.com/blogs/soloud/024662.html This was my third time seeing They Might Be Giants, and as expected, the show was an amazing, fun-filled night. The opening band, Apollo Sunshine, provided quite surprising performance as well. 24662@http://www.mainetoday.com/blogs/soloud/ Concert 2008-04-01T16:28:35-05:00 http://www.mainetoday.com/blogs/soloud/024546.html There has been some viral marketing for the launch of a new website called Muxtape.com. Muxtape.com allows you to create an account for free and upload 12 songs to make your own mixtape and share with others. Yes, it may be only one mixtape but this is a step in the right direction. It's mixtapes meet Web 2.0! Who woulda thunkit? 24546@http://www.mainetoday.com/blogs/soloud/ Free Music 2008-03-31T08:09:29-05:00 http://www.mainetoday.com/blogs/soloud/024189.html I just received an email from The Flaming Lips newsletter, and it told me that Lips Appreciation Week starts today! 24189@http://www.mainetoday.com/blogs/soloud/ Special 2008-03-24T15:40:46-05:00 http://www.mainetoday.com/blogs/soloud/024087.html I have some friends in a hardcore/punk band called Grunt, and they just performed at the South Portland High School coffeehouse Wednesday night. The event was full of dancing, singing, and other things, but it was this act and two... 24087@http://www.mainetoday.com/blogs/soloud/ Concert 2008-03-21T10:28:12-05:00 http://www.mainetoday.com/blogs/soloud/023997.html Satellite Lot’s newest album is a blast from the past, full of idiosyncrasies from 80’s New Wave with influences from bands like Talking Heads, The Smiths, and Depeche Mode. This band goes back to my favorite era of music with layered synthesizers, expansive use of drum kit, and reverb vocals. 23997@http://www.mainetoday.com/blogs/soloud/ CD review 2008-03-19T11:34:42-05:00