Phoenix Music Awards Tonight

The Portland Phoenix is hosting their annual Music Awards tonight at Asylum. A number of acts associated with Eternal Otter Records are up for awards, including Lady Lamb the Beekeeper (Best Local Act, Best Indie Act, Best Vocalist, Best Live Act), Samuel James (Best Local Act, Best Blues Act), D Gross (Best Roots Act), Jesse Pilgrim (Best Folk Act), and Dead Man's Clothes (Best New Act). Wish them luck. Lady Lamb the Beekeeper will also be performing at the show, along with Brenda, and Holy Boys Danger Club.

If you are out on the town, you might also see our new posters for the Building of Song Festival (July 3rd). You might also see them at Baxter State Park's Chimney Pond and at the peak of Katahdin.

Donate to the Building of Song Festival Performers through Kickstarter!

Want to donate to the Building of Song Festival, but would rather see your money go to the musicians than pay for the park permit and promotion costs? Well, now you can donate directly to the performers through Kickstarter. And you still get a cool Building of Song T-Shirt for donations of $25 or more. All money raised through Kickstarter will go to the musicians (and to paying off the costs of the T-shirts and other donation rewards).

Kickstarter works a little differently than regular donation sites. If we raise our goal of $700 by July 3rd, everything is good and we keep the money we raised. But if we don't reach our goal by our deadline, than none of our donors are charged and our performers don't get paid. But let's not have that happen!

Donate at Kickstarter now! And if you really want to help, donate to us at Eternal Otter Records here, so we don't go broke paying for all our permits, posters, and publicity. The event is free, so we got to make money somehow!

The Building of Song Festival is Saturday, July 3rd in Portland's Congress Square and features this amazing line-up of musicians:

The Lucid
Town Founder
Lady Lamb the Beekeeper
Over A Cardboard Sea
Samuel James
Jesse Pilgrim
Dead Man's Clothes
Uke of Spaces Corners
Meghan Yates & the Reverie Machine

There will also be an awesome Arts Fair in Congress Square during the Festival. Be there!

Building of Song T-Shirts Now Available!

The Building of Song T-Shirts are now available from Eternal Otter Records. The shirts were designed by Kris Johnsen of Emblem Studios and printed by the Tristan Gallagher at the Fun Box Monster Emporium. These guys are great, so check out their businesses and Buy Local!

You can get a T-shirt mailed to you now by donating $25 to the Building of Song Festival here.

Mens Tees are white with Red collars. Womens tees are Sun color.

The Building of Song Festival is Saturday, July 3rd from noon to 8 pm.

Building of Song Festival - Line-Up Announcement

The Building of Song of Song Festival will take place Saturday, July 3rd from noon to 8 pm. The event will pick up from where last year's Tower of Song Festival left off, with an Arts Fair in Congress Square and live music throughout the day. Performances will take place both in Congress Square and 5-stories above the street from the State Theatre Building. The Festival is free and open to the public. Check out the Festival's incredible line-up:

Noon - 12:30: Meghan Yates & the Reverie Machine
12:35 - 1:05: Uke of Spaces Corners
1:10 - 1:55: Dead Man's Clothes

1:55 - 2:40: Break

2:40 - 3:10: Jesse Pilgrim
3:15 - 3:45: Samuel James
3:50 - 4:35: Over A Cardboard Sea

4:35- 5:20: Break

5:20 - 6:05: Lady Lamb the Beekeeper
6:10 - 6:55: Town Founder
7:00 - 8:00: The Lucid

More information about the Festival can be found here, including donation links, and information on how to apply to be an arts vendor (we still have just a handful of spots left).

Check out this video of Samuel James and Chriss Sutherland playing live from last year's Tower of Song Festival. Video by [dog] and [pony], Portand's best filmmakers.

Blaque Boose Review

The good people over at Ampeater recently wrote a review of the Blaque Boose 7" single from the Death, Rebirth & Transformation series. Here's a choice quote:

"[A-side "Winter] is like being caught in a hurricane in the middle of a haunted pine forest, half-nature and half-magic. The track engulfs you in a thicket of tortured harmonies, a sound collage rendered out of wind and breaking branches and shredded bark. It doesn’t get rawer."

Check out the full review here. The record can be purchased directly from Ampeater or here at the Eternal Otter Records website.

Show Review

Check out this great review of the two shows I recommended on Monday - Lady Lamb the Beekeeper @ Port City Music Hall & Dead Man's Clothes @ SPACE. Read it here.

Two Great Shows Tonight!

Lady Lamb the Beekeeper opens up for the much loved Dr. Dog tonight at Port City Music. Door open at 8 pm and tickets are $18. More info here.

Or... head over to SPACE Gallery to see the excellent Dead Man's Clothes open for Drink Up Buttercup(like Dr. Dog, these cats are also from Philadelphia). Door open at 6:30 and tickets are $6. More info here.