Meet us at The Music Hall on Saturday, March 26

Join us as we kick off this year’s RPM Challenge Lstening Party. Mike Marchand will be on deck with a VJ set, and the entire Seacoast music community will be there! Bands, make sure you check in at The Music Hall to get your name tags. Join us for the only party like it on Planet Earth!

In February, more than 2,000 musicians and bands from around the globe dedicated themselves to recording new albums in 28 days as part of the fourth annual RPM Challenge, which resulted in more than 800 new CDs, including 150 from just our local area.

On March 26, we’ll celebrate that by listening to them! Every local band has selected a track for you to hear on this special night.

The free citywide listening party starts at the 800-seat Music Hall at 7:00 p.m., then spreads out to include The Founder’s Lobby, The Press Room, Foobar, and RiverRun Bookstore. 

The scope of new music crafted in February is vast. Projects range from ’60s style R&B instrumentals to electronica, from roots rock to gangsta rap, from punk to a capella. Every imaginable form of music – and some unimaginable – seems to fall under the RPM umbrella. RPM participants are a mixture of popular local musicians, new artists, and some who haven’t been on stage since the school nativity.

Aside from giving regional artists the impetus to create, RPM builds community. From Anchorage, Alaska, to McMurdo Station in Antarctica, from London and Oslo to Tokyo, Aukland, Pretoria and Los Angeles, independent musicians from all walks of life have formed a community with a common goal: to set aside any obstacles to producing music for the month of February, and to find themselves each holding in their hands a new CD of their own original work that they would not have made otherwise.

Music Hall doors open at 6 p.m., RPM Opening Ceremonies begin at 7 p.m. Then we fan out to listening rooms across downtown Portsmouth.

 

At The Music Hall Founder's Lobby, 28 Chestnut St.

 

Potluck Appetizer (8:15 to 9)

Kovic: The Insult

Tem Noon: StreetBuddhism

Data Damage: Bibi Amalia

Juice Mechanic: Easy on my Mind

Courants Telluriques: Pulse Propagation

The Last Star Pilot: Good luck, bye

The Barking Gugs: Kim Pine

Joel Glenn Wixson: Some Way

Venkata Kutada: Ponzi Scheme

Mantra: Lazy River Dream

 

Potluck Main Course (9 to 10:15)

Steffanie Antonio: Same Happy

Backyard Media: Frostbite

Vonspiel: Boiler Blues

The Anchorage Drift: Asymmetry

SNR: Any Argument

Cursed on Earth: Crossbones

Taco Raincheck: Sun

Out of Tune: Dignity

Small Wonder: Sundowners

The Tyrant Love: Mercy for Lies

Hersus: In Great Numbers

Breakfastsong: Maps

Imbroglio Fodder: Somersworth

The Honorable Mentions: Broken Silence

Derek Eldredge: Heartbreak is in Fashion

Typwriter on Fire: Bicycle Rain

Old Abode: Improvil Opus 1

Faktiskt: Tube Sock

World Weary & Wise: What Comes Soon Goes

Guy Capecelatro III: Unspoken

Crooked Highway: Lights Out

ToasT: Sextape

 

Potluck Dessert (10:15 to 11:15)

House Fancy: Infinity Party

Mehraan: ExileTheater

Jack: Bone Orchard

Dog Strong Ear: Nothing But Vortex

Queen Excluder: Paint Dry

Gary: Bye by the Sink

The Barn Swallows: Paperwork Amaryllis

Isabella Mella: Purrmeow

Twin Goat: Ghost Loop I & II

Pat McKernan: En marchant dans la foret

Stevie Wonder Saw It All: What a World

Sick One’s Heaven: Open Wounds

Wise Acre: Nirvana

A Feeling Unknown: A New Way

The Inframen: Theme from “Herodactyl”

Crisko: Everything You Ever Wanted

Time Killers: Far Too Kind

Bog Stomp: UFOs

 

At Foobar, 21 Congress St.

 

When? (8:15 to 9:30, song titles or band names related to time)

A Beautiful Scene: In Hindsight

Cat Throat: Six Night

Bryan Litchfield: Winter

Chris Lester: If It Takes All Night

The Community Music Collective’s Hunt For The Heavenly Dragon: Night of Departure

$ense: Moment of Need

Julie Herndon: Raining Season

One Hitter: Late Great All Night

Rabbit: Time

Sam Mulligan: Time Warp

Big Electric Squid: Foxes Eat For Breakfast

Sultry Dessert: Last September

Thee Royal Livery: When She turns Away From You

The Tims: Waiting

Will: It’s Your Time

The Road not Taken: Sit and Wait

The Timers: Shroud

 

Who You Know (9:30 to 10:45, bands related to R.T.)

Walter Sickert & Army of Broken Toys: Baba Yaga

Jaggery: Paprikah

Blue Ada Greene: Smart Glances

Pins & Needles: Gone

Keith Landry with Movement to Contact: You Need to See the Sky

Pop Bubblegum Trash: We Don’t Dream Like We Used To

Gary Fox: What You Gonna Do

Michelangelo: Flutes

Music by Folks: Ay-Yi_yi-yi

Coffee & Flowers: Bflat Jam

winterstar: Sweetheart, History Will Not Favor You

Towers of Silence: Awaza

Relax into Darkness: Taut

Mosfet: Low-Temperature Vaccuum

Tory Miller: River Bend

BioLogik: Homosapien sapien

Line Hiss: Dare to Listen

Giraffasaurus Rex: Never Gonna (Doo Doo)

 

Figures & Beings (10:45 to 11:45, songs related to figures and beings)

Abandoned Midway: Spaceman

Chris Decato: Marlboro Man

Eric Swan: Buddha Nature

Homer Scroot’s Old Hound: Homer’s Old Hound

Homeroom: The Gargoyles

Jake Roche: Miss MacIntosh

Jesus is a Jedi: Komander Kandor’s metric anthym

Noah Sheola: Barn Owls

Jill Robinson: Chuwahwahrpm

Reverse Polish Notation: Pies de Gato

Trailer Thrash: Six Foot Lorraine

Unusual Attitudes: AngelD

harma Rascal: Swan

Ryan Halliburton: You and Me

Republic of Fragments: O Dea Certe

Runfolk: The Lovesong of J. Edgar Hoover

 

Swap Shop (10:45 to 12:15, a mixed block)

The Ollie and Will Experience: Super Looper

Rudy Sims: Track 01

ShinyEyes: This Eye of Mine

Duck Duck Glass: Celibacy

LintyBits: Dark Matter

Comma: Airport Terminal Cancer

The Interposed: Sampler

Darren Hawe: Track 05

Horchata: #1

Twin Goat: Ghost Loop I & II

Heliosheath: Congo River

Eric Monfette: This Has Been A Test

Foxhounds: Unfortunate

Hate Mail: ZombieMe

Unused Icons: Thread Killer

Broken Robot Factory: Song 05a

Danger Careful Ryan: I’m Not that Kinda Girl

Discount Deity: Seven

Electric Soup: Enigma Machine

Lucky’s Rhythmic Disorder: My Rhythmic Disorder

Tem Noon: StreetBuddhism

Challenged: The Walking Dead

 

At RiverRun Bookstore, 20 Congress St.

 

All ages (8:15-8:35, "teach them well and let them lead the way")

Haley Brown: I Don’t Know

Ben Groovin’: Starsprint

Uncle Phil: Don’t Put Anything in the Bass Amp

The Poo Poo Platters: Apologize

Colors

(8:35-9:15, song titles or band names related to colors)

Alex Fatato aka Blueprints: Injections (feat. Sararth Mohan)

Aurum Utalium: Gold Fever

Beckwith: Green Planet

Black Window Music: Papers

Blu Eye Brown: Drink the Night Like Wine

A Crayon Called Wild Blue Yonder: Deep Space Sparkle

Gray Home Music: Gray Animal Farm

Gold Smith Jazz Combo: Lullabye

The Red Velvet Swing: A Red Candle (Is Missing)

School Tree: The Orange Grove

 

At the Press Room, 77 Daniel St., Portsmouth

 

Decisions, Decisions (8:15 to 9, songs we selected for the indecisive...)

Adam S.: It’s Not Over

Arha: Twilight

Jonas Perrin - A.K.A. Nefarious: Track 15

Thomas Buzzard: Track 1

Eskimo Brothers: Typical RPM Challenge Song

Eric George: Sing Down The Day

Stems: Track 5

The Mighty Men: Why Choose Me

Smarch: Track 2

The Kieran McManus Experience: Just the Way It Goes

Big Laughing Jim: Fat Lip

The Bipolar Bears: Mad

Lance Norris and the Dog Track Gravy: Track 3

The Natural Casings: Swamp Romp

 

You Must Be This Tall To Ride  (9 to 10:15, vaguely grown-up themed fare)

Mango Wranglers: Kirk’s Gerbil Farm

37 Paper Cranes: Tweets and Fake Band Names

Slackasaurus: She Only Gets Halfway

Free Beer & Sex: Ricky Watcha Doin’

Porks & Beaner: Laid Off

What Could Go Wrong: Out of Beer Blues

Phil-in-the-Blank: Ave SophiaIFE - The Beat Syndicate: Tune In

Equal Time W/Poet Beau Williams: Clover

Bob Jr & the Martini Gardeners: Josie’s Funk

Walter Noonz: Johnny

The Migs: Wolfmask

The P.A.C.T.: Broken Arrow

Robert Royem: Owed to the Road

Eli Davenport: Seductivity

 

Doing Things (10:15 to 12:00, titles related to action)

Balloon Marsupials: Remember

Before the Crash: Carry Me

Dover!: Swarm

Dan Bruington: Be There

Brave Boat: Come Around

Dwain Allan Young: Wishful Thinking

The Farthest Forests: Run Through the Forest

Free Radicals: Tuck You In

Ghastly: Death Panic

Jack Violence: Stealin’ from my Friends

Meadowlark: Chasing Waves

Mike DeGaetano: Dream-Quest

Nate Laban: The Recollection

Orphans: Make Up Your Mind

The Pros: Done My Job

The Puritans: Highlighting Key Tensions

Shade Blindz: Jump Up, Jump Down

Style: Brake My Mind

Synthetic Prosthetic: Ticking

They Went On: See the Child

The Trash Pickers: I Can’t Get A Dump Sticker

Tim Nelson: Pulled Out a Plum

The Node’s: GYOT

Manic + Panic: In a Twist

Homegrown String Theory: Breaking Bread

Andrea Szyirbik: Things to Share

Michael Tero & Sean Yadisernia: Stand

Levi Galloway: Dancing With The DevilFear Cat: Creation

Future Carnivores: Throw Myself Down

The Friar Doug Band: Remember the Moon

Encaustic: Wojo’s Lament

 

Salmagundi (12:00 to 12:30, a mixed block)

The Technical Side of Adapting: The Process of Photosynthesis

Yr Ziggurat: Wurmdom

Wonkeye: 808 & Rhate

Volksdroog: Surf

All Those Ships: Rabbit Stew

Alternate Modes of Underwater Consciousness: Tied By The Lines

Chimps 8 My Ears: Backside

Bass on Bass: Untitled

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