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Reuniting due to last year's successful team-up at last year's event, Sam Spencer and Jim Miller will be celebrating Porchfest 2013 in the best way possible - by hanging out on a porch and playing music. There will be some improvised combination of electric bass, guitar, upright bass, banjo, keyboard, laptop beats, dancing and merriment. Shenanigans will likely be involved as well. There is literally no way to know what will happen, but it can be assured that it will be good times.

Miller’s English delivers, cranked up or pared down, finding receptive ears everywhere with their engaging musical repertoire. This blues and grunge-influenced rock band creates music that hits the listener regardless of volume and reflects the group’s history, speaking to the members’ superb songwriting abilities. Formed in late 2010, Miller's English is comprised of guitarist Rob Meunier, singer/lyricist Leigh Meunier, drummer Greg Goodwin, and bassist Tyler Wooley-Brown. Always providing energetic live shows, Miller’s English frequents Boston area venues and has an anticipated debut EP set for release this spring and will feature five crowd favorites.

The Self-Proclaimed Rockstars are five guys who grew up and currently live in the same Boston suburb that provides the backdrop for many of their songs. Their music conveys both their desire to escape the suburban complacency they see all around them and their belief that everyone should be able to proclaim themselves as the type of person that they believe themselves to be. The members of SPR are your teacher, your banker, your coach, your ice-cream-maker, and your (whatever the hell James does), but they have proclaimed themselves ‘rockstars’ because they are at their happiest when they are playing energetic rock and roll for awesome people.

Hevy Sol is a blast from the past as heard through a distorted silver-face amp. This band is what rock and roll should be: raw, unapologetic, and authentic. Fronted by the powerful pipes and bluesy guitar stylings of Ashley Rhodes, complimented by Daniel Johnson's ball-busting bass lines, and backed by Stephen Cramer's groovin' beats, Hevy Sol is genuine rock in a world of programmed beats and auto-tuned vocals. With a strong female front, this band is anything but "girl rock". Our stripped down sound utilizes acoustic guitar and bass with cajon.