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Loud, intense, sweaty, life-changing: The new film telling the story of The Kave

"Downeast Hardcore" documents the 15-year run of the great Bucksport hardcore venue

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Emily Burnham
Aug 04, 2026
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Imagine a room - a big, cavernous room - filled wall to wall with people, most of whom are in their teens and twenties. Some of those people are playing loud, intense music, but most of them are in the sweaty, visceral fervor of the crowd, pushed up against each other, sharing a loud, intense experience.

That could describe a bunch of things - a house of…

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