Tag: "Portugal"

Portugal. The Man : All Your Light (Times Like These) (RZA Remix)
0 Comments. 494 Views. Posted 2 May 2012 @ 2:34pm.
  Portugal get a little dark muscle courtesy of RZA; a crunching beat, some muttered rap and a Prince-worthy refrain, a sharp pitching chain-gang chorus. The band’s psychedelic swirl is all but erased in this remix, but their soulful melody comes into sharper focus. Sounds good.   Read More
Portugal. The Man
0 Comments. 1,506 Views. Posted 9 Jan 2012 @ 8:01am.
  When soaring Portland, Oregon [by way of Alaska] rock collective Portugal. The Man (yes, the errant full stop is part of their title) touch down in Aus­tralia for the upcoming Laneway Festival, you can forgive them for being a little overcautious in regards to the storage of their instruments. You see, the band’s entire arsenal of gear went missing along with their tour van in Chicago... Read More
Single Of The Week - Portugal, The Man : So American
0 Comments. 1,213 Views. Posted 2 Nov 2011 @ 11:50am.
Portugal, The Man bring us another slice of upbeat psychedelic folk, lifted from In the Mountain, In the Cloud. There are T.Rex inflections, hand claps and carnival-esque synth scales, and a chorus that comes on soft but ends up knocking you out. Gold. Read More
Portugal. The Man: Got It All (This Can't Be Living Now)
0 Comments. 1,433 Views. Posted 20 Jun 2011 @ 6:49pm.
With their sixth studio album due out through Warner in July, Portland-based psych-rock outfit Portugal The Man are ready to launch in the Antipodes. Got It All is their first local single and it’s a swell introduction. You can swim in the layers of this lush, exploding single or singalong with the subtly infectious vocal melody. Like Dr Dog, it’s psych rock with a warm heart; a vivid and joyful... Read More
Seven Seas - Sforzando Vs The Ramshackle Army
0 Comments. 1,938 Views. Posted 21 Apr 2011 @ 10:57am.
Ahead of the Seven Seas nautical-burlesque extravaganza taking place at Red Bennies this ANZAC Day eve, we managed to curtail the movements of The Ramshackle Army and Sforzando in order to have them take shots across the bow at each other, proper pirate style. SFORZANDO level their cutlasses (er, questions) at THE RAMSHACKLE ARMY   How do you spell 'pirate'? “I was never good at the... Read More
The Count With Pugsley Buzzard
0 Comments. 1,643 Views. Posted 25 Feb 2011 @ 9:58am.
Ten bands everyone should know about:   "Jon Cleary And The Monster Gentlemen (New Orleans), The Legendary Tigerman (Portugal), Lisbon Underground Music Ensemble (Portugal), Truckstop Honeymoon (New Orleans), Those Crazy Hambones (Berlin), The Pacific Curls (New Zealand), Taraf De Haidouks (Romania), Nobody's Business (Portugal), The Kill Devil Hills (WA) and The Captain Matchbox... Read More
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