tuesday wake up call

To celebrate Earth Day, Portugal. The Man has teamed up with The Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute to created "The Endangered Song‬", a campaign to raise awareness on the critically endangered Sumatran Tigers. Happy Earth Day!

my 30 favourite albums of 2013

Happy New Year! Here's a look back at some of my favourite albums from 2013 ... other great albums that made it just outside of this list include Anthems by Pure Love, No World by Inc., You're Nothing by Iceage, Enola by I Can Make A Mess, Kveikur by Sigur Rós and Good Together by Chapel Club.


30. Direct Hit!: Brainless God

29. Nils Frahm: Spaces

28. The Flatliners: Dead Language

27. Ghostpoet: Some Say I So I Say Light

26. Zomby: With Love

25. Frank Turner: Tape Deck Heart

24. Bad Religion: True North

23. Vampire Weekend: Modern Vampires Of The City

22. Deafheaven: Sunbather

21. Weekend Nachos: Still

20. The Wonder Years: The Greatest Generation

tuesday wake up call

Awesome live performance of "Modern Jesus" by Portugal. The Man.

friday wake up call

Portugal. The Man performing "Hip Hop Kids" live at Terminal 5 in New York.

friday wake up call

Watch Portugal. The Man's new video (directed by AG Rojas) for "Modern Jesus"!



Check out a great behind the scenes article over at Well, Bless My Stars.

"Modern Jesus" is from Evil Friends, one of the best records of the year so far!

tuesday wake up call

Portugal. The Man latest record, Evil Friends is out today! ... this is definitely one of my favourite releases of the year so far!

"Evil Friends", directed by Michael Ragen




"Purple Yellow Red and Blue", directed by that go (Noel Paul & Stefan Moore)




"Atomic Man", directed by David Vincent Wolf

friday wake up call

Here's "Atomic Man", new Portugal. The Man track/video taken from the band's forthcoming record, Evil Friends, out on June 4th.

wednesday wake up call

New Portugal. The Man song/video entitled "Purple Yellow Red and Blue"; taken from the band's upcoming record, Evil Friends, out on June 4th.

sunday wake up call

Super strange new video (directed by Michael Ragen) for "Evil Friends" by Portugal.The Man.

wednesday wake up call

Another great video from Portugal. The Man for the track "All Your Light (Times Like These)".
This video, directed by Dan Brown also features a segment remixed by RZA.



"All Your Light (Times Like These)" is off of In the Mountain In the Cloud.

monday wake up call

"All Your Light (Times Like These)" by Portugal. The Man, from the album In the Mountain In the Cloud.

i am 100% pro portugal. the man

Last week, Portugal. The Man posted a couple of messages on MySpace addressing their new album, Church Mouth, being leaked:

First Bulletin:

Oh shit, I forgot to mention our record leak....

Go download it. Give yourself the tastes. Feel free. I will find out if there is some way we can stream it from here or whatnot, I know myspace has restrictions so I guess we may need to get in contact with them....

it is on oink for sure and i know people on our forum had put up links...
www.portugaltheman.invisionplus.net

go grab it up

Second Bulletin:

Response on downloading leaked records... +links for more

...Thanks very much for the giant pile of responses to the first post about the leak, some very kind words for sure. We are just relieved to know that people can finally hear the new album. We got a lot of emails thanking us for "allowing" people to download church mouth. We are 100% pro-downloading in every way. It is huge. Having said this....

The reality is, downloading music and leaked records can hurt bands, first week sales especially. This is a very important time for bands. Everything that we do is based on numbers, and as much as we completely disagree with the awkward systems, at this point it is what it is. We offer the option to download the music because we are very happy with what we are doing and fully behind it. We don't write albums based around singles or write songs solely to fill out the record. It wouldn't matter if we offered it now, later, or at all, it would find its way to the file sharing sites regardless. We would much rather "you" hear the album in advance and make the decision to pre-order/purchase from and indiestore/us/or not at all based on your opinion rather than the amount of ads you see. As before, we are happy with Church Mouth. If you feel you want to support the band it is very appreciated and it will help us to continue what we are doing. If not, well shit, you probably would have downloaded it anyway and we can't blame you for that...

01. Church Mouth
02. Sugar Cinnamon
03. Telling Tellers Tell Me
04. My Mind
05. Shade
06. Dawn
07. Oh Lord
08. Bellies Are Full
09. Children
10. The Bottom
11. Sleeping Sleepers Sleep
12. Sun Brother
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Church Mouth comes out on July 24, go to this link for pre-order deals

fashion, fashion ballrooms of the leaves

One of my favorite records of the year is finally coming out on vinyl. Defiance Records in Germany is pressing 500 copies of Waiter: "You Vultures!" by Portugal. The Man, go preorder it now!!!

Go here to read my review on Waiter: "You Vultures!".

How The Leopard Got Its Spots [wicked-cool song]
Stables & Chairs [wicked-cool song]
AKA M80 The Wolf [wicked-cool song]
Horse Warming Party [wicked-cool song]
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paint me that river, and would you only use blues, brilliant big black mouth and lengths of pines that route the river through, through and through

Portugal. The Man has a new digital EP for sale online at E-Music and Downloadpunk.com. But why pay for downloads when you can get it for free here? Devil Say I, I Say Air features four tracks: one from Waiter: "You Vultures!", two from a limited pressing 7", and a remix of "How The Leopard Got Its Spots" by Blake "Beatz" Miller.

1. AKA M80 The Wolf (from Waiter: "You Vultures!") [wicked-cool song]
2. The Pines
3. The Devil
4. How The Leopard Got Its Spots (Blakebeatz Remix)
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buy Waiter: "You Vultures!" here

why do we hide behind such ugly faces?

Let’s be honest, Fearless Records has not really put out many good records and their list of artists is not at all impressive. In reality, the last few (or most of) Fearless releases were below average and have definitely been forgotten. That is why I held back from listening to Waiter: "You Vultures!" by Fearless’s newest, Portugal. The Man. In fact, I would not even have listened to it at all if I didn’t stumble upon their very strange video for "AKA M80 The Wolf" on YouTube. Portugal. The Man is like a less hyper and more structured version of The Blood Brothers. The hyperness is what makes The Blood Brothers great, but Portugal. The Man "watered" that down brilliantly! Ok, let me put it this way, let’s say that The Blood Brothers and Portugal. The Man are the states of an individual, The Blood Brothers is when that individual is on E while Portugal. The Man is when that same person is high on weed or shrooms. For me, led singer John Baldwin Gourley’s vocal is the highlight of Portugal. The Man. For most parts of Waiter: "You Vultures!", Gourley sings in falsetto. In fact, Gourley voice ranges so high at times that it sounds like a female is on vocal instead. In addition, Gourley’s vocal is so soft and echolike sometimes that it sounds ghostly and haunting. Portugal. The Man is signed to a punk label, but they do not make punk music. I think they are more indie rock or psychedelic rock with a hint of experimentation.

How The Leopard Got Its Spots [wicked-cool song]
Stables & Chairs [wicked-cool song]
AKA M80 The Wolf [wicked-cool song]
Elephants
Waiter
Bad, Bad Levi Brown
Horse Warming Party [wicked-cool song]
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buy Waiter: "You Vultures!" here