Best New Bands » Portland bands http://www.bestnewbands.com News, Reviews and Interviews Wed, 07 Feb 2018 02:08:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.41 Album Review: Menomena, Moms http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/album-review-menomena-moms/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/album-review-menomena-moms/#comments Wed, 19 Sep 2012 23:04:51 +0000 Menomena, in its old incarnation, was by no means a new band. The Portland-based three-piece released four full-length albums (and a number of EPs) over the span of ten years, and all was going well for the trio until band leader Brent Knopf decided to call it quits and focus on his other project, Ramona

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]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/album-review-menomena-moms/feed/ 0 Grouper Dreams Big at Disjecta http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/grouper-dreams-big-at-disjecta/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/grouper-dreams-big-at-disjecta/#comments Thu, 21 Jun 2012 05:08:56 +0000 “Do we have any knitters in the house?” asked Disjecta Art Center Executive Director Bryan Suereth this past Friday night. It wasn’t until two hands quickly shot up in the audience that I realized this question wasn’t a joke. The second annual Quiet Music Festival would be exactly what it advertised to be: quiet. Until

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