Best New Bands » Portugal the man https://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 Sunflower Bean Finds the Power in Three https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/sunflower-bean/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/sunflower-bean/#comments Wed, 29 Jun 2016 06:56:30 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=31601 San Francisco – Three is a powerful number. Now, I’m no numerologist, so I can’t explain the scientific or divine properties these mundane and otherwise ordinary entities contain, though I do know that practically everything can be expressed in numbers, in some way. The number three seems to hold a certain degree of influence — in language, in mathematics,

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]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/sunflower-bean/feed/ 0 The Honda Civic Tour: The Art Rock of Grouplove and Portugal. The Man https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/honda-civic-tour-art-rock-grouplove-portugal-man/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/honda-civic-tour-art-rock-grouplove-portugal-man/#comments Thu, 28 Aug 2014 01:19:50 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=18544 Milwaukee – The Windy City is often void of live music in the weeks surrounding Pitchfork, Lollapalooza, and Riot Fest. Tours often skip over Chicago and much of the Midwest thanks to those wonderful radius clauses. However, this past weekend 2014 Lollapalooza performers Grouplove and Portugal. The Man managed to book a show in Milwaukee,

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  1. Check Out The Grouplove “I’m With You” Remix By Strfkr New York - Labelmates, Grouplove and Portugal. The Man are  co-headlining the first leg of this summer’s Honda Civic Tour which got underway last week in Seattle, WA, wrapping up at Central Park Summerstage in New York City next month (full itinerary below). They have some great support...
  2. Grouplove Announces “The Seesaw Tour” Canvasback Music/Atlantic recording artists Grouplove (our Best New Band of 2011) have unveiled details for their special headlining fall tour.  “The Seesaw Tour” will feature two-night stands in eleven cities across the country – the first night will be electric;...
  3. Grouplove Spreads The Love At The Troubadour In a sign of things to come in 2011, Grouplove absolutely killed it on Friday night at The Troubadour, putting together easily one of the best local shows of the year. The show was completely sold out and there wasn’t...
]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/honda-civic-tour-art-rock-grouplove-portugal-man/feed/ 2 Check Out The Grouplove “I’m With You” Remix By Strfkr https://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/check-grouplove-im-remixed-strfkr/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/check-grouplove-im-remixed-strfkr/#comments Mon, 25 Aug 2014 16:58:55 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=18494 New York - Labelmates, Grouplove and Portugal. The Man are  co-headlining the first leg of this summer’s Honda Civic Tour which got underway last week in Seattle, WA, wrapping up at Central Park Summerstage in New York City next month (full itinerary below). They have some great support this tour: Tokyo Police Club, Strfkr and Typhoon. In lieu of getting on board the Civic Tour, Strfkr have taken

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]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/check-grouplove-im-remixed-strfkr/feed/ 1 Album Review: Portugal. The Man’s “In the Mountain In the Cloud” https://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/album-review-portugal-the-mans-in-the-mountain-in-the-cloud/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/album-review-portugal-the-mans-in-the-mountain-in-the-cloud/#comments Tue, 19 Jul 2011 14:53:52 +0000 In the Mountain In the Cloud is finally here to reaffirm my ongoing love affair with Wasilla, Alaska’s very own Portugal. The Man.  Out today, this is this hardworking band’s 6th studio album—they’ve been cranking out one album a year since 2006 (with each album of impressive quality, no less).  In the Mountain In the

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  3. In Solidarity With Portugal. The Man Artist: Portugal. The Man Genre: Psychedelic/progressive rock From the political uprisings in North Africa and the Middle East to the Midwestern United States, a sense of awareness and community seems to be spreading throughout the globe. Personally, I can’t get...
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]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/weekend-playlist-may-13-2011/feed/ 0 Concert Review: Portugal. The Man Takes Over the House of Blues in Anaheim, CA https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/concert-review-portugal-the-man-takes-over-the-house-of-blues-in-anaheim-ca/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/concert-review-portugal-the-man-takes-over-the-house-of-blues-in-anaheim-ca/#comments Mon, 09 May 2011 17:00:00 +0000 This past Saturday night, May 7th, I headed down to the House of Blues in Anaheim to check out Portugal. The Man in concert for the second time.  The first time I saw this strangely wonderful band play was last October at the El Rey, and I was relatively unfamiliar with their stuff.  Now wholly

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]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/concert-review-portugal-the-man-takes-over-the-house-of-blues-in-anaheim-ca/feed/ 0 Weekend Playlist – March 11, 2011 https://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/weekend-playlist-march-11-2011/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/weekend-playlist-march-11-2011/#comments Fri, 11 Mar 2011 15:00:00 +0000 Start your weekend off right with a selection of tunes from this week’s featured artists on BestNewBands.com. “The Dead Dog” – Portugal. The Man Monica Christoffels previewed Portugal. The Man’s set at the Snowball Music Festival in Colorado last weekend. Monica wrote, “Since forming PTM in 2004, and having lost and gained some band members

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]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/weekend-playlist-march-11-2011/feed/ 0 In Solidarity With Portugal. The Man https://www.bestnewbands.com/previews/in-solidarity-with-portugal-the-man/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/previews/in-solidarity-with-portugal-the-man/#comments Sat, 05 Mar 2011 16:00:00 +0000 Artist: Portugal. The Man Genre: Psychedelic/progressive rock From the political uprisings in North Africa and the Middle East to the Midwestern United States, a sense of awareness and community seems to be spreading throughout the globe. Personally, I can’t get enough of that hope-y, change-y feeling – but then again, I’m about as far to

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]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/previews/in-solidarity-with-portugal-the-man/feed/ 0 BestNewBands.com’s Concert Picks for the Week of 2/28/11 https://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/bestnewbandscoms-concert-picks-for-the-week-of-2-28-11/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/bestnewbandscoms-concert-picks-for-the-week-of-2-28-11/#comments Mon, 28 Feb 2011 15:00:00 +0000 Picked By: Laurel Johnston Who: Jukebox the Ghost Where: The Echo, Los Angeles, CA When: Tuesday, March 1st Doors open at 8pm Cost: $8 adv/$10 at the door Age Restrictions: All ages   *** Picked By: Monica Christoffels Who: Portugal. The Man featuring Quiet Life Where: WOW Hall, Eugene, OR 97402 When: Wednesday, March 2 at

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