If Portugal the Man aren’t recording a new album, then they’re touring the world. This spring it looks like they’ll be hitting up a lot of second- and third-tier cities in America. It looks like I’ll be catching them at least once this year, since they’ve got a stop at Buster’s in Lexington. Portugal. The [...]

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Portugal. The Man were asked to perform a cover song when they hit French TV station Tarata. I love that they went with the Gnarls Barkley’s new classic “Crazy.” It suits ‘em very well. Watch Portugal. The Man cover “Crazy”

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#30: Fishboy – Classic Creeps MP3: Fishboy – Aaron the Afterthought Astronaut I don’t know which I find more impressive: that this album effortlessly weaves witticisms through incredible melody or that the entire album tells a complexly involved story. It’s easy to be dismissive of some pop records, but labels like “simplistic” just don’t stick [...]

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Just days after Portugal. The Man’s “All Your Light” was named one of my top 10 songs of the year, I was asked if I wanted to debut this awesome video of the group performing the same song acoustically. It’s a great capture of a wonderful performance. Even in this vastly different form, you can [...]

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2011 was (another) odd year for music. It felt like the average quality of albums was raised a bit, but nothing really stood out as a life-changing album or single of the year. Still, there was a lot of great music to be heard. Here’s fifty of my favorite tracks from the year, ranging from [...]

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Portugal the Man’s great new song “All Your Light” has a new video in the form of some fine claymation. Portugal. The Man: “All Your Light” (Animated Version)

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The phrase “classic rock” has bad connotations to some, but Portuagl. The Man know that classic rock shouldn’t be a dirty word. Here they are covering the Mott the Hoople (by way of Bowie) classic “All the Young Dudes.”

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UPDATE: It’s the Occupy Minneapolis branch of Occupy Wall St. Not the one in NYC. Portugal the Man are the latest band to show their support for Occupy Wall St. They band (or John solo, I’m not really sure) will be playing an acoustic set at 3rd and 5th St South later today. Follow PTM [...]

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This makes me miss Portugal The Man a lot. Here they are in San Diego performing a cover of the Beatles’ “Helter Skelter.” It’s also got a great transition from their song “The Devil.” Portugal the Man: “The Devil” > “Helter Skelter”

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