Portugal. The Man

[the_wizzard]

So...umm...so we had this little party on Saturday with PTM and...well...not to rub it in, but it was off-the-motherfucking-hook!  Truly an epic experience! 

They sounded great (first "public" appearance with the new gear).  Jason needed a new drum kick after the party, cuz' they rock that hard.  It went so well, they loved our space (our friend's glass studio) that maybe...perhaps someday...we will do it again.  Oh and to top it off, we had enough flow to get AgesandAges to open for PTM.  They are just super too!

I guess my invitation got lost in the mail.   ;)

Aww sweets, if I had an invite to give I would have in a heartbeat. Band's management were keeping us tight at 50 people, and ~20 of those peeps were with the band.

[vespachick]

So...umm...so we had this little party on Saturday with PTM and...well...not to rub it in, but it was off-the-motherfucking-hook!  Truly an epic experience! 

They sounded great (first "public" appearance with the new gear).  Jason needed a new drum kick after the party, cuz' they rock that hard.  It went so well, they loved our space (our friend's glass studio) that maybe...perhaps someday...we will do it again.  Oh and to top it off, we had enough flow to get AgesandAges to open for PTM.  They are just super too!

I guess my invitation got lost in the mail.   ;)

Aww sweets, if I had an invite to give I would have in a heartbeat. Band's management were keeping us tight at 50 people, and ~20 of those peeps were with the band.

Oh, I keed, I keed, not like I could get a sitter that fast anyway. Speaking of kids, I think I'm gonna go to the AgesandAges/Cass McCombs MFNW opener on 9/11 at Kennedy.  It's for the kiddos, but sounds fairly sweet (read: show for kids/beer for parents).Woot!

I'll get to the glass studio one of these days though!! :-*

[mahg33ta]

So I'm about a month into my PtM immersion plan.

I'm finding a lot of the songs sound similar.   There's a few that stand out, but many blur together.   Is that a fair criticism of this band, or just the result of cramming 5 albums in my head at once on heavy rotation shuffle?

Regardless, I'm looking forward to the show, and know they have a good live reputation.

[wolof7]

Hey g33tah I find it to be the same but it dosent bother me bc most of the tracks are plain awesome...Alexis decribes their music as if MGMT and the singer of Mars Volta had a magic show that they performed on Zoloft! Never heard quite the description but I can dig it.

I only have the newest album and The Satanic Satanist which I feel is a bit more varied. where should I go next?

Also purchased tickets for the Paradise show 2 nights ago! Can't wait for them and Alberta Cross. If you've never heard Broken Side of Time, you should give it a listen. I"ve been a big fanboy of that album around these parts...I've seen them once and they were extremely impressive!

[mahg33ta]

Hey g33tah I find it to be the same but it dosent bother me bc most of the tracks are plain awesome...Alexis decribes their music as if MGMT and the singer of Mars Volta had a magic show that they performed on Zoloft! Never heard quite the description but I can dig it.

I only have the newest album and The Satanic Satanist which I feel is a bit more varied. where should I go next?

Also purchased tickets for the Paradise show 2 nights ago! Can't wait for them and Alberta Cross. If you've never heard Broken Side of Time, you should give it a listen. I"ve been a big fanboy of that album around these parts...I've seen them once and they were extremely impressive!

I am a big fan of Alberta Cross and it's what caused me to buy the Paradise tix myself and learn PtM.   

I'd get American Ghetto  - then you'd know the 3 most recent albums which seems pretty thorough concert prep.   I like the music too, hope I wasn't seen as complaining (did enough of that on the Rolling Stones thread!)

[he.who.forgets]

Big Alberta Cross fan myself...discovered them when they opened for Ben Harper a year or so ago and they flat out killed live.  Ben Harper then proceeded to put me to sleep. Anyway, I agree that if you have the two most recent, you should just keep working backwards to Censored Colors, Church Mouth, and Waiters...I think their older stuff will give you a little more variation too once you get there.

[tdb810]

Just saw their performance on Conan from last night.  I thought they sounded and looked great! Can't wait to see them next monh! 

[mahg33ta]

http://www.okgazette.com/oklahoma/article-13200-portugal-the-man-%E2%80%94-in-the-mountain-in-the-cloud.html

interesting for the MMJ references

[capt. scotty]

http://www.okgazette.com/oklahoma/article-13200-portugal-the-man-%E2%80%94-in-the-mountain-in-the-cloud.html

interesting for the MMJ references

Harsh review. Im surprised he didnt bring up how similar all the songs sound.

I was watching monday night football on, well monday, and after a commercial break they came back in with Got It All. I was pretty shocked.

[the_wizzard]

So the new video for "So American" was debuted this week.  Check it here:
http://www.mtvu.com/music/video-premiere/portugal-the-man-so-american/

Oh...and the shots of them all playing the song...those were from our party  ::) :D

[mahg33ta]

live stream of in-store acoustic show tonight

http://www.lomography.com/magazine/events/2011/10/11/portugal-the-party-lomography-gallery-store-nyc-greenwich-village?utm_source=www&utm_medium=special&utm_campaign=nyc_and_cologne

[capt. scotty]

live stream of in-store acoustic show tonight

http://www.lomography.com/magazine/events/2011/10/11/portugal-the-party-lomography-gallery-store-nyc-greenwich-village?utm_source=www&utm_medium=special&utm_campaign=nyc_and_cologne

Nice, thanks 

Will that link actually show it at 6?

[capt. scotty]

I dont see anything on that link and it says 6pm on there

[mahg33ta]

that home page http://www.lomography.com/ says it will be streaming on there at 7:30

[tdb810]

Nice find, thanks!

[capt. scotty]

Cool to hear them acoustic, although bummer that they played 2+ hours and only streamed like 45 minutes if I understood everything correctly

[johnnYYac]

Saw my first PtM show last night, had a blast.  Many thanks to Kyle for scoring the tix and stage edge (no rail).  Still processing the music.  Their recordings and You Tube vids sound great, but perhaps I was too close last night and lost some of the mix?  I could hear the girls singing behind me better than I could hear Gourley's vocals. 

I'm curious if PtM consider themselves a 4-man or 5-man band?  Most photos exclude Noah Gersh, who joined the band from HoneyChild.  HoneyChild had opened for both PtM and Alberta Cross in the past.

Anyway, part of the reason I asked is there was a tour poster signed by the band, but it has only 4 signatures.  I went on a little research, as I didn't know the guys' names, and saw that Gersh seems excluded from many mentions and photos.

The second sig is John Gourley and the last is Jason Sechrist.  Can't make out the other two.  There's Ryan Neighbors and Zachary Carothers.  And is it Noah Gersh who's missing?  (EDIT - I'm quite certain Gersh's sig is missing, based on another signed poster from before he joined the band).

[the_wizzard]

I will answer to the best of my knowledge:
The core is John, Zach, Ryan and Jason.  I first saw Noah play with them this May, when they played for the home town crowd and first debuted a couple songs off of the new album.  Before I had only seen them as a 4-some.  Except once, because they had Zoe with them on vocals for that show.  Jason and Ryan are not "founding members" but they all mesh together well with this line up.  Excited to see what Noah brings to table over time...I (surprisingly  ::)) love 2 guitarists sharing a stage.
So I guess the short answer = 5

[johnnYYac]

I will answer to the best of my knowledge:
The core is John, Zach, Ryan and Jason.  I first saw Noah play with them this May, when they played for the home town crowd and first debuted a couple songs off of the new album.  Before I had only seen them as a 4-some.  Except once, because they had Zoe with them on vocals for that show.  Jason and Ryan are not "founding members" but they all mesh together well with this line up.  Excited to see what Noah brings to table over time...I (surprisingly  ::)) love 2 guitarists sharing a stage.
So I guess the short answer = 5

Its interesting, because Noah brings a lot to the stage - guitar, drum, bongos, synth drum pad, etc.  He is surrounded by a lot of equipment and didn't move around much, 'cept when he joined Alberta Cross near the end of their opening set, along with PtM's keyboardist, Ryan Neighbors.  Noah seemed to be providing mostly rhythm guitar and other instrument fillers, leaving the more intricate guitar work to Gourley. 

Thanks for the info, Ms. Wiz!

[wolof7]

I thought it was a great double bill show at he 'dise last Sat, Johnny and G33tah, great to see you guys!!

PtM were extremely impressive, I would definitely check them out again, great energy, great stage design, etc,. Johnny I agree about the vocals but the whole show was so loud so it prob drowned out the clarity of Gourley's voice. There were spots where I could hear him better. We had to move a bit back due to overcrowding and general rowdiness 2 songs before the end of the set. There were some chicks there were just, ugh, ignorant.

I am not gonna judge people for crowd surfing, hell I used to when I was a teenager and it was fun....but it's soooo fricking irresponsible, annoying and ignorant towards others. I was surprised the band didn't say anything bc people were not having it and it wasn't working.

Great set by Alberta Cross, love that band, they rock hard. Coulda played 1 or 2 more tracks from 'Broken Side of Time,' but it was all good. I was gonna scream Rise From the Shadows if they didnt play it within 2 songs and they ended up playing it so I was satisfied! Johnny the lead singer was right up on you huh? :embarassed: