Ex-Menomena dude Brent Knopf has been maintaining his Ramona Falls project since he was still in that band, and he'll soon release the new Ramona Falls LP Prophet. "Spore," the album's first single,…   Read Story »

How did you celebrate July 4th? On a rooftop BBQ listening to our summer mix? Maybe you stayed in and watched old episodes of Hoarders on Roku? Maybe I stayed in and did that. There is no way to…   Read Story »

Menomena made their late night television debut on Fallon last night. They did "Killemall," the third track from Mines. Note drummer Danny Seim's Blazers shirt, as well as the extra guitarist. Anyone…   Read Story »

We've been anxiously awaiting Menomena's Mines since Kathy from the Thermals dropped us some knowledge in January of last year. The Portland trio's perfectionism comes across in the new album's…   Read Story »

The hunt for new Menomena's taken awhile, though it's had its moments: last year the band started playing a song called "Queen Black Acid"; this past Record Store Day they released "Pilgrim's…   Read Story »

This year in music was great and we'rea gonna let it finish (sorry), but in terms of notable album releases the ship has sailed. No offense, 30 Seconds To Mars. While the Gummys' virtual poll booth…   Read Story »

Ramona Falls is the solo project of Menomena's Brent Knopf and various New York and Portland collaborators. His debut Intuit is out 8/18 on Barsuk, but standout "I Say Fever" surfaced in this week's…   Read Story »

Intimacy Remixed, a track-for-track reinterpretation of Bloc Party's last LP, includes contributions from Armand Van Helden and No Age. While Brits can buy it 5/11 no worldwide release date has been…   Read Story »

In response to yesterday's Progress Report on the Thermals and their forthcoming Kill Rock Stars release Now We Can See, Kathy of the Thermals checked in with her own progress report on the men of…   Read Story »

Echoing Slate's out-of-date Portland exposé from this past fall, MTV's followed the momentum of their Brooklyn 2008 piece with a feature on PDX. What we learn: There are a lot of bands who live…   Read Story »