Portugal the Man - Shish - VINYL LP

Double vinyl LP pressing. Portugal. The Man had been a band for just over 2 years and in that period, they had released 3 full-lengths, 1 EP, and a couple standalone singles. In that same period, they had also performed just shy of 500 shows. This young band from Alaska was riding a creative wave that is rarely scene coupled with the most hardcore work ethic. Alaskans are tough and this band was tougher. They ended tour in December of 2008 and instead of taking a much- needed break made the decision that they needed to record the culmination of what their live performance had become. Finding a rare gem of a studio in the suburbs of Portland. They piled in to the studio with all their live gear and a handful of friends with handheld cameras. Longtime collaborator and filmmaker Graham (Baclagon) Agcaolli and engineer/mixer Jacob Portrait (who would later join Unknown Mortal Orchestra) would help to document. 2021. The band has been off the road for well over a year, by far the longest break from the road since they started and the time just seems right. Here is InchOregon City SessionsInch dug out of the archives. Untouched, unchanged from the day it was finished. It is a time capsule of a band finding it's way. A snapshot of young raw talent before they won awards, before they sold millions of records, before they headlined festivals. Just a couple kids from Alaska wanting to travel the world and play music

SOMM Recordings is pleased to announce the fourth volume in Leon McCawley's much praised series of Franz Joseph Haydn's Piano Sonatas. Six Sonatas spanning the years 1766-80 are featured the earliest the miniature First Sonata in G major, the latest the E flat major Sonata No. 51, while Robert Matthew-Walker's fascinating booklet note charts how deftly Haydn balanced the expectations of others and his own creative ambition. InchIntended more to entertain than engage the intellectInch, the fleet, divertimento-like First Sonata seems to anticipate the pedagogical leanings of Bartók's Mikrokosmos more than a century and half later. With it's unabashed galant style, the D major-led Sonata No. 30 is 'Papa' Haydn at his most quicksilver brilliant and delightful, while Sonata No. 35, in A flat major - Incha masterpiece of piano writingInch - displays striking characteristics of early Romanticism. Composed with the enhanced voice of the then newly available fortepiano in mind, sibling Sonatas Nos. 48 (C major) and 49 (C sharp minor) maintain a winning Classical poise even as one surprise after another see Haydn pushing the sonata form in new and unexpected directions. Volume I (SOMMCD 0162) received a coveted Diapason d'Or from Diapason magazine, which enthused InchWhat a range in his interpretation and how many layers of gradation! McCawley ties these together in a special quality of inflexions which make their point with great intelligibility and sensitivityInch. BBC Music Magazine declared Volume II (SOMMCD 0602) Inchshould stand high on any listInch of quality recordings of Haydn, adding Inchthe sparkle of McCawley's touch is instantly apparentInch. Of Volume III (SOMMCD 0624) Gramophone hailed McCawley as Incha thoughtful, keenly intelligent artist in peak form... [Haydn's] piano works an inexhaustible source of artistic riches. Inch

Vinyl LP pressing. Church Mouth is the second full-length album from experimental rock band Portugal. The Man. It was released in July, 2007. While the album maintained it's artistic mix of aurora borealis-avant-indie pop and post-punk, Church Mouth paved a new musical path for the band. A departure from 2006's drum-machine and sequencer-heavy Waiter You Vultures!, Church Mouth leans on Led Zeppelin, The White Stripes, and Santana for inspiration. Front man John Gourley was also listening to a lot of Blind Willie Johnson, Muddy Waters, and Robert Johnson when he wrote the record. While most of us who grew up in the continental US were raised on Saturday morning cartoons and sugary cereal, Gourley's Alaskan upbringing was unorthodox; his youth spent exploring nature in one of the few virtually untouched territories left in the world. As a result, his striking enigmatic vision makes it's mark on the band's packaging, merch design, videos, photos, posters, and the music.