Last year, the tricky Portland indie-poppers Menomena released Moms, their first album as a duo, and handily showed off that they'd be just as able to crank out melodically dizzy tunes with just two…   Read Story »

In remixing Menomena's jittery tune "Plumage," the Australian dance trio and onetime BTW PVT have more or less completely overhauled the song, turning it into a bleepy electro banger. Download PVT's…   Read Story »

Obviously, this week's best music video wasn't a music video at all: It was the one where Gunplay goes fishing. I could've watched that for at least two hours. But if you insist on actual music…   Read Story »

Menomena's new clip features a long-developing bandmate standoff that comes complete with dozens of costume changes. The description on YouTube reads "Menomena share their various forms of plumage,"…   Read Story »

Yesterday, Portland's MusicFestNW wrapped up five days of concerts at over a dozen venues throughout the city. Among the acts who performed were Passion Pit, Beirut, Girl Talk, Dinosaur Jr., Flying…   Read Story »

A lot has happened to Menomena since they released Mines back in 2010.  Last year they lost member Brent Knopf amid a flurry of stories about just how much the band members couldn't seem to stand…   Read Story »

Moms, the new album from shifty, adventurous Pacific Northwestern indie duo, arrives in a couple of weeks, and we've already heard the early tracks "Heavy Is As Heavy Does" and "Capsule." Now, here's…   Read Story »

Here's another new one from Menomena's forthcoming Moms, an uptempo groove called "Capsule." It's a crowded slate of rock, stuffed with horns, guitars and a prominent backbeat, but it's smartly paced…   Read Story »

We got the details for Menomena's new album, Moms (their first since 2010's Mines), last month, and now, the lead single from that album has emerged. The Albarn-esque "Heavy Is As Heavy Does" may be…   Read Story »

Ramona Falls, a.k.a. former Menomena member Brent Knopf, released his Prophet album a couple of months ago. And in his new video for "Fingerhold," a girl uses a mysterious scientific experiment to…   Read Story »