Tonight at Great Scott, the Pitchforkmedia.com hyped group from Portland, OR., Menomena, is gonna jam with Field Music (ah, their ok) and Land of Talk (got some hype at CMJ festi). Menomena play some weird indie rock melodies. They’ve got some unique way of recording vocal harmonies and piecing them together. But it’s basically three guys in a basement crafting together some songs that will be interesting to see played out on stage. I’m picturing a laptop on the side of the stage that gets fiddled with from time to time. Just a hunch as I’ve never seen pics of their shows or do I have any prior knowledge from friends that have gone.
MP3: “Weird”
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Moving beyond tonight’s show, if you have interest to learn where they got their name, follow the links below. The one time I pick up the Metro I discover something really interesting and compelling that I just have to post about.
First, go to this wiki article to learn about the Swedish Sex movie, “Svezia Inferno e Paradiso” and the origin of the song “Mah Na Mah Na”:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahna_Mahna
Then watch this YouTube video of the Muppets rendition of the song:
