The Town Ballroom is in the midst a hot streak of great shows, making this one of the finest seasons yet for the downtown venue.  Tonight brings Portugal, The Man, a band born out of Alaska and still riding high from  the success of In the Mountain In the Cloud, their sixth studio album and their first since signing with Atlantic Records.  The album, produced by John Hill (the executive producer behind Santigold's debut album Santogold, another artist hitting The Town Ballroom stage May 16th), is the band's most accomplished effort to date, expanding the scope of their sound while still maintaining an intimate personability.  Be sure to show up early to catch BuffaBLOG Beach Party artist Nelson-Type, opening up the show with help from Bryan Johnson and Laurie Pitzonka on backing vocals.  Rounding out the bill is The Lonely Forest, an indie rock band based out of Anacortes, Washington, who have some catchy songs in their own right.  Portugal. The Man have an interesting lighting setup this tour, which is captured pretty well in the clip below.  It's so cool, it's worth sitting through Carson Daly's face to see it.

Doors are at 7

Bryan Johnson, lead singer for buffaBLOG fav Bryan Johnson & Family, and friend Laurie Pitzonka are working on a new project, titled Haunt.  The duo is currently working on a 5 track demo/EP.  The first song to surface from the project, the Pitzonka led "I Feel I'm Losing You", is certainly something different from the normal 90's alt rock flavored beach vibes of Johnson we have grown to love over the past year.  The laid back, acoustic strummed number features the pretty, layered vocals of Pitzonka and soft keys.  While both projects are quite different, that summer feel is still present on Haunt.  Where as Bryan Johnson & Family sounded like the soundtrack to your summer party, Haunt sounds like that moment where the party has cleared out, leaving just a few of your closest friends, watching the sunset along the beach.  The Haunt project from Johnson and Pitzonka should see the light of day sometime next month.

I feel i'm losing you- demo by bonbry3