Reminder | Menomena and Miniature Tigers Today!

Fall 2008 turned into Spring 2009 turned into Fall 2009. Fall 2009 turned into Spring 2010, and Spring 2010 turned into today. At long last, Menomena, Portland's most creative bari sax-wielding rock trio, has found a suitable day to release their third LP, Mines, on Barsuk records, and what a day it is! For—and you might want to sit down for this—July 27th has also been chosen by the endearingly bizarre pop quartet Miniature Tigers to release their second full-length, on Modern Art Records: F O R T R E S S.

It is 76 degrees here in Columbus, partly cloudy, only moderately humid, and I'm going to sit on my porch with a glass of vodka lemonade and spin these shiny new records until their grooves bleed. Metaphorically, of course.

Also, if you buy had bought Mines on Amazon today on the day of its release, you can save could have saved cash money!! Be warned, though: you will only receive the digital tracks, with none of the packaging. Normally, this would be an irrelevant detail, but this is Menomena we're talking about. They tend to be a bit more, um, lavish with the thought they pour into their packaging—I am the Fun Blame Monster came with a flip-book animation, and Friend and Foe's packaging was interactive, with a different permutation corresponding to each track. Mines will be no different. (Except, of course, that it will be completely different.)

Reviews of each will be forthcoming. Meanwhile, head to your favorite electronic retailer or local record store and get you some!