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We may have called the Decemberists "Portland's finest" earlier today, but we didn't really mean it. Meloy and co. have to share the title with Danny Seim, Justin Harris, and Brent Knopf, the (usually) clean-cut men of Menomena. Well technically, they also have to share the title with the Thermals and Sleater-Kinney (R.I.P.) and the Shins and about a million others. Seriously, is there no bad band in this freaking city?

Good Portland Band #192A-4, aka Menomena, will go on tour once again this summer proclaiming their musical sweetness to all who will listen. They have a one-off date in Walla Walla, Washington on April 28, but their summer tour kicks off in full Friendly force on June 1 in Seattle. After the tour has run its course in June, the band have three dates in July, one of which is at our very own Pitchfork Music Festival on Sunday, July 15. To buy tickets to the festival, click here.

For all the sordid details from Menomena's road trip, check out Danny Seim's tour diary on LocalCut.com. And in case you missed it, scope Menomena rocking "The Pelican" subterranean-style over in Forkcast.

Dates:

04-28 Walla Walla, WA - Whitman College
06-01 Seattle, WA - Neumos
06-02 Vancouver, British Columbia - Red Room
06-06 Eugene, OR - WOW Hall *
06-07 Sacramento, CA - Blue Lamp *
06-08 San Francisco, CA - The Independent *
06-10 Visalia, CA - Cellar Door *
06-12 Los Angeles, CA - Troubadour *
06-13 Pomona, CA - Glass House *
06-14 San Diego, CA - Casbah *
06-15 Tucson, AZ - Solar Culture Gallery *
06-16 Phoenix, AZ - The Clubhouse *
06-19 Austin, TX - The Parish *
06-20 Houston, TX - Walter's on Washington *
06-21 Dallas, TX - Granada *
06-22 Lawrence, KS - The Bottleneck *
06-23 Omaha, NE - Waiting Room *
07-13 New York, NY - Seaport Music Festival
07-15 Chicago, IL - Union Park (Pitchfork Music Festival) #
07-22 Troutdale, OR - Edgefield ^

* with All Smiles
# with Stephen Malkmus, De La Soul, the New Pornographers, Of Montreal, Jamie Lidell, Klaxons, the Ponys, Deerhunter, Craig Taborn's Junk Magic
^ with the Decemberists