I haven’t done the research entirely, but I’m pretty sure Portugal. The Man is the most famous band from Wasilla, Alaska to ever play Fuji Rock. They are probably the second-most-famous entity to ever come out of that locale (remember Sarah Palin?), even though they moved to Portland, Oregon long ago. And there they were on the White Stage at 12:50, playing a bunch of drawn-out indie-rock songs to a crowd that wasn’t huge, but featured a lot of dedicated fans swaying along to every note. Portugal. The Man’s last album Evil Friends was produced by Dangermouse, which explains why most of the songs they jammed out sounded a lot like the chuggin’ stuff The Black Keys make. The biggest difference between that Akron outfit and Portugal was John Baldwin Gourley’s lyrics, which took stabs at political and spiritual matters (something about a modern-day Jesus, something about boys and girls in America). The message…if there really even was one…didn’t really come across, drowned out by their loudness. They could probably do with a little more sonic variety, really. Still, glad to see Alaska represented at Fuji Rock.