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The New Monarchs with Ghost in the Water and Laarks
at Kitty Cat Klub
on 11/15/08
By: David de Young
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Mandy of Ghost in the Water - Photo by Jenn Barnett (See full photo set from this show here.)
Dinkytown was crawling with an abundance of stumbling college students and watchful police Saturday night just as it is most weekends, and Eau Claire’s Laarks had already taken to the stage at the Kitty Cat Klub when we arrived about 10:30. Laarks is a band headed up by keyboard player Ian...
Bill Mike Band CD Release w/ Hummingbird
at Cedar Cultural Center
on 11/14/08
By: Donette Ambrosy
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Bill Mike Band - Photo by Jenn Barnett
“Mommy, is this rock ‘n roll?”
“Yes, darling. It’s the Bill Mike Band.”
This naïve yet profound exchange between my four-year-old son and me serves as an adequate summary of the experience we shared at the Cedar Cultural Center Friday night.
My kiddo requested an unprecedented “spiky hairdo” for...
Podcast: HowWasTheShow/Minneapoliscast CD Reviews for November 2008
on 11/7/08
By: Bob Longmore, Pat O'Brien, David de Young
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HowWasTheShow's David de Young talks with Bob Longmore and Pat O'Brien about new and upcoming Minnesota Music CDs.
1. Superman Curl – “Dressed to the Nines” (Selected by all) (http://www.myspace.com/supermancurl)
2. Bill Mike Band – “Truce” (Selected by Pat O’Brien) (http://www.myspace.com/billmikeband)
3. Flin Flon...
Solid Gold w/ Mystery Palace
at The Varsity Theater
on 11/7/08
By: Pat O'Brien
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James Buckley of Mystery Palace - Photo by David de Young
For years there has been an anti-electronic movement regarding music. There have been (and most likely always will be) people adamantly opposed to music created by or supplemented with what they derisively refer to as “machines”. I myself have always found this a little silly since amplifiers, microphones, etc. all qua...
Atmosphere's "Paint the Nation" tour
at First Avenue
on 11/2/08
By: Amber Schadewald
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Back home after a super extensive tour, “Paint the Nation”, Atmosphere played an early show to a sold out crowd. In a show lasting nearly two hours, Slug and Ant, accompanied by keys, guitar and “human samples” (other wise known as a back-up vocals), put together an awesome set worth standing around for.
Blueprint opened the show, standing mid-stage and staring down ...
An interview with Charlie Dush
on 10/29/08
By: David Rachac
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Charlie Dush - Photo by HH
Charlie Dush is a local singer/songwrit...
Suzanne Vallie
at 331 Club
on 10/18/08
By: Jon Behm
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Suzanne Vallie - Photo by Jon Behm
It was a loud night at the 331 Club on Saturday, one of those evenings where instead of paying attention to the musicians, folks tended to carry on their conversations all the louder just to be heard. This was a shame because it made local singer/songwriter Suzanne Vallie very difficult to hear. And Vallie is most definitely worth hearing. The former drummer f...
Draw Fire Records Showcase
at The Turf Club
on 10/17/08
By: Kristine Lambert
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Carnage and Bill Mike - Photo by Alexa Jones
[Note: Also keep an eye on the HowWasTheShow blog this weekend for almost-live audio podcasts and photos from CMJ in NYC.]
A fairly large crowd had already gathered at The Turf Club when I arrived shortly after 9:00 to help celebrate the Draw Fire Records bio-diesel bus send-off. The upcoming bus adventure is the brainchild of St. Paul music and art vis...
An Interview with David Brusie
on 10/16/08
By: David Rachac
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David Brusie
David Brusie is a singer/songwriter who moved to Minnesota from Boston in 2004. In this interview, he talks about the Minneapolis music scene, his new CD, Flyover State, and his CD release show at The Beat Coffeehouse on Friday, October 17.
How Was The Show: Tell me about your musical background -- when you started playing, early influ...
Nikki Schultz
at Nomad World Pub
on 10/10/08
By: David de Young
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Nikki Schultz (right) with Adri Mehra - Photo by David de Young
Not much makes music writing more rewarding than unwrapping a CD by an artist previously unknown to you, popping it into the CD player, and finding music that is more than just good, but actually enriches your life. Nikki Schultz’s debut CD Lost and Found {and Lost Again} contains such music, and soon the disc was rid...
