Slideshow: SXSW Sendoff Party at First Avenue at First Avenue on 3/6/10

By: Meredith Westin
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HowWasTheShow is proud to present Meredith Westin's photo slide show from The SXSW Sendoff show at First Avenue on Satrday, March 6th.  The slideshow is set to Peter Wolf Crier's "Crutch and Cane" from his album Inter-Be. Photos in this set include Peter Wolf Crier, City on the Make, Jeremy Messersmith, Lookbook, The Pines, and Romantica.  ...

Kill The Vultures at Walker Art Center on 2/26/10

By: Dan Alvin
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Kill The Vultures in the Walker's Gallery 8 - Photo by Emily Crenshaw As the haunting introduction of their classic "Beasts of Burden" provoked the mingling attendees to occupy a state somewhere between bewilderment and apprehension, Kill the Vultures' poet Crescent Moon and DJ Anatomy capped a wave of unbridled tension last Friday night from the stage of Gallery 8 during th...

Slideshow: Electric Fetus Benefit at First Avenue on 2/26/10

By: Meredith Westin
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HowWasTheShow is proud to present Meredith Westin's photo slide show from The Electric Fetus Benefit at First Avenue on Friday, February 26th.  The slideshow is set to Unknown Prophets "Face The Storm" from their 2009 album Le System D. Photos in this set include Cloud Cult, Peter Wolf Crier, Roma di Luna, Total Babe, Jeremy Messersmith, Caroline Smith and the Good Night Sleeps, Ruby Isle, Trailer Trash and Unknown Prophets. Proceeds from the show went to both help re...

Podcast: HowWasTheShow CD Reviews for February 2010 on 2/21/10

By: Andrea Swensson, David de Young
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  HowWasTheShow's CD Review Podcast for February, 2010, recorded at Kings Wine Bar in South Minneapolis on Sunday, February 21st.     The panel includes Andrea Swensson of the City Pages and Ben Clark.  Hosted by HowWasTheShow's David de Young.  Solid Gold – “Matter of Time” –  (http://www.myspace.com/solidgold) Wapsipinicon – &l...

Q&A with Red Pens' Howard Hamilton on 2/21/10

By: Jeff Gage
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Red Pens at Jagerfest in fall, 2009 - Photo by David de Young It’s been a fast year for Twin Cities upstarts the Red Pens. After dropping their first album, Reasons, last summer, Howard Hamilton and Laura Bennett won City Pages’ Picked to Click honors in September and, more recently, had the honor of topping the bill at First Avenue’s Best New Bands concert. &n...

Photo set: Retribution Gospel Choir at Triple Rock Social Club on 2/20/10

By: Meredith Westin
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HowWasTheShow is proud to present Meredith Westin's photos from Saturday's Retribution Gospel Choir show at the Triple Rock.  See also, Dan Alvin's review.  ...

Retribution Gospel Choir at Triple Rock Social Club on 2/20/10

By: Dan Alvin
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Alan Sparhawk of Retribution Gospel Choir - Photo by Meredith Westin.  See Meredith's complete photo set for this show here. I arrived at The Triple Rock too late to catch any of opener Andrew Broder’s material, so I could only imagine how one of our most unpredictable troubadours set the stage for the headliner Saturday night. When the clock struck 10:30, however, the...

Dewi Sant CD Release Party with The Starfolk and Alison Rae at Cedar Cultural Center on 2/19/10

By: David de Young
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Dewi Sant at the Cedar - Photo by Pamela Diedrich (See Pamela's full set of photos from this show here.) Michael Morris slipped a disc into my hand last Tuesday night at Kings Wine Bar and asked me to check it out. The timing couldn’t have been better. Morris had just returned from a 33 day tour of the West, and with his band, now going by the moniker Dewi Sant, he was set ...

Slideshow: Valentine's Day Joel Bremer / Mad Ripple Hootenanny at Dusty's at Dusty's Bar on 2/14/10

By: Jenn Barnett
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HowWasTheShow is proud to present Jenn Barnett’s photos from Sunday's Joel Bremer / Mad Ripple Valentine's Day marathon (7 hours!) hoot at Dusty's in Minneapolis.  Many in attendance remarked that this was the "best hoot ever," and I tend to agree.  The love and music in the room spilled out onto Marshall Street in Northeast and went home with us that night.  Days later, I'm still reeling.   At the time of writing, Joel Bremer, our favorite Swedish f...

Is/Is, Red Pens, Strange Lights and Camden at Kitty Cat Klub on 2/13/10

By: Jeff Gage
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Red Pens - Photo by Pamela Goetzke Diedrich Whoever publicized Saturday night’s show at the Kitty Cat Klub did their best to confuse me about the line up. There were at least four different combinations of bands floating around online and in the local rags, so I headed to Dinkytown knowing only that I'd see  Is/Is and Red Pens with some combination of openers. Despite the fact that the order seemed...