Love-Cars with Superdanger and The Glad Version at 400 Bar on 11/19/04

By: Steve McPherson
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Love-cars: Before everyone decided to shave their heads. It’s not every day you get to see Love-cars. Nor every month. Nor even every year. Especially when you’ve been living on the east coast for the past six years and this is the first time you’re getting to see them in Minneapolis since you broke up with your girlfr...

Askeleton with The Mammy Nuns, Little Dirt, The Close at The Turf Club on 11/16/04

By: Steve McPherson
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Knol Tate performs with Askeleton at the Turf Club on Tuesday - Photo by Steve McPherson (click for full size version) We all know what you go to the Turf Club for on Tuesday night. Tacos, right? But last night also brought a free show moved from the 7th St Entry and offered me my first chance to check out Askeleton live. I got there early ...

The Glad Version CD Review at 400 Bar on 11/15/04

By: Jesse Norell
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The Glad Version's debut CD - Smile Pretty, Make Nice The Glad Version Smile Pretty Make Nice CD Review The Glad Version’s debut full length CD Smile Pretty Make Nice could be described as the acoustic-electric mix of Toad the Wet Sprocket, the biting lyrics and moodiness of Pedro the Lion and vocal styling of the Eels. In one standout t...

Bellwether CD Release Show at The Turf Club on 11/13/04

By: David de Young
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If you were looking for evidence that the Twin Cities music scene continued to thrive during the weeks that First Avenue was closed you needed look no further than the Turf Club Friday or Saturday night. Friday featured a packed show that started with loop-master Martin Dosh playing in media res as concert goers thronged around his one man band in the center of the Turf Club floor. Revolver Modele rocked the house in the second spot, and Kid ...

Grant Hart at The Turf Club on 10/14/04

By: Karla Ludzack
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Grant Hart performs at the Turf Club - Photo by Karla Ludzack I try to see Grant Hart every time he plays a show around here. I figure I owe him that much. He's done a lot for music in the Twin Cities, from the music he put out with Husker Du, Nova Mob, and from his solo releases; emceeing local functions like Pastor Paul's Acoustic Garage Sale ...

Kid Dakota CD Release Party at Triple Rock Social Club on 10/9/04

By: David de Young
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The cover of Kid Dakota's new album on Chairkickers, "The West Is The Future." The album art is by Will Schaff Darren Jackson and his band Kid Dakota had a pair of CD release parties at the Triple Rock this weekend, a 21+ show Friday and an all ages version Saturday evening. Both shows were headlined by fellow Chairkicke...

Kraig Johnson and the Program with The High Heels at Red Carpet on 10/8/04

By: Karla Ludzack
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Kraig Johnson and the Program perform at the Red Carpet Lounge in St. Cloud - Photo by Karla Ludzack (click for full size) I took a little road trip on Friday to the Red Carpet in St Cloud. It's probably the third or fourth time I've gone there to see Kraig Jarret Johnson & The Program. It's always interesting to see a band at “...

The Dames at The Turf Club on 3/24/04

By: David de Young
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The Dames at the Turf Club (Photo by David de Young - click for full sized version.) Members: Tony Bennett - guitar/vocals Rusty Johnson - bass Ian Prince - drums Official website: http://www.the-dames.com Interview with Tony Bennett at the Reader Weekly (a good read) The...

22nd Annual Battle of the Jugbands at Cabooze on 2/8/04

By: David de Young
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Photos by David de Young - click images for full size versions Washboard Player Slipped a Mickey The Band Schedule Hippies on Jugs ...