The Juliet Letters, A Theatrical Music Company production at Southern Theater on 9/11/08

By: David de Young
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Adena Brumer in The Juliet Letters - publicity photo Who would have thought that Elvis Costello, a string quartet and a character from a Shakespearean tragedy would be a match made in heaven and a potential musical theater sensation?  It’s not always that I come away from a musical production with an expanded way of thinking about the world, or at the very least a newfound appreciation for a fictio...

Ice Cube at Myth Nightclub on 9/10/08

By: Jen Paulson
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Ice Cube - Photo courtesy of IceCube.com What does one think these days when they hear the name Ice Cube? Actor and Rapper? Or Rapper turned Actor? For the most part, both personas are alive and well—and Are We There Yet Ice Cube is as entirely different entity than his Rap persona, and thankfully so.   Arriving at The Myth, the venue crawled with a surreal stillness, con...

Lowry with Aby Wolf at Acadia Café on 9/10/08

By: Jon Behm
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Alex Lowry - Photo by Jon Behm   I sojourned over to the West Bank on Wednesday night to catch Aby Wolf at the Acadia, playing with whom I thought must be a new local band named after one of the Minneapolis Lowry Hill landmarks, like the tunnel or the liquor store. But no, Lowry is actually a band of Brooklynites that has been around nearly a decade. What was most surprising about this was not that most ...

El Guante at The Sound Gallery on 9/9/08

By: Jon Behm
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El Guante - Photo by Jon Behm Full Disclosure: Kyle “El Guante” Mhyre and I both write for the local music blog www.culturebully.com. SPIT Master of Ceremonies Carl Atiya Swanson also writes for Howwastheshow. Neither of those guys ever buys me drinks though so I can honestly report on this show without personal bias.   I stepped into the Sound Gallery on Tuesday...

Revolver CD Release Party w/ Gospel Gossip at The Beasthouse on 9/6/08

By: David de Young
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Gospel Gossip - Photo by Jenn Barnett The Beasthouse is a party space located in the Minneapolis warehouse district on the back side of the 600 block of Washington Avenue North that hosts occasional concerts and events. (I’m told it’s the space that hosted the Clapperclaw VIP Party last year.)  Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftIn...

Satellites featuring Taylor Negron and Logan Heftel at Bryant Lake Bowl on 9/6/08

By: David Rachac
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Taylor Negron and Logan Heftel Taylor Negron is one of those character actors who has been in a hundred different things and makes you say “Hey, I’ve seen that guy before!” From the pizza delivery guy in Fast Times at Ridgemont High, to guest appearances on shows like Curb Your Enthusiasm, Friends and Seinfeld, the neurotic intensity Negron brings to his...

High on Stress CD Release Show with Romantica, The Snaps and Slim Dunlap at Fine Line Music Café on 9/5/08

By: Bob Longmore
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High on Stress with Slim Dunlap - Photo by Steve Cohen With their new CD in hand, High on Stress rocked the Fine Line with the help of a few friends. If you’ve followed Nick Leet’s posts in the HowWasTheShow.com forum, you know that blogs across the world have given praise to Cop Light Parade, the second album from the band. I don’t need to link to any of them, I am ...

The Irresistible Rise of Big Daddy Ubu at Minneapolis Theater Garage on 9/5/08

By: David de Young
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Publicity photo by Jon Behm The nimbus theatre production of The Irresistible Rise of Big Daddy Ubu opened Friday, September 5 at the Theater Garage in Minneapolis. The original production, written and directed by nimbus co-artistic director, Josh Cragun, has one of the strongest and most evenly matched casts I have seen in a nimbus production to date. The show is a reprise of a performance from 2002 and according...

An Interview with Nick Leet of High on Stress on 9/3/08

By: David Rachac
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High on Stress - Photo by Steve Cohen High on Stress are celebrating the release of their second album, Cop Light Parade at the Fine Line on Sept. 5. Lead singer and guitarist, Nick Leet talks to How Was The Show about the changes in the band, growing up in North Dakota and Ted Nugent.   How Was The Show: Talk about your early musical experiences—when you started playing,...

Reggie and the Full Effect at Triple Rock Social Club on 9/2/08

By: Patrick Strait
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James Dewees of Reggie and the Full Effect It’s been a tough couple of years for James Dewees.   The front man and keyboardist for the Kansas City-based punk band Reggie and the Full Effect has gone through a divorce as well as a stint in rehab for substance abuse. Still, Dewees proved that he hasn’t lost his sense of humor when he took the stage Tuesday night at th...