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Seawhores/Blind Shake/STNNNG @ Turf Club Jan. 5th. Killer.

― global tetrahedron, Wednesday, December 19, 2012 12:13 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

aw yeah

Birthday Suit (who are also on this bill, playing first) are reputedly fantastic too.

pardon me, Birthday Suits

yeah b-day suits rule

oh shit that dude in the video dan posted is playing a Parker Fly...huge warning sign

in some shots i swear the singer dude was manny from black books. also a warning sign.

"Saw you up there."

"you guys are really tight"

They were actually pretty good in an every-song-sounds-like-Pearl-Jam way. Kinda weird to see the Eddie Vedder voice coming from the drummer.
"Hi." "Good show tonight." was the extent of our interaction.

"Seen your video."

NOW THAT WAS A GODDAMN SHOW. At the Turf Club last night, the Blind Shake continued their tradition of not failing to not disappoint, and the Birthday Suits caused me to grin with my mouth wide open and my eyes bugging out, a sure indicator of quality. Also found The STNNNG excellent, much improved since my last sighting of 'em in late 2010. TWIN CITIES ROCK MUSIC PERSONNEL: YOU ARE DOING IT RIGHT.

New STNNNG album forthcoming, recorded with Albini, vinyl mastered at Abbey Road

Well now that should be a thing. My only nitpick is that I feel strongly that they ought to be called The STNNNG, but the singer's taste in footwear more than makes up for this tiny flaw.

Originally was The Stunning, until little known 90s Irish altrock band of the same name protested

Perfect. (And what a trove of STNNNG lore I seem to have found here. You'd almost think that one of them posts on this very board now and then.)

Ha ha yeah I guess chris should tell it

(wasn't snarking on u, MH; he's probably quite busy with the rock action & whatnot.)

Dear Friends,

On Saturday, January 19th we will be hosting the tenth installment of our "Rock 'n' Roll Breakfast Series." And it's a big one. We will be hosting not one... not two... but three fantastic acts (all of whom are celebrating brand new albums) while you chow down on free pastries and coffee. Please join us for a foot-stompin' good time!

TREEHOUSE ROCK 'N' ROLL BREAKFAST SERIES VOL. 10
Saturday, January 19
10 AM Sharp
Triple Record Release Show featuring CHARLIE PARR, THE BLACK TWIG PICKERS, and NATHAN BOWLES

Charlie Parr
Fans of local and roots music and friends of the store are certainly familiar with Charlie's incredible guitar and banjo finger-picking and raw honesty. He's simply one of the greatest active practitioners operating in the folk-blues realm. His previous album When the Devil Goes Blind was released on our in-house label Nero's Neptune and is probably the single best-selling album in the nearly twelve-year history of our store. He has a brand new album called Barnswallow, which he'll be unveiling with record release shows next weekend at the Cedar Cultural Center and at this very special in-store performance. Getting to see Charlie perform in any setting is a treat, but as an added bonus he'll have some of his friends with him...

The Black Twig Pickers
This unique Appalachian folk ensemble has been making music together for over a decade. In that time, they have recorded collaborations with Charlie Parr and the late, great Jack Rose, and released many albums of their own. Their mix of old-time folk/country/gospel/bluegrass with modern drone and improvisational music (the Pickers' Mike Gangloff founded the legendary drone-folk group Pelt with the aforementioned Rose) has earned them a devoted international following. Their brand new album Rough Carpenters will be released by the prestigious Thrill Jockey label on February 19, but Thrill Jockey has agreed to let us sell copies a full month in advance for this in-store!

Nathan Bowles
Nathan is a member of The Black Twig Pickers, Pelt, & Pigeons. He is a virtuoso banjo player and his debut solo instrumental album A Bottle, A Buckeye has just been released by local label Soft Abuse Records. He'll be doing a solo set to begin the festivities on Saturday morning. Arrive early to check him out!

As always, we will be providing FREE coffee from Caffetto and delicious breakfast treats from local pastry chef Joanna Biessener (Solera, La Belle Vie).

Facebook event page

Thanks,
The Treehouse Gang

(wasn't snarking on u, MH; he's probably quite busy with the rock action & whatnot.)

― *rad hug eomticon* (Control Z), Monday, January 7, 2013 2:47 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Naw, I'm just busy with work

hoping to attend the bowles thing

Agh so sad that Trust got cancelled.

http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/72630_10151555880672040_1622293412_n.jpg

Holy Milwaukee!

ikr?

Fucking fuck fuck fuck I am in a wedding that night

lol of all the dates

Eh don't worry negative approach and die kreuzen come through a lot

Bummer:

http://first-avenue.com/blog/2013/04/first-avenue-parade-park-postponement

This heightens my suspicions that they're going out of their way to do it right, and that it will kick ass, however.

man they cancelled last year too i think

so was the blind shake good?

i went to the hex and there was an out of town band that was on some barenaked ladies + pop punk + weaksauce "edgy" humor re: boston ish and my buddy and i retched and went to the medusa instead. it was ok! otoh it was the first time i'd been out at a show in basically months, and i'd had a nap and wasn't a sleep-deprived zombie, so who knows

Anyone know if any of these Art-a-Whirl shows are worth going to? Mostly on Sunday bc I work the rest of the weekend.

The end of the grumpy's stage will be epic, collaboration between stnnng & ft (shadow government) from iowa, three drummer freakout

The end of the Grumpy's stage probably will be epic, but it'll be D4. STNNNG/ft(Shadow Gov't) is at the 331 Club.

Lol I'm fired from the street team

Yeah jeez!

House of Large Sizes is also playing at Grumpy's which I am bummed to be missing

v interested in this stnnng business. who's going? prob my last chance to see them for a long while ;_;

I'll be there, natch

i will be there

hey guys i'm playing in American Cream tonight, kind of a heavy jam/psych/improv thing opening for Grant Hart and the Rank Strangers at the Turf Club

Grant should be playing stuff off his upcoming album....

American Cream is going to be me and people from STNNNG, Polica, Private Dancer, Total Fucking Blood, The Vets, Blackcloud Stallionheart, and more....2 drummer, farfisa organ, guitar, and bass....

bill is:

Grant Hart - 12
Rank Strangers - 11
American Cream - 10

not sure on cover, probably like 7 or so i'd guess

aw man, wish I was flying in tonight

aw man, wish i still lived in mpls

where u live now gbx?

new hampshire

that sounds mad scenic son

it is 4real

Geoff came to this it was fun

You're all going to Bottomless Pit/STNNNG, right?

when/where is that? i may have blown all my new parenting leeway on trying to get to both the church of misery/wizard rifle/vulgaari show at the turf on halloween and the goblin/zombi show at the varsity.

Saturday Oct 5th at the Kitty Cat Klub in Dinkytown, aslo playing the strange and great Wereworm from Milwaukee

http://steampunkmn.yolasite.com/13-gears.php

see you all there