Rolling Totes PWNING Awesome Shows in Twin Cities Thread!

Actually that FOTL show is probably going to be just the distraction I need that night

this is my thought as well, but my wife seems less convinced

she may also be making accurate predictions abt my level of drinking in a tension of election/FOTL/celebration of expected election outcome combo and thinking that she doesn't want to end the night by cramming 185 pounds of dead weight into a passenger seat.

Yr wife needs to learn to party

aw shit I wish I could see aerosmith. I just left the hospital :(

Also y know no tickets and rounding tomorrow etc etc

Yikes what happened?

surgery! multiple surgeries! nb I am a med student, learning surgery.

haha compare and contrast these two benefit lineups:

26
FRIDAY

TRIPLE ROCK SOCIAL CLUB, MODERN RADIO AND CAKEIN15 PRESENT:
MN MUSICIANS VOTE NO! ON MARRIAGE INEQUALITY AND VOTER RESTRICTION

FEATURING PERFORMANCES BY:
DILLINGER FOUR
HAR MAR SUPERSTAR
PINK MINK
MAYDA
MAGIC CASTLES
THE BOMBAY SWEETS
BLOOD, SWEAT AND BEARDS
DJ's Channy and Drew from POLICA
LADY HEAT (SPINNING HOT SOUL!)

Hosted by IAN RANS (Drinkin with Ian)

vs.

27
SATURDAY

TRIPLE ROCK SOCIAL CLUB, MODERN RADIO AND CAKEIN15 PRESENT:
MN MUSICIANS VOTE NO! ON MARRIAGE INEQUALITY AND VOTER RESTRICTION (NIGHT TWO!)

Featuring Performances By:

DAVE PIRNER of SOUL ASYLUM
CHARLIE PARR
TRIPPING ICARUS (FEATURING CHRIS KLUWE OF THE MN VIKINGS)
CARNAGE
ADAM LEVY of THE HONEYDOGS
FLAVOR CRYSTALS
L'ASSASSINS
PUPPIES AND TRAINS
plus comedians Tommy Ryman & Maggie Faris
and hosted By Ian Rans (Drinking with Ian)

man flavor crystals are gonna be a weird fit when they do some mellow psych shoegaze for a 20 minute song

carnage is a great live act

puppies and trains is kermit from superhoppers new thing right? i should probably go see them since ive been promising to for a couple of years now.

yes, and i believe he's also in blood, sweat, and beards which is playing the other night so either way you are covered

yeah fuck it, im going to future of the left tonight, yall should too.

fyi its a weird early show, doors at 5, looks like it will be over by 9 so they can do 241s

buh??? where

Triple rock! With Andrew Jackson jihad. Who might be headlining.

$15

damn can't do an early show

Yeah I saw it was early show, I'm probably going to still be voting when they play dammit.

Oh welll, I guess I'll just have to wait and see them at ATP.

I'll try to post set times when I get in the door for y'all.

word, thank you

Anybody been to Playing the Building, either in MPLS or elsewhere? Always been a fascinating idea to me, glad to see it's here. Wondering if it's worth 10 bones.

yeah me too, haven't really heard

It is not, in my opinion worth the 10 dollars to see the exhibit on its own. If you go during one of the performance nights/days maybe, but in my experience the charm wore off in about four minutes.

I guess it's 'pay what you want' on Thursdays. Maybe I'll go then. Give like 5 and some change.

Or more accurately, 'pay what you can', but seriously, 10 dollars is a fair bit of money for me, SO I CAN SAY THAT

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

yeah sucks i'm out of town, new stnnng stuff is amazing, new album out soon

My band is playing with these guys tonight. Help me think of something friendly to say to them, because this kind of music leaves me stone cold (although I think they're sorta good at it, I guess?)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhX2nrcw99Q&feature=player_embedded#!

"Hi."
"Good show tonight."
"Can I get you a beer?"
"What gear do you play with?"

etc etc etc keep it basic

Oh, I thought we were playing with SilverCHAIR!

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.