Adam Svec will be releasing Weaks In The Waves, his third solo record in as many years, this Friday (5/20) at Cause in Minneapolis. Adam will be joined by Linda Carter (a new group featuring Linnea Mohn) and Aby Wolf And Her Claws. Cost is $7, and doors are at 9pm.
Adam was recently featured on the Current’s Local Show — you can see him and the band perform “Belfry” here
The Brian Just Band is releasing their first full-length CD this Thursday (5/12) at the Loring Theater in Minneapolis. If you like to be alone or if you need to be with someone has been two years in the making, and its light, pastoral sound is the perfect antidote to this rainy, depressing spring we have been having. Tickets are $10 in advance, $12 at the door, and will include special guests Matt Latterell, Jim O’Neill and the Brain Clouds and headliners Crack In The Damn. Doors at 7, music at 8 — look forward to seeing you there!
The premise is simple — for one month out of every year, write and record an original piece of music for every single day of that month. No backlogging of songs, no sketching out lyrics for later use — just waking up each morning, coming up with an idea, exploring the idea throughout the day, recording it and posting it for the world to hear. Then doing it again 30 more days in a row.
Most people would not have the audacity or the fortitude to try this even once — but Sam Keenan is not like most people. He thrives on the challenge that such a compressed time frame offers, and so he begins his seventh annual “Song A Day” contest today.
416 CLUB COMMISSIONS PRESENTS “LISTEN UP”
FEATURING HOLLY MUÑOZ (WITH MARKUS LUNKENHEIMER OF SKOAL KODIAK)
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2011
DOORS 7PM / MUSIC AT 7:30
CEDAR CULTURAL CENTER
On Sunday, February 13, 2011, the Cedar Cultural Center will host the mother of all group projects: a live music event featuring the work of experimental musicians, young designers, new media specialists, and an upstart non-profit. In partnership with the Jerome Foundation, The Cedar has commissioned seven local artists to compose, practice and perform new music pieces in collaboration with other local musicians from divergent cultures and musical genres. Performing in this year’s 416 Club series are: Aby Wolf, Dessa, Adam Levy, Jacqueline Ultan, Zach Kline and Marc Anderson. February 13th’s LISTEN UP event will feature grant winner Holly Muñoz.
Muñoz, founder of the independent recording company Draw Fire Records, will perform an experimental project in collaboration with Markus Lunkenheimer. Lunkenheimer is best known for using his circuit keyboard Clorox bottle with Twin Cities noise rockers Skoal Kodiak. Also on the bill are Ghostband and Clustercuss. John Kim, theorist and practitioner of new media and professor in Humanities and Media and Cultural Studies at Macalester College, will moderate short Q&A discussions with each performer.
Rock Star Supply Co. is proud to co-sponsor LISTEN UP. RSS Co. is a non-profit organization working to improve public schools by placing tutors and volunteers in the classroom for the sole purpose of helping the teacher in any way they see fit. RSS Co. thinks anyone who wants to tutor is a Rock Star and will be on hand at the Cedar to talk more about volunteer opportunities.
To promote this event, Muñoz and RSS Co. have partnered with graphic design students from the University of Minnesota and new media students from Macalester College. These students were deeply involved in positioning the LISTEN UP event to engage the creative arts community of the Twin Cities to help improve educational outcomes for teens in St Paul.
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2011
DOORS 7PM / MUSIC AT 7:30
Tickets available at the door, or Ticketweb only. Seated show. All Cedar shows are all ages. $5
Adam Svec will be releasing Rarefaction, his second solo CD, this Friday at the Kitty Cat Klub. Caroline Smith will open, and No Bird Sing will close the night. Only $5 for a great night of music — doors at 9pm.
“Svec’s sophomore solo album, Rarefaction, strips away much of TGV’s studio sheen and barbed guitars, and the mid-tempo minimalist pop songs leave plenty of room for his beguiling choir-boy tenor to command center stage, irrefutably making its mark as one of the strongest set of pipes on the Minnesota music map.” — The Onion A.V. Club
“Adam Svec’s infectiously melodic voice might be the best thing you’ve never heard, and if you put it off much longer you could end up feeling like a chump next time someone drops his name.” — Lunch of Champions
Desdamona’s CD release party for Inkling is this Saturday at Sauce! With special guests Alicia Wiley, Ill Chemistry and Bill Mike, doors open at 9 — and it’s only $5!
She’s already received rave reviews from the press — a sampling include:
“…no one has more definitively put the alienation of female rap fans into words (”Don’t Listen to the Lyrics”) or identified the femininity that hip hop would deny in itself (”We Will Always B”). Those songs are reprised from previous albums, but seem purified here with voice alone—more what they’re meant to be.” (City Pages)
“As one of the co-founders of the B-Girl Be hip-hop festival, Desdamona knows the power of a woman and her voice. That’s what’s all over ‘Inkling,’ which strips away the instrumentation and offers Desdamona straight up and in your face. Despite the parental-advisory sticker for language, it’s highly recommended for any teenage girls on your holiday list.” (Pioneer Press)
“Because she first made her mark as a spoken-word performer, it’s hard to believe Desdamona has never released a CD made up entirely of her poetry. Until now, that is. The only instrument featured on “Inkling,” the new 16-track collection by the Ill Chemistry songstress and B-Girls Be ringleader, is her voice. And what a powerful one it is.” (Star Tribune)
Draw Fire Records is happy to annouce our second annual Fall Showcase, to be held this Saturday at Sauce Spirits and Soundbar. Music at 9:30, cost is just $5. We’ll be previewing music from upcoming releases by Peter Lochner, Desdamona, Adam Svec, Aviette and Sam Keenan. Tentative order of bands:
Peter Lochner
Sam Keenan
Adam Svec
Desdamona
Aviette
We look forward to seeing you there!
Pretty cool show that involves Aviette this Thursday –Minneapolis-based fashion designer Joy Teiken, creator of the Joynoelle label, will show her Spring 2010 ready-to-wear and bridal collections. The show will be held at Gallery 13 located at 811 LaSalle and will benefit The Minnesota Shubert Center.
The doors open at 7:00pm and the show starts at 8:00pm. Art curated by Gallery 13, dance entertainment by Shubert, food by Cocoa & Fig, and drink by Crispin. Tickets are $35, or $100 for a VIP ticket that includes a front row seat, a gift bag and a private after-party.
Draw Fire Records is pleased to announce the addition of Desdamona to the Draw Fire family! A five-time Minnesota Music Award winner for Spoken Word Performance and one-half of the hip hop duo Ill Chemistry, Desdamona is the premier poetic voice in the Twin Cities. Her spoken word CD Inkling will be released in November, but you can see her perform (and maybe even pick up an advance copy of the CD) at the fourth annual B-Girl Be festival at Intermedia Arts. Information can be found here.
The Glad Version plays at the Entry this Friday, with High On Stress, The Mood Swings and The Snaps. It might be your last chance to see The Glad Version for a little while — drummer Tor Johnson is moving to California at the end of July and they don’t know when the next show will be. But for just $6, you get four great bands — what a great way to start the first weekend of summer off!