Take time away from shopping and eating this weekend to see some shows.
Just the other day Jeremy Messersmith was excitedly tweeting about a song he was working on. Apparently the song suddenly appeared in his head and quickly flew out his mouth and guitar-plucking fingers while thinking about the Occupy Wall Street protests. However, politics are only at the root of the song, you aren't going to find the bitter, conservative-hating lyrics of Bright Eyes. Instead,
Photo by Nick VlcekAs Occupy Wallstreet and our own local version, OccupyMN, wear on, more and more Minnesota musicians are asserting themselves as vocal members of the 99%. Over the past few weeks,
Jeremy Messersmith - Blue Sky Check out Jeremy Messersmith's Blue Sky, an homage to everything going on at the Occupy Wall Street protests. The acoustic driven song sounds every bit like Paul Simon. Messersmith as always does a fantastic job painting an elegant picture with his lyrical eloquence and sentimental delivery. Really enjoying this one.
Quiet and unassuming, you wouldn't expect such morbidity to come out of the enigmatic Jeremy Messersmith. Messersmith will be bringing the brilliant storytelling on his The Reluctant Graveyard b
As summer wraps up and we start heading into fall, it's almost like the whole attitude of the city changes: Twin Citizens suck in a deep breath and prepare to hunker down and get to work, like
His Tiny Desk set featured: Toussaint Grey, First In Life & Death Knots Violet! A Girl, A Boy, And A Graveyard Tatooine Enjoy the full playback here. Jeremy Messersmith recently dropped by Daytrotter. Visit Jeremy Messersmith at his official site. MP3: Jeremy Messersmith - Violet!
"Not for nothing is their motto TGIF - 'Thank God It's Friday.' They live for the weekends, when they can go do what they really want to do."-Richard Nelson Bolles
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After Jeremy Messersmith's recent show at the World Café Live in Philadelphia, WQHS's Aldrin Abastillas and Nikki Black sat down with the Minnesota indie pop artist for a post-meal interview. Messersmith is currently touring with a full band and playing songs from his latest album, The Reluctant Graveyard; below is about half of their 30 minute interview with this singer-songwriter icon: Aldrin Abastillas: Is this the first time you've been in Philly? Jeremy Messersmith: It's actually the third time I've been in Philly. Wait….fourth time. Yeah I like it to be a secret when I [...]
After Jeremy Messersmith's recent show at the World Café Live in Philadelphia, WQHS's Aldrin Abastillas and Nikki Black sat down with the Minnesota indie pop artist for a post-meal interview. Messersmith is currently touring with a full band and playing songs from his latest album, The Reluctant Graveyard; below is about half of their 30 minute interview with this singer-songwriter icon: Aldrin Abastillas: Is this the first time you've been in Philly? Jeremy Messersmith: It's actually the third time I've been in Philly. Wait….fourth time. Yeah I like it to be a secret when I [...]
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Photos: Evan Parent Source: NBC SoundDiego There is a certain etiquette shared by artists who don't make a fuss about introductions. Never to overcompensate; they're sure to trim the chatter and just play. Jeremy Messersmith has done this before. He and his accompanying band begin: complete with a cellist, drums, guitar and bass synchronize so romantically that you start to wish you'd dressed a bit more appropriately. That you'd done something with your hair. Their music calls for elegance, but not the pretentious kind because let's not forget- Messersmith and co. [...]
Nerd-Rock artist, Jeremy Messersmith, is at the core a serious singer-songwriter lyricist weaving a tapestry of death, mortuaries, and graveyards to catchy power pop.
Jeremy Messersmith 7.22.2010 Hi-Dive, The UMS, Denver, CO Source: [Microtech Gefell M300's > Lunatec V3] + [SBD > 1/4"] > Oade Mod Edirol R44 @ 24/48 > SDHC > Adobe Audition 3.0 > Mixdown > Resample to 16/44.1 > CDWave Taped by: Lance Stack Setlist: 1. 7:02 2. Novocain 3. Dillinger Eyes 4. Organ Donor 5. Toussaint, Grey, First in Life and Death 6. [...]
Jeremy Messersmith Adds West Coast Tour Dates, Releases Video from The Graveyard Tour Minnesota-based songwriter Jeremy Messersmith and his band are pleased to announce another string of summer tour dates, this time making their way to the West coast. Messersmith and his band just wrapped up an NPR Tiny Desk Concert and are continuing on The Graveyard Tour, following an amazing set of East coast dates where they visited and performed at graveyards in each city. Watch live footage from [...]
Jeremy Messersmith Adds West Coast Tour Dates, Releases Video from The Graveyard Tour "[Jeremy Messersmith's] hyper-literate, hyper-melodic tunes just keep getting better." - NBC New York "Messersmith's voice is an airy, whispery kind of instrument, his singing is as clear as a piece of cut crystal." - NPR "His songs seem to remind us that for every bit of rottenness that is out there... there are so many more flashes of incredible beauty. - Daytrotter Watch Jeremy and his band perform at a graveyard on YouTube [...]
Photo via MPRFriday night was the season finale of John Moe and John Munson's interview and performance series Wits at the Fitzgerald Theater, and they went out with a bang. In addition to bringing t
The giant green Adriondack chair on the lawn of the Duke Ellington School of the Arts has provided endless hours of amusement and climbing activity for Georgetown students late at night, but this is probably the first time a full-fledged band has graced its wooden slats. Jeremy Messersmith, a Minneapolis-based indie-folk singer with an enthusiastic and gregarious band, stopped by The Big Chair last Sunday before the group's show at DC9 that night (playing with Keegan DeWitt. ) Despite the rain and bugs, the band played a few songs on the chair, including a lovely Magnetic Fields cover that [...]
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