Don't be fooled by any local imitators. Punk Rock Prom, essentially the brainchild of The Fillmores, is celebrating its 5th year of punk rock partying with a slightly-formal twist this Saturday, May 1st, at the Nomad World Pub. The Fillmores officially called it quits a few years ago but still reunite every year to serve [...]
Seein' the Scene is a (typically) weekly photographic presentation featuring images from some of the best local rock concerts Minnesota has to offer. These images are captured through the lens of Minneapolis rock photographer Mike Minehart. We welcome comments. More images from these shows can often be viewed at www.mikeminehart.com. Kitten Forever % Memory Lanes in [...]
At this benefit show, you can actually feel good about that 4th shot of rail whiskey.
Today is June 15, 2009, and I'm doing up the Harry Potter movie tonight. Wait, wait... don't tell me. The Strokes have been mighty silent the last few years, pursuing all sorts of side-projects etc. Julian Casablancas has a new one of his own, in fact, and he has released a teaser of what to expect [...]
Bonus prize-- Kitten Forever releases their new 7 inch as well.
Today 5:00 PM Gospel Gossip @ Treehouse Records 7:30 PM The Avett Brothers @ Minnesota Zoo 8:00 PM Charlie Parr & Dave Simonette (Trampled By Turtles) @ The Cedar 8:00 PM Digitata / Marijuana Deathsquad @ First Amendment Art Gallery 9:00 PM [...]
pocketknife christmas party, 2008 from donotronix on Vimeo . Serving as both the spiritual and literal home to Minneapolis' female-empowered punk rock underground, (which includes the rambunctious likes of Kitten Forever and Baby Guts , both of whom are well-recommended by this here blog), The Pocketknife, like Castle Greyskull , functioned as an all-ages, DIY venue where one could catch the best of Minneapolis' below-the-radar scene and talent. Due to forces out of its control (the Pocketknife Myspace page says: "WE ARE NO LONGER BOOKING [...]
Taken directly from the punk rockers' MySpace Page : Kitten Forever is shooting a music video for our song Great Big Lies in our basement at the Pocketknife! We need extras to come dance around as if you are having some kind of amazing time at a sweet basement show, right? Well if you are interested in doing this, be at the pocketknife AT 7:00 PM SHARP and be ready to dance! Just wear whatever and be ready to get wild until 9:00 PM. If there were any reason to head [...]
Kitten Forever Les Deux Maggots Eye of The Great Protector Phasmophobia * *At the time I added this hyperlink, the band had 666 profile views. Bitchin'.
More Cowbell Flyer Of The Week!
2008 was a boundless year for creativity in the MPLS local music scene, with hip-hop and electronic-leaning groups being responsible for most of the sonic highlights throughout the year. However, there was plenty of room leftover for folk-gypsy wanderings, epic nouveau-psychedelia, and a gloriously righteous exercise in lo-fi punk. But number one belongs to a veteran who set forth another variation of a consistent sound--with thrilling results. Here's MFR's list of the top ten local records of 2008: 1) Dosh - Wolves and Wishes [...]
Read MFR's review of Kitten Forever's Born Ready here . With MCVL , Hangun Man , and Tough Tough Skin .
Kitten Forever Born Ready (Tardigrade Records, 2008) Grade: A- Unicorn Basement We Are The Mages of Beauty (UF Records, 2008) Grade: A-* It's awfully fitting that, while tonight's show is the CD Release party is for the new Unicorn Basement record, Kitten Forever and Gospel Gossip share the bill as well. It's an apt for the first because, like We Are The Mages of Beauty , Kitten Forever's recently released Born Ready , is short on song length, but long on endearing blasts of psychotic energy and [...]
SEPTEMBER 2008 11 THURSDAY UNICORN BASEMENT (CD RELEASE SHOW!) MC/VL KITTEN FOREVER GOSPEL GOSSIP "Just when I think I know everything about music, I get thrown for a loop. Part New Wave, part punk and part noise rock, Unicorn Basement is an experimental synth duet who are as quirky as Zappa, but their low-fi synthetic sound is more accessible than the king of proto-punk. With influences as vast [...]
Spotted at the band's MySpace Page. Yay DIY! From the band themselves : we made it in our van on tour while playing musical chairs with unicorn basement participating in reckless driving and there was some mention of hawthorne heights and you can witness some nice cleavage and all around goofiness Watch the all-around goofiness at the top of the post. Kitten Forever MySpace Page (Jonathan Graef)
Throughout their tour with Unicorn Basement (full disclosure: Max and Deanna of UB are pals of ours) telling the masses about their newest release, Born Ready (expect an MFR review sometime this week), sass-irific riot-grrl trio Kitten Forever have been posting some pretty interesting and entertaining video tour diaries. Their latest entry just might take the cake though. Check the video of Kitten Forever covering one-hit-wonder Meredith Brooks' "Bitch", and the tour montage that accompanies it. It may or may not be entirely serious. You be the judge. Either way, [...]
Download : Hey There Cowboy - "Beholden Foresaken" Download : Hey There Cowboy - "XOXOXO" (Minneapolis pop-punk. Read the Star-Trib story about band member Kate McNulty here ) Download : Kitten Forever - "KITTEN FOREVER" Download : Kitten Forever - "Fat Crush" (Minneapolis Riot-Grrl act with loads of charm and sass gearing up to record a new record at Pachyderm Studio ) Download : Unicorn Basement - "Oh God!" [...]
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