Artist: Red Pens

Today All Day Event Twin Cities Jazz Festival @ Mears Park 12:00 PM ART SOUP FESTIVAL (ELK RIVER, MN) 3:00 PM The Decemberists / Calexico / Yeasayer / Solid Gold @ Rock The Garden 8:00 PM Red Pens (CD RELEASE) w/ Sharp Teeth, The Vignettes [...]

*MP3: Red Pens - "Street Issue" The fuzz-and-drone-heavy Minneapolis nu-gazers have their record release show for their debut Reasons at the 7th Street Entry. For fans of Minneapolis psychedelic/shoegazer scene (ourselves included), this show is a must. Peep the details below: (Info via) Red Pens with Sharp Teeth The Vignettes Total Babe Sat. Jun 20th 7th Street Entry Minneapolis Red Pens MySpace Page (Jon Graef)

• Red Pens - Street Issue

Red Pens invite you all to come on down to the 7th Street Entry tomorrow night for the release of their new album "reasons." They'll be supported by Sharp Teeth, The Vignettes, and Total Babe, a show certain to be well worth the $6 door charge. In fact, this recession proof cover should leave you [...]

Minneapolis Red Pens , Howard Hamilton III (Busy Signals/Saucer) and painter/drummer Laura F. Bennet are yet another fantastic duo (Handsome Furs,The Kills,The Ravonettes) that rocks. Their art-noise does have melody with it's raw, stripped down fuzzy odes to My Bloody Valentine and Jesus & Mary Chain. City Pages has a profile Red Pens don't run dry on Reasons . They celebrate the release of their debut Reasons this weekend at 7th Street. Red Pens with Sharp Teeth The Vignettes Total Babe Sat. Jun 20th 7th Street [...]

• Red Pens - Street Issue

Today is June 10, 2009, and apparently Bret Michaels isn't too happy about folks laughing at him. (What a dink) Hey, did you know about this? Hurry on in sometime in the next few days. This is a seriously happenin' week: Red Pens don't run dry on Reasons - City Pages Portugal, The Man Releases New Album Video Teasers [...]

The Black Hollies will be hitting the Turf Club on Jun. 13 as part of their Midwest / East Coast national tour this summer. These fellas are turning back the clock with their music, running distorted guitars whose tones sound as if they're pulled straight out of the 60's. Want the real story on The [...]

Two of Minneapolis' more promising psychedelically-inclined bands (and that's saying something, considering you've got Daughters of the Sun and Vampire Hands running round the MPLS) have recently uploaded new music to their MySpace profiles. For Magic Castles, the new songs represent a substantial sampling of their upcoming second record, the self-recorded, self-released Dreams of Dreams of Dreams . Based on the wide variety of mellow psych-rock presented by the band (including the Mamas and Papas-esque "Letterbox," and the comperatively uptempo, shuffling "The Ones We Love") the reality of [...]

Photo coverage of the Night Marchers, Red Pens and the Dynamiters at the Triple Rock Social Club (04/25/2009).

( flyer via ) Dragons Power Up MySpace Page Red Pens MySpace Page The Vignettes MySpace Page Total Babe MySpace Page Turf Club Website

Red Pens are a local drums & guitar noise duo comprised of artist Laura Bennett on drums & Howard Hamilton III ( Busy Signals ) All of these bands are top-notch..

Those of you wanting to support burgeoning musicians who are also artists can check out the work that Minneapolis experimentalists Red Pens are selling here . Would that I could, except for "I can haz pour haus?". I do like the "Fruity Beverages" painting though. Red Pens MySpace Page

Red Pens... Created with Admarket's flickrSLiDR . Opened for Har Mar Superstar.. Created with Admarket's flickrSLiDR .

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Today 7:00 PM more cowbell's mixed bag series...Red Pens / Ballast / Sharp Teeth / Total Babe / DemiEtoile @ Acadia Cafe 8:30 PM Nobot / Sovietpanda / We Are Wolves @ Triple Rock 9:00 PM Friends Of Burt Reynolds @ Kitty Cat 9:00 PM The Blind Shake & Magic Castles @ Turf Club [...]

More Cowbell's Mixed Mag Series Sunday, September 21, 2008 Time: 7:00 PM to 12:00 AM Cover Charge: $0.00 Ages: not available Total Babe(short set) Ballast Sharp Teeth Red Pens DemiEtoile