Another video has stemmed in the anticipated release of Zoo Animal's Departure EP . This one is the official music video for the opening track of the EP, "Laying and Lying", and was produced by Minneapolis based Northern Outpost . The dancing was choreographed Bobby Maher, the drummer of former Twin Cities rockers The Wars of 1812. Featuring merely a dramatically lit hallway (the rear of Nick and Eddie) and Holly gazing upon two lovers, she sings "I remember where we laid, I remember where I lied, don't be asleep when I come, gotta be awake [...]
Some years back, I had a bit of a brain meltdown, when, for the first time, I heard a little band out of Minnesota called The Wars of 1812. Working at a record label at the time, I shoveled the bands music on to the desk of my boss, threw it any and all who [...]
It was a bittersweet evening in many respects.
After a self confessed creative drought, Peter Pisano has channeled a violent outburst of songwriting into a new project, this time with a different Eau Claire expat, Brian Moen of Laarks. The project is called Peter Wolf Crier, and the duo has just released their debut album Inter-Be .
The Wars of 1812 announce break-up, Doomtree sets vinyl releases, Har Mar Superstar prepping HBO show & next week's best new releases.
The former Picked to Click finalists are calling it quits.

Music Schedule: Saturday, June 20 Star Tribune Stage 12:15pm Koo Koo Kanga Roo 1:15pm Adam Svec 2:15pm Dan Israel 3:15pm Spaghetti Western String Co. 4:15pm The Cloud Hymn City Pages Stage 11:00 a.m. Crowd Control 12:00 p.m. The Alrights 1:15 p.m. Joey Ryan & The Inks 2:30 p.m. The Pendrakes 3:45 p.m. The Idle Hands 5:00 p.m. Roma di Luna Cities 97 Stage 11:15am Neal Swanger 12:15pm Peter Lochner 1:15pm Bob & Lynn Dixon 2:15pm [...]
Complete Soundset '09 lineup confirmed, Ra Ra Riot plays the Current & 36 Hour Songwriting Contest results.
Songs played on today's Mischke show, including the Brass Kings and the Open Bones.
für eine record company gibt es keine high level garantie. gibt es nicht. natürlich, wenn der kreis der entscheidungsträger übersichtlich ist, kann man sich flott einigen, ob ein act den vorstellungen von qualität, stil und möglicher labelzugehörigkeit standhält. aber wie die musik schließlich beim verbraucher ankommt, weiß man nicht. dass sich uns mit amble down records allerdings ein laden offeriert, dem gelingt, was man kaum glauben mag, ist schon eine mittlere sensation. die haben als kleines indipendent label vor allem regionale acts um sich versammelt, die allesamt großartige musik machen. northwestern wisconsin. da müssten [...]

We're once again joining forces with the fine folks that make up the WUD Music Committee by bringing MoB favorites the Bowerbirds to the University of Wisconsin's Der Rathskeller on Friday, March 27th . The Bowerbirds' Hymn For a Dark Horse was one of our favorite records of 2007 . This is another free show that includes support from Eau Claire's Amble Down Records : The Daredevil Christopher Wright and The Wars of 1812 . Everything [...]

Prince guilty of plagiarizing music & news on No Bird Sing, A Paper Cup Band, Jason Shannon
City Pages came out with their List of Top Ten Local Albums today. We think some crucial names were omitted, but all in all, it's a good survey of what's going on in MPLS. Check it out. Haley Bonar - "Big Star" (Afternoon Records) *MP3: Haley Bonar - "Something Great" [...]
How did you get into making music, and how did arts education (or lack thereof) affect you and your music? The four of us in The Wars of 1812 have been making music for most of our lives. I think that somewhere, we all have cassette tapes we made as children, playing cover songs through small practice amps. The band as it is now is a result of connections we had made in various music circles that overlapped throughout high school and college. Our band grew out of an album [...]

Saturday, May 31, 2008 Brain Notes - Volume 3 Three weeks, three brain notes. My brain, sliced and diced, exposing only the most musical of gray matter. Hope you like it! A funny thought about the new Sigur Ros song. The new Sigur Ros song is brilliant. No doubts about that. Coupled with the naked-people-running-around-in -the-waning-days-of-summer video, it's pretty ingenious. This said, I turned the track on [...]
Here are the tracks we talked about: Bean Pickers Union - Photograph Motel Motel - Pedal Steel Motel Motel - Coffee Octoberman - Run From Safety Octoberman - Once in a Blue Octoberman - Temptation Is a Bloody Mess Octoberman - Run From Safety (Live) Octoberman - Elbow Room (Live) [...]

St. Paul, MN "Radios Unsigned" The Wars Of 1812 on MySpace The Wars Of 1812 on The Hype Machine

Turf Club : 7:00 SOLD OUT Bon Iver "Skinny Love" (mp3) Bon Iver - Official Site Bon Iver - MySpace Site Wars of 1812 "Radio Unsigned" (mp3) The Wars of 1812 - Official Site The Wars of 1812 - MySpace Site Triple Rock Social Club : 9:00 $6 [...]