Blog: More Cowbell

Sunday, November 7, 2010 - 8:00pm Doors Open: 7:00pm Advance: $15.00 Day of show: $15.00 Standing room only At The Cedar Swedish guitarist José González teams up with old friends Elias Araya and Tobias Winterkorn in this longstanding collaboration that has produced 20102s EP Rope and Summit, and their first full-length, Fields (Sept 14 2010, Mute Records). Opener will be indie folk songstress Sharon Van Etten, whose new album Epic is due Oct 5 (Ba Da Bing). Tickets are on sale now from the Cedar Ticketline (612-338-2674 ext 2), from hard-working [...]

By Carl Carpenter - Mexican Beer brand Dos Equis, produced by the Cuauhtémoc-Moctezuma Brewery based in Monterrey, brought its "Most Interesting Show In The World Tour" to Minneapolis last night. The show took place on the West Bank at The Cabooze. It was headlined by Andrew W.K., whose 2001 debut I Get Wet was an international hit, and went number 1 in America. W.K. curated the night's events, which included a variety of strange, circus-like feats. He took the stage at 9:30, announcing the countdown of a man who was attempting to break the world record [...]

FEATURED EVENT THE SOFT PACK KURT VILE AND THE VIOLATORS ADVANCE TICKETS AVAILABLE ONLINE, AT THE TRIPLE ROCK, RED'S SAVOY PIZZA IN UPTOWN, AND NOW AT ELECTRIC FETUS !!! Also appearing: PURLING HISS November 01, 2010 (Mon) 18+ | 8:00 PM | $12.00

While they may have started out as somewhat tongue in cheek cartoon band almost 12 years ago, Gorillaz put on an incredible live show that proved every bit of the groups larger than life status. It was everything you have ever come to expect of a big arena show and then some. With a huge lit up GORILLAZ logo that changed various colors throughout the night and an enormous video screen (502?) directly above, it definitely gave the 5,000+ concertgoers eyes a visual workout throughout the entire show. The concert began just as [...]

Wednesday, October 13, 2010 AIDS WOLF 7th Street Entry / 8:00 pm / 18+ with D. RIDER and GAY BEAST $8.00 adv | $8.00 door D. Rider - "TOUCHY" from swee-too on Vimeo . oily and rich for human skull. these are men and women to enjoy deluxe human feeling! go.

Sarah Johnson is one of the best rock bands from Minneapolis but soon to be they will be residents of the road, and then Asheville, NC. This show doubles as their SPLIT TAPE RELEASE SHOW out on SACRECORDS The trio will settle down on the east coast after a month long tour. The dates can be seen on their MySpace here.. A noise band with a beat, these dudes will melt your face. Wed Oct 6 Sarah Johnson going away show.... [...]

Monday, September 13, 2010 ALLEGRA'S BIRTHDAY SMASH / 7th Street Entry / 8:00 pm / 18+ with MARIJUANA DEATHSQUADS and SLAPPING PURSES and ROLLER RINK $5.00 adv | $5.00 door Don't be surprised if this isn't all that happens.

Monday, September 13, 2010 ALLEGRA'S BIRTHDAY SMASH / 7th Street Entry / 8:00 pm / 18+ with MARIJUANA DEATHSQUADS and SLAPPING PURSES and ROLLER RINK $5.00 adv | $5.00 door Don't be surprised if this isn't all that happens. Special Guest =

Alpha Consumer & Mystery Palace on a yacht! Seriously? Today!! SydsList.com & ThermoDynamo Present: Rockin' the Sunset Our end of Summer party, featuring the rock stylings of Alpha Consumer and Mystery Palace, Live! Pre-party at Bayside Grille 2-4pm. At 4pm we board the Queen of Excelsior Yacht with 100+ guests and 2 awesome bands for a 3 hour Rock n' Roll tour of Lake Minnetonka. Admission: $11 Advance $15 At the Dock BUY TICKETS HERE: http://www.sydslist.com/yacht_ party.php Tickets are available [...]

Voyager has recently reunited and are more magical than ever. This band has two synth wizards (John Kuder & Aaron Baum) as well as other members of Moonstone (Seth Rosetter & Sean Hartman) and rounded out with Jon Coe (Tender Meat) on drums. Voyager was one of City Pages' "Picked to Click" ranked bands in 2008 even though they went on hiatus months before voting even began. Regardless they are back and it sounds ridculous. Find out for yourself tonight @ HONEY 205 E Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, [...]

Eric Kamau Grávátt of Weather Report playing tonight at Cafe Maude as a trio featuring Peter Schimke - 9pm-12am - Cafe Maude

Tonight! @ Turf Club Tuesday, August 24 10pm - 5$ Upstairs: One band, one film, one DJ in that order... Band: Skylion Film: SECRET DJ: Chris Hontos of Food Pyramid Downstairs: Clown Lounge Jazz Tuesdays curated by Zacc Harris

The Polish Pugilist (a postdramatic production by Jeremey Catterton) August 19-28th* Thursday, Friday, Saturday @ 8pm The Polish Pugilist is a postdramatic performance triptych conceived by Jeremey Catterton that performs August 19-28 (Thursday-Saturday) at a downtown Minneapolis location revealed upon ticket reservation. Inspired by Upton Sinclair's classic anti-capitalist text The Jungle and the equally classic movie Rocky, by Sylvester Stallone, writer and director Catterton draws on both sources from 1904 and 1976 to comment on the related states of capitalism and immigration in 2010. The performance features installation, lighting, and fashion design by some [...]

This is the only place to get these songs for now. You may recognize these songs if you have seen them live but they are the first time they have managed to record them. Enjoy.. Chelsea Boys - 'Human Body ' Cheslea Boys 'Pre-teen Wolf '

Tue Jul 27 WHITE MYSTERY (fr. Chicago), TEENAGE STRANGLER, THE VIGNETTES Doors 9:00 PM | $5.00 | Main Stage & DAVE KING TRUCKING COMPANY downstairs.. White Mystery album review on Pitchfork..

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This was my favorite surprise of the weekend. Major Lazer brought the house down in what was the best dance party of the weekend (with Robyn a close second). Definitely check them out live if you get the chance.

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