The Week of 5/4/08

Matthew Hope - At The Kitty Kat Club
Local folk fiddler Matthew Hope will be performing an acoustic set at the Kitty Kat Club this Thursday evening. Hope is one of those rare folk performers who has managed to remain fresh and enjoyable at every performance. Expect a thick Nick Drake voice and some phenomenal guitar work. - DLN

Kitty Kat Club
Thursday May 8th
Matthew Hope and Nick Robin
Free/21+
www.matthewhope.com

Polara “Beekeeping” CD Release Show
Friday May 9th
Varsity Theater
Polara, The Alarmists, Mood Swings, Mercurial Rage & Special Guests.
7:30pm/$10/18+

The Soft Rocks “Summer Apocalypse” CD Release
Saturday May 10th
Stasius Place
The Soft Rocks, Dallas Orbiter and Unicorn Dream Attack.
9pm/$5/21+

The Plagiarists “literal scene” CD Release
Saturday May 10th
The Nomad
The Plagiarists, Tarlton and Husband and Wife
9pm/$5/21+

MEG ASHLING & GABE BARNETT split 7inch release party!
& art-opening for BRANDON SUTTON
Saturday May 10th
CANDELABRA STUDIO - warehouse space - (1517 Central Ave NE, Mpls)
Meg Ashling, Gabe Barnett, Spider John Koerner and Tuesdays Robot
the poetry, music, paintings & film of Dain Arnold Girodat and much, much more!!!
9pm/$5/21+

The Week of April 28th - May 4th

Of course if you haven’t heard - a new print issue of Rift is coming out in the next couple weeks.

ALL THE DETAILS HERE!

All The Way Rider - ” The Eagles Revenge” CD Release Show
Post Am-Rep and somewhat Dischord sounding All The Way Rider are releasing their new album “The Eagles Revenge”. They do wimp out once in awhile with a ballad here and there, but I am sure those are for getting more girls to come to the shows.

Triple Rock Social Club
Friday, May 2nd
All The Way Rider, Sunday Flood, Redoverlunar and Torch.
9pm/$6/21+
www.allthewayrider.com

Altered Esthetics - Annual Fundraising Event and release of the Comic “Lutefisk Sushi Volume C”

Comics and Art Gallery fundraising all in one. Jamie Schumacher has done a great job doing a consistent monthly art show, which warrants us to go there and give Altered Esthetics some money to help out the art cause.

Friday May 2, 2008
7pm-10pm
www.alteredesthetics.com

Rift Issue #24 coming soon!

We have wanted to break this news for awhile and now we get to do it. Rift #24 will hit the streets in about three weeks. Like every good indie project we are scrambling and getting it together at the last minute.

ALL THE DETAILS HERE!

Advertising - Opportunities - Fundraising

CD Review - Gabriel James - Fits To Pitch

By Nelson Heise

One thing I anticipated when viewing the tracks on the back of the Gabriel James’s “Fits To Pitch” was his cover of the Beatles tune “Eleanor Rigby”. Read more »

CD Review - Bon Iver – For Emma, Forever Ago

By Dustin Luke Nelson

Dynamic is a word not often associated with folk music, but neither is atmospheric or ambient, all of which typify singer/songwriter Justin Vernon’s debut album as Bon Iver. Read more »

CD Review - Trip Lava - Oddball in the Corner Pocket

By Nelson Heise

Trip Lava (the one man wrecking ball of Joel Lee) is creative and unique. At the same time it can be monotonous and boring. Read more »

CD Review - Retribution Gospel Choir - Self Titled

By Dustin Luke Nelson

The long overdue full-length debut from Low frontman Alan Sparhawk’s side project Retribution Gospel Choir appears, nearly intentionally, to live in the shadow of Low. Read more »

Event Listings - 4/21 - 4/27

MUSIC EVENTS

Friends With Benefits 2
Local music, good cause; there is no better reason to check out a show on a Thursday night.
Varsity Theater
Thursday April 24th
The Abdomen featuring Phil Solem (of The Rembrandts) and Jeff Arundel (Keri Noble); Capitol Jay featuring Eric Lovold (of The Alarmists); Kaki Konda featuring ZibraZibra and Carnage; Jim Walsh & The Mad Ripple featuring Stook, The Falls, Shawn Gibbons, John Swardson, Karmaglide, and Jennifer Markey; and Cedar Avenue featuring Mike Daum & Drew Preiner (of Roster McCabe) and Christian Schauf (of Catchpenny).
6:30pm/$5-$7/18+

White Iron Band - “Devil’s Sweet Revenge” CD Release
A band who has garnered much attention for their foot stompin forget your troubles music, this Jam band is worth listening to and watching them live.
The Cabooze
Friday April 25th
White Iron Band, Pert’ Near Sandstone & Doug Otto and the Getaways
9:30/$8 for 21+/$11 for 18+/18+
www.whiteironband.com

Fill In The Breaks - 2 Year Anniversary - Prom.King Stigmata CD Release.
This local hip-hop label has been very busy in it’s first two years of existence. With a batch of releases out already and more on the way, they deserve to celebrate.
The Dinkytowner
Friday April 25th.
Ecid, Sector 7G, David Mars, Jordan Miche, Capaciti & A-Scratch and Saturday Morning Soundtrack.
9pm/$2(21+)$3(18+)/18+
www.fillinthebreaks.com

301 Studios 5th Anniversary Party.
Local electronic, electropunk and hip-hop label 301 Studio is celebrating it’s 5th anniversary with a music blowout at Club Underground.
Club Underground
Saturday April 26th
Rek The Heavyweight, Word Clock, Thosquanta, JSL and some suprise guests TBA.
9pm/$5/21+
www.301studios.net

The Deaths “Centralia” CD Release
Melodic and indie, but with a flair for nostalgic sounds long before indie was cool or even existed.
Turf Club
Saturday April 26th
The Deaths, The Owls and Artic Universe.
9pm/$tba/21+
www.thedeaths.net

Cloud Cult “Feel Good Ghosts (Tea-Partying Through Tornadoes)” CD Release
Touted by people I know as the best live band in the world, Cloud Cult mixes hippy friendly freakiness with a futuristic electronic rock sound.
First Avenue
Saturday April 26th
Cloud Cult, Mason Proper and The Forms -
5pm/$13-$15/18+
www.cloudcult.com

ART EVENTS

Love LLP
Paintings by Sarah Moeding. An exploration of intimate negotiation in watercolour and wood. 700 N. Washington Mpls, MN
JAVA JS
APRIL 25, 08 | 8pm - from mplsart.com

WHOSE PIss is THis
Minneapolis’ very own, and very loved/ignored bestest graphic design buddies and printmaking powerhouse, Aesthetic Apparatus will be presenting “WHOSE PISS IS THIS?”, a collection of brand new prints, slightly-not-as-new prints, books and other crap, Saturday, April 26th at First Amendment Gallery. Plus crackers, cheese, grocery store cake and music provided by local rocksters Everybell and Whistle and Birmingham AL’s Wildcat Revival
FIRST AMENDMENT
APRIL 26, 08 | 7:00 - 10:00 pm - from mplsart.com

St. Paul Art Crawl
The St. Paul Art Crawl is this weekend, more art then you can shake a stick at. Check out the article on tcdailyplanet.com about the event.
Friday April 25, 6-10 - Sat. April 26, 2-10 pm - Sun April 27, noon-5pm
Check out the locations here at the St. Paul Art Crawl website.

Craftstravaganza!
Macrame Pot holders and bent over gardening ladies made out of nylons will not make an appearance. Rock Posters, silkscreened art, handmade bags, jewelry and other punk rock crafts will.
Minnesota State Fairgrounds, Fine Arts Building
Saturday, April 26 2008
9am to 6pm - Admission and parking is free.
www.craftstravaganza.com

What’s happening - 4/14- 4/19

Thru the Static CD Release
Varsity Theater
Thursday, April 17th
Thru The Static, Catchpenny, City of Sound and Better off Tomorrow.
7pm/$8-$10/18+
www.myspace.com/thruthestatic

Sam Keenan CD Release
Triple Rock
Friday, April 18th
Sam Keenan, The Glad Version and Pawners’ Society.
9pm/$8/21+
www.samkeenan.com


Tuesdays Robot CD Release
331 Club
Friday, April 18th
Como Avenue Jug Band, Tuesdays Robot and Gabe Barnett
9pm/Free/21+
www.tuesdaysrobot.com

Jayber Crow CD Release
The Nomad
Saturday, April 9th
Jayber Crow, Spider John Koerner and The Floorbirds.
8pm/$8/21+
www.jaybercrow.com

ART EVENT:

Mpls vs St Paul
BLACK DOG
Saturday, April 19th
5:00 - 8:00 pm

Why the split between two fabulous art communities?
Creative solutions to an artistic rivalry; the MPLS vs STPL exhibit opens at Altered Esthetics in Northeast Minneapolis and the Black Dog in Lowertown Saint Paul.
from mplsart.com

Review - STNNNG - Fake Fake

By Justin Beckner

The latest release from Minnesota’s most unpronounceable band reaches far beyond the grasp of the human mind to pave a new music-scape of poetic genius and paranoid delusions. Read more »