First Avenue's Best New Bands of 2008 at First Ave
Wednesday, January 14, 2009 » Other shows: Coming Soon, Shows Will Be Here
First Avenue Mainroom • 7:00pm • 18+ • $7 adv | $7 door
More info at first-avenue.com
Added to calendar on Mar 20
Bouncer Fighter
From Minneapolis
First show since since January 9, 2009 • First Mainroom show • 12th show on MN Live's calendar since September 18, 2007
Caroline Smith & The Good Night Sleeps
From Minneapolis
First show since since January 10, 2009 • First Mainroom show • Fifth show on MN Live's calendar since August 13, 2008
From last.fm:
Caroline Smith is a singer-songwriter from Minneapolis, Minnesota who started recording and performing at age 15, opening for B.B. King. Her unique voice and stripped-down acoustic styling are often accompanied by The Good Night Sleeps: Arlen Peiffer and Jesse Schuster. Caroline's musical influences include Ben Gibbard, Feist, Patti Smith, The Velvet Underground, Sufjan Stevens, Joanna Newsom, and Dr. Dre. Read more about Caroline Smith And The Good Night Sleeps on Last.fm.
The Dynamiters
From Minneapolis
First show since since November 21, 2008 • First Mainroom show • Fifth show on MN Live's calendar since June 20, 2008
Kristoff Krane
From Minnesota
First Twin Cities show since since November 14, 2008 • First Mainroom show • 10th Twin Cities show on MN Live's calendar since May 17, 2007
From last.fm:
Whether rapping over a beat, singing over a piano, or creating a song, live, through a loop-pedal with his audience, Kristoff Krane has branded his live performance as an experience bound to resonate with something deeper than our ego desires. Krane originally began honing his craft as a vocal portraitist in Abzorbr. Later a more established Krane became a co-contributor in two prominent Minneapolis hip hop groups... Read more about Kristoff Krane on Last.fm.
Lookbook
From Minneapolis
First show since since January 9, 2009 • First Mainroom show • 15th show on MN Live's calendar since June 7, 2008
Lucy Michelle & The Velvet Lapelles
From Minneapolis
First show since since December 31, 2008 • First Mainroom show • 16th show on MN Live's calendar since May 17, 2008
From last.fm:
Twin Cities based band, according to their Twitter "Combine a dash of equal parts; old-time, mountain, bluegrass, gypsy, rag, polka. folk., punk, pop, with the whistle of Andrew Bird." Band lineup features Lucy Michell on vocals/Ukelele/Piano, Geoff Freeman on Drums/vocals, Chris Graham on Guitar, Ashley Boman on Accordion/trinket jar and Eamonn McLain on Cello/Throat Trombone. Tracks are available for listening at their myspace, http://www.myspace.com/lucymichell Read more about Lucy Michelle and the Velvet Lapelles on Last.fm.
Yer Cronies
From Minnesota
First Twin Cities show since since October 4, 2008 • First Mainroom show • Seventh Twin Cities show on MN Live's calendar since March 8, 2007