First Avenue's Best New Bands of 2009 at First Ave
Friday, January 15, 2010 » Other shows: Coming Soon, Shows Will Be Here
First Avenue Mainroom • 7:00pm • 18+ • $7.00 adv | $7.00 door
More info at first-avenue.com
Added to calendar on Mar 20
Leisure Birds
From Minneapolis
First show since since November 19, 2009 • First Mainroom show • 13th show on MN Live's calendar since November 21, 2008
From last.fm:
Crawling out from the primordial muck of rhythm and reverb, Leisure Birds concoct a hallucinatory brew of squealing keyboards, thumping floor-toms, stabbing guitars, chant-like vocals and sinuous basslines. Hailing from Minneapolis, Leisure Birds sound like a lost artifact of the first psychedelic era; the British Invasion meeting swamp boogie along the muddy banks of the Mississippi. Born out of the demise of two of Minneapolis' cherished rock institutions — syncopated whiskey-throat... Read more about Leisure Birds on Last.fm.
No Bird Sing
From Minnesota
First Twin Cities show since since December 30, 2009 • First Mainroom show • 11th Twin Cities show on MN Live's calendar since October 15, 2008
From last.fm:
No Bird Sing signed to Crushkill Recordings formed in late summer of 2008, combining the talents of Joe Horton (stage name of Eric Blair, vocals/keys) and Robert Mulrennan (guitars/electronics) of Hyder Ali with Graham O'Brien (drummer/electronics) of Abzorbr. The core of the band remains a trio, although guest appearances include Casey O'Brien and Kristoff Krane of Abzorbr. The space that results from the guitar/drum/vocal lineup is largely influenced by artists like One Day as a Lion and The Black Keys... Read more about No Bird Sing on Last.fm.
Peter Wolf Crier
From Minneapolis
First show since since December 11, 2009 • First Mainroom show • Third show on MN Live's calendar since November 24, 2009
From last.fm:
It is not so much a sound as a spirit. You don't need to name it to know it or to trust it. From Minneapolis, MN Peter Wolf Crier's second album Garden of Arms is a document that paints a vivid portrait of all the pain and beauty of growth. Written with the at-home repose demanded by performing a hundred shows in six months, these eleven tracks were nurtured from their hushed origins with a new-found footing of confid...ence and experimentation. Read more about Peter Wolf Crier on Last.fm.
Red Pens
From Minneapolis
First show since since January 9, 2010 • First Mainroom show • 30th show on MN Live's calendar since June 16, 2008
From last.fm:
Seeing the Minneapolis duo, Red Pens, is like witnessing a demonstration, a demonstration in raw sonic bliss. Howard Hamilton III is a string-bending master who knows how to make feedback work to his advantage. His confident vocal stylings, coupled with drummer Laura Bennett's all or nothing kit pounding, are about as uniquely refreshing as it gets these days. The stage is littered with junk shop amps and guitars Hamilton seems to almost get tangled up in while he and Bennett exchange doses... Read more about Red Pens on Last.fm.
Twilight Hours
From Minneapolis
First show since since November 25, 2009 • First Mainroom show • Seventh show on MN Live's calendar since April 23, 2009
From last.fm:
From http://www.thetwilighthours.com/index.php/bio/ ..... The Story of The Twilight Hours Experience eternity in a single song! A beautiful name, The Twilight Hours. And the music is ravishing. But who are these two men from Minneapolis? Can the hearts of John Munson and Matt Wilson be as pure as these songs we hear? No. These are two practical and desperate gentlemen who have scrubbed around in the underbrush of music long enough to have touched glory and to have been gored by humiliation. Read more on Last.fm
Slapping Purses
From Minneapolis
First show since since January 2, 2010 • First Mainroom show since October 24, 2009 • 13th show on MN Live's calendar since May 17, 2008
Moonstone
From Minneapolis
First show since since December 20, 2009 • First Mainroom show since October 24, 2009 • 10th show on MN Live's calendar since June 25, 2009