Bastille Day Block Party 2010 at Bastille Day
Sunday, July 18, 2010 » Other shows: Coming Soon, Shows Will Be Here
Bastille Day Block Party • 2:00pm • AA • Free
Added to calendar on Jul 18
The Brass Messengers
From Minneapolis
First show since since June 4, 2010 • First Bastille Day show • 13th show on MN Live's calendar since February 20, 2007
Mayda
From Minnesota
First Twin Cities show since since July 3, 2010 • First Bastille Day show • 33rd Twin Cities show on MN Live's calendar since August 17, 2006
Red Pens
From Minneapolis
First show since since June 18, 2010 • First Bastille Day show • 49th 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.
Eyedea & Abilities
From Minnesota
First Twin Cities show since since December 4, 2009 • First Bastille Day show • Eighth Twin Cities show on MN Live's calendar since July 22, 2005
Chooglin'
From Minneapolis
First show since since June 8, 2010 • First Bastille Day show • 48th show on MN Live's calendar since December 23, 2005
Black Blondie
From Minneapolis
First show since since July 10, 2010 • First Bastille Day show since July 13, 2008 • 35th show on MN Live's calendar since August 18, 2006
From last.fm:
Minneapolis based Black Blondie is a band in the purest sense of the word: the tightly knit four-piece unit collectively writes and performs all of their music. Black Blondie's daring frontwoman, Samahra, has the attitude and charisma of a punk rock diva. She has a voice that would serve any American Idol three times over but lyrics that shock with wit and intellect. You may be reminded of the poetic confessions of a Midwestern emo boy who makes you wanna rip your heart out and cradle it in your hand... Read more about Black Blondie on Last.fm.
The Magnolias
From Minneapolis
First show since since April 24, 2010 • First Bastille Day show • 11th show on MN Live's calendar since April 22, 2005
From last.fm:
The two decades since the band's inception have seen music critics call The Magnolias "Minneapolis' scruffy also-rans" and "little brothers" of more well-known Twin Cities groups The Replacements, Husker Du and Soul Asylum. And although The Magnolias were a few years younger than these bands, passage of time has revealed what fans knew since the Reagan years at their best, The Magnolias were second to none. Read more about The Magnolias on Last.fm.
Romantica
From Minneapolis
First show since since July 14, 2010 • First Bastille Day show since July 13, 2008 • 55th show on MN Live's calendar since June 14, 2004
From last.fm:
There are at least 3 bands with the name 'Romantica'. 1. ROMANTICA / (ro-mantik-ah) / n. / The fantastic tricks of gypsy men : a band of musicians originating in Minneapolis, in 2002, who are characterized by deeply felt poetic imagery enshrined in effortlessly emotive popular melodies suggestive of folk, country, and pop music histories; in similar traditions with Ryan Adams, Damien Rice and The Wallflowers. Read more about Romantica on Last.fm.