Absolutely Cuckoo: Minnesota Covers the “69 Love Songs” at First Ave
Saturday, December 29, 2012 » Other shows: Coming Soon, Shows Will Be Here
First Avenue Mainroom • 5:30pm • 18+ • $10 adv | $12 door
More info at first-avenue.com
Added to calendar on Nov 14
Actual Wolf
From Oakland, California
First Twin Cities show since since December 20, 2012 • First Mainroom show since November 21, 2012 • 26th Twin Cities show on MN Live's calendar since February 18, 2012
Al Church and State
From Minnesota
First Twin Cities show since since October 23, 2012 • First Mainroom show • 42nd Twin Cities show on MN Live's calendar since July 25, 2009
Meg Ashling
From United States
First Twin Cities show since since May 31, 2012 • First Mainroom show • 39th Twin Cities show on MN Live's calendar since January 18, 2007
From last.fm:
Beautiful, twangy country voice. Does country the right way, like Neko Case except minus some voice decibles. Definitely a strong folk influence. It catches you. Read more on Last.fm
Bethany Larson and the Bee's Knees
From Minneapolis
First show since since December 20, 2012 • First Mainroom show since November 26, 2010 • 49th show on MN Live's calendar since January 7, 2010
Brian Just Band
From Minneapolis
First show since since August 24, 2012 • First Mainroom show • 28th show on MN Live's calendar since July 25, 2007
Added to bill on Dec 4
Caetani
From Minneapolis
First show since since November 5, 2012 • First Mainroom show • 16th show on MN Live's calendar since August 26, 2011
The Chalice
From Minneapolis
First show since since December 21, 2012 • Eighth show on MN Live's calendar since February 9, 2012
From last.fm:
Forming in July of 2007, The Chalice has as its main goal to bring a new sound and increased energy to the Terre Haute music scene and to quickly spread to surrounding areas. They currently finished recording their first EP entitled "Ghosts Don't Gossip," consisting of 5 songs: 1. "And I Told Them the Story" 2. "Dimes and Diction" 3. "To Pick Our Teeth with California's Bones and Vomit Oceans" 4. "I Am the Boy Scout" 5. "On the Wire" Read more about The Chalice on Last.fm.
Added to bill on Nov 15
Como Ave. Jug Band
From Minneapolis
First show since since September 24, 2011 • First Mainroom show • Sixth show on MN Live's calendar since November 23, 2007
Martin Devaney
From St Paul
First show since since December 9, 2012 • First Mainroom show since November 23, 2012 • 73rd show on MN Live's calendar since January 19, 2004
The Drug Budget
From Minneapolis
First show since since December 13, 2012 • First Mainroom show • 33rd show on MN Live's calendar since April 2, 2009
From last.fm:
The Drg Bdgt are amateur sociopaths and baby saints. Twin brothers separated at birth. One get's raised by bears and they shall dub him Linus. The other by Ronald Reagan's 2nd cousin. He falls out of the crib and tears a 10 dollar bill in half. His father looked at him and said, "Oh there you are Vain Mainstream." Later stuff happened, and then there was The Drg Bdgt. Read more on Last.fm
Fuck Knights
From Minneapolis
First show since since November 28, 2012 • First Mainroom show since January 7, 2011 • 88th show on MN Live's calendar since June 13, 2008
From last.fm:
Garage punk from Minneapolis. Fuck Knights on Last.fm.
Eric Funn
From United States
First Twin Cities show since since December 3, 2011 • First Mainroom show
Great Plains
From Minneapolis
First show since since September 15, 2007 • First Mainroom show • Ninth show on MN Live's calendar since March 15, 2007
Dan Israel
From Minneapolis
First show since since December 19, 2012 • First Mainroom show since June 8, 2012 • 49th show on MN Live's calendar since August 5, 2003
From last.fm:
Dan Israel is a singer-songwriter currently based in Minneapolis. He won Song of the Year (for "Come to Me") at the 2005 Minnesota Music Awards. In the late '80s and early '90s, he was one-half of the folk duo One Town Horse in Chicago. In the mid '90s, he fronted the Austin, TX folk-rock group Potter's Field (where he was named one of Austin's top 15 songwriters). In 1996, he moved to Minneapolis, where he formed Dan Israel and the Cultivators, releasing several CDs, both solo and with the Cultivators. Dan Israel on Last.fm.
Brianna Lane
From Minneapolis
First show since since January 31, 2012 • First Mainroom show since November 26, 2010 • 44th show on MN Live's calendar since March 11, 2007
From last.fm:
This chick puts the word "singer" in singer/songwriter. Brianna is a sweet-voiced alterna-folkie who grew up in Minnesota. You can blame her sweetness on her roots but this girl has been on the road non-stop for three years so you can hear her experiences in every note she sings. Brianna has a voice and a presence beyond her years. She strums an acoustic guitar with the same power in which she sings. Brianna is currently touring the nation in support of her newest release "Radiator". Brianna Lane on Last.fm.
Matt Latterell
From Minneapolis
First show since since October 6, 2012 • First Mainroom show • 54th show on MN Live's calendar since May 6, 2007
From last.fm:
Latterell has been performing in the Twin Cities as a solo artist since 2008 when he released the EP, ‘The Sweetheart Boy of the Rainbow Café.’ In 2010 he released his first full-length CD, ‘Charades.’ In early 2011 Latterell posted a series of free singles to his website, mattlatterell.com. These singles now comprise half of his most recent album, 'Life On Land.' While occasionally still performing solo shows, Matt can usually be seen performing with a band consisting of himself, Holly Newsom, Steve McPherson and Reed Pagel. Read more on Last.fm
Jake Manders
From Minneapolis
First show since since December 26, 2012 • First Mainroom show • 16th show on MN Live's calendar since September 9, 2009
From last.fm:
Jennifer Markey
From Minneapolis
First show since since September 16, 2012 • First Mainroom show • 31st show on MN Live's calendar since December 22, 2006
From last.fm:
"My mother says I was a genius baby. At two years old, at about five in the morning, before my parents would get up, I'd pick out a 45 record from my vast collection and throw it on the Fisher-Price turntable (labeled RECORD PLAYER by my mother in giant Sharpie letters), fire that baby up and get on my squeaky hobby horse. I'd do that for about two hours until I got lonely (or hungry)and wanted my Mom, at which time I would crawl into her bed and wake her up. Read more about Jennifer Markey on Last.fm.
Mayda
From Minnesota
First Twin Cities show since since December 27, 2012 • First Mainroom show since September 17, 2011 • 70th Twin Cities show on MN Live's calendar since August 17, 2006
Me and My Arrow
From Minneapolis
First show since since December 22, 2012 • First Mainroom show since December 8, 2011 • 97th show on MN Live's calendar since July 29, 2008
From last.fm:
Me And My Arrow formed in 2007 as a collective made up of producers and musicians from the Minneapolis / St. Paul area, all of whom currently, or previously hail from other know Minneapolis bands such as It From Bit, Parts For All Makes, The Future, and Plastic Chord to name a few. In their short period as a band, they've shared the stage with national acts such as The Appleseed Cast, Film School, The Mae Shi, Jupiter One, Sera Cahoone (Sub Pop) and many more. Read more about Me and My Arrow on Last.fm.
Maggie Morrison
From Minneapolis
First show since since March 15, 2011 • First Mainroom show
Kate Murray
First Twin Cities show since since March 8, 2012 • First Mainroom show
Nallo
From Minneapolis
First show since since December 8, 2012 • First Mainroom show • 36th show on MN Live's calendar since March 14, 2007
From last.fm:
Cosmic sludgepop for what ails you. Nallo on Last.fm.
The Parlour Suite
From Minnesota
First Twin Cities show since since December 12, 2012 • First Mainroom show since June 7, 2008 • 52nd Twin Cities show on MN Live's calendar since October 5, 2007
From last.fm:
The Parlour Suite is a Minneapolis folk rock duo in the vein of The Mamas and the Papas, who they list as one of their major influences. They have a self released album called "Rainmaker" which includes the catchy sweet sounds of "Navy Queen". Minnepaolis's Metro Mag had this to say about the band, "The voices of husband-and-wife team Joel (guitar) and Inga (piano) Roberts and their close friend Leah Nelson (tambourine) melt together like butter as they harmonize, and whether it’s Joel’s tuneful hangdog rasp or Inga’s Dolly Parton-inspired cowgirl holler leading the way... Read more about The Parlour Suite on Last.fm.
Prairie Fire Lady Choir
From Minneapolis
First show since since November 27, 2012 • First Mainroom show • Fourth show on MN Live's calendar since September 9, 2011
Roe Family Singers
From Minnesota
First Twin Cities show since since December 17, 2012 • First Mainroom show • 245th Twin Cities show on MN Live's calendar since May 28, 2006
From last.fm:
Family old-tyme(y) mountain music/ americana band based out of the Twin Cities, MN. Singers are spouses Quillan and Kim Roe. Material output of selected band members includes can-jos and roe-bots. The Roe Family Singers on Last.fm.
Rupert
Francis Tibbles
Only Twin Cities show on MN Live's calendar
We Are the Willows
From Minneapolis
First show since since December 22, 2012 • First Mainroom show since September 10, 2011 • 47th show on MN Live's calendar since May 13, 2007
From last.fm:
The usual sounds brought to mind at the sight of a cityscape are typically loud, harsh, and overbearing. Roaring bus engines, rumbling trains on their tracks, and buzzing markets and cafes all amplify the sounds of people coming and going. These sounds create a constant, yet ever changing hum - a tune that can provide limitless resources for creative minds, but can also pummel the creative spirit. It is from this constant hum that We Are The Willows' Peter Miller conceptualized the tonal sound-scapes of his debut full-length, A Collection Of Sounds And Something Like The Plague. Read more about We are the Willows on Last.fm.
Western Fifth
From Minneapolis
First show since since July 7, 2012 • First Mainroom show since February 1, 2008 • 48th show on MN Live's calendar since July 15, 2006