Mill City Live 2010
The shows are in the outdoor courtyard of the museum from 6-8. Buying a ticket ($5) gets you admission to the museum from 4-9 as well. I went to couple of these shows last year and they were great.
July 8 - Spider John Koerner and Tony Glover
July 15 - Aby Wolf
July 22 - Joey Ryan and the Inks
July 29 - Salsa del Soul
Aug. 5 - The 757s
Aug. 12 - Idle Hands
Aug. 19 - Black Blondie
Friday, May 28, 2010
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
A Magical Evening with Mumford and Sons
Mumford and Sons played the Varsity Theater May 25th to an insanely energetic crowd. The room was extremely hot and humid (reminiscent of the '09 Phoenix show) but that didn't stop people from enjoying the show once it got rolling.
Yeah, you have your super-fan packed crowds for the established/classic artists, but not usually for relatively new indie bands. I'm not sure I've personally ever seen a crowd so into every bit of the show. This was most evident with the couple of new tunes Mumford and Sons broke out. Normally with new songs a crowd will tunes out, chat, get drinks, etc. But at this show, even the new songs had the crowd going nuts.
The band in return seemed blown-away by the crowd's response. I think @MeredithWestin put it best: "Mumford and Sons seem genuinely surprised by how much the crowd at the @VarsityTheater love and it's fucking adorable." The band and crowd seemed to be in some euphoric infinite loop of love.
I tweeted with the word "magical" to describe it last night, and saw a couple others use that word too. I think that one word pretty well summed it up.
Not a complete video, but the last couple minutes of "Roll Away Your Stone" give a pretty good idea of the energy going down in the room most of the night:
Mumford and Sons - Wake My Soul:
Mumford and Sons - Dance Dance Dance (Neil Young Cover)
Yeah, you have your super-fan packed crowds for the established/classic artists, but not usually for relatively new indie bands. I'm not sure I've personally ever seen a crowd so into every bit of the show. This was most evident with the couple of new tunes Mumford and Sons broke out. Normally with new songs a crowd will tunes out, chat, get drinks, etc. But at this show, even the new songs had the crowd going nuts.
The band in return seemed blown-away by the crowd's response. I think @MeredithWestin put it best: "Mumford and Sons seem genuinely surprised by how much the crowd at the @VarsityTheater love and it's fucking adorable." The band and crowd seemed to be in some euphoric infinite loop of love.
I tweeted with the word "magical" to describe it last night, and saw a couple others use that word too. I think that one word pretty well summed it up.
Not a complete video, but the last couple minutes of "Roll Away Your Stone" give a pretty good idea of the energy going down in the room most of the night:
Mumford and Sons - Wake My Soul:
Mumford and Sons - Dance Dance Dance (Neil Young Cover)
Monday, May 24, 2010
City Pages "Best of" Featuring Dessa and No Bird Sing
The City Pages put on a concert May 22nd to celebrate their "Best of the Twin Cities 2010" edition. Dessa, the "Best female vocalist" headlined the show, and No Bird Sing opened. Both put on great sets.
Dessa - Mineshaft II
No Bird Sing - Devil Trombones
Dessa - Mineshaft II
No Bird Sing - Devil Trombones
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