The annual First Avenue showcase will take place on Wednesday, January 14.
I gotta say I’m pretty impressed with this eclectic list. There’s obviously a handful of other bands I’d like to see at the show, but the bands selected are all deserving of the title.
7 PM | $7 | 18+
Bouncer Fighter
Caroline Smith and the Good Night Sleeps
The Dynamiters
Kristoff Krane
Lookbook
Lucy Michelle and the Velvet Lapelles
Yer Cronies
Two shows kept me occupied during the holiday - Discovery’s Mythbusters marathon and Gaki no Tsukai, a crazy Japanese comedy variety show.
One of their events was the 24 Hour Gym Tag, a game that took place over the period of 24-hours where the comedy team was locked in a sports arena, playing “tag” with various ‘demons’ (men dressed in black suits) that attacked at random moments, each with a specific type of punishment to be inflicted whenever the victims were tagged. This happened because the team lost a race to Gaki leader Hitoshi Matsumoto, and what ensues is must-see brutal hilarity.
The beginning parts are over on Hulu, but you can watch the whole event on YouTube HERE.
Gaki no Tsukai 24 Hour Gym Tag - Part 1
Canadian by way of Somalia rapper K’naan will be in Minneapolis on February 11 to support his upcoming record Troubadour.
K’naan
Wednesday, February 11
Varsity Theater
Minneapolis, MN
6 PM | $13 | AA
K’naan - “Somalia”
Feature-length version of Shane Acker’s fantastic short film, which can be watched HERE.
“When 9 first comes to life, he finds himself in a post-apocalyptic world. All humans are gone, and it is only by chance that he discovers a small community of others like him taking refuge from fearsome machines that roam the earth intent on their extinction. Despite being the neophyte of the group, 9 convinces the others that hiding will do them no good. They must take the offensive if they are to survive, and they must discover why the machines want to destroy them in the first place. As they’ll soon come to learn, the very future of civilization may depend on them.”
Starring: Elijah Wood, Christopher Plummer, John C. Reilly, Jennifer Connelly, Crispin Glover, Martin Landau
Release Date: August 9
Trailer
A weekly look at the Minnesota concert calendar from your friends at Switchblade Comb. The full list can be viewed HERE.
Minnesota Shows List:
29 - Fuck Winter! Let’s Watch Baseball! (Uptown Bar)
30 - Blue Man Group (Mystic Lake Casino)
30 - Gay Witch Abortion [CD Release] (22nd Ave Station)
31 - Blue Man Group (Mystic Lake Casino)
31 - Creedence Clearwater Revisted (Treasure Island Casino)
31 - Dance Band + Best Friends Forever + Nyteowl (Hexagon Bar)
31 - Vampire Hands + STNNNG (Turf Club)
31 - Hercules and Love Affair + Solid Gold (Barfly)
31 - Mark Mallman + E.L.nO. + Lucy Michelle & TVL (Varsity)
31 - Military Special + Invincible Kids [Free] (Nomad World Pub)
31 - MC/VL + Unicorn Basement + Beatrix Jar (Big V’s)
01 - Dale Watson (Lee’s)
01 - Young Brides + The Absent Arch (Uptown Bar)
02 - Nobot + The New Monarchs (7th St)
02 - Get Cryphy (First Ave V.I.P. Room)
02 - Ben Weaver + Robert Skoro (Turf Club)
02 - France Has the Bomb + Private Dancer (Hexagon Bar)
02 - Economy Team (Uptown Bar)
03 - Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (Uptown Theatre)
03 - John Wayne and the Pain (The Cabooze)
03 - Birthday Suits + The Blind Shake + Vampire Hands (Turf Club)
03 - Spacewolf + Dante & The Lobster + Fuck Knights (Uptown Bar)
04 - Charlie Parr (Turf Club)
Too many good local bands playing around town on New Years Eve. Here’s another show to make the decision harder where to get your party on.
See you guys there!
Dosh + Dark Dark Dark + Odd Nosdam
Saturday, December 27
Cedar Cultural Center
Minneapolis, MN
7 PM | $12/15 | AA
(From the Associated Press)
Eartha Kitt, a sultry singer, dancer and actress who rose from South Carolina cotton fields to become an international symbol of elegance and sensuality, has died, a family spokesman said. She was 81.
Eartha Kitt - “I Wanna Be Evil”
Metallica does The Misfits in L.A. on December 18.
