David de Young and Bob Longmore from HowWasTheShow.com return again to review recently released local CD’s.

1. City on the Make - “Chicks on Bikes”
2. Ready Goes - “If I Ever See You Again”
3. Brian Just - “Me & You”
4. The Small Cities - “Fargo”
5. Aviette - “Ghost Town”

 

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Holly and Kyle from Aviette stopped by the Minneapoliscast lab to listen to a few songs off their new CD The Way We Met and talk about what they’ve been doing over the last year.

Tracks Played:

1. “Why Do We Stop”
2. “Ghost Town”
3. “The Way We Met”
4. “What You Want Me To Say”

Upcoming shows:

28 June 89.3 Presents:
The Way We Met Record Release Party!
Triple Rock Social Club
with Kid Dakota, The Alarmists and The Glad Version

9 July
University of Minnesota

24 October CMJ
Draw Fire Records Showcase
One Egg Gallery
New York, New York

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myspace.com/aviettemusic

 

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Tony Thomas and Taylor Carik host a tribute to The Root of All Evil’s Earl Root who passed away on 5.23.2008 from non hodgkins lymphoma. This week’s NSFW podcast features 66 minutes and 6 seconds of Minnesota death metal.

Featured artists:

• aesmA Daeva (intro music)
• Vinterskog
• Myiasis
  • Myiasis’ Upcoming shows:
    • Jun 28 2008 Jacks on Mille Lacs Isle, Minnesota
• Northsky
  • Northsky’s Upcoming Shows:
    • Jun 27 2008 6:00P The Varsity Minneapolis, Minnesota
• Never Born
• Anal Blast
• Bronnson
  • Bronnson’s Upcoming Shows:
    • Jun 20 2008 8:00P BIG V’S St Paul, Minnesota
    • Jun 30 2008 5:00P Station 4 ALL AGES St. Paul
    • Jul 26 2008 8:00P Club Underground Minneapolis, Minnesota
• Infected Mass
  • Infected Mass’ Upcoming Shows:
    • Jun 20 2008 10:00P Big V’s - Bronnson, Infected Mass, Vulnerata! Mr. Scott Bday Bash! Saint Paul, Minnesota
    • Jun 27 2008 8:00P Jack’s on Mille Lacs Metal Maddness 4 Isle, Minnesota
    • Jun 30 2008 5:00P Station 4 - Becoming The Archetype!! Beneath The Sky, AFterimage, Infected Mass Saint Paul, Minnesota
    • Jul 26 2008 9:00P Club Underground - Enshrined, Infected Mass, Bronnson Minneapolis, Minnesota
    • Aug 14 2008 9:00P Station 4 - Invidiosus, Infected Mass,Abandoned Chaos(Iowa), Now Until the Hour St. Paul, Minnesota
• Under Eden
  • Under Eden’s Upcoming Shows:
    • Jul 28 2008 8:00P Station 4 w\ Martriden, Alabaster Morgue & Grand Demise of Civilization St. Paul, Minnesota
    • Sep 22 2008 8:00P Station 4 - Zimmer’s Hole, Unexpect, Sigh St. Paul, Minnesota
    • Nov 14 2008 8:00P Station 4 - Heathen Crusade St. Paul, Minnesota
• Deterioration
  • Deterioration’s Upcoming Shows:
    • Jun 28 2008 5:00P Showcase Skatepark w/ Lividity, Sikfuk, Cemetery Rapist, and more TBA Rogers, Minnesota
    • Jul 5 2008 8:00P Deterioration Tour Start - Metal at the Moose 2 Superior, Wisconsin
    • Jul 6 2008 8:00P more info to come w/???? St. Cloud, Minnesota
    • Jul 7 2008 8:00P more info to come w/???? Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota
    • Jul 8 2008 8:00P more info to come w/???? Madison, Wisconsin
    • Jul 9 2008 8:00P more info to come w/???? Chicago, Illinois
    • Jul 10 2008 8:00P more info to come w/???? Hobart, Indiana
    • Jul 11 2008 8:00P more info to come w/???? ???????, Kentucky
    • Jul 12 2008 8:00P Somewhere Else Tavern w/Bloodsoaked and more TBA Greensboro, North Carolina
    • Jul 13 2008 7:00P The Longbranch Saloon w/ Skew, Short Bus Pile Up, Dig 6 Down, and Pilgrimm Knoxville, Tennessee
    • Jul 14 2008 8:00P more info to come w/???? ?????, Arkansas
    • Jul 15 2008 8:00P more info to come w/???? Shrevport, Louisiana
    • Jul 16 2008 8:00P more info to come w/???? Austin, Texas
    • Jul 17 2008 8:00P more info to come w/???? Norman, Oklahoma
    • Jul 24 2008 8:00P venue and bands TBA Denver, Colorado
    • Jul 25 2008 8:00P venue TBA w/ Cerebral Incubation +more Las Vegas, Nevada
    • Jul 26 2008 8:00P venue TBA w/ Putrid Infection and more TBA San Diego, California
    • Aug 9 2008 12:00P New England Deathfest Day 1 @ Club Hell and Jerky’s Providence, Rhode Island
    • Aug 10 2008 12:00P New England Deathfest Day 2 @ Club Hell and Jerky’s Providence, Rhode Island
    • Nov 1 2008 3:00P Monster Fest ’08 Day 1 w/ Sikfuk, Necrotic Disgorgement, Cemetery Rapist and many more Toledo, Ohio
    • Nov 2 2008 3:00P Monster Fest ’08 Day 2 Toledo, Ohio
    • Nov 29 2008 8:00P Longbranch Saloon w/ Skew, Atrocious Abnormality, and Bloodsoaked Knoxville, Tennessee
• Hail to the Martyr
• Sign of the Times
• Sikfuk
  • Sikfuk’s Upcoming Shows:
    • Jun 28 2008 5:00P showcase skatepark w/ Lividity, Cemetery rapist, The Body Beneath, Deterioration and more Rogers, Minnesota
    • Jul 23 2008 9:00P 18+ @ the triple rock, bizarro wednesday, bands tba minneapolis, Minnesota
    • Aug 9 2008 2:00P New England Deathfest aug 9 and 10th at Club Hell & Jerky’s Providence, Rhode Island
    • Aug 10 2008 8:00P Victim fest Portland, Maine
    • Nov 1 2008 2:00P monster fest nov.1st and 2nd!! Toledo, Ohio
• The Atlantic Fury
• Nailed Shut
• Gallows Burden
• Darkness Follows
• The Body Beneath
  • The Body Beneath’s Upcoming Shows:
    • Jun 28 2008 4:00P Showcase skatepark w/ Lividity, Sikfuk, Daigoro + 4 more bands Rogers, Minnesota
• Blood of a New War
  • Blood of a New War’s Upcoming Shows:
    • Jun 13 2008 6:00P Lower the Casket & Rawhyde Cd Release W/ Charis, Velar Shakopee, Minnesota
    • Jun 20 2008 5:00P The Red Room W/ Keep and Confess, Count Backwards from Ten Duluth, Minnesota
    • Jul 6 2008 7:00P Varsity Theater [Battle of The Bands] Minneapolis, Minnesota
    • Jul 12 2008 7:00P BroFest 2008! W/ Earn Your Stripes, The Revival Grenade, & MAny More Buffalo, Minnesota
    • Aug 15 2008 5:00P Second Annual “A Present Help Fest” @ The Vault W/For Today & Liferuiner Buffalo, Minnesota
• Incinerate
• aesmA Daeva (outro music)

 

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HowWasTheShow turns 6 years old this year and will celebrate with a party at the Turf Club on Friday, June 6th. Helping them celebrate 6 years of writing about live music and nearly 1,000 reviews online will be The Haves Have It, The 757s, The Evening Rig, Dallas Orbiter, and The Wars of 1812.

This month on the HowWasTheShow podcast recorded for Minneapoliscast.com David de Young, Bob Longmore and Jen Paulson play tracks from each of these bands and share some of HowWasTheShow’s experiences seeing them live.

Join us Friday at the Turf Club. Doors for the Anniversary party are at 8PM, and music starts at 9. Cover is $6.

1. The Wars of 1812 - “Driftin’”
2. Dallas Orbiter - “Ampbuzz is for Lovers”
3. The Evening Rig - “Playing House”
4. The 757s - “Suzamsterdam”
5. The Haves Have It - “Security Systems Experts”

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HowWasTheShow on Tumblr
HowWasTheShow on Myspace
HowWasTheShow on Twitter

 

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Brian Just stopped by the Minneapoliscast Lab with five of the members of his six-piece band.

• Upcoming Shows:
  • May 30 2008 9:00P Brian Just CD Release show @331 with Meg Ashling and Switzerlind Minneapolis, Minnesota
  • Jun 13 2008 8:00P The Planet Supply, St. Croix Falls
  • Jun 20 2008 8:00P Coffee Hag , Mankato, MN
  • Jul 12 2008 8:00P Beaners, Duluth, Minnesota
  • Jul 15 2008 9:00P Turf Club, with the Dear Sweet Villains performing the 50 states set St. Paul, MN
• On The Web:
  • brianjust.com
  • myspace.com/brianjust
  • CD Baby (new CD available here soon).
• Credits:
  • Music: Brian Just
    • Songs Performed:
      • “St. Croix”
      • “Seppman Mill”
      • “Me and You”
      • “Open Air”
  • Producer: Tony Thomas

 

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The roundtable discussion is back, this time featuring all-new hosts Holly Muñoz of Aviette & Drawfire Records, Radio K’s Amy Daml & Tinderbox Music’s Krista Vilinskis.

• Topics discussed:
  • Gillian Welch
  • Patty Griffin
  • Kristin Mooney
  • Emmy Lou Harris
  • Haley Bonar
  • Rachel Reese
  • Jesse Green
  • JoAnna James
  • Scarlett Johansson’s Anywhere I Lay My Head
    
  • Zoey Deschanel
    
  • Minnie Driver
  • Uh Huh Her
  • Best Friends Forever
  • Bella Koshka
  • Skirt
  • The Owls
  • Awesome Snakes
  • Desdamona
  • Chastity Brown
  • Goddamn Doo Wap Band
  • Rock the Garden
  • Fiery Furnaces
  • Margot & the Nuclear So & So’s
  • Cameron McGill
  • Tina Schlieske
    
  • Cadillac Kolstad
  • Traditional Methods
  • Avette Brothers
  • Why?
  • Jeremy Messersmith
  • The Whole Music Club
  • Hotel Lights
  • Women’s Club
  • The Swell Season
  • John Hermanson
  • Dessa
  • Cedar Cultural Center
  • Nordic Roots Festival
    
  • Hookers & Blow
  • Princess Records
  • Misplaced Music
  • Minneapoliscast Facebook Group
  • Minneapoliscast on Twitter
  • The Minneapoliscast Survey

• Credits:
  • Producer: Tony Thomas
  • Music: Katey Bellville
    • Songs Performed:
      • “Sunburn Stomp”
      • “Breathe”
      • “Pest”

 

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The HowWasTheShow.com folks are back with CD reviews for the month of May.

The Deaths - “Peter Duncan” - selected by Jen Paulson
Atmosphere - “Painting” - selected by Bob Longmore
Polara -”Beekeeping” - selected by David de Young
Chris Koza - “If You Carry Me” - selected by Stacy Schwartz
Jayber Crow - “O My God When I Drop Dead” selected by Pat O’Brien

 

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Musical guests Peter Lochner and Sam Keenan joined Tony Thomas, Stook, Kyle Matteson & Steve Mcpherson in the lab for another roundtable discussion.

The gang talked about SXSW, Sam’s new CD and other local CD recommendations:

• Solid Gold
• The War of 1812

Sam Keenan has a CD release party tonight at the Triple Rock Social Club.

Songs performed:

• “No More” - Peter Lochner
• “Crazy” - Peter Lochner
• “That Was Then” - Sam Keenan
• “Waiting for a Missile” - Sam Keenan

Special thanks to Greg Fall for helping out in the control room.

 

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Tuesdays Robot stopped by the Minneapoliscast lab to record some songs and talk with Tony Thomas.

Tuesday’s Robot has a CD release party at the 331 Club tonight.

Songs Performed:

• “Seeds of Peace”
• “Captain’s Last Words”
• “Hip Roma Suicide”
• “I Am U”

Tuesdays Robot in the Minneapoliscast Lab on Flickr.

Credits:

• Music: Tuesdays Robot
• Producer: Tony Thomas
• Engineer: Greg Fall

 

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HowWasTheShow’s David de Young speaks to Anna Lee and Charles Gehr of Voltage Fashion Amplified about the upcoming show at First Avenue on April 16th.

Features songs from Voltage 2008 Bands:

1. White Light Riot – “Dive”
2. Bella Koshka - “Fiction”
3. Birthday Suits – “It’s About Time”
4. MC/VL – “Moby Dick”
5. The Haves Have It - “Pie”
6. Zibra Zibra – “Arcade Catastrophe”

 

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