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Name of Band:  The Oh Eeks
Song Title:  Greater Than Magnets
   
Description:  Indie Rock
   
 
Name of Band:  TONNAGE
Song Title:  From Zero
   
Description:  TONNAGE was formed in 2004 and has performed extensively across the Midwest. The band likens its sound to that associated with Amphetamine Reptile Records in ...
 
   
 
Name of Band:  Dada Trash Collage
Song Title:  Watching You Paint Your Nose
   
Description:  Photo by Colin Sheffield

Lyrics:

We’re out loud

And I’ll leave you to your own imagination

I could ease your pain
   
 
Name of Band:  watson
Song Title:  You Are The Only One
   
Description:  Aptly described as “modern classic rock,” watson blends their influences from legendary acts such as Eric Clapton, Tom Petty and The Who with their modern ...
 
   
 
Name of Band:  Hunting Club
Song Title:  The Rocket Man
   
Description:  Hunting Club are more than the sum of their inspirations or techniques. Within one song the band can doodle in sparse terrain, then erupt into ...
   
 
Name of Band:  thedriveback
Song Title:  Night's End
   
Description:  Listen to The Drive Back’s music and you’ll feel creative, listen to their story and you’ll feel inspired. Based in Minneapolis the four members of ...
 
   
 
Name of Band:  Bad Accident
Song Title:  Tear Gas. Baby
   
Description:  Bad Accident's current lineup has come from the wreckage of bands Vasoline Alley, The Gargoyles, Puzzle Factory, The Swingin Teens, Soviet Dissonance,

"...leaves ...
   
 
Name of Band:  Irie Sol
Song Title:  Your Love
   
Description:  Irie Sol's founder, Junior Williams, moved to America from Kingston, Jamaica, with the dream of starting a band that would fuse the genres (reggae, dancehall, ...
 
   
 
Name of Band:  Ananda Acoustic Root
Song Title:  Nowhere Forever
   
Description:  After being the lead singer and percussionist in the band Blue Dot Trance for 3 years, Ananda taught himself to play the guitar by ear ...
   
 
Name of Band:  PillThrill
Song Title:  MPLS
   
Description:  Fronted by local lady-killer Andrew Sullivan, the band’s blend of rock, funk, crunk and insanity is sure to thrill the pants off of Twin Cities ...
 
   
 
Name of Band:  Sirens of Titan
Song Title:  Lothario
   
Description:  Sirens of Titan. Metal. Rock. Doom. Stoner. Groove. Down-tempo. Sludge. Prog. Post-any-of-the-above. Call it what you will, the music of Minneapolis-based Sirens of Titan is ...
   
 
Name of Band:  Gallupstar
Song Title:  Climate Nomads
   
Description:  Who is Gallupstar?
Indie Pop from Pseudo Pop Records

No, he's not the strange love child of NM's desert city and those luminous beads ...
 
   
 
Name of Band:  The Color Pharmacy
Song Title:  Start Over
   
Description:  Unable to stay away from the studio and in
response to the demand from his solid fan base, Jake
Dilley went into the studio to ...
   
 
Name of Band:  The Desert Vest
Song Title:  Find a Way
   
Description:  Alternative&Punk
 
   
 
Name of Band:  The Golden Bubbles
Song Title:  Pretty Girl
   
Description:  Formed in Wells, MN in 2003. The Golden Bubbles play pop music and wear matching outfits.
   
 
Name of Band:  Claire Taubenhaus
Song Title:  Real Knowledge
   
Description:  Hip-hoppy soul folk popness?
 
   
 
Name of Band:  Bight Club
Song Title:  World Wide
   
Description:  Bight Club is Tony Rabiola (DJ and beatsmith) and Nutz (MC).  Possessing a diverse musical performance background of music between the two of them, and ...
   
 
Name of Band:  CHARN
Song Title:  Happier Than ME
   
Description:  After playing with several acts and touring out of Nashville TN for two years, the Brothers Hicks and Levi Stugelmeyer returned to their home state ...
 
   
 
Name of Band:  Throw The Fight
Song Title:  The Wreckage
   
Description:  It's obvious by their aptly named full-length debut, In Pursuit of Tomorrow, that Baustert and his TTF collaborators have made the single-minded sacrifice to put ...
   
 
Name of Band:  The Grande machine
Song Title:  All the Love
   
Description:  Like the New York Dolls, The Stooges, and MC5 meet Slade and Kiss, this is high energy with real songs - in a perfect world, ...
 
   
 
Name of Band:  Nicholas Mrozinski
Song Title:  "Easter and Keeko"
   
Description:  Nicholas Mrozinski & the Feelin Band share their own blend of Vibrant Alternative Soul-Folk, and hail from Saint Paul, MN. Nicholas' latest album, "Together We're ...
   
 
Name of Band:  Nice Purse
Song Title:  Heart Medley
   
Description:  Nice Purse started as a two piece street performing band, playing mostly slide guitar blues. after gathering with a few friends and recording in an ...
 
   
 
Name of Band:  St Dominic's Trio
Song Title:  Bike Ride on 35W
   
Description:  An offshoot of the popular Van Morrison cover band, The Belfast Cowboys, St Dominic's Trio released its debut CD of all original music in January ...
   
 
Name of Band:  The CVS Trio
Song Title:  Our Love
   
Description:  The CVS Trio has been playing around the Twin Cities since 2005. They have always brought great melodies that could be compared with Sunny Day ...
 
   
 
Name of Band:  MelloRoar
Song Title:  Hovercraft
   
Description:  MelloRoar began as a casual porch jam one rainy summer night. The band has since evolved into a musical powerhouse with the ability to entertain ...
   
 
Name of Band:  Luke Redfield
Song Title:  Down the Line
   
Description:  Luke Redfield is a singer/songwriter from Minneapolis who travels for inspiration and returns home when its time to record a new album. On his recent ...
 
   
 
Name of Band:  Andy Elwell
Song Title:  At My Best
   
Description:  "Elwell’s throaty, emotionally fraught tenor sounds full of self-doubt, his music is remarkably assured, a lush folk-pop tapestry featuring swooning string arrangements and tasteful alt-country ...
   
 
Name of Band:  Naked Alien
Song Title:  Sexy Pants
   
Description:  We are four Minnesota band type guys having fun writing songs about beer, personal experiences, perceptions on life, and barstool philosophies. We are not looking ...
 
   
 
Name of Band:  Frances Gumm
Song Title:  "Girl Trouble/ Cop Trouble"
   
Description:  Indie rock pioneers that toured with Sebadoh and Pavement- now they like to play at
the Turf Club!
   
 
Name of Band:  Falcon Arrow
Song Title:  Tramps and Hobos
   
Description:  Falcon Arrow is an instrumental post rock two piece of looping bass riffs and drums. "Think geology, watched in time-lapse movie speed: at times minimalistic, ...
 
   
 
Name of Band:  Paragraphs
Song Title:  It's Sunset at Midnight
   
Description:  Minneapolis post-rick trio Paragraphs (also known as prgrphs) is made up of Dan on drums, Chris on guitars, and Brigitte on keyboards. Their songs feature ...
   
 
Name of Band:  Pretty Ugly
Song Title:  Gutter Thug
   
Description:  Pretty Ugly is a marriage of styles reflecting a new era of music open-ness. After spending years in the twin cities Hip Hop and Rave ...
 
   
 
Name of Band:  The Arms Akimbo
Song Title:  You Want To
   
Description:  The Arms Akimbo was formally established in the spring of 2009. The beginnings, however, date to almost a decade beforehand when members, Nick (26) and ...
   
 
Name of Band:  Right From Rona
Song Title:  In Waves
   
Description:  Slick and confident, this power-trio is determined to ride their irresistible blend of crisp, dramatic rock and ghostly, atmospheric production to world domination. -catchy hooks ...
 
   
 
Name of Band:  Blue Spot Lobotomy
Song Title:  Marlene
   
Description:  4 Musicians that have been playing together for 15 years. Alternative, progressive, vocal heavy, college, grunge, folk, Acoustic, Electric, big Rock music. Cd's include "Patent ...
   
 
Name of Band:  4onthefloor
Song Title:  On Tuesdays
   
Description:  The 4onthefloor deliver stompin' blues at an alarming intensity. Audiences immediately take to the infectious driving feel of not one, but four bass drums pulsing ...
 
   
 
Name of Band:  Metaloa
Song Title:  Creeper
   
Description:  Based out of Rochester, MN. An ongoing project complete after 8 long years. Alternative Metal. We've opened for SOULFLY, Prong, Cattle Decapitation, and Mutiny Within, ...
   
 
Name of Band:  Joey Ryan & The Inks
Song Title:  Spitting In Tune
   
Description:  “Here's one last album for the 2009 Best Of lists. Well, Here We Are Then is a vitamin D jolt, a perfectly timed release to ...
 
   
 
Name of Band:  Nyteowl
Song Title:  Sustain
   
Description:  Minneapolis-based musician and producer Jeremiah Conlon (a.k.a. Nyteowl) began creating electronic music years ago - but gained international recognition in 2007 after winning both Cassius ...
   
 
Name of Band:  Morning Society
Song Title:  Frost
   
Description:  Formed in 2008, Morning Society is a five-piece rock band whose sole purpose is to capture the moments of clarity that happens in every day ...
 
   
 
Name of Band:  Usonia
Song Title:  Trailer - Demo
   
Description:  We're a brand new rock band out of Minneapolis and would LOVE some exposure. We're finishing our album in Des Moines, being produced by the ...
   
 
Name of Band:  Prozac Rat
Song Title:  Dearly Beloved
   
Description:  From heartbreak to heart failure, from magical ponies to subdermal pigeons, every song explores or invents a new genre, cleverly disguised as "pop music."
In ...
 
   
 
Name of Band:  The Farewell Circuit
Song Title:  The Inexorable March Of Time
   
Description:  Easily put : Indie pop from a group of guys with a lot of instruments laying around. The creative core of the group is Danny ...
   
 
Name of Band:  In The Cinema
Song Title:  Midday Refuge
   
Description:  In The Cinema is a beat-driven folktronic duo, consisting of two brothers:

Ryan Hughes - vox, guitar, piano/keys, glockenspiel, hand percussion
Joe Hughes - ...
 
   
 
Name of Band:  The Belfast Cowboys
Song Title:  Cleaning Windows (Minneapolis Version)
   
Description:  This nine-piece band has been playing the music of Van Morrison to adoring crowds in and around Minnesota since 2002. It is also the papa ...
   
 
Name of Band:  This Again
Song Title:  You Want to Be a Ghost
   
Description:  Post-Punk to Beats.
 
   
 
Name of Band:  RyanPaul & TheArdent
Song Title:  Meet Me Where I Am
   
Description:  Ryan Paul & THE ARDENT is a Minneapolis based indie band whose first release, "La Vita Nuova", was called “an expansive affair, illuminated with country, ...
   
 
Name of Band:  Grasping Castor
Song Title:  Aerial View
   
Description:  Grasping Castor came together to make music that we are extremely proud of and enjoy performing. Jesse and Dylan have played together for some time, ...
 
   
 
Name of Band:  Matthew Griswold EAP
Song Title:  Unbridled
   
Description:  Written by Matthew J. Griswold and enhanced by his new backing band, The Exotic Ambiance Project. Matthew was a five year army veteran spending time ...
   
 
Name of Band:  Days of Rae
Song Title:  Right About That
   
Description:  Days of Rae is a myriad of sound. The band blends dynamic melodies with inventive instrumentation, catchy hooks and thoughtful lyrics to create a sound ...
 
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