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Band Name:	The Old Smugglers


Song Title:	Salad Days


Band Description:	Weight of the world got you feeling down? Need to cleanse your spirit? Drink from The Old Smugglers Medicine Show Junkyard Revival Aural Elixir and cure the pain and suffering that ails. Let the evangelical sound recharge your vital force and cast out the demons. Armed with ill-conceived notions of grandeur and makeshift accompaniment, The Old Smugglers transient circus of shipwrecked fools rent the words of the devil and sling them with great fortitude ...
City:	Saint Paul
Band Website:	https://theoldsmugglers.wordpress.com/
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Band Name:	MR DR


Song Title:	I Got a Feeling


Band Description:	MR DR is a collaborative effort between producer/engineer Jason McGlone and performers Stacy K and Dave Mehling (The Fontanelles). As housemates and frequent collaborators they pieced together fragments and ideas of songs to create music that is fun and serious at the same time. MR DR promises a performance of the above song "I Got a Feeling" in some degree in the coming year. For a different mix go to mrdrmn.com.
City:	Minneapolis
Band Website:	http://www.mrdrmn.com/
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Band Name:	Throwing Red Ink


Song Title:	Snakehole Lounge


Band Description:	Where will the snakes call home when we smoke them out of they're holes? Where will God's children roam when we've put a chain on our own?
City:	Plymouth
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Band Name:	Dred I Dread


Song Title:	My Love Remains True


Band Description:	Dred I Dread is a Minneapolis, MN based Reggae Band. The Band was formed in 1998 and chosen as "Best Local Reggae Band" by City Pages Magazine in 1999. The debut CD "Listen to the Revolution" was released in March 1999. The CD was produced by Reggae Keyboardist Tony “Asher” Brisset, one of the founding members of Black Uhuru. During 2000 and 2001, Dred I Dread was named "Best Reggae Band in Minnesota" by the ...
City:	Minneapolis
Band Website:	www.dredidread.com
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Band Name:	The Heavy Set


Song Title:	Beggin' For A Taste


Band Description:	Formed in 2013 as a backing band to recent Twin Cities transplant (by way of Winona, MN) Jake Ilika, The Heavy Set is a combination of blues, alt-country and rock, displaying sounds and styles much akin to Wilco, Gomez, and Ryan Adams and the Cardinals. Their live performances are a guitar tour de force, and bring the roots rock genre into a heavier realm. They released their 6-song debut EP in March of ...
City:	Minneapolis/Winona
Band Website:	http://www.theheavyset.bandcamp.com
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Band Name:	The Carnegies


Song Title:	Bury My Bones


Band Description:	3 kids in a basement playing what we like.
City:	Minneapolis
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Band Name:	College Coeds


Song Title:	Teenage Rager


Band Description:	College Coeds are a Minneapolis power trio more powerful than you could ever imagine. They play Rock and Roll music the way it was meant to be played: so loud you can hear it from space.
City:	Minneapolis
Band Website:	CollegeCoedsBand.com
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Band Name:	Spy Vacation


Song Title:	Sisyphus


Band Description:	2014 was a big year for Spy Vacation. All being old enough to remember when 8 track tapes were the bomb they finally moved out of their basement practice space while simultaneously coming up with a band name. Not so easy as it turns out. Swayed by many musical influences Spy Vacation found they had created a sound which even they found hard to define. Guitar laden rock mixed with a sprinkle of beard ...
City:	Minneapolis
Band Website:	https://www.facebook.com/spyvacation?ref=hl
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Band Name:	Tape Tension


Song Title:	On The Line


Band Description:	Tape Tension is a solo fuzz rock affair by college student Jack Ross. I play all of the instruments, and do all of the recording and mixing at home, most of the time mixing to analog tape. Full of fuzzed out guitars, saturated vocals and an all around lo-fi garage rock vibe. The music video for "On The Line" was recently featured online at City Pages in Minneapolis.
City:	Plymouth
Comments: (0)

Band Name:	Jackson and the Roosters


Song Title:	Josephina


Band Description:	The music of Jackson and the Roosters can be described in one word; infectious. The Americana group has been playing live shows live for almost two years and is set to release their self titled, debut album, “Jackson and the Roosters” in February of 2015. The band boasts a captivating acoustic sound relying heavily on the banjo, acoustic guitar, harmonica, cello and vocal harmonies. Mixed with everything from Bluegrass, to Folk, to Rock ...
City:	Minneapolis
Band Website:	www.jacksonandtheroosters.com
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Band Name:	Winston Drei Tod


Song Title:	Freelance Lover


Band Description:	The band may hail from the frigid hollows of the Northland, but there is nothing icy about the sounds Winston Drei Tod creates. At times it’s own coining of infectious folk, at times retro soul-infused pop/rock, always reeking of fun. It’s an experience you’ll want to take part in. Their records are moments of pure pop bliss coupled with the occasional whimsical touch. Amidst the the poppy flourishes, intimacy and earnestness shine through in the ...
City:	Minneapolis
Band Website:	https://winstondreitod1.bandcamp.com
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Band Name:	White Dads


Song Title:	Let You Down


Band Description:	White Dads are the kind of band you could take home to mother, and she'd be mighty proud. They create music that makes the world a better place, one song at a time.
City:	Minneapolis
Band Website:	www.facebook.com/WhiteDads
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Band Name:	The Thirsty River


Song Title:	Waffles - Live Unedited Recording


Band Description:	The Thirsty River is a five piece string band from the Twin Cities sharing the common interests of beers, babes, and bluegrass. We play music you can listen to with your dad, or drink to with your grandpa. Drinking whisky, ramblin', growing old, murder, and the great state of Minnesota are some of the topics we sing about. We have submitted the sound file for our song, Waffles, but we'd love for you to ...
City:	Minneapolis
Band Website:	https://www.facebook.com/thethirstyriver
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Band Name:	Coastal Cabins


Song Title:	We Were Young


Band Description:	Coastal Cabins is an indie rock duo comprised of Jack Ross and Robert Marston. We started writing music together when we were about 15 or so after we met in high school and after we both discovered our mutual interest in writing music while we both worked at a local grocery store. We had been writing music together the past few years sporadically and somewhat aimlessly until our first year in college together at Luther ...
City:	Plymouth
Band Website:	www.facebook.com/coastalcabinsmusic
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Band Name:	The Highjacks


Song Title:	One More


Band Description:	The HIghjacks are original rock n roll music. With a wide variety of genres, and original songwriting, incredible lead guitar work, this is a band that you can relate to if you appreciate vintage rock n roll music.
City:	Mound
Band Website:	https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Highjacks/739783506033862?ref=aymt_homepage_panel
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Band Name:	Lakewood Cemetery


Song Title:	Little Bird


Band Description:	We are a folk/Americana/whatever duo from Minneapolis. After meeting as members of the Como Avenue Jug Band, we decided to branch out into more serious fare. Our first album is almost done. Featuring full band arrangements of our original material, the album is shaping up to be a folk-rock masterpiece that future generations will point to as one of the finest pieces of art ever produced.
City:	Minneapolis
Band Website:	www.soundcloud.com/lakewoodcemetery
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Band Name:	Van Stee


Song Title:	She Writes


Band Description:	Van Stee was created as a group by core members Charlie Van Stee and Josh Kaplan during the recording of their first album in 2010. Charlie wrote stories varying from dinosaur bones, crossing the ocean on foot and the struggles we all face that exists every day. Eager to explore psychedelic hooks, dance melodies and soaring vocal play, they recruited producers Jake Hanson and Lance W. Conrad to help develop these sounds to build the ...
City:	Minneapolis
Band Website:	www.vansteeband.com
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Band Name:	Kids Like Us


Song Title:	When The Going Got Weird


Band Description:	A couple of kids making music that pisses off the elderly.
City:	Minneapolis
Band Website:	https://twitter.com/DamnKidsLikeUs
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Band Name:	The Dirty Banks


Song Title:	In Retrograde


Band Description:	Minneapolis band The Dirty Banks started in earnest in Summer 2013. Their songs favor distorted guitars, electric pianos, a driving groove and a touch of noise. They've been honing their sound all over the Twin Cities, from the Hexagon to the Kitty Cat Klub, from 7th St. Entry to the Turf. "The Dirty Banks' talent does not proclaim itself with bright flashing colors or costumes, fancy electronics, or a table of overpriced merch. It's ...
City:	Minneapolis
Band Website:	https://thedirtybanks.bandcamp.com/
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Band Name:	Glow Mechanics


Song Title:	Rare Hymn


Band Description:	Hip hop group from Minneapolis. Vibrant, old-school beats. Colorful lyricism. No gimmicks. 2014's Factored In [EP] was among the 40 most-played hip hop albums in college radio for the year, and the second highest among independently released records. Vita.mn: "Soulful and playful hip-hop that invokes 'Overcast!'-era Atmosphere without the navel-gazing." City Pages: "Twin Cities hip-hop trio Glow Mechanics' new album, Factored In, comes at you at a rapid pace. ...
City:	Minneapolis
Band Website:	http://glowmechanics.com
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Band Name:	Wastrels


Song Title:	Casual Cruelty (Demo)


Band Description:	Psychedelic/ post-punk/ garage from MPLS.
City:	Minneapolis
Band Website:	https://www.facebook.com/wastrelsband
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Band Name:	B.O.Y.F.


Song Title:	I'm Breaking Up With Mr. Smiles


Band Description:	B.O.Y.F. combines groovy bass lines with intricate drums and pretty/pretty ugly synth noises, supplemented by three-part harmonies and occasionally some hollering. You can find us in the Twin Cities' finest dive bars and produce sections, looking extremely fly and flirting with your boyfriend.
City:	Minneapolis
Band Website:	http://www.boyf.org
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Band Name:	Porno Wolves


Song Title:	Tel Aviv


Band Description:	Porno Wolves is the industry, a rock-hard amalgam of self-preservation and lustful blues, forged from the blood, sweat, mistakes and love lives of its members. A bigger, blacker delivery of savory blues and rock n’ roll, Porno Wolves finger every note like it’s their last. These dirty Mississippi river boys are releasing their debut record “Shine like Gold” at the 331 Club NE on Friday, April 17th. Special guests include: City of Sound ...
City:	Minneapolis
Band Website:	soundcloud.com/pornowolves
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Band Name:	Little Star


Song Title:	Between The Veil


Band Description:	Little Star is a guitar/cello duo featuring Jayme Clifton Halbritter on guitar and Olivia Marie Quintanilla on cello. We formed just over two years ago after we met on Halloween at the Barebones Halloween Puppet Extravaganza. (Google it, and go to it, it's awesome!) We do a mixture of pretty songs with words, and dreamy ethereal instrumentals.
City:	Minneapolis
Band Website:	https://soundcloud.com/we-are-little-star
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Band Name:	shiner


Song Title:	Islanders


Band Description:	A group of 4 nineteen year old boys playing high energy "stoner rock n roll" (as it was described by audience member after a show once) based off early 2000's guitar bands like Arctic Monkeys, The Strokes, and Queens Of The Stone Age. Our sound also includes a mix of classic rock influences as well such as The Beatles and Pink Floyd. Our songs contain complex structures with a dynamic range of sounds. All of ...
City:	Minneapolis
Band Website:	https://www.facebook.com/shinerbandthing , https://shinerband.bandcamp.com/
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Band Name:	Baby Shel


Song Title:	"Someday Soon" (Prod. Garlic Brown Beats)


Band Description:	Baby Shel is a Native American (Ojibwa) Hip Hop artist from the Red Lake Reservation in Northern Minnesota. Born in Minneapolis and raised on the rez, Baby Shel is a hard hitting lyricist with a stage performance like no other. He has performed along side Hip Hop greats such as; Brother Ali, Tech N9ne, Yellawolf and more. Known more for his "Chopper" style of rapping double time, but also can do more with his range ...
City:	Red Lake
Band Website:	www.babyshelmusic.bandcamp.com
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Band Name:	Tin Can Gin


Song Title:	Demon


Band Description:	Tin Can Gin was born and brewed upon the shores of Lake Superior near Duluth by childhood pals Harrison Olk and Trevor Marrin. Along with mandolinist Bryan Nelson, the trio created the trademark TCG tunes that are fan favorites to this very day. In the autumn of 2011 the group was summoned to the stage at their first gig as "Tin Can Gin". As time passed the band added fiddle virtuoso Nori Perrine and Neil ...
City:	Duluth
Band Website:	www.tincangin.com ; www.facebook.com/tincangin
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Band Name:	FILTHY ANIMALS


Song Title:	The World Around


Band Description:	FILTHY ANIMALS is a St. Paul Indie Rock group that blends Funk, R&B, and Psychedelic influences to create heavy grooves and lush soundscapes. This past November they released their first offering, a self-titled EP, to a sold out crowd at 331 Club. Now, after 3 months of hard work, they have completed their first full-length album, "Music House". The buzz surrounding their compelling live shows and their upcoming album is spreading rapidly, and ...
City:	St. Paul
Band Website:	www.filthyanimalsband.com
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Band Name:	Warehouse Eyes


Song Title:	Tokyo


Band Description:	Warehouse Eyes is the dream-pop duo of Jennie Lahlum and Christopher Williams. "Tokyo" is the single off their first EP "Carvings.” Inspired by the endless possibilities of synths and sound design and rock n' roll poets like Leonard Cohen, John Darnielle and Bob Dylan - their name is derived from a Bob Dylan lyric - Warehouse Eyes crafts songs of heartbreak and hallucination powered by the subtlety and versatility of Jennie's voice. They often play ...
City:	Minneapolis
Band Website:	www.warehouseeyes.com
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Band Name:	Thomas Nordlund


Song Title:	Divide Avenue


Band Description:	Thomas Nordlund is a guitarist and composer based in Minneapolis, MN. After spending years performing throughout the midwest with many different bands, he is now performing his own brand of cinematic baritone folk-jazz guitar music.
City:	Minneapolis
Band Website:	thomasnordlund.com
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Band Name:	Some Pulp


Song Title:	Oh Oh (Who's Cryin' Now)


Band Description:	Minneapolis-based Some Pulp pull inspiration from both Motown soul and eccentric glam rock into a collection of songs which serves as both an introduction and definitive statement. Hardly ones to shy away from heart-on-sleeve romanticism, Some Pulp realize the power in raw, unabashed emotions. As Graham Barton's lovelorn wails and Dane Hoppe and Elliott Snyder's urgent rhythms can attest, the trio continually harnesses and bottles their sound into sharp, bombastic nuggets of garage rock gold ...
City:	minneapolis
Band Website:	www.somepulprules.com
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Band Name:	West Of Steve


Song Title:	That Voice On The Wind


Band Description:	Simple country songs. Beautiful melodies. Well-crafted phrases. Story songs about the people you grew up with and hang out with. That's what West of Steve is about. A 6 piece band whose goal is to write country songs that call back to the days of early AM radio but blend in a bit of what's new. Songs that would be at home at a barn dance or a downtown dive. Imagine Hank Williams fronting for ...
City:	Andover
Band Website:	http://westofsteve.bandcamp.com/releases
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Band Name:	Tabah Yames


Song Title:	Six Months of Snow


Band Description:	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZJiamkFL_w Tabah Yames is a five piece group from Minnesota that began working in late 2013. Their current line-up has been writing and recording since September of 2014 and is set to release their first full length album this Spring. The band takes influence from heavy grooves crossing all genres. A deep, locked rhythm section holds down souled out vocals that are surrounded by ambient keyboards, and dancing guitar melodies.
City:	Saint Paul
Band Website:	https://www.facebook.com/pages/Tabah-Yames/1436278316587573
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Band Name:	Midwest Mayhem


Song Title:	Take Time


Band Description:	A high energy band formed in Anoka, MN by college music students and colleagues. They have a vast amount of influences; from blues, hard rock, country, pop, oldies, as well as their music studies, blended together to make their own sound. They play many different styles in a way that gets the everyone in the crowd no matter their musical tastes, dancing and interacting with the music. Having played all around the North Metro area ...
City:	Anoka
Band Website:	https://www.facebook.com/midwestmayhemband
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Band Name:	Paul Spring


Song Title:	Wetlands


Band Description:	Paul Spring is a singer/songwriter from Saint Cloud, MN who plays Indie Folk style songs mostly around the Twin Cities. He will be releasing a new LP in April, 2015. It was recorded with drummer and producer Homer Steinweiss (Sharon Jones, Charles Bradley, St. Vincent) and showcases quieter melodies, nylon string fingerpicking, minimal percussion arrangements, and woodwinds.
City:	Minneapolis
Band Website:	www.paulspringmusic.com
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Band Name:	Space Heater


Song Title:	Nobody's Coming


Band Description:	We play power pop and continue to develop our own style and sound. Stephanie Paquin, bass and Maureen Rudd, lead guitar write the songs and lyrics. Steve Paquin, rhythm guitar and David Campbell, drums, complete our quartet. We've been playing together for a year and half and just finished our first album to be released in April.
City:	Minneapolis
Band Website:	www.spaceheatermsp.com
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Band Name:	The Further Adjustments


Song Title:	House of Love


Band Description:	The Further Adjustments live and jam in Minneapolis. Worldwide debut premier song from upcoming album 'Be Gone'.
City:	Minneapolis
Band Website:	https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Further-Adjustments/8421667033
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Band Name:	Stacy K


Song Title:	Stubborn Man


Band Description:	Stacy K is a Minneapolis, Mn based singer-songwriter. She has released one album 'Swarming with Frenzy, Swirling with Delight' and is currently recording her second. In 2013, one of Stacy K's songs made "Vita.mn best new tracks" and 89.3 The Current's "Brand New Acts to Keep an Eye On". Stacy K was also in the lineup showcasing MN artists submitting to NPR's Tiny Desk Concert. Sofar Sounds claimed, "Stacy’s been around the Minneapolis scene in ...
City:	Minneapolis
Band Website:	www.stacyk.bandcamp.com
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Band Name:	Genetic Drift


Song Title:	Ocean Rend


Band Description:	Comprised of four middle school buddies that came together through an obsession with Guitar Hero to become a tight-knit group of self-taught college rockers, Genetic Drift plays garage- and indie-rock flavored music that takes inspiration from girls, atlases, wanting to be Julian Casablancas, Steinbeck novels, and girls. Born in suburban Minnesota and recently relocated to the big city (Minneapolis) while the members of Genetic Drift move on to higher education, Genetic Drift is about a ...
City:	Minneapolis
Band Website:	https://geneticdrift.bandcamp.com/
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Band Name:	A Tragic Bent


Song Title:	Your Boyfreind


Band Description:	Two Piece Band from Minneapolis. Dan Jass on Guitar and Vocals, Janson Steffan on Drums. Full Album on A Tragic Bent's YouTube Channel (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_07QVjDNxDUP13K9eGHqiA) All songs by Dan Jass.
City:	Minneapolis
Band Website:	https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_07QVjDNxDUP13K9eGHqiA
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Band Name:	Rear Window


Song Title:	Capulet's Orchard


Band Description:	We are a 4 piece rock band that is influenced by Art & Literature. Some of us played in other bands you may have heard of before like Pleasant Stitch, Bella Koshka and Oceans. Some of us are in other projects like Dissociate, Little Tin Box and houseluna. We hope that our music will awaken an interest in you in movies and literature that you may not have seen or heard before, or rekindle that ...
City:	Minneapolis
Band Website:	https://www.facebook.com/RearWindowBand
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Band Name:	Party After Paradise


Song Title:	Devil's Desire


Band Description:	Party After Paradise is a Pop/Rock band formed in late 2013. The band has a unique 'pop-infused rock' sound that not only rocks hard, but also gets the crowd on their feet!
City:	Mankato
Band Website:	https://www.facebook.com/PartyAfterParadise
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Band Name:	Breakaway


Song Title:	The Crashers and the Snappers


Band Description:	Recently nabbing a spot on The City Pages Min- neapolis’ “Best New Minnesota Musicians of 2014 Picked to Click” poll Joe Kujawa has been swooping through Minneapolis with his dark makeup and darker witch house solo project Breakaway. Coming from a world of DIY punk and hundreds of house shows, Ku- jawa has been playing out solo since 2004 first record- ing and releasing freak folk audio zines under the name Froseph and eventually evolving ...
City:	Minneapolis
Band Website:	https://www.facebook.com/breakawayalive
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Band Name:	Molly Dean


Song Title:	The Natural Minor


Band Description:	This song is the title track from the forthcoming acoustic record by Molly Dean. The Players: Zamzow, Frid-Rubin, Gaudette, Jennings, Koskinen, Bates, Lee, Simonett, Nichols.
City:	Minneapolis
Band Website:	www.mollydean.net
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Band Name:	Mantown


Song Title:	Pants


Band Description:	If the Who and the Sex Pistols were on the same train and that train smashed into another train carrying a marching band, that is what we sound like. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jssPK89UkGA
City:	Minneapolis
Band Website:	https://soundcloud.com/mantown
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Band Name:	Beasthead


Song Title:	Sticker On Your Brain (feat. Fort Wilson Riot)


Band Description:	Beasthead is a four-piece electronic indie rock band from Minneapolis, MN. In the spring of 2013, the band came together in an effort to create a sound that could speak to the unusually eclectic common ground they found in their shared artistic interests. Drawing from their past musical experiences and current influences, Beasthead’s music is as unique and diverse as the flourishing creative community found in Minneapolis.
City:	Minneapolis
Band Website:	https://www.facebook.com/beastheadband
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Band Name:	Gaslighters Union


Song Title:	Meg (A Sweater for Pete Townshend)


Band Description:	The members of Gaslighters Union have played in too many outfits over the years to count, but somehow always manage to gravitate back to one another. Too loud for the folkies, too earnest for the rockers and not enough strings for the decent folks in the sophisticated crowd, GU has largely been allowed to carve out a nice little niche on the outskirts of the Twin Cities’ popular music scene, augmenting the “classic” guitar, bass ...
City:	Minneapolis
Band Website:	https://www.facebook.com/GaslightersUnion
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Band Name:	Radio Drive


Song Title:	A Taste of Heaven


Band Description:	Radio Drive is an alternative rock band from Mpls/St Paul, MN, lead by Kevin Gullickson. Kevin worked as a solo artist over the last several years releasing 4 CDs, each one receiving radio play and released his hit single “A Taste of Heaven” early in 2014. One critic for Amused Now calls the song “a runaway hit”. The song instantly began receiving radio play on stations around the world along side major ...
City:	Eagan
Band Website:	http://www.radio-drive.com
Comments: (1)

Band Name:	Murder Shoes


Song Title:	Out On My Own


Band Description:	One part beach bum, one part cowboy, one part cat sweater and a sprinkle of daydreams & love. All played on your parent's childhood record player. New project of: Tess Weinberg -- Vocals // Keys Chris White -- Guitar // Vocals Derek Van Gieson // Guitar Elliot Manthey // Drummer boy Tim Heinlein // Bass. bass. bass.
City:	Minneapolis
Band Website:	murdershoes.bandcamp.com
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Band Name:	Wailing Loons


Song Title:	All I Can Say


Band Description:	The Wailing Loons’ music bridges past and present. Their process is rooted in a rich tradition of gathering and storytelling and rhythm and love -- but their aim is to shape the future by “creating sounds that are making a statement and saying what we think needs to be said.” Long artists in other media, the band members consider their music to be “auditory art”: “Feeling the vibrations in our bones, a group of people ...
City:	Minneapolis
Band Website:	wailingloons.com
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Band Name:	Air is Air


Song Title:	Livin' in Grey


Band Description:	Air is Air is made up of St. Olaf College students who met and formed at school. Their style ranges from beautiful ballads to scorching hard rock (not metal), while bringing an original voice and a return of sorts to rock and roll to Minnesota. Members: Zach Harris: Lead Vocal Ben Ronning: Guitars Colin Loynachan: Drums Adrian Calderon: Keys Aleksander Seeman: Bass
City:	Northfield, MN (St. Olaf College)
Band Website:	http://airisair.bandcamp.com/
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Band Name:	Wildflower


Song Title:	Running Down The Sun


Band Description:	Wildflower is described as a fresh, effervescent sound created by a talented female contemporary folk band started in Winona in 2013; including Patti Darbo, Aleah Harvey & Amanda Grace & Cindy Johnson. Lilting harmonies and solid performances on duo keyboards, guitar, flute and cello. Patti is a teacher, singer, songwriter and guitarist who frequently performs throughout Wisconsin and Minnesota. Aleah is the primary pianist of the group and a graduate of the music program at ...
City:	Winona
Band Website:	http://www.musicbyamandagrace.com
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Band Name:	Queen of France


Song Title:	Got It Down To A Science


Band Description:	"...the band the Beatles could've been" -Alan Partridge
City:	Minneapolis/St. Paul
Band Website:	http://queenoffrance.net/
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Band Name:	BlurCurve


Song Title:	Fixated


Band Description:	BlurCurve was formed by bassist Bob Furniss, drummer Justin Westplate, and vocalist/guitarist Kris Heuer in 2003. Over the next three years, they brought their energy to the stage by playing shows with national acts like Adema and local groups like Mel Gibson and The Pants. In 2006 their lives took different directions and the band ended up on an indefinite hiatus. That was, until 2014, when the pull of music brought them back ...
City:	Minneapolis
Band Website:	facebook.com/blurcurve
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Band Name:	Skyhaven


Song Title:	Te Pajaro


Band Description:	Skyhaven is a 4 piece Instrumental Progressive Metal band from across Minnesota (Minneapolis, Hopkins, Savage, Orono) Founded on August 1st, 2014 Skyhaven hit the ground running when releaseing the Debut EP "Novus" and it's unique bend on Progressive Metal. Skyhaven is currently working on a new EP and plans to have it complete by Summer 2015 For ALL Music, Video and Social Media visit SkyhavenBand.com
City:	Hopkins
Band Website:	SkyhavenBand.com
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Band Name:	Basement Apartment


Song Title:	Amargosa


Band Description:	Minneapolis Indie Psych Rock formed in 2001 Self titled album released October 2014 Record Label: Mpls Ltd
City:	Minneapolis
Band Website:	http://basementapt.bandcamp.com
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Band Name:	False Teeth


Song Title:	Space Prom


Band Description:	False Teeth is the brainchild of singer/songwriter and former I,Colossus frontman Matthew Sandstedt and rapper/producer Bobby Phisher. Together they delve through numerous sonic landscapes touching on everything from surf rock to drugged-out prom anthems, creating a palette of sound previously unheard.
City:	Minneapolis
Band Website:	https://falseteeth.bandcamp.com
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Band Name:	in black print


Song Title:	The Made Clear


Band Description:	formed in 2013 with an ever-changing lineup of guitarists, in black print has kept our sights aimed steadily at bringing superb rock, in a mixture roaring of flavors inspired by the music we love to listen to ourselves. heavy alt rock tinged with a bit of desert/stoner rock, punk, grunge, and a dash of jam.
City:	Burnsville
Band Website:	https://www.facebook.com/InBlackPrint
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Band Name:	Katy Vernon Band


Song Title:	Loving You


Band Description:	Katy Vernon is a Minneapolis / St. Paul based singer songwriter. She grew up in London, England and has been writing and singing as long as she can remember. In 2010 she picked up the ukulele and fell in love with it's simplicity. Katy's heartfelt lyrics add a weight and poignancy to this happy little instrument. “I’m a singer of sad songs on a happy instrument,” “Katy Vernon has done something it’s not ...
City:	Minneapolis
Band Website:	www.katyvernon.com
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Band Name:	Mr. GO!


Song Title:	She Won't Be Lovin' Me No More


Band Description:	Straight up rock band with a hint of cow-punk desperation
City:	Saint Paul
Band Website:	https://www.facebook.com/mrgomusic
Comments: (4)

Band Name:	Wild Colonial Bhoys


Song Title:	Friday Night


Band Description:	Twin Cities-based Celtic rock powerhouse Wild Colonial Bhoys have just celebrated their 11th anniversary as a band. Whether playing festivals and touring as their five-piece, guitar and fiddle-driven rock lineup or as a stripped-down acoustic pub duo, the Bhoys have successfully forged their own niche within the Irish/Celtic musical genre. To describe their sound, do as Paddyrock.com suggests and “take the Young Dubliners, The Elders, Carbon Leaf, Great Big Sea and put them in a ...
City:	St. Paul
Band Website:	www.wildcolonialbhoys.com
Comments: (1)

Band Name:	Wavy Maze


Song Title:	Leone


Band Description:	Wavy Maze, based in Minneapolis, began writing, recording and performing in late 2014. Their debut self-titled EP is set for release in spring of 2015. Drawing from influences such as Arctic Monkey, The Black Keys and Royal Blood, Wavy Maze offers a unique brand of psychedelic rock blended with heavy riffs and ripping solos.
City:	Minneapolis
Band Website:	https://www.facebook.com/wavymaze
Comments: (0)

Band Name:	Perfume Monster


Song Title:	RainFlakes


Band Description:	Perfume Monster. Dream R&B. Style. Formed in the summer of 2014. Composed of Justin and Kyle Steen (Hunting Club), and featuring the vocal stylings of Hazen.
City:	St. Paul
Band Website:	https://www.facebook.com/perfumemonster
Comments: (1)

Band Name:	The Kelly Wendlandt Band


Song Title:	Grand Marais


Band Description:	We are a wine bar band. We like pink floyd and long walks in the park.
City:	St Paul
Comments: (0)

Band Name:	Vinnie Rose Band


Song Title:	The American Dream


Band Description:	Americana, Rock, Country. I'd love to have you guys write up a review of the FULL album that will drop in late February. 10 tracks with everything from dance pop, to old school country, to indie.
City:	Mounds View
Band Website:	www.vinnierose.com
Comments: (0)

Band Name:	American Scarecrows


Song Title:	The Peak


Band Description:	American Scarecrows move with ease between simple whiskey-soaked country rock songs and straight-forward pop. Based in Minneapolis, the North Country served as a heavy influence on their new album Yesteryear. The trio, made up of Seth Davin, Allen Maier and Matthew Broadbent, has packed all of the experience of their years into music that tells a story of love, loss, and growth.
City:	Minneapolis
Band Website:	http://americanscarecrows.net/
Comments: (2)

Band Name:	TIMISAROCKER


Song Title:	Imagination Is Running Wild


Band Description:	TIMISAROCKER is an American punk band from Saint Paul, MN. Formed in 2014, these punks have a sound similar to the 1960s but a look from the 21st century. Named after the lead singer, the band members consist of vocalist Timothy Dooley, rhythm and lead guitarist Matthew Burris, bassist Dylan Dykstra and drummer Bryan Oby. TIMISAROCKER’s songs are all original, written in collaboration by the members and touch an array topics ranging from disease, the ...
City:	Saint Paul
Band Website:	facebook.com/timisnotarocker
Comments: (0)

Band Name:	Dan Hylton and the Ghostrunners


Song Title:	Faith, and Lies, and Promises


Band Description:	Minneapolis acoustic indie rocker Dan Hylton "...balances quirky humor, clever slice-of-life observations, and raw emotion" (The Current 89.3) and writes "…fresh, smart, yet deeply personal and emotional words capturing life’s significant moments and its lessons taught"(Rift Magazine). With his quirky, multi-instrumentalist band, The Ghostrunners, he brings a sound something like "an off-beat Glen Hansard meets an up-beat Morrissey" to Twin Cities stages.
City:	Minneapolis
Band Website:	http://www.danhylton.com/
Comments: (0)

Band Name:	Pale Blue Dot


Song Title:	Kamikaze


Band Description:	"Pale Blue Dot" is the newest collabertive effort from local artist collective Polkadot Mayhem. Intruiging production from young newcomer The Oncer-ler is accompanyed by Dig Mode and BOTZY's well seasoned vocals.
City:	Minneapolis
Band Website:	https://polkadotmayhem.bandcamp.com/album/pale-blue-dot
Comments: (1)

Band Name:	Upstanding Hoodrat


Song Title:	Varo


Band Description:	With the instrumentation of a jazz combo and the spirit of a punk rock band, Upstanding Hoodrat has an eclectic style that combines jazz, funk, reggae, livetronica, and live band hip hop into something completely their own. Keyboardist/vocalist Sam Hultman's sometimes sung, sometimes rapped stories flow over minimal grooves laid down by bassist James Geisinger and drummer Joe Jaeger, seasoned with tasteful licks from saxophonist Tim Kingstrom. Already building a reputation for their live performances, ...
City:	Minneapolis
Band Website:	facebook.com/upstandinghoodrat
Comments: (1)

Band Name:	Dirty Louis


Song Title:	Roll Sweet Thing


Band Description:	The musical equivalent of a party, a gunshot, an engine, an orgasm – paired best with cracking a beer, lighting a cigarette, or hitting the road. Dirty Louis is the resurrection of the raw American spirit within music, reminding us of what it means to have blood in your veins and the blues in your heart. In a time where image is everything and computers are the most popular instrument, Dirty Louis aims ...
City:	Bloomington
Band Website:	dirtylouis.com
Comments: (7)

Band Name:	Hyperslob & the Goat Meat Explosion


Song Title:	Pink Meet


Band Description:	Hyperslob is from Minneapolis, MN. The Goat Meat Explosion joined him in 2013 to play shows and record an album.
City:	Minneapolis
Band Website:	https://hyperslob.bandcamp.com/
Comments: (0)

Band Name:	Mississippi Hot Club


Song Title:	Tchavolo Swing


Band Description:	Mississippi Hot Club is a musical quintet of Minnesota natives. Four out of five members come from Grand Rapids, MN, originally founded as a logging town on the Mississippi River, and the groups name is inspired by that great, trans-continental waterway. With a passion for gypsy jazz, also known as jazz manouche or hot club jazz, this style of music was grandfathered by maestro guitarist Django Reinhardt during the 1930s-40s in Paris, France. Mississippi Hot ...
City:	Minneapolis
Band Website:	http://www.mississippihotclub.com/
Comments: (1)

Band Name:	Har-di-Har


Song Title:	we scare each other (live)


Band Description:	Har-di-Har is Julie Thoreen and Andrew Thoreen. They met in a music theory class. Then they wed. For three and one half years, they fell in step with each other without writing a single note together. Julie had a desk job that made her brain wrinkly and tired. Andrew played in an all dude band and taught wee ones to play instruments. Then, they had a baby scare and decided to stop pissing around.
City:	Saint Paul
Band Website:	hardihar.com; facebook.com/hardihar.music; har-di-har.bandcamp.com; youtube.com/hardiharmusic
Comments: (1)

Band Name:	Weights & Measures


Song Title:	Very Far


Band Description:	Formed in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 2012, Weights & Measures evolved out of previous projects by founding members Nicholson Kenney (guitar, vocals) and Paul Berg (bass). In search of a bigger and heavier sound, an ad was placed for a dynamic drummer. Peter Grimm, formerly of fourforty, was the first to respond. The chemistry was immediate. A batch of guitar driven, power pop, punk songs was knocked out to comprise the band’s debut EPs Standard and ...
City:	Minneapolis
Band Website:	http://weightsandmeasuresband.com
Comments: (0)

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