A TRIBUTE TO THE REPLACEMENTS: Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of Tim
89.3 The Current and City Pages present
A TRIBUTE TO THE REPLACEMENTS:
Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of Tim
featuring
A PERFORMANCE OF TIM FROM FRONT TO BACK WITH SPECIAL GUEST VOCALISTS
Performing in the Mainroom: THE HONEYDOGS, PINK MINK, THE WHITE AND LAZY ALL-STARS featuring members of Chooglin, STORY OF THE SEA featuring David Campbell and Jim McGuinn, COMMUNIST DAUGHTER, THE GOONDAS, SEX RAYS, SONS OF GLORIA and more
Performing in the 7th St. Entry: STOOK! AND THE JUKES, ADAM LEVY, BETHANY LARSON AND THE BEE’S KNEES, ELIZA BLUE, GINI DODDS, JOHN SWARDSON, ASHLEIGH STILL, DAN ISRAEL, RYAN PAUL, MAYDA, BRIANNA LANE, MARTIN DEVANEY and more
Guest Vocalists: Arzu Gokcen (Pink Mink), Ben Kyle (Romantica), Brian Vanderwerf (Chooglin), Dale T. Nelson (Otto’s Chemical Lounge), Dude Weather (Jimmy Gaines), Janey Winterbauer (Astronaut Wife), Jim Walsh, John Solomon (Communist Daughter), Josh Grier (Tapes ‘N Tapes), Justin Pierre (Motion City Soundtrack) and more
A benefit for the Twin Cities Music Community Trust
THE HONEYDOGS
What Comes After. It’s not clear if Adam Levy, frontman and creative force behind The Honeydogs, meant the title of their 10th studio release (and first full-length effort since 2006) as a statement or a question. The album’s songs merge simpler lyrical content of early works with the deceptively sophisticated music making of The Honeydogs more recent offerings. Written in a short spell and recorded in just 5 ½ days, these lilting, memorable tunes lent themselves to a bare-bones recording approach.
PINK MINK
Pink Mink was what happened when everyone was making other plans. Christy Hunt had returned from 2 years of touring as the guitarist for the Von Bondies and posted a defeatist post about quitting music and going back to school. Longtime friend Arzu Gokcen saw this post and threatened to lock her in a closet with her guitar until she changed her mind. The two, at similar crossroads in their musical paths, decided to give playing together a shot. And it worked beautifully.
THE WHITE & LAZY ALL-STARS
featuring members of CHOOGLIN'
STORY OF THE SEA
Bandmates since childhood, Singer/Guitarist/Frontman Adam Prince and kid brother/drummer Ian Prince grew up in a musical family in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. A grown-up move to the Twin Cities and various stints in well-known local bands (Manplanet and Houston) eventually led them back to what they know best: each other. They began Story of the Sea as a guitar and drums two-piece, initially noted for Ian’s famous airtight skills on the kit. The brothers then added stand-out bass talent John McEwen from Align to record their first LP.
DAVID CAMPBELL
David Campbell is host of "Radio Free Current," Saturdays 7-11 p.m. and "The Local Show," Sundays 6-8 p.m. Campbell is a long-time veteran of the Twin Cities scene. A fan, musician, record store clerk, record label staffer, and a 10-year staffer of KQRS and Drive 105's "Homegrown," Campbell's love for Minnesota music makes him a perfect fit for The Current.
COMMUNIST DAUGHTER
4 years ago, John Solomon walked away from music. After struggling with addiction and a brief stint in jail, he broke up his critically acclaimed band Friends Like These and moved to a small town in Wisconsin. And supposedly, that was that. But even though Solomon left music, music never left him.
THE GOONDAS
A glazed roll of the eyes, a hiccup, and a slight stagger. Brenden Green spins his head, then collapses to the ground and writhes on the stage, his clothes ripped and tattered, his feet bare, as he wraps himself up in his mic cord and nearly strangles himself with it. All around is ear-splitting noise, an unholy, raucous mixture of whiskey-soaked blues and rock 'n' roll from a guitar turned up to 11 and a drummer wearing only his underwear (plus a flurry of leg kicks thrown in by the bassist, just for good measure).
THE SEX RAYS
Sun Ray a.k.a. "Joe Hastings" stepped out of the C.C. Club in Minneapolis (mid morning before their first rehearsal) with Joe Holland and said, "THE SEX RAYS!". That was it! The beginning of a cool band with an agenda, to play original retro-vibe music with an intensity that is unbridled, and pushes rock and roll as deep as it can reach. With the first incarnations of the band being a legendary "Link Wray Tribute Show" in early summer 2010 with drummer Ben Crunk adding in his superb style behind Sun Ray's (Joe Hastings) sneering guitars and Joe Holland's throbbing mass bass tones.
ADAM LEVY
Lead singer/songwriter of Minneapolis band THE HONEYDOGS
BETHANY LARSON AND THE BEE'S KNEES
Songstress Bethany Larson reaches to new lengths with the first full length release, When We Reach the City. This follow up album to Bethany Larson’s first EP release Sticks & Stones includes a brand new backing band, The Bee’s Knees. Bethany Larson & The Bee’s Knees bring us through the tides of a relationship, heartbreak then up to selffulfillment. “Don’t You Want to Know?” grooves with a great rhythm section featuring Brennan Goetzman on Bass and Sara Horishnyk on Drums. Brother Chris Larson backs up Bethany’s vocals with boldness and assurance.
GINI DODDS
OFFICIAL SITE :: MYSPACE :: FACEBOOK
So what happens when the British invasion meets alternative twang? Fox-hunting jackets and cowboy hats? No, that was The Village People. An eclectic style with the potential for wide appeal? Right-o, partner.
JOHN SWARDSON
The guy and his guitar (and sometimes his backing band) has been done to death, but every so often something new comes along and demands that people take notice. John Swardson and Get Gone are the latest band in this vein to rear their bearded, denim-jacketed selves, and have quietly started garnering accolades. Swardson and company have played only a handful of live shows in the past couple of years due to multiple lineup changes, but this stellar dream of a triple bill should finally start the ball rolling the right direction.
ASHLEIGH STILL
I’ve taken to introducing Ashleigh Still as “the Eva Cassidy of Woodbury,” because her soul – even more so than her stunning voice – recalls the late great D.C.-area thrush’s depth of feeling. Which is to say that Ashleigh sings from a deep place informed by her hardscrabble experience as a gospel-trained, church-raised single mother of two whose fashion photos could grace the cover of either “Bust” or “Glamour.” (When asked how she knows so much about men, she recently said, “I don’t! It’s all imagination…”)
MAYDA
4’10 ft and fit to slap some funk and attitude in some pop face! This young Korean American pop artist hails from Minneapolis, MN. After a summer of touring the Midwest, Europe, and South Korea, MAYDA released her second full length album, Tusks in Furs, with the help of world-class drummer, Michael Bland, DJ Chris Neviator, Sonny Thompson, and Tommy Barbarella (Prince, Soul Asylum, Nick Jonas & the Administration).
MARTIN DEVANEY
Martin Devaney has always embraced his local identity, literally dubbed the Mayor of St. Paul by friends and compatriots in the music scene. A classically trained musician with a jazz sax background, the accomplished singer-songwriter got his start playing with revered hip-hop ensemble Heiruspecs before embarking on a solo career. After self-releasing an EP in 2001, Martin followed with four full-length albums, each garnering more praise and attention from press and fans.
