ALPHA CONSUMER RECORD RELEASE SHOW
ALPHA CONSUMER
Michael Lewis, J.T. Bates, Jeremy Ylvisaker
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If you’ve checked out Dosh, Andrew Bird, Fog, Fat Kid Wednesdays, Happy Apple, The James Buckley Trio, or about a dozen other local bands, chances are you’ve heard at least one member of local quasi-supergroup Alpha Consumer. Jeremy Ylvisaker and Michael Lewis have logged some serious miles this year in Andrew Bird’s backing band, and J.T. Bates is a drummer for several Twin Cities projects, but the trio’s first passion is this loud, cocksure rock band. [Jake Mohan, AV Club 2009]
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.
VOTEL
A collaborative project bringing together an impressive group of Minneapolis area musicians, including Maggie Morrison (Look Book + Digitata), Drew Christopherson (Solid Gold + Digitata), Ben Clark (MG and The Pants + Cecil Otter), Mark McGee (Marijuana Deathsquads + To Kill A Petty Bourgeoisie) and Adam Marx (Seawhores). The group offers a mixture of improvised and written electronic music with some live instrumentation and tripped-out, processed vocals.
