89.3 The Current presents MARK MALLMAN CD Release Show
MARK MALLMAN
Minneapolis' boot stomping piano madman has survived a near impossible musical adventure, and the internet will never be the same. On October 10, 2010, Mark Mallman played a show for over 25,000 people in a rock club of capacity 350. His 78 hour non-stop abstract/automatic rock epic, "Marathon 3" included over 110 musicians and 576 pages of rhyming lyrics. He cites John Cage and Chris Burden as influences, not David Blaine, "This is performance art in a rock venue, I'm not a stuntman trying to set a world record." His wonka-esque acid trip drew upon Mallman's ever present themes of existential crisis and transformation through rock.
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Mark Mallman has been touring America twice a year since 2003, and in addition to his own headlining tour, has opened for the likes of Donovan, Of Montreal, Cat Power, Green Day, Howie Day, Linda Ronstadt, Tegan and Sara, and Guided by Voices to name a select few. His songs have been featured on This American Life, MTV, VH1, MSNBC, Current Television, and Public Radio International. In Minnesota he boasts a star on the wall of First Avenue Nightclub, 3 Minnesota Music Awards, and City Pages Weekly listed "Kissing the Knife" in the top 50 Minnesota songs of all time. Mallman is also a featured contributor to the book Music Theory for Dummies alongside Bob Moog, John Cage, and Andrew Bird. As the front man for Kindercore records electro/house/rock act Ruby Isle, as guitarist for the newly formed WAXX MAXX or composer for major motion picture trailers such as 10000bc, Adventureland, The Hitcher, and The Haunting of Molly Hartley - Mark Mallman has accomplished more creatively than most artists twice his age. He is currently signed with Badman Recording Company.
'...engaging ballads and forceful pop tunes...' [ROLLING STONE]
'Mallman's '70s-redolent music could be huge right now.' [PITCHFORK]
'Who said 70s Piano-rock was back? We did!!!' [TIME OUT NY]
'Pianist-extraordinaire!' [MILWAUKEE JOURNAL]
'David Lynch would appreciate Mallman's world' [CHICAGO SUN TIMES]
'Finally, all those comparisons to Meatloaf and Harry Nilsson don’t seem quite so improbable.' [LA WEEKLY]
'If this were 1970, Mark Mallman would have his own plane and a stack of gold records' [POPMATTERS]
BLACK BLONDIE
Minneapolis based Black Blondie is a band in the purest sense of the word: the tightly knit four-piece unit, formed in 2006, collectively writes and performs all of their music. Black Blondie's daring frontwoman, Samahra, has the attitude and charisma of a punk rock diva. She has a voice that would serve any American Idol three times over but lyrics that shock with wit and intellect.
LOOKBOOK
Lookbook was formed in mid-2008 by Maggie Morrison (Digitata) and Grant Cutler (Passions, Tomhanks) in Minneapolis. Combining Cutler’s sparkling, synth-laden sounds and sparse guitar with Morrison’s Pat Benatar-meets-Chrissie Hynde vocals, the band garnered rave reviews and an energetic following for a sound that’s at once familiar and unique.
