Jan
31
st
2025
First Avenue
Friday
Jan
31
st
2025
First Avenue

93X, Cities 97, The Current, Jazz88, KFAI, KS95, KVSC, Radio K, and WMCN present

First Avenue's
Best New Bands of 2024

featuring BizhikiChristy CostelloThe Dalmatian ClubKiernanMatiporch lightroom3

hosted by Jill Riley (The Current) • Joey Peterson (Radio K) • Krista Wax (KFAI) • Sean McPherson (Jazz88)

★ Local Show ★
Doors Open

6:30PM

Show Starts

7PM

Ages

18+

Performers


Bizhiki

Unbound, the new album by Bizhiki, opens with a single, trembling chord that rises and descends before meeting a warm, beguiling voice, a voice singing in a tradition that’s been...

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Christy Costello

Christy Costello is a mover and a shaker in the Twin Cities Music Scene. She’s a songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, disc jockey, talent buyer, promoter, mother, and yogi. Hailing from the Iron...

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The Dalmatian Club

The Dalmatian Club is a band residing in the Dinkytown neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota. They’ve been releasing music since fall of 2022. Taking influence from a wide array of artists...

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Kiernan

Kiernan is the project of Minneapolis-based musician Laura Kiernan (she/her). Drawing sound inspirations from the likes of Big Thief, Waxahatchee, and John Prine, her songwriting mixes folk with indie rock...

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Mati

Mati keeps his singular flow open to interpretation. Some Can Relate, the Minneapolis-based rapper/singer’s full-length debut, is a coming-of-age collection built from personal experience, but as its title suggests, the...

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Porch Light

‘Porch Light’ is an indie-rock group based out of Minneapolis, consisting of members Zac Fogarty (guitar), Jackie Uhas (vocals), Henry Hughes (bass), Kyle Siemon (guitar), and Isaiah Trimbo (drums). The...

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room3

Room3 is a jazz fusion wild card rooted in tradition yet driven by experimentation. Their sound is imaginative, playful, and rhythmically sharp, mixing elements of bebop, contemporary jazz, prog rock,...

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Hosted By


DJ Jill Riley (The Current)

Jill Riley hosts The Current, 6-10 a.m. She joined The Current when the station launched in 2005, fresh from her college radio station, KVSC-FM, Saint Cloud State University. She has...

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Joey Peterson (Radio K)

Program Director at Radio K – KUOM : Real College Radio

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Krista Wax (KFAI)

host of MSP Sound, KFAI’s local music show

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Sean McPherson (Jazz88)

Sean McPherson is the Afternoon Host and Music Director at Jazz88. He was previously a full-time host on The Current and Purple Current. McPherson is the co-founder and bassist with...

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Venue


First Avenue Mainroom

Since 1970

First Avenue is more than just four walls, a soundboard, and a stage; it is the epicenter of live music and entertainment in Minneapolis. Having celebrated its 50th Anniversary in…

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