The Current Music Blog: February 18, 2007 Archive

Here in this land of 10,000 Bands..

Posted at 2:42 AM on February 18, 2007 by Danny Sigelman (3 Comments)

I am constantly checking out new music in this here twin towns. There really isn't a night of the week there isn't a decent MN musician working it out on stage somewhere for someone. Often with no cover charge!

Here's some of my favorite and the more interesting MN acts i've seen or heard lately:

Jennifer Markey is a wonderful singer/songwriter who along with her Buckboard Boys play original songs and a bevy of tradtional material making the familiar all her own.

Estate are a knob twiddling, ankle twitching electro-pop, soul twosome who easily are the most fun band I've come across the last year. Their debut, "The Vacation", is already a dance-party classic!

The Haves Have It are all Twin Cities transplants who've made Minneapolis their home and have made quite the noise. I haven't seen them yet but look forward to feeling the rawk in person as they have been quite busy taking over stages across town.

Then there's the old faves, Fog(who name-drop yours truly(!?) on a new song, "What's Up Freaks?") and my old friend and former bandmate, Jim Ruiz, who now that he's jumped on the myspace train will hopefully have some new sounds to soothe us all in the '007..

Aside from you or your girlfriend's band, who else is worth checking out?

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