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The Local Show Staff's Top Ten of 2011

Posted at 2:25 PM on December 30, 2011 by Bethany Barberg
Filed under: Local, The Local Show

As 2011 wraps up it is time for one final look back at the past 12 months of local music. Check out each Local Show staff member's Top Ten (and sometimes more) favorite songs of 2011. Tune into the Local Show this Sunday at 6PM to hear ten of the best local debuts and hear each staff member chat about their top picks.


David Campbell - Host of The Local Show
Little Man - Found Is A Passion - Orbital Amusement EP
Haley Bonar - Candy Machine Gun - Golder
Night Moves - Country Queen - Colored Emotions
Polica - Wandering Star - Give You The Ghost
Big Quarters - Perfect Match - Party Like A Young Commie
Brian Just - We Don't Break Bread - If You Like To Be Alone Or If You Need To Be With Someone
M.anifest - Suffer - Immigrant Chronicles: Coming to America
Buffalo Moon - Kind to Me - Selva Surreal
Peter Wolf Crier - Settling It Off - Garden of Arms
The Bombay Sweets - I Take You Alone - The Bombay Sweets
Doomtree - Bangarang - No Kings
Matt Latterell - Hostage and Wash Your Hands - Life On Land
Baby Boys - All My Friends - unreleased
Dragons Power Up! - Ballahol - The Best Love Is Free Vol. 2
Low - Try To Sleep - C'mon
BadNraD - Bad Girl - Bad Girl EP


Jon Schober - Local Music Assistant
1. John Maus - Keep Pushing On (4evr and evr)
2. Sea Weeds - Fall Boi
3. Hollow Boys - America Modern
4. Kasey McKee - Don't Fool Me
5. The Blind Shake - Hurracan
6. Hot Freaks - Boo
7. Buffalo Moon - Kind To Me
8. Food Pyramid - Last Shuttle To the Red Planet
9. Night Moves - Horses
10. Gramma's Boyfriend - We R Ctrl


Lindsay Kimball - Assistant Program Director
1. Polica - Wandering Star
2. 4onthefloor - Lion Hearted
3. Caroline Smith and the Goodnight Sleeps - Tank Top
4. Communist Daughter - Ghosts
5. Doomtree - Bangarang
6. Halloween, Alaska - Dance By Accident
7. Night Moves - Horses
8. No Bird Sing - After Life Insurance
9. Kid Dakota - Fiber Optic Failure
10. Adam Svec - Forest For the Trees
11. We Became Actors - Swimming Pools


Bethany Barberg - Local Music Assistant
Night Moves - Country Queen
Crimes - Gold in Your Eyes
Polica - Wandering Star
Mason Jennings - Well of Love
Haley Boanr - Silver Zephyers
Brian Just - Electric
Dead Man Winter - Wasteland
Charlie Parr and Nicholas Mrozinski MN Beatle Project Vol. 3 - Rocky Raccoon
The Cloak Ox - Wax Museum
Alpha consumer - Storms coming (Sleep Tight)
The Bombay Sweets - I Take You Alone
Low - Try to Sleep
Seaweeds - Fall Boi
The Color Pharmacy - Violin Winds
4onthefloor - On Tuesday
Matt Latterell - Wash Yer Hands


Sophie Frank - Production Intern
Wizards Are Real - Stay Golden
Hollow Boys - American Modern
Fire In The Northern Firs - Flavor Savior
Halloween, Alaska Empire, Waist
4onthefloor - Lionhearted
Polica - Wandering Star
John Maus - Believer
Peter Wolf Crier - Settling It Off
Crimes - Scene Of The Crime
Mystery Palace - Lose It All


David Safar - Music Director
Brute Heart -- Blindfolded
Caroline Smith and the Good Night Sleeps -- Tank Top
Doomtree -- Little Mercy
Haley Bonar -- Raggedy Man
Halloween, Alaska -- Empire Waist
Howler -- I Told You Once
Low -- Try To Sleep
Mason Jennings -- Raindrops on the Kitchen Floor
Peter Wolf Crier -- Settling it Off
Sims -- Bad Time Zoo
Spyder Baybie Raw Dog and 2 Percent Muck -- Grocery Store
The Blind Shake -- Hurr-A-Can
The Cloak Ox -- Wax Musuem
The Jayhawks -- Pouring Rain at Dawn


Derrick Stevens - Production Manager
1. Haley Bonar - Money
2. Halloween, Alaska - Empire Waist
3. Sims - Burn It Down
4. Dead Man Winter - Nicotine
5. Dessa - Mineshaft
6. 4ontheFloor - Workin' Man Zombie
7. Rogue Valley - Onward and Over
8. Villa Rosa - Uma Thurman
9. Caroline Smith & The Goodnight Sleeps - Strong Shoulders 10. Mally - Lights Off

Pert' Near Sandstone's Official Video for "Solid Gone"

Posted at 4:07 PM on November 11, 2011 by Bethany Barberg (1 Comments)
Filed under: Local, The Local Show

The beloved string-shredding band Pert' Near Sandstone is releasing their fifth album "Paradise Hop" on November 15th they will begin the celebrations tonight at The Cabooze. PNS will be joining David Campbell on The Local Show this Sunday for a live performance and a chat. Get your Pert' Near Sandstone fix started with their official video for "Solid Gone."

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The Local Show is doing a request show!

Posted at 11:48 AM on August 15, 2011 by David Safar (10 Comments)
Filed under: Local, The Local Show

This coming Sunday on The Local Show we are taking your requests. What's your favorite local track at the moment? Tell us what you want to hear.

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The Local Show Preview - Caroline Smith

Posted at 3:15 PM on January 29, 2010 by David Safar
Filed under: The Local Show

Tune into The Local Show this Sunday at 6pm for a performance by Caroline Smith. Here's a video of her performance...

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