Music Posts

Qwel & Maker

Chicago hip-hop duo, Qwel & Maker, perform at Lake Avenue Café this Sunday, October 24. $5 cover, 10PM show, 21+.

Qwel & Maker label website | Myspace

Peter Mayer in Concert at Sacred Heart

Friday Oct. 22, 7:30 pm
Sacred Heart Music Center
201 W. Fourth St.

$20 advance/ $25 at the door
Tickets online at sacredheartmusic.org or the Electric Fetus

Young at Heart Records on GoJohnnyGo.com

Young at Heart Records Pics on GoJohnnyGo.com

Nice trip down memory lane with some snapshots of Young at Heart Records from 1996 and recollections to fill them out. The pictures themselves are just snapshots, as I said, but upon close examination they do capture the feel and the spirit of that place nicely. I just wish there were more of them. Click the image to go to the post and see it all in context.

Students at UMD organize a 12-hour dance marathon to support kids in need

Beginning at 6pm on Friday and ending at 6am on Saturday morning, Duluth students and local community members will stay on their feet, dancing to live music and DJs while interacting with patients and their families from Gillette Children’s Specialty Healthcare.  The Dance Marathon student organization is welcoming everyone at this event, emphasizing that participants need not be expert dancers.

North Shore Sessions: Russian Bride, Jeremy Messersmith

Here are a couple recent live music sessions featuring Minnesota artists recorded in the Duluth area — Russian Bride and Jeremy Messersmith:

WTAFS + Nomia + Atlas Mts : 10/16

For those who are fans of epic instrumental rock, Nomia is one of the best.

Here’s a clip from a performance on Radio K:

A Decade as Hot Rod

According to this blurb from the Oct. 18, 2000 issue of the Ripsaw, Cory Ahlm changed his name to Hot Rod 10 years ago this week.

Of course, Hot Rod would later expand his name to Hot Rod Heartthrob, and Bone Appetit would switch from being Duluth’s self-proclaimed “worst band” to its “sexiest band.”

Woah, that’s rock and roll.

University Ave. photographer and bandoneón player on the PlayList this week

The PlayList’s second season continues Thursday, Oct. 14, at 9pm on WDSE-WRPT’s PBS North (8.1/31.1).

Wing Young Huie’s photography takes his audience through the rapid-fire labyrinth of socioeconomic and cultural realities along University Avenue’s six-mile thoroughfare in St. Paul, Minnesota. 

Jona’s B-day @ Carmody

The Half Hearts CD Release

Half Hearts flier

This coming Friday, October 15th, there is going to be a party like no other. The Half Hearts, originally from the Duluth area, will be throwing a huge CD release show at the REX. Along side the Half Hearts will be Ariane Norrgard et al, Loup-Garou, and The People Say Fox. This is going to be a full night of music, so bring your dancing shoes, party hats, and appropriate judgment (whether it be poor or not is up to you).

There is going to be a party starting at 8pm, and music begins at 9pm. $3 cover. 21+ (confirmed as 21+, sorry youngin’s)

Come out and enjoy the fresh sounds of Duluth while enjoying your favorite tapped beverage!

Twin Ports Buzz Bands

There are a lot of bands in the Twin Ports area — some great ones, and some not so great ones. For better or worse, what are the top five bands creating the most buzz in the Twin Ports?  (TBT, Low, RGC, Parr excluded.)

The Thursday Night Ass Shake

The Thursday Night Ass Shake

That’s right friends and neighbors. It’s time for the Thursday Night Ass Shake with your hosts Matt Ray and Those Damn Horses — every Thursday in October at Fitger’s Brewhouse. Come and shake it with your friends!

Crew Jones @ Lake Avenue Cafe – Friday, October 15 – 10pm

Join us for a celebration of Chris Hastys’ 33rd birthday!
Featuring Crew Jones and friends.

$5 pizzas
$3 Mirror Pond pale ale
Festivities to begin at 10pm.
All are welcome!
$3 cover

Exile On Fourth Street

Thursday, Oct. 14, 2010, 7pm
Sacred Heart Music Center
$10 in advance/$15 at the door
Tickets at sacredheartmusic.org or the Electric Fetus

Get your ya-yas out with over 20 Duluth musical groups performing their takes on classic Stones tunes. Groups scheduled to appear include the Tisdales, Dave Mehling, Matt Ray, James and Younger, Lookdown Moon, Cory “Hotrod” Ahlm, Coyote, Clique Clique Boom, the Bitter Spills and lots more.

Sponsored By Pizza Luce, Carmody Irish Pub, the Transistor, Paper Hog and Keyport Liquor.

Free Classical Guitar Concert Sunday

James Flegel

Featuring Guitar Music of Spain and South America
James Flegel
Classical Guitar
Sunday, Oct. 10, 3pm
Weber Music Hall