Music Posts

The Hold Steady in Hayward July 2

We’re so excited, we’re doing back flips here! Of course, this is leading to serious injuries and skyrocketing group insurance rates, but here’s the skinny:

Community radio station WOJB is presenting The Hold Steady with special guests The Whigs from Athens GA and Milwaukee’s best kept secret, Jaill in concert July 2 at the Lac Courte Oreilles Convention Center, four miles east of Hayward at the junction of County Highways B & K.

And only 20 bucks in advance! Tickets are available at www.wojb.org or by Visa/MC over the phone at 800-776-3689.

Historic Duluth Armory photos

Historic Duluth Armory featured Paul Metsa and Danny Fox, the 2008 winner of the Hibbing Dylan Days singer/songwriter contest for the May 30 open house.

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Wonderbuzz Records @ TPB

Show w/ the Branditos, the Fontanelles & the Western Ridge + a limited amount of hand screened music compilations (done by Glen Maloney) featuring 14 songs (by Jordan Taylor, Sara Softich, the Branditos, and me) and some noise and stuff.

See ya!

Experimental Music Fest and Workshop

Bent Fest

Who is interested in attending a short experimental music fest in Duluth? I’ve got interested performers and workshop presenters. I could probably wrangle some funding, too. I’m looking at some time in the fall for a Friday-Saturday kind of thing. Still need a venue, a couple of interested volunteers and a potential crowd of workshop participants and performance attendees. Express your desires here or contact me directly through my web site.

Lost Weekend Presented by Turbo Rathvon

Turbo Rathvon presents “The Lost Weekend” May 28-29. Joining Turbo Rathvon on stage both nights will be local underground heroes the Real McCoys and the Twin Cities pop-punk circus Unexpected Guests. Friday night’s show starts at 9 p.m. at Hell Burgers in Canal Park, Saturday’s show starts at 10 p.m. at Norm’s in Superior. No Cover.

myspace.com/turborathvon

Duluth Does the Opry tickets still available

Wednesday is the last day to buy advance tickets online.

Thursday, May 27, 2010, 7 p.m.
Sacred Heart Music Center

Uptown Boys at Teatro Zuccone

The Twin Ports’ only Billy Joel tribute band plays Teatro Zuccone on Friday, May 28, at 9 p.m. Stick around for Renegade Theater Co. Improv at 10:30 p.m. Cover charge: Five bucks.

Pete Neuman & the Real Deal @ HellBurgers

Pete Neuman

When is it? Sunday, May 23 – Doors open at 6 PM
Where is it? HellBurgers
Address: 310 S. Lake Ave., Duluth
Phone: (218) 727-1620
RSVP info

Red Lion Summer 2007

Duluth Does the Opry

Thursday, May 27, 2010, 7 p.m.
Sacred Heart Music Center

$10 advance/ $12 at the door
Tickets online at sacredheartmusic.org or at the Electric Fetus

Sponsored by the Transistor, Pizza Luce, Carmody Irish Pub, Paper Hog, B105 Radio, Coors Leamon Mercantile and Keyport Liquor

Bring tha Funk

The Surfactants’ Entire Homegrown Set

Right now you can watch the entire Homegrown 2010 set by the Surfactants on thesurfactants.com.

Equal Xchange — Stage Presents

Directed by Edgewood Smith

Another selection from the 2010 Homegrown Music Video Festival.

Thank you all, good fucking night.

Well, Bone Appetit played it’s last show ever last weekend, and it ended just like it began — sloppy, drunken, and unpredictable.

Thanks to everyone throughout the years that supported us, and thanks even more to the people who took time out of their lives to rip on us, thus giving us even more press than our supporters. I wish I could take the time to individually thank everyone, but I refuse to do that knowing I’d forget someone.  We may have never sang about “what’s cool,” and never really fit in with the whole Duluth scene, but to those that embraced us for doing whatever the fuck we wanted, I thank you!  

I have more good and funny memories from that band than most any other thing in life, and even though some of us don’t really get along in the band anymore, I will still say that I love each and every one of those guys. We’ll never get the accolades that some bands in that town get, but there isn’t one fucking person who deny that we fucking rocked that town over the years.  In the end, I like to think we left a nice big skid mark on certain parts of that music scene that can’t be wiped off.

To everyone I’ve had a beer/smoke/laugh with over the last 11 years in this band, I have nothing but thanks for you.  I love you all, and Good Fucking Night.

Love always,

Cory “Hotrod” Ahlm

P.S.  Special thanks to Starfire,  Adam Guggemos, Paul Lundgren/Barrett Chase, Christa Lawler, Rick Boo, Eric Swanson, Slim Goodbuzz, Jason Cork, and Chris Whittier. Anyone else I forgot, hit me up for a beer.

Jonny Lang Live

Jonny Lang

The Prior Lake Rotary Club is proud to announce Jonny Lang, Grammy Award-winning recording artist, as the headline act for the 2010 Lakefront Jazz & Blues Festival on Saturday, July 10.