This Weekend In Minneapolis

Tonight:

Soul Asylum at First Avenue. Tickets for the 18+ show are $16 dollars in advance and $18 dollars at the door. Buy those at Ticketmaster

Download: Soul Asylum - "Tied To The Tracks"

Dosh, Alpha Consumer and Dark Dark Dark all play tonight at the 7th Street Entry. It's Alpha Consumer's CD Release party, so definitely be sure to catch the Minneapolis newgazers. They will no doubt showcase the best from Gary Victorsen's, the album whose release is being celebrated.

Read more about them over at More Cowbell.

Tickets for the 18+ show can be bought here. Eight dollars at the door, ten dollars advance.

Download: Dosh - "Um, Circles and Squares"
Download: Alpha Consumer - "Unicorn Uniform"
Stream Dark Dark Dark's music at their MySpace Page. Watch a Dark Dark Dark video over at More Cowbell


Saturday:

St. Paul hip-hop group Heiruspecs play both an all-ages show and a 21+ show at the Turf Club on Saturday, the 22nd. They will be celebrating the release of Ten Years Strong, their aptly titled newest release. Read the ten-year history in the "About Heiruspecs" section of their MySpace Page and you'll get a pretty good sense of the agony and the ecstasy that is working in a touring hip-hop band.

Doors are at 5 for the all-ages show and at 9 for the 21+ show. But tickets here. MFR favorite The Show Is The Rainbow opens both shows, along with San Franciso-based rapper Power Struggle .

Download: Heiruspecs - "I Know"
Download: The Show is the Rainbow - "Do The Skinny"
Download: Power Struggle - "Keep It Going Now"

To Kill A Petty Bourgeoisie plays at the Hexagon. Doors are at nine and the show is 21+.

Download: To Kill A Petty Bourgeoisie - "Lovers and Liars"

Guerilla Warfare and Cadillac Kolstad And The Flats play the Uptown Bar. Show is 21+ with doors at 9 p.m. Tickets are 5 dollars.

Download: Cadillac Kolstad And The Flats - "Matchbox"

(Jonathan Graef)