Jenny Dalton Announces Free Holiday Show @ Kitty Cat Klub

Download: Jenny Dalton - "Looted Fires"

What: "Home for the Holidays" music show
Who: Jenny Dalton & James Apollo (in town from NYC)
When: Saturday, December 27 at 9:30 pm
Where: Kitty Cat Klub
Cost: Free

Local songstress Jenny Dalton has announced a free holiday show at the Kitty Cat Klub. On Saturday, December 27th, the carrier of Rusalka's Umbrella will hit the stage with fellow songwriter James Apollo at 9:30 p.m. for what will be undoubtedly a evening of fine holiday music. The water subtext prevalent in Umbrella will be an apt one for the evening, with both Jesus' birth two days before, and with everyone freezing their huevos rancheros off because of a wide variety of winter conditions.

See above for more details.

Flyer: Nobot Free Show @ The Uptown

Tonight: Hey There Cowboy Play Free Show at Zombie House

Download: Hey There Cowboy - "Aging Pear"

Pop-punk band Hey There Cowboy will headline a free show Tonight at Zombie House. In order to get all of the deets, message them at MySpace, and they will let you in on all of the show action. In other Cowboy news, the band has posted a few new live recordings on their MySpace page from a performance at the 7th Street Entry. You can check those out here. If you don't catch them at Zombie house, then you need not worry, because the band's summer is looking hella hectic, with dates especially plentiful in late July. Check it all out on their MySpace page.

Hey There Cowboy MySpace Page

Doomtree Headline Free "Best of City Pages" Show, Post Exclusive Remix on MySpace

There probably isn't a more apt way of celebrating your win as City Pages "Best Concert of the past 12 months" than putting on a live show, and Minneapolis hip-hop collective Doomtree are about to demonstrate tonight why they won that award. The show at First Ave. is absolutely free, but 21+. Flier above has all of the pertinent details.

To get a taste of what you'll be in for, check out this video that The Current uploaded of the hip-hop group performing their song "Stand Up" at. The footage was taken from the award-winning blowout at First Ave. last year:




Also playing with Doomtree will be indie-rockers The Alarmists and Country-tinged romanticists Romantica.

In other Doomtree news, the band posted an exclusive mash-up of their song "Slow Burn" on their MySpace Page. Check it out by clicking the hyperlink in the previous sentance.

(Jonathan Graef)

Tonight: Daughters of the Sun at the Uptown Bar

Download: Daughters Of The Sun - "Follow Smoke"
Download: Aunt Dracula - "Mongo" (via Culture Bully

There are those amongst us who say that there's no such thing as a free lunch. Those people clearly need to open up their schedule, because while there may be no such thing as a free mid-day meal, the evening is looking particularly stellar. That is especially the case tonight, when MPLS psych-pop trio, and MFR favorite, Daughters of the Sun play a free show tonight at the Uptown Bar and Cafe. Doors are at 9 p.m. and the show is 21+. Playing with DotS will be Aunt Dracula and Mike Lewis/Jeremy Ylvisaker.

(Jonathan Graef)

Free Baby Guts Show at the Triple Rock

Download: Baby Guts - "Staplegun"
Download: The Chambermaids - "Park"

The flier explains it all. Spring is just around the corner, so hopefully this free show at the Triple Rock Social Club will be the beginning of more free shows when the weather is nicer. Show is 21+ and the doors are at nine.

Check out an interview with 2/3rds of Baby Guts over at Flak Radio.

Baby Guts MySpace Page
The Chambermaids MySpace Page
Strut and Shock MySpace Page
The Vignettes MySpace Page

(Jonathan Graef)

Free Faux Jean Show Tonight At The Triple Rock

(Faux Jean pic via How Was The Show?)

Download: Faux Jean - "The Ballad of Kim & Thurston"
Download: Faux Jean - "Fuck The Formula" (Demo)
Download: The Brutes - "Money Ghost"
Download: Plastic Chord - "No Windows"

The holiday season is finally over, which means that, if you're like anyone else, you dropped a small fortune in buying gifts for friends and loved ones. Which also means that, for the next few months, you'll be pinching your pennies and then some. So that means that live music is more or less out of the question. That is, of course, unless said music is absolutely free.

That's the case with tonight's Faux Jean show at the Triple Rock. Doors are at 9 p.m. for the 21+ show. Faux Jean are wholly devoted to 60s revivalism in the same way that The Brian Jonestown Massacre or First Communion Afterparty are. The Minneapolis-based group impressively puts a psychedelic spin on both the joyous pop-rock that characterized The Beatles' early work and Bob Dylan's antagonistic folk-rock (particularly on "Fuck The Formula", which you can listen to at the top of the post). These stylistic touches are delivered with Lou Reed's sing-speak snarl, and that helps give the material a healthy dose of attitude. Of course, any comparisons to music legends past seem moot in the face of the beautiful, shimmering, and immaculately gorgeous "File", one of the many songs from 2007's The Mongolian Invasion, Pt. 1, a collection of 4-track demos recorded in the past ten years. Also opening are wistful pop-rock group The Brutes--who, despite their name, are quite gentile--and eccentric indie-tronic/power-pop band Plastic Chord.

Once again, the show at the T-Rock is 21+, free, and doors are at 9 p.m.

Faux Jean MySpace Page
The Brutes MySpace Page
Plastic Chord MySpace Page


(Jonathan Graef)

Free Gospel Gossip Show Tonight At The Triple Rock

Download: Gospel Gossip - "Wind"
Download: The Chambermaids - "Park"
Stream Kill To Kill's music at their MySpace Page
Download: Austin Scarlett - "Filling The Void"

MFR-favorite Gospel Gossip ended 2007 on quite the high note, what with the release of their debut album, Sing Into My Mouth, a City Pages feature and gobs of deserved ink for their music. Needless to say, 2008 looks very promising for the Northfield, MN, quartet, and the band seems to be wasting no time in ringing in the new year with a flurry of activity.

First off is a free show tonight at the Triple Rock, along with fellow MPLS like neo-post-punk inspired The Chambermaids (think of a less angular Mission Of Burma). Also playing are lo-fi indie-rockers Kill To Kill, whose treble-heavy guitar tones and vocals are reminiscent of early Sleater-Kinney or Heavens To Betsy, and Joy Division-inspired Austin Scarlett.

Doors are at 9 p.m for the 21+ show. Those of you who aren't of age, fret not, because the day after the T-Rock show (i.e., tomorrow), the band will be stopping by the Radio K studios for a performance on the station's local music day. Set your radio dials to 106.5 (Minneapolis) and 100.7 (St. Paul) around 4 p.m. to hear GG in action.

Also worth mentioning is that Gospel Gossip will be preaching the good news at First Avenue's Best New Bands Of 2007, along with fellow MFR-favs To Kill A Petty Bourgeoisie, Gay Witch Abortion, and a whole host of other acts*. Check out the full line-up here. Tickets for the 18+ show are $7 dollars and can be bought here.

Buy Gospel Gossip music here
Buy The Chambermaids music here.

Once again, free 21+ Gospel Gossip show at the Triple Rock. Doors are at 9 p.m.

Gospel Gossip MySpace Page
Austin Scarlett MySpace Page
The Chambermaids MySpace Page
Kill To Kill MySpace Page

(Jonathan Graef)

*Full Disclosure: two of these bands, Mouthful Of Bees and A Night In The Box, are affiliated with Afternoon Records, a label in which one of our writers has a financial interest.