Tonight in Minneapolis: Parts For All Makes, The Haves Have It

With guitars and drum sticks blazing, indie-rock threesome The Haves Have It played to a packed crowd at Hexagon in late March in honor of their first full-length album, Friction – expect a similar experience when the band plays tonight at the Uptown, opening for Parts For All Makes’s CD release party.

Friction contains a lot of fan favorites that have been in THHI repertoire for a few years, like the haunting, moody "Dark Dark" and angsty, guitar-heavy "Burnsville." However, the band also cranked out a few new tracks for the album, like the harmonious and echoing "Tow Tag." Friction is one of those no-fuss, no-muss first albums. The kind where you instantly know that the band isn’t going to conform to what is stereotypically popular in indie rock, or in any other genre for that matter. It’s simply The Haves Have It: 2 girls and a boy who know who they are and put it out there for all to hear.

THHI were in raucous form for the show, the trio was full of smiles when they took the stage and sounded as if they’d blow the top off the bar (in a good way). The show definitely proved these guys definitely own a unique sound that is original to them; each member existing in every moment of music, creating a tripod of how rock and roll should sound.

Portia belted out the anthem "Pie" (about the food or the body part? You decide!) much to the amusement of the entire room, causing a spontaneous chain of bouncing to the guttural bass strumming from Jenny Gallup and Kelly Pollack’s drum thumping. After playing a majority of the songs from Friction and a few others, THHI thanked the audience profusely for all their support. Looking back to a sea of people that reached as far back as the outside doors, it was pretty apparent we were thanking them for their continued awesomeness. Expect nothing less at the Uptown tonight.

Uptown Bar:
9:00
$5
21+

Parts For All Makes MySpace Page
The Haves Have It MySpace Page

(Tara Rogan)

Tonight: The Haves Have It - CD Release Party

The raucous, addictive alt-rock trio known as The Haves Have It will be having their first CD release party at the Hexagon tonight. Friction is the band’s first full-length album, and the show is hosted by How Was The Show.

Read City Pages's article about the band here.

9 pm, 21+. Free!

Check out a video of the band performing the song "Pie":


(YouTube via How Was The Show?)

The Haves Have It MySpace page

(Tara Rogan)

Band To Know: The Haves Have It

Download: The Haves Have It - "Dark Dark"
Download: The Haves Have It - "The Proverbial Her"

With the plethora of great local bands sprinkled throughout Twin Cities, I feel it’s my duty to shed some light on a fabulous trio known as The Haves Have It. Formed in 2005, the witty members of this group state exactly how they came to be on their MySpace blog:

"At first The Haves Have It was little more than two girls, cheap guitars, and a shitty practice space that smelled like drunk boys and cigarettes.

Kelly joined the band the following winter. We met for drinks and it was settled before midnight. He had a van, a free practice space, and fabulous hair. Little did we know he could also play drums. Then we got awesome. Traded the high heels and colorful guitars for big hair, cut offs, and wife beaters. That's cuz we roll hard.”

This act has been spreading their infectious alt-rock sound to venues of all shapes and sizes on a consistent basis. After seeing THHI for the third time at the 7th Street Entry (they played with Digitata at that concert, which took place in June 2006), I was sold on two things: first, they played with conviction but didn’t take themselves too seriously (witty banter and goofy tales between songs); second, that THHI wouldn’t remain an opening act for long.

Portia Richardson’s vocals and guitar bring a brutal fierceness to their sound; her voice echoes Sleater-Kinney’s Corin Tucker and her siren-like howls, splashed with the sass and spitfire of Le Tigre’s Kathleen Hanna. Jenn Gallup owns the bass by giving the band’s tunes a deep, throaty sound while Kelly Pollack throttles the drums, giving this group a coarse edge, cradled with rhapsodic harmonies. THHI are all about the element of auditory surprise: Just when you think a song is treading on mellow territory, they yank the wheel and explode into a maddening frenzy.

THHI offer a lot in terms of live shows, with each member wailing on their instrument of choice like it’s the last song they’ll ever get to play. Across the stage there’s sweat glistening, veins popping and heads heaving. Their audience feeds off this vibe, and the floor is full of hopping bodies with raised beer bottles; fans and first-timers eagerly thrash along to addictive bass-drunk beats. Songs like "Dark Dark" really showcase the bands’ ability to create variety in their sound by balancing intense jams with reverberating bass notes and haunting, fervent vocals.

The Haves Have It are currently in the studio working on their first full-length album. Anticipated release date is February 2008.

MySpace Page

(Tara Rogan)