Grandchildren, hailing from Philadelphia are a group of friends/musicians who have all lived or helped run Philly DIY show space called Danger Danger Gallery.

They are playing two shows in town, one tonight and the other tomorrow.

Tonight @ 331 Club (Minneapolis) w/ Chelsea Boys & Guystorm

Tomorrow @ Turf Club (St. Paul) w/ Moonstone, Dante & The Lobster.

More dates…
Dec 1 2009 8:00P
501 Club Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dec 2 2009 8:00P
Turf Club St. Paul, Minnesota
Dec 3 2009 8:00P
Viaduct Theatre Chicago, Illinois
Dec 4 2009 8:00P
The Vollrath Indianapolis, Indiana
Dec 5 2009 8:00P
The Clinic Bloomington, Indiana
Dec 6 2009 8:00P
Al’s Bar Lexington, Kentucky
Dec 7 2009 8:00P
Pilot Light Knoxville, Tennessee
Dec 8 2009 8:00P
New French Bar Asheville, North Carolina
Dec 9 2009 8:00P
529 Atlanta, Georgia
Dec 10 2009 8:00P
Farm 255 Athens, Georgia
Dec 11 2009 8:00P
Outer Space Charleston, South Carolina
Dec 12 2009 8:00P
Tipsy Teapot Greenville, North Carolina
Dec 13 2009 8:00P
Wham City presents @ Jesus Camp Baltimore, Maryland
Dec 17 2009 8:00P
Cameo Brooklyn, NY, New York

This is a great line-up for a great cause. If you are in the neighborhood, stop by!

Hey guys – the 501 is having an all day long event for The Pet Project. The event is called “Pet Rock”.

501 food, and $4 Grain Belt Premium, $5 Schell’s Firebrick, and $5 Schell’s Octoberfest will be served outdoors all day. Come early, and get some of the 501 brunch.

Here’s the 411:

OUTDOORS (back parking lot)
1pm Andy Elwell
2pm Parallax
3pm Death Cube (members of solid gold, fat kid wednesdays, mystery palace)
4pm Condos
5pm Magic Castles
6pm Kill to Kill
7pm Speeds the Name
8pm First Communion After Party
9pm Skoal Kodiak

INDOORS (inside the club):
10:30 Gospel Gossip
11:30 Gazillion
12:30 Guystorm

outdoors is all ages!
inside is 21+

admission is FREE, but donations to the Pet Project are encouraged!

Aesthetic Apparatus Exhibits At 501
Can’t spell Aesthetic? Can’t spell Apparatus? Better learn! Because the 501 Club is exhibiting Expressive Works, incredible screen prints by dynamic graphic design and screen printing duo Dan Ibarra and Michael Byzewski, whose company goes by the name – Aesthetic Apparatus.
501 patrons and performers may already be familiar with some of AA’s band posters. They have designed and printed concert posters for bands such as Cake, Frank Black, Spoon, The Hold Steady, The New Pornographers, Dinosaur Jr, Grizzly Bear, Vivian Girls, The Decemberists, Bob Mould, Mark Mallman, Lucinda Williams and more.
Dan and Michael founded Aesthetic Apparatus around 1999 in Madison, Wisconsin, they say, as a fun side project from their real jobs. Their bio further states that “Over the years their limited edition, screen printed concert posters have secretly snuck into the hearts and minds of a small, rather silent group of socially awkward music and design nerds. Now, Aesthetic Apparatus is a full time, full-fledged, insanely unstoppable, and occasionally award winning design mega-studio. They will break your heart and drink your blood.”
Expressive Works by Aesthetic Apparatus is the third in Jon Oulman’s ongoing exhibition program at the 501 Club. This new venue opened with a show by graffiti-based stencil artists John Grider and Mike Fitzsimmons of Broken Crow, then was followed by 20th Century Works on Paper, War and Propaganda from Jon Oulman’s personal art collection.

This exhibit will be installed in time for Pet Rock (Fundraiser for The Pet Project), an all-day music and food event at the 501Club starting at noon on Saturday, September 26. All works in the exhibit are for sale.

mp3: Gospel Gossip-Nashville

mp3: Gospel Gossip-Pre-Med (Just In Case)

mp3: Gospel Gossip-Shadows Are Bent

Skoal Kodiak – Nerve Dice [mp3]

Skoal Kodiak – Harpie (Mp3)

(mp3)    Mystery Palace – Two-Way Stranger