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Stone Arch Festival Of The Arts

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Music Schedule:
Saturday, June 20

Star Tribune Stage

12:15pm Koo Koo Kanga Roo
1:15pm Adam Svec
2:15pm Dan Israel
3:15pm Spaghetti Western String Co.
4:15pm The Cloud Hymn

City Pages Stage

11:00 a.m. Crowd Control
12:00 p.m. The Alrights
1:15 p.m. Joey Ryan & The Inks
2:30 p.m. The Pendrakes
3:45 p.m. The Idle Hands
5:00 p.m. Roma di Luna

Cities 97 Stage

11:15am Neal Swanger
12:15pm Peter Lochner
1:15pm Bob & Lynn Dixon
2:15pm Thomas Kivi
3:15pm Shawn Gibbons
4:15pm Brad Senne
5:15pm Eliza Blue

St. Anthony Courtyard Stage

11:00 a.m. Aria Souder
12:15 p.m. The Badinovs
1:30 p.m. Brian Just Band
2:45 p.m. Caroline Smith & the Good Night Sleeps
4:00 p.m. Farewell Milwaukee
5:15 p.m. The Smarts
6:30 p.m. Mississippi Mud

Sunday, June 21, 2009

Star Tribune Stage
1:15pm Café Accordian Orchestra
2:15pm Anna Laube
4:15pm Jistoray
5:15pm Pezzettino

City Pages Stage

12:00 p.m. Half Demon Doll
1:15 p.m. We Became Actors
2:30 p.m. Wars of 1812
3:45 p.m. The Absent Arch
5:00 p.m. Me & My Arrow

Cities 97 Stage

11:00 a.m. Scott Wooldridge
12:15pm Andy Juhl
1:15pm Chicane Theory
2:15pm Andy Elwell
3:15pm Dustin Thomas
4:15pm Kyle Turck & Patrick Henz
5:15pm John Swardson/Eliza Blue – Get Gone

St. Anthony Courtyard Stage

11:00 a.m. Dustin Thomas
12:00 p.m. The Suits
1:15 p.m. Jason Shannon
2:30 p.m. Jenny Dalton
3:45 p.m. Ryan Paul & the Ardent
5:00 p.m. Chastity Brown

Red Hot Art @ Stevens Square Park

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The Absent Arch CD Release Show *TONIGHT*

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I’m not gonna beat around the bush… The Absent Arch are THE BEST young up and coming new bands in the Twin Cities and their debut album ‘Keep Calm And Carry On’ is one of the best local releases of the year.

The Absent Arch - Keep Calm and Carry On

The Absent Arch write music that rides the fine line between folk & rock like many artists before them, but the natural way which they flow between the two styles & influences is just one of the many things that make this a special band. The first time i saw them, they reminded me of The Frames (feat: Glen Hansard, of Swell Season/Once fame) along with maybe a bit of the raw emotion of Okkervil River, but it’s very obvious from listening to their debut album ‘Keep Calm and Carry On’ that their influences are much more vast.

The track ‘No Titles… None at All’ is one of the many songs on the album featuring the loud/quiet/loud formula that bands like Calexico often employ, and has it’s point driven home by lead singer Will Markwardt’s raw and powerful emotion-packed voice.

‘Ants’, the track that closes the album is one of the quieter songs on the album, but packs just as hard of a punch as any of the other songs on the record by drawing you in from the opening chords.

There’s a lot of great local shows going on tonight, but I suggest you head to the Triple Rock to catch this band before they truly catch fire, you can thank me later. It’ll be the best $6 you’ll spend all weekend, guaranteed.

Friday, November 21st, 2008
21+ | 9:00 PM | $6.00
THE ABSENT ARCH (CD RELEASE!)
A PAPER CUP BAND
THE GLAD VERSION
THE CHORD AND THE FAWN

Thanks to Stacy from CakeIn15.com for introducing them to me earlier this summer by booking them to play the Stone Arch Art Festival.