Today
All Day Event	HOOLIEFEST (w. WHITE SAND/BADLANDS, TEDDY & THE TURKS, RED DAUGHTERS & MORE)
5:00 PM	GAYNGS @ FIRST AVENUE (EARLY & LATE)
8:00 PM	Zak Sally / STNNNG on the Mississippi River
10:00 PM	Military Special, City On The Make, Bedroom Magic, Klezmore, Nice Purse
10:00 PM	Nobunny, The Blind Shake and Teddy and the Turks @ Turf Club
10:00 PM	Skoal Kodiak, Knife World, Chibalo @ 331 Club

This will be  Wereworm‘s  first out of state show. We are honored and excited to be playing with The Blind Shake and STNNNG.

Blind Shake
Lover! (x-Lost Sounds/Reatards
Bass Drum of Death (Oxford, MS;Fat Possum Records)
Rat Poison
France Has the Bomb

Bass Drum of Death – Spare Room (MP3)

from WeeklyTapeDeck.com

Just one of the many Oxford, MS natives that you will probably hear us talk about in the future.  Focusing on John Barret’s Bass Drum of Death, I’m sure the initial imagery points to a metal-manic face-painted macabre.  While they do play heavy (and loud), BDoD is quite the contrary.  I promised myself to refrain from referring to any music as shit-gaze, but they just fit in so well with bands that are coined as, er, with that term.  John just sent over this new tune that is just as grainy but steps back from their usual avalanche pace (I swear October must be Ronettesappreciation month).  Check for “Spare Room” to appear on their upcoming 7″ on brand new Nashville label, Baby Don’t (yeah, you see if you can google search it!).  Also, they will be carrying a run of 50 cassettes for their upcoming tour with Lover!XX

in celebration of our tour of the twin cities we put together a mixtape of our ‘tourmates’ and some of our favorite bands from minneapolis/st. paul. thanks to all of the bands for giving us permission to give you their songs. grab it fast, cause it’s only gonna be up for a week…then it’s gone, just like tour. enjoy!!!!

mplstp mix tape:

1.chooglin – this demon life (MP3)
2.red pens – street issue (MP3)
3.jeremy messersmith – franklin avenue (MP3)
4.the owls – channel (MP3)
5.mystery palace – stepchild (MP3)
6.lookbook – true to form (MP3)
7.kid dakota – pilgrim (MP3)
8.vampire hands – safe word (MP3)
9.fog – your beef is mine(MP3)
10.gay beast – eeexxxpppaaannndddiiinnnggg (MP3)
11.dosh – don’t wait for the needle to drop (MP3)
12.best friends forever – abe lincoln (MP3)
13.birthday suits – slowly motion (MP3)
14.the plastic constellations – we came to play (MP3)
15.skoal kodiak – harpie (MP3)
16.the blind shake – soft zodiac (MP3)

you can download the entire mix here:
MPLSTP MIX

This show is an example of how to at the very least tolerate if not enjoy MN winters. No one in the bands last night stayed home whining about their lives or other shit but got up and kicked out the jams.” – Tom Loftus
Thanks Jon Behm!

Created with Admarket’s flickrSLiDR.

by David Hansen

Filed under: Upcoming Shows

Vampire Hands invented patriots. 

It’s the first weekend of a brand, spanking new year. Could there be any better time to plant your feet firmly in our cities’ loudest, most bracing musical pleasures?  For three years running, the Turf Club has hosted a showcase of our finest guild of musicians on the first weekend of a new year, and this lineup is potent enough to make all those worn out Thursdays you spent nursing a beer in the Clown Lounge seem like a distant cloud of erasures.

None of these bands want for attention or description– their ascents to the top of this glorious scrapheap have been well cataloged in all manner of local media. But in the event that the Gimme Noise readers are uninitiated and have resolved to make 2009 a year of music, this show will make for an excellent primer.

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