Sunday, November 7, 2010 – 8:00pm
Doors Open: 7:00pm
Advance: $15.00
Day of show: $15.00
Standing room only
At The Cedar

Swedish guitarist José González teams up with old friends Elias Araya and Tobias Winterkorn in this longstanding collaboration that has produced 2010′s EP Rope and Summit, and their first full-length, Fields (Sept 14 2010, Mute Records). Opener will be indie folk songstress Sharon Van Etten, whose new album Epic is due Oct 5 (Ba Da Bing).

Tickets are on sale now from the Cedar Ticketline (612-338-2674 ext 2), from hard-working Cedar volunteers in the front lobby during shows, from Cedar outlets (Electric Fetus, Irish on Grand, Homestead Pickin’ Parlor, and Depth of Field), and online at Ticketweb.

All Cedar shows are all ages. Students with ID may gain discounted admission for tickets purchased at the door.

The story that leads to Junip’s 2010 release is one of patience and perfectionism, frustration and persistence, sheer bloody-mindedness, inspiration and success. The place to which it takes you, however, is one of pastoral contemplation, autumnal grace and…
Sharon Van Etten

Sharon Van Etten came to Brooklyn via Jersey via Tennessee via Jersey. Along the way, she sang in choirs, rejected her school’s music program, worked at an all-ages venue, trained as a sommelier, and got a full time job at a record label. She also had some…

Sunday, November 7, 2010 – 8:00pm

Doors Open: 7:00pm

Advance: $15.00

Day of show: $15.00

Radio K’s Off The Record presents:

Dark Dark Dark (EP Release!)
with Spirits of the Red City
and Brett Bullion (of Tarlton)

Cedar Cultural Center, Doors @ 7:00
$8 in advance, $10 at door

PS, if you haven’t heard the new EP it is RIDONKULOUS.

Listen HERE

Saturday, January 23rd at the Cedar Cultural Center
The Plastic Constellations (one off show for 10 year anniversary)
Skoal Kodiak
Vampire Hands
STNNNG
and more surprises and extra fun stuff to be announced soon
All Ages, doors at 4:30PM – $10

Saturday, January 23, the party continues at the Cedar Cultural Center for a early, all ages event. This show has long been in the works and we are so excited to be bringing you these four bands. We’ve got a couple other things up our sleeve for this show as well including some special guests, additional activities and surprises, from our favorite Twin Cities proprietors. Tickets go on sale this Friday November 20th at the Cedar Cultural Center and participating outlets.

The Plastic Constellations

Skoal Kodiak

STNNNG

Vampire Hands

Minneapolis’ finest synth-pop duo will take their breathtaking live show to the East Coast and back in February. They are also hitting SXSW in March and have very busy tour plans for April as well. They will be touring to support their debut full-length CD and soon to drop 12″ LP

They will celebrate with a homecoming show on 2.27 at The Cedar Cultural Center with one of Best New Bands; No Bird Sing.

Here is what their first leg of the tour is looking like.

feb 11 2010 8:00p
uw stout menomonie, wisconsin
feb 12 2010 9:30p
uw madison (der rathskeller) madison, wisconsin
feb 13 2010 8:00p
mike n’ mollie’s champaign, illinois
feb 15 2010 8:00p
earth house indianapolis, indiana
feb 16 2010 8:00p
cousin larry’s danbury, connecticut
feb 17 2010 8:00p
tt & the bears cambridge, massachusetts
feb 18 2010 8:00p
the m room philadelphia, pennsylvania
feb 19 2010 8:00p
union hall brooklyn, new york
feb 20 2010 10:00p
pianos new york, new york
feb 22 2010 8:00p
garfield art works pittsburgh, pennsylvania
feb 23 2010 8:00p
the treehouse columbus, ohio
feb 24 2010 8:00p
schubas chicago, illinois
feb 26 2010 8:00p
public space one iowa city, iowa
feb 27 2010 8:00p
the cedar w/ no bird sing minneapolis, minnesota

Consider it a testament to Martin Dosh’s electronic wizardry that his live show is somehow more impressive than his intricate, layered records. He doesn’t just recreate his complex collages of looped audio; he composes something new on the fly, surrounded by banks of keyboards and samplers. Dosh’s 2008 album Wolves And Wishes, his fourth solo disc, follows his familiar method of building soundscapes through a careful rearrangement of live improvisation with collaborators. Recently, much of Dosh’s time has gone into his stellar musical partnership with Andrew Bird, but a new Dosh album is on the horizon, which finds him working with Happy Apple’s Mike Lewis, Bird, and a host of other collaborators. It’ll be titled Tommy, in tribute to Dosh’s recently deceased friend and sound engineer Tom Cesario. – AVClub

John Henry mentions this show on NPR this morning. Listen Here.

Modern Guitarist: A musician who abides by a genre-less and boundary-less agenda. A free-willed improviser who listens well but isn’t afraid to act or instigate new ideas. A musician void of competition. A musician open to communal collaboration. A modern guitarist is an explorer of electronic technology past and present. A modern guitarist is a student of global melodies and rhythms. (Mike Michel aka Bill Mike: Curator of The Modern Guitar Festival)

Huddled within the Cedar will be some of Minnesota’s finest guitarists, creating their unearthly sounds and memorable melody from six little strings. Featured in the lobby of The Cedar will be some of Minnesota’s finest independent music manufactures as well! This will be a diverse all ages concert. Thanks for supporting Minnesota music.

Featured Performers….
Mike Michel aka Bill Mike (Bill Mike Band, Unknown Prophets)
Jeremey Ylvisaker (Andrew Bird, Alpha Consumer)
Park Evans (Enormous Quartet, These Modern Socks)
Chris Cunningham (Mississippi Peace)
Jake Hanson (Halloween Alaska, Mpls Dub Ensemble)
Terry Eason (Terry Eason Trio)
Luke Polipnick (Volcano Insurance)
Blair Krivanek (Nachito Herrera, The Steele Family)

Featured Minnesota Music Manufacturers…
Todd Lunnoberg Guitars
Derrick Guitars
Heavy Electronics Guitar Pedals
Gooby Amplification

Tickets are on sale now from the Cedar Ticketline (612-338-2674 ext 2), Cedar outlets, and online at Ticketweb.
$10 advance, $12 day of show

The Books are playing tonight @ The Cedar and there are somehow still tickets left. Get there early if you plan on getting in. Doors are @ 7PM.

New Song called ‘Group Autogenics’

The Books ~ Group Autogenics from Ciao Music on Vimeo.

SQUARE LAKE FESTIVAL REDUX 10/22

We are pleased to announce that on October 22nd , the Cedar Cultural Center will host Square Lake redux, featureing the film score and local films that were postponed due to severe weather on August 15th at the 8th annual Square Lake Festival. Festival ticket holders who purchased their tickets via Pay Pal will receive free admission to this event that includes: an opening musical act by Paul Metzger, over 20 locally made films, and of course the much anticipated film score by International Novelty Gamelan to “The Adventures of Prince Achmed.

Doors open at 7PM, and music starts at 7:30. The show will end by 11PM for everyone who needs to work on Friday!

For non-ticket holders, purchase your tickets in advance before Octover 19th for $10 by following this link.

Remaining tickets will be sold at the door for $15.

Only 400 tickets will be sold to this indoor event, and the Square Lake Festival was sold out. Get your tickets while they last.

With a wrecking-crew rhythm section, debonair vocals, and a guitar concoction that’s one part shred and two parts soul, it’s easy to understand why South Africa’s BLK JKS took music mega-gathering SXSW by storm last year. Now on its debut U.S. tour, the band shoots an African musical sensibility through the tenets of rock, electronic, and soul, reclaiming styles that have been stolen, watered down, and regurgitated for generations. BLK JKS’s fresh, forward rhythms, layered harmonies, elliptical guitar vernacular, and infectious urban Zulu mbaqanga blues combine in a swirl of experimentation and tribal energy. Catch the newest voice in African music’s 21st-century sound on this blistering opening night of the Cedar Cultural Center’s four-day Global Roots Festival. – (Walker Art Center, Buy Tix)

BLK JKS – “Molalatladi” (MP3)

The Cedar is truly a world renown room and will soon host the Global Roots Festival, featuring BLK JKS, Os Mutantes and more.. They will also make UK babies Micachu & The Shapes feel at home when they play tonight. Tickets are still available and will also be at the door. Doors open @ 7pm.

Micachu & The Shapes – Golden Phone (Mp3)

Dessa – Into The Spin (MP3)