song du jour: POS.purexed
and a happy twin city tuesday to you. and you. and you.
quite the week for some of our favorite music making minnesotans last week, as not one, but two (count em!), hit the late-night talk show scene for their television debuts. showing the nation what those of us lucky enough to call the 'sot home (and you faithful twin city tuesdays fans, of course) already knew: there is some excellent tunage being produced and performed up here in the land of ten-thousand lakes.
first up, trampled by turtles took their talents (alliteration-heavy post already, apologies) to the late show with david letterman thanks to a last minute cancelation by one, mr. tom waits. the following night saw relative newcomers, poliça, stopping by late night with jimmy fallon, again thanks to a tom waits cancelation. where was waits?! nonetheless, fun to see those guys on tv (bonus small screenage for you all: check out the a.v. club: undercover posted today that sees the aforementioned trampled by turtles taking on an arcade fire ditty quite wonderfully).
however, the highlights of the week for me were away from the small screen (as it probably should be in ones life). in a week that might as well have been sponsored by this blog and it's ever-popular twin city tuesdays feature (and technically was, i suppose, as yours truly did technically fund the proceedings), that saw five shows and ten acts (technically nine as you'll see, but let's make it an even ten), in three cities around the state over the course of eight days (think it's safe to call that streak a personal best), all but one of which (that would be you, portlandy horse feathers) were local. prepare yourself for a list. ready, here we go. my week included: dessa, heiruspecs, haley bonar, poliça, P.O.S. (above), a loud heart, doomtree, peter wolf crier and haley bonar (again! for good measure and to cap it off). if the nation didn't see what minnesota has to offer in the music realm last week, i most certainly did.
of the plethora of tunes i clearly could have selected from for your song du jour tonight (you've seen the list), i went with the above. it's a couple of years old, but oh so good and oh so fantastic live. both the P.O.S. solo set and the doomtree collective set a couple of nights later closed with it, the chorus getting the crowd going like none other and it was probably the highlight of the week (both times, if i'm allowed a dual highlight, and i do believe i am).
also, it allows me to hit you with even more minnesota as mr. stefon alexander (aka P.O.S.) is joined by ben ivascu (of poliça and marijuana deathsquads) on the drums, ryan olson (mastermind behind gayngs, poliça and deathsquads) in the shades doing the olson groove like only olson can, and finally, isaac gale (also a deathsquad, not to mention a talented director and photographer). whew.
icing on the twin cities cake, my gayngs hoodie finally came in the mail at the end of the week. it's already produced a 'cool shirt' from quite the attractive hipster lady, so, paying for itself already, pretty much.
this concludes your super-sized, most minnesota jam-packed twin city tuesday to date. enjoy the tunes, ya betcha.
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