Coloring Time Presents: An Evening of Improvised Music & Art

A night of improvised music featuring the following musicians:

Peter Pisano (Peter Wolf Crier)
Brian Moen (Peter Wolf Crier, Laarks, The Shouting Matches)
Joe Horton (No Bird Sing)
Bobby Mulrennan (No Bird Sing, Chastity Brown Band)
Graham O'Brien (No Bird Sing)
Casey O'Brien (Face Candy, Carbon Carousel)
Alexie Caselle (Roma di Luna, Kill the Vultures)
Martin Dosh (Dosh, Andrew Bird)
Mike Rossetto (Spaghetti Western String Co., Pines)
JT Bates (Alpha Consumer, Pines)
David Huckfelt (Pines)
Benson Ramsey (Pines)
Jake Hanson ('Halloween, Alaska', Wishbook)
Jeremy Ylvisaker (Alpha Consumer, Guitar Party, Andrew Bird)
Maya Ylvisaker (Guitar Party)
Michelle Kenny (Jelloslave, Mississippi Peace)
Chris Cunningham (Mississippi Peace)
Chastity Brown (Chastity Brown Band)
Adam Svec (Adam Svec)

with live art performed by Michael Gaughan (Ice Rod) and Zach Koss

The Cedar Cultural Center
Thursday, August 11 · 8:00pm - 11:00pm
All Ages | $5 Advance | $10 Day of Show
Sponsored by Radio K

The Facebook

Cut Me In Two Again.

Who likes options? I'm going to some how find a way to record 2 of these shows. Unfortunately I don't be staying in the Mainroom/Entry all night. That would just be too easy. However, that combination is highly recommended if you're not hauling 90 pounds of gear around and trying to be fair.


Gastro Non Grata : Raconteur Rendezvous 2 @ First Avenue
5:30pm doors | $15

Mainroom: Sorry OK, STNNNG, Sand Ox and Zebulon Pike
The 7th St. Entry: El Le Faunt, Voytek and Nightosaur

Food from Haute Dish, Grand Café and Modern Café!


Bloody Gastro Aftershow in 7th St. Entry
10pm | $5 cover / $3 Cross over from Gastro proper

There will be Leftovers, we hope. For your $5 you will enjoy all and any leftovers from the show in the main room while listening to the wonderful sounds of Blood, Sweat and Beards, Total Fucking Blood and Bloodnstuff.


Astronautalis @ the Guthrie Theatre

First show as a Minneapolis resident!


CLAPS Tour Kick Off @ The Kitty Cat Klub
9pm | $5

Rewind! Celebrating 16 Years of Radio K International @ The Cedar
with Malamanya
7pm | $5

The Blind Shake "Seriousness" Release Show @ The Hexagon
w/ The Chambermaids, Is/Is, Sundowners
10pm | No Cover

Gramma's Boyfriend @ The 331 Club
w/ Alpha Consumer, All Tomorrow's Petty, Upstate
10pm | No Cover

Alpha Consumer @ First Avenue

Alpha Consumer
Gayngs Affiliyated Showcase
First Avenue
Minneapolis, MN
Sunday March 6th 2011

Select Tracks From Sunday Night's Set For Promotional Use Only.

"Cry Bullets"
"Unicorn Uniform"
"Stepsister"

J.T. Bates
Michael Lewis
Jeremy Ylvisker

Bandcamp | Facebook | Myspace

This post is for Mikey. We miss you.

Thank you to First Avenue and the bands for allowing me to record. Alpha Consumer has 3 full length releases available via their bandcamp page including 2011's Kick Drugs Out of America.

Rent Party @ The Turf Tonight!

"We are members of many Twin Cities bands, some of which you have heard before, others maybe not so much. Although we play somewhat disparate types of music, we all happen to share a single rehearsal space in Minneapolis. We're civilized like that.

As the air grows colder, our thoughts turn to the big-ass shared heating bills that await us in the months ahead. To help survive this costly seasonal menace, we dearly hope you'll join... us for our first (annual?) "RENT PARTY!" concert experience. In addition to familiar configurations, we will rotate through some more abnormal collaborations, covers and musical detours. Proceeds will go directly to keeping the lights and heat running in our shared sanctuary so that we may continue to make music and not traumatize our neighbors/spouses/children."

Set times will run something like this...

09:00 Quiet Client
09:25 Emot
09:50 Minor Kingdom
10:15 All Tomorrow's Petty
10:30 Love-cars
10:55 Haley Bonar
11:15 No Bird Sing
11:40 Halloween, Alaska
12:05 Gramma's Boyfriend
12:30 Alpha Consumer

Thursday Nights @ Nick and Eddie

Jon Davis will be curating Thursday evening shows at Nick and Eddie throughout the month of December. Yes, this makes December Thursdays this year very busy.

12/02 - Andrew Broder, Jon Davis
12/09 - Jeremy Ylvisaker & Michael Lewis, Low End Furies
12/16 - Ostraka, Kristen Froebel & Jon Davis
12/23 - Naomi Joy & Jon Davis, Camden
12/30 - *Mystery Guests*

Per the facepage invite: $3 Tall Boys, $4 Shots, $5 Glass of Wine.

Communist Daughter & Alpha Consumer @ The Turf

AKG 414s in the spot for those who want to know. This was the Second Annual Racktacular Breast Cancer Benefit, this year held at The Turf Club. If this disease has afflicted any of your family or friends a great place to show your support is the Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation. Thanks to all who came out and made this event a great one and of course thank you to The Turf Club for hosting. Music preceding the silent auction was provided by Alpha Consumer and Communist Daughter.

Alpha Consumer - Unicorn Uniform (Live)
Alpha Consumer - Untitled (Live)

Communist Daughter - Not The Kid (Live)
Communist Daughter - Northern Lights (Live)

I'll Sleepy When I'm Deady

Even though I haven't heard the recordings yet last night went well. Got to Grumpy's at 5:30 and of course was the only person in the City Club room. I was joined by my pal Todd as I was getting set up. A young lady who likes me for some reason also came down. Mike rocked a trio and I thought it was a great set. I'm glad I went and look forward to checking out the tape. You should check this out next Wednesday from 6:00 to 7:30. The wings are delicious! What up Luc. Made it back to the apartment for a short bit before catching the train to The Triple Rock for Alpha Consumer and Communist Daughter. I'm sorry if you missed out but we're talking two of the best rock bands in town on the same bill here. I got word that Perks was being treated well at Nick & Eddie so thank you to MDS for being so kind to the taping folk for the past month and a half. See you next week. I was about to catch up with Perks but two cab fares in one night is silly and it sounded like both shows were ending around the same time. Who else digs the new 8pm doors at The Triple Rock? Note that some shows still have 9pm and 10pm doors.

Tonight it's the second week of the Bitch N' Brown Miniseries at The Nomad w/ Truck Stops Across America, InBOIL and Kicks & Spurs. Unfortunately I missed the first week but my cyborg clone is not finished yet. Sounds like a closer but it's rare that I look forward to seeing all 4 bands on a 4 band bill. Is Country Rock or Country Punk the preferred nomenclature?

The backlog is growing but in 5 year that may not be such a bad thing, eh?

Wednesday With the Triple Threat

Last week I got word that Mike Gunther is doing the Wednesday happy hour residency this month at the City Club room inside of Grumpy's Downtown. I found out in the morning and there was no time to run to the apartment for gear...so I made sure I came prepared today. Happy hour til 7pm including 10 wings for $3.50! Done deal. Music starts at 6 and goes until around 7:30. I was able to catch the last week of Jim & The French Vanilla's residency which included a set by The Blind Shake last month. The City Club is a nice little oasis tucked away on the edge of Downtown. See you there.

After a short run back to Longfellow it's back on the train to the West Bank. Very excited to see Alpha Consumer and Communist Daughter on the same bill at The Triple Rock. I honestly do not know much of Boats but look forward to checking them out. Thanks in advance for the stellar show everyone. From there, depending on what time it is I may try to make it to Nick & Eddie for week six of the Marijuana Deathsquads residency. Much respect to my Elliot Park associate and good friend Perks for covering MDS tonight. I greatly appreciate it, Perks! If all goes well at N&E then Sean and Aaron from Moonstone and Travis Bos (Song of Zarathustra, Chariots & Chibalo) will be joining MDS this week.

Weekends Start on Thursdays

Thursday the 17th:

City on the Make + Alpha Consumer + Aaron & the Sea @ The Turf Club DJ TRL's Circus in the Clown Lounge

Friday the 18th:

Dosh + Skoal Kodiak @ The Cedar

The Beatles Are in Big Trouble + The Belfast Cowboys + E.L.nO @ First Avenue

Kill the Vultures + Little Man + Alicia Wiley + The Alpha Centauri + Ada Jane @ The Entry

Saturday the 19th:

Learning Curve Records Showcase w/ The Blind Shake + Gay Witch Abortion + Seawhores + In Defence + The Deaf @ The Triple Rock

Baby Guts (Last Show) + The Sleaze + Unicorn Basement + MC/VL @ ______

Mason Jennings + The Pines @ First Avenue

Daughters of the Sun + Teenage Moods @ The Turf

Sunday the 20th:

Zombie Season + Tim Rally Gold + The Brutes @ The Triple Rock

The action doesn't stop just because I'm leaving town.

10-22 - Alpha Consumer, Tarlton & Ghostband @ Uptown Bar
10-22 - Kill to Kill, Gospel Gossip & Red Pens @ Hexagon Ba
10-23 - A Whisper in the Noise @ Triple Rock
10-23 - Lucero @ The Varsity
10-23 - The Pines @ The Cedar
10-24 - P.O.S. @ First Avenue
10-25 - Saul Williams + No Bird Sing @ the Varsity
10-25 - Langhorne Slim @ the 400 Bar
10-26 - Chinese Stars + Vampire Hands @ The Turf
10-26 - E&A + P.O.S. + NBS + Kristoff Krane @ Mankato
10-26 - The Black Angels @ First Avenue