$5 at the door

10:30pm doors/11pm showtime

21+

Hardcore Crayons:

"Hardcore Crayons is not a hardcore band, per se. That’s not to say the tunes aren’t punk, though. This is some pretty wild, instrumental and “free-thinking” music. It’s all over the goddamn place. From free jazz to mid-period Bad Brains, The Cows, or Faith No More. Some real nineties shit. Insanely well recorded and performed. Would be a great movie soundtrack." 
–Steve Adamyk, razorcake.org 

Hardcore Crayons is an instrumental trio from Minneapolis. Zozzled, their doubleplusgood records debut & 3rd full length, showcases the band’s unique blend of math and post rock intertwined with elements of jazz & dub. It’s heavier and more layered than past releases due to a greater usage of guitar loops, keyboards, and noise elements. Dan Chizek’s atonal looping bursts on guitar combined with his delay drenched yelps act more like a 4th instrument than melody. Jake Kirkman’s drumming is schooled in jazz & bassist Dominic Hanft is the heavy bottom end that ties it all together. Local sax stalwart, Mike Lewis (Bon Iver/Andrew Bird), makes a guest appearance on several tracks & adds a skronk element to the mix.

The album as a whole ebbs and flows through various tones & moods, often blurred to the point of wondering where one song ends and the other begins. Opener srsly begins with a repetitive twitch that gives way to a driving, yelping pace only to stop in its tracks with a spaced out dub breakdown before ending in a flurry. Tracks like the mathy title track Zozzled and the heavy, polyrhythmic More Sugar progress and devolve, often at the same time, with the song rarely ending where it began. The band can also play it straight(er) as well on tracks like Daddy Issues and WGYW, the first single on the album featuring a video that might have been Fincher’s vision of Fight Club in a more loving, PG world.

All in all, Zozzled is a carefully crafted instrumental album that will keep you guessing. 
Hardcore Crayons show themselves to be one of the more creative & skilled young bands to emerge recently. The end result is challenging and rewarding, melodic and dissonant, innovative yet familiar.

The Great Went:

Inspired by numerous prog-rock and post-rock acts the likes of Explosions in the Sky, Russian Circles, Don Caballero, Isis, Porcupine Tree and Starflyer 59; a unique blend of instrumental rock that gets to the point. They will be releasing a music video for their track 'Bish,' off their latest release 'youneedityougotit.' The video was produced by Minneapolis video production company Bromide Films

YANA:

YANA is a newly formed Minneapolis rock band. They play upbeat math progressions mixed with catchy, articulated melodies with grooving, loud riffage. Featuring members of defunct groups Hawks and Oxen, Mrs and With a Gun for a Face. Rawr!