www.duluthhomegrown.com · Duluth, MN · Sunday, April 27 – Sunday, May 4, 2014 · The 16th Annual Homegrown Music Festival ·  1. Have fun without wreck- ing things. That means no punching, kicking, com- plaining, crybabying or otherwise pants pissing — unless it is done in a par- ticularly artsy and creative way that amuses people. Under no circumstances should you drink and drive during Homegrown or any other time. Find an old on- the-wagon musician to drive you around. There is also a free trolley on the weekends, sponsored by the Greater Downtown Council and Duluth Transit Authority to get you from venue to venue. 2. Be grateful. In addition to Starfire and the legions of organizers and volun- teers who have followed nual Homegrown. It has him and kept this festival th been a nonprofit for the just structured enough Happy 46 past eight years. A guy we to comprehend, there are call Dizzo (birth name: Wal- numerous other individu- ter Raschick) has been the Birthday, als and entities worthy of festival director for three mucho respect, such as years. Gobs of volunteers Starfire the musicians, the sound Notes from the 2014 Home- help make everything hap- engineers, the bartenders grown Steering Committee pen; some of them are named in the box to the left, and everyone who is danc- Homegrown Music Festival many more go unsung. ing or otherwise gyrating. committee members faced And hey, we know you The Homegrown concept is a tough decision in 2006 are inherently skeptical of — whether the number of simple: We haul out a butt- load of bands of all genres, authority, but the Duluth bands should be capped Economic Development at 100 or not. Here we stuff them into theaters, Authority made arrange- are eight years later with bars, coffee shops and the ments to locate Home- 200 bands in the festival. occasional pipe shop so grown’s temporary head- Enough already, right? the whole town can shake its naughty bits for eight quarters — “The Chicken Well, the spirit of rawk solid days. There will be Shack” — in the Temple and/or roll just keeps surg- rock, country, hip-hop, Opera Building, so tip your ing in Duluth, and our an- blues, jazz and even an 18- hat to DEDA. The city gov- nual festival keeps getting member flute choir. There ernments of Duluth and more out of control as a will be a music-video show- Superior have also been result. There are 100 pages case, a photography exhib- cooperative, which should of intricate details in this it, a two-hour-long poetry additionally please you snappy Field Guide to help reading, belly dancing, fire while confounding your sort it all out. The page spinning, kickball playing punk sensibilities. you are looking at is where and numerous unplanned we boil down the critical shenanigans. Other than those two sim- background. Read slowly There are only two things ple guidelines, all that’s for best comprehension. asked of everyone during asked is that you enjoy the A guy we call Starfire (birth Homegrown: Have fun with- music and have a happy name: Scott Lunt) started out wrecking things, and be Homegrown! We supply this festival in 1999. The grateful. Allow us to break the rock and roll; the sex 2014 edition is the 16th an- that down into more detail. and drugs are up to you. Day One · “new band” night Sunday, April 27 day-to-day stories by EMILY HAAVIK

All right, friends — you can 8:30pm stop Homegroaning about your Mayor’s Proclamation and humdrum existence. The annual Homegrown Hempen Ale Cask Release eight-day musical freak out is Tycoons Alehouse back to test your physical endur- Free · 21+ ance and desire to be weird. 8:30pm Sunday starts with the band Coy- Lee Lah Sohn Teatro Zuccone ote performing at Teatro Zuc- Free · All ages cone before festivities are even 8:45pm officially declared open with the Starling of Athens Mayor’s Proclamation and the Tycoons Alehouse Free · 21+ Homegrown Hempen Ale Cask 9pm Release at Tycoons. Immediately Homegrown Pub Quiz after this near-religious experi- Carmody Irish Pub ence is a set entirely devoted Free · 21+ to debunking religious experi- 9:30pm ences. Toby Thomas Churchill’s Déjà vu Drifters Teatro Zuccone atheism-themed side project is Free · All ages called Starling of Athens. 9:45pm “I looked around and saw that Borderstone Tycoons Alehouse nobody was doing it that I could Free · 21+ see,” Churchill says. “So I thought, 10pm ‘I’ll do that.’” Beachfight Churchill says his goal is not Pizza Lucé Free · 21+ to ruffle feathers. At least, not primarily. 10:15pm Current Administration “It’s not in-your-face dickish or Carmody Irish Pub Free · 21+ anything,” he says. “I try to incor- porate some humor and some 10:30pm irony and some catchy turns of Vivielle Teatro Zuccone phrase to try to get my point Free · All ages across. Which is, religion’s just 10:45pm baloney, I guess.” Saint Anyway Tycoons Alehouse Once you’re in an existential cri- Free · 21+ sis heightened by a Hempen Ale 11pm haze, try your luck at the Car- Sordes mody pub quiz. No one knows Pizza Lucé Free · 21+ who’s hosting this year but re- cords show prize expenditures 11:15pm total approximately $6. Breanne Marie & the Front Porch Sinners Carmody Irish Pub Music continues at Teatro, Ty- Free · 21+ coons and Carmody, and the 11:45pm traditional new band showcase Frances Lee Williams Band at Lucé begins at 10 p.m. with Tycoons Alehouse Beachfight, followed by Sordes. Free · 21+ The Social Disaster, the next 12am big thing for Duluth riot grrrls, The Social Disaster Pizza Lucé wraps up the night. Free · 21+

7:30pm 12:15am Coyote Teague Alexy Band Teatro Zuccone Carmody Irish Pub Free · All ages Free · 21+ www.duluthhomegrown.com · Duluth, MN · Sunday, April 27 – Sunday, May 4, 2014 · The 16th Annual Homegrown Music Festival · 

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Day two · Arts night Monday, April 28

Monday starts out in Teatro Zucco- 8:30pm ne’s lobby with the Homegrown Fearless Moral Inventory Sir Benedict’s Tavern on the Lake Photo Show, coordinated by Lara- Free · All ages mie Carlson. He takes the pictures with the squiggly lights in them. 9:30pm The Adjustments “Vintage Val” Turcotte and Tom Carmody Irish Pub Wristband required · 21+ O’Keefe play in the Zeitgeist Arts Steve Johnson Atrium, just through the double Sir Benedict’s Tavern on the Lake doors. At 7 p.m. head down the Free · All ages Zeitgeist stairs to Zinema 2 for 9:45pm the first screening of the Home- Lion or Gazelle The Rex grown Music Video Festival. Wristband required · 21+ Don’t miss it! You won’t have an- 10pm other chance to see these videos DJ J. J. Lawrence … other than two more times Red Star Lounge during Homegrown and any Free · 21+ time, once they hit the Internet. 10:15pm The Ball Slashers The Homegrown Poetry Show- Dubh Linn Irish Pub case, which at last check was Free · 21+ 30 poets strong, starts at 8 p.m. 10:30pm at the Underground. Jesse Ho- Dedric Clark & the heisel, Kathy McTavish and Rich- Social Animals Carmody Irish Pub ie Townsend will provide mood Wristband required · 21+ music. Mary Bue and Kyle Elden Robi Meyerson organized the showcase. Fitger’s Brewhouse Free · 21+

Downtown Duluth will be filled 10:45pm with music for the rest of the night. Paper Parlor The Red Star is a weird but awe- The Rex some mix of hip hop and folk roots, Wristband required · 21+ Dubh Linn is ball-slashin’-raunch- 11pm n-roll with melodic psychedelia in Legitimit Red Star Lounge between, and the Brewhouse is a Free · 21+ rest for your ears with bands that 11:15pm are a bit more quiet and pretty. The Formal Age Dubh Linn Irish Pub 5pm Free · 21+ Homegrown Photo Show 11:30pm Teatro Zuccone Lobby Free · All ages Wes Hadrich & Greg Tiburzi Carmody Irish Pub 5:30pm Wristband required · 21+ Val Turcotte & Tom O’Keefe De Se Zeitgeist Arts Building Atrium Fitger’s Brewhouse Free · All ages Free · 21+

7pm 11:45pm Homegrown Music Man on the Moon The Rex Video Festival Wristband required · 21+ Zinema 2 Wristband required · All ages 12am 7:30pm The Hobo Nephews Tony Derrick of Uncle Frank Sir Benedict’s Tavern on the Lake Red Star Lounge Free · All ages Free · 21+

8pm 12:15am Homegrown Poetry Showcase The Acceleratii The Underground Dubh Linn Irish Pub Free · All ages Free · 21+  · The 16th Annual Homegrown Music Festival · Sunday, April 27 – Sunday, May 4, 2014 · Duluth, MN · www.duluthhomegrown.com

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Day Three · Canal Park Night Tuesday, April 29

If you’re already slacking (It’s only 7pm Tuesday! Get it together!) and you Co¢ky Da$h missed the Music Video Festival, The Underground Wristband required · All ages the first encore is at Zinema 2 at 5:30 p.m. After that, head over 7:30pm to the Underground to catch the Kristy Marie & Jim Hall Amazing Grace Bakery & Café Music Resource Center showcase, Free · All ages

made up of four talented young 8pm bands from the Armory’s after- Transparency school music program. The Underground Wristband required · All ages

Tuesday is, of course, the behe- 8:30pm moth Grandma’s Sports Garden The 13th Choir night. This year’s lineup is Red Amazing Grace Bakery & Café Mountain, Cars & Trucks, Toby Free · All ages Thomas Churchill and Retribu- 8:45pm tion Gospel Choir. RGC is Alan Red Mountain Grandma’s Sports Garden Sparhawk’s first of four shows at Wristband required · 21+ this year’s Homegrown. 9pm “RGC was born at Homegrown,” The Lockpicks The Underground he says. “We miss it a lot when Wristband required · All ages we’re out of town. … It’s a long tradition.” 9:15pm Tin Can Gin It’s actually the first year that all Prøve Gallery Free · All ages four of Sparhawk’s bands are playing the festival, which is 9:45pm great for everyone else and may- Cars & Trucks Grandma’s Sports Garden be tiring for him. Wristband required · 21+ “I have a lot of catching up to do 10pm with Mobley,” he says, referring Gina Lee Lake Avenue Restaurant & Bar to bass player Matt Mobley’s feat Wristband required · 21+ of playing somewhere around 11 10:15pm gigs in one Homegrown. Lee Jeffrey Prøve Gallery Elsewhere on Tuesday, shenani- Free · All ages gans will be primarily limited to Canal Park for your convenience. 10:45pm Toby Thomas Churchill You can stick to Amazing Grace Grandma’s Sports Garden and Lake Avenue Restaurant & Wristband required · 21+ Bar, or jaunt up Lake Avenue, 11pm where Prøve Gallery will be in Fuzzy Ellis full swing for its first time as a Lake Avenue Restaurant & Bar Wristband required · 21+ Homegrown music venue. 11:15pm 5:30pm Somewhere But Who Homegrown Music Video Prøve Gallery Festival (encore #1) Free · All ages Zinema 2 11:45pm Wristband required · All ages Retribution 6pm Gospel Choir Grandma’s Sports Garden Potluck Communists Wristband required · 21+ The Underground Wristband required · All ages 12am 6:30pm Hannah Rey Lake Avenue Restaurant & Bar Superior Siren Wristband required · 21+ Amazing Grace Bakery & Café Free · All ages Day Four · West Duluth Night Wednesday, April 30

Westside Wednesday! The night 8:30pm no one gets back to their own Bryan Olds Band bed except West Duluthians, Beaner’s Central Wristband required · All ages who have been eagerly awaiting their one chance to walk home. 9pm The Black-eyed Snakes If you’ve frantically skipped with Charlie Parr Clyde Iron Works – Main Stage ahead to this day in the guide Wristband required · 21+ to see why Trampled by Turtles 9:30pm isn’t on the schedule, slow your Songs of Shipwreck roll. There was a tour schedul- Beaner’s Central ing conflict, and the band is Wristband required · All ages appropriately sad. Also, the 10:15pm Homegrown committee has The People Say Fox Clyde Iron Works – Mezzanine cooked up something really Free · 21+ special. Charlie Parr and the Phillip of Nazareth Black-eyed Snakes are forming Players Sports Bar a super group to play the main Wristband required · 21+ stage at Clyde Iron Works. Be- Ire Wolves Kom-on-Inn fore them will be Actual Wolf Wristband required · 21+ and Southwire, and up on the 10:30pm mezzanine the stage will fea- Thunder Brothers ture A Band Called Truman, Mr. D’s Bar & Grill the People Say Fox and the Wristband required · 21+ Resonance. 10:45pm The Blasphemists Other Wednesday points of in- Gopher Restaurant & Lounge terest include Beaner’s, Players Wristband required · 21+ Sports Bar, Mr. D’s and two new 11:15pm Homegrown venues — the Kom- The Resonance Clyde Iron Works – Mezzanine on-Inn and Gopher Lounge. Free · 21+ Playing last at the Kom-on-Inn Old Knifey Players Sports Bar is Wood Blind, a new acous- Wristband required · 21+ tic ska duo comprised of local Wino, WI favorite Jason Wussow along Kom-on-Inn Wristband required · 21+ with Veikko Lepisto. The lat- ter used to be in Royal Crown 11:30pm Revue, a band that toured the 500 Million Society Mr. D’s Bar & Grill world and had a hand in start- Wristband required · 21+ ing the retro-swing revival of 11:45pm the late 1990s. The Farsights Gopher Restaurant & Lounge 6pm Wristband required · 21+

A Band Called Truman 12:15am Clyde Iron Works – Mezzanine Free · 21+ Rich Mattson & the Northstars Players Sports Bar 7pm Wristband required · 21+ Actual Wolf Wood Blind Clyde Iron Works – Main Stage Kom-on-Inn Wristband required · 21+ Wristband required · 21+

7:30pm 12:30am Colleen Myhre The Boomchucks Beaner’s Central Mr. D’s Bar & Grill Wristband required · All ages Wristband required · 21+

8pm 12:45am Southwire Dead Guys Clyde Iron Works – Main Stage Gopher Restaurant & Lounge Wristband required · 21+ Wristband required · 21+  · The 16th Annual Homegrown Music Festival · Sunday, April 27 – Sunday, May 4, 2014 · Duluth, MN · www.duluthhomegrown.com

Day Five · Soup Town Night Thursday, May 1

Superior night starts off at the 6:30pm Cowboy 11:45pm Vintage Italian Pizza Red Mug with a very piano-y Mary Bue Free · 21+ Boku Frequency showcase. Then the Duluth Dolls Red Mug Coffeehouse Thirsty Pagan Brewing Free · All ages Manheat Wristband required · 21+ make their first Homegrown ap- Superior Flame Nightclub 7:30pm 12am pearance at the Main Club, fol- Free · 21+ Ryan Van Slooten 10:45pm The Tisdales lowed by a synth-sational bo- Red Mug Coffeehouse Norm’s Beer & Brats nanza with DrOhm, Bondage Free · All ages Two Beat Band Wristband required · 21+ Thirsty Pagan Brewing Symphony and the Horror. 8:30pm Wristband required · 21+ 12:15am

Emily Havoc 11pm The Horror Thirsty Pagan Brewing, Norm’s Red Mug Coffeehouse The Main Club Beer & Brats, the Superior Flame Free · All ages Batteries Wristband required · 21+ Norm’s Beer & Brats and delicious first-timer Vintage 9pm Wristband required · 21+ Sonja & the Reckoning Italian Pizza are the other Supe- Steve Sola 11:15pm Reef Bar Chester Creek Café Wine Bar Wristband required · 21+ rior night venues. Free · 21+ Bondage Symphony The Main Club 12:30am Manheat, playing at the Superior 9:15pm Wristband required · 21+ Silverback Colony Flame, is in the process of releas- Duluth Dolls Five Pints a’ Rye Vintage Italian Pizza ing three cassette-tape EPs on Burlesque & Cabaret Reef Bar Free · 21+ The Main Club Wristband required · 21+ Heat Street Records. Two other Wristband required · 21+ 12:30am 11:30pm local bands, Wolf Blood and Low 9:30pm Risky Fingers Virgil Caine Superior Flame Nightclub Forms, have also put out tapes Aurora Baer Vintage Italian Pizza Free · 21+ this year. As a result, anecdotal Burrito Union Free · 21+ Free · All ages evidence points to an unex- Hard Feelings 9:45pm Superior Flame Nightclub pected boom in tape deck de- Free · 21+ Hanna Cesario mand that has really revitalized, Thirsty Pagan Brewing or confounded, pawn shops and Wristband required · 21+ RadioShacks everywhere. 10pm The Yeah Scherz “I have had two customers come Chester Creek Café Wine Bar in, and this is no lie, looking for Free · 21+ tape decks,” says Matt Busch, an Dad’s Acid Norm’s Beer & Brats assistant manager at Pawn Amer- Wristband required · 21+ ica. “In the last month, actually. 10:15pm This guy, he was totally from the Drohm ’80s, you know? And he was cruis- The Main Club Wristband required · 21+ ing around and I was like, ‘Can I Triplekoin help you?’ And he was like, ‘Not Reef Bar really, I’m looking for a tape deck.’ Wristband required · 21+ And I said, ‘We don’t have those.’ 10:30pm … I’ve been working here since Timothy Martin & May, and I’ve never had anyone the New Norm Burrito Union else ask for a tape deck.” Free · All ages

Schedule, updates & More Online band biographies, printable schedules, Eric Swanson’s Homegrown mixtape, Homegrown Radio, volunteer information and more. duluthhomegrown.com www.duluthhomegrown.com · Duluth, MN · Sunday, April 27 – Sunday, May 4, 2014 · The 16th Annual Homegrown Music Festival · 

Day Six · Rawk Night Friday, May 2

There will be 15 venues, 47 5:30pm 9:30pm 11:15pm bands and only one you. Get The Branditos Timmy Jacks Off Fred Tyson Sex Worskshop Amazing Grace Bakery & Café Sir Benedict’s Tavern Rex Bar ready to hustle. Free · All ages Free · All ages Wristband required · 21+

Homegrown Friday is too vast 6pm 9:45pm 11:15pm to be summarized here. Ven- Portrait of a Drowned Man Low-Hi Funk Nonfic Beaner’s Central Legacy Glassworks Red Star Lounge ues are limited to Canal Park Wristband required · All ages Free · 18+ Free · 21+ and Downtown Duluth. Note 6:30pm 9:45pm 11:15pm that about half the venues are Tim Kaiser Bill Flannagan Blues Cabooze American Rebels for people age 21 or older, and Teatro Zuccone Carmody Irish Pub Dubh Linn the other half are all-ages ven- Wristband required · All ages Wristband required · 21+ Free · 21+ ues, but Legacy Glassworks is 6:30pm 10pm 11:30pm the only 18+ venue, due to the Portage Glenn Maloney DJ Delgado Amazing Grace Bakery & Café Fitger’s Brewhouse Tycoons Alehouse presence of tobacco and relat- Free · All ages Free · 21+ Wristband required · 21+ ed products for those sneaky 7pm Armond Blackwater 11:30pm & Blackwater Tribe 17-year-olds to get their sticky Exiles R. T. Quinlan’s Saloon Horse & Rider Beaner’s Central Wristband required · 21+ Pizza Lucé hands on. Wristband required · All ages Wristband required · 21+ 10:15pm Teatro Zuccone features an 7pm 11:30pm The Crunchy Bunch eclectic mix of experimen- Nur Jehan Chishti Rex Bar Rooftop Fable The Underground Wristband required · 21+ Sir Benedict’s Tavern tal music by Tim Kaiser, Dirty Wristband required · All ages Free · All ages Knobs and Troy Rogers. 10:15pm 7:30pm 11:45pm Misnomer Rogers will be showcasing mu- Biochemical Characters Red Star Lounge Peter Pain Amazing Grace Bakery & Café Free · 21+ Carmody Irish Pub sic-playing robots, and swears Free · All ages Wristband required · 21+ they’re not only Three-Laws 10:15pm 7:30pm 11:45pm Safe, but “Three-Laws Un- Dirty Horse Dirty Knobs Dubh Linn Christoph Bruhn aware.” He calls them by name Teatro Zuccone Free · 21+ Lake Avenue Restaurant & Bar Wristband required · All ages Wristband required · 21+ a little bit like people, but he 10:30pm 7:45pm 12am says they’re not “humanoid.” Space Carpet Danecdote Tycoons Alehouse A Winter Downpour “They’re more instrumentoid,” Legacy Glassworks Wristband required · 21+ Fitger’s Brewhouse Free · 18+ Free · 21+ he says. “They look like crea- 10:30pm 8pm 12am tures that have grown around The Keep Aways the instruments.” Turbo Rathvon Pizza Lucé Wolf Blood Beaner’s Central Wristband required · 21+ R. T. Quinlan’s Saloon Wristband required · All ages Wristband required · 21+ Rogers says come expecting 10:30pm 8pm 12:15am the unexpected. He programs Black River Revue the robots to “surprise” him. Todd Eckart Sir Benedict’s Tavern The Fontanelles The Underground Free · All ages Rex Bar Wristband required · All ages Wristband required · 21+ Music on Friday will be sprawled 10:45pm 8:30pm 12:15am out from as far east as Sir Ben’s, Jaze all the way down to the canal, Lay Low & Bender Legacy Glassworks DJ Warhorse Amazing Grace Bakery & Café Free · 18+ Red Star Lounge and as far west as Beaner’s. This Free · All ages Free · 21+ 10:45pm would be a good night to take 8:30pm 12:15am Stel advantage of the Homegrown Troy Rogers Carmody Irish Pub Big Wave Dave trolley, which will surely be Teatro Zuccone Wristband required · 21+ & the Ripples Wristband required · All ages Dubh Linn 10:45pm Free · 21+ home to some impromptu per- 8:45pm formances all along Superior Four Mile Portage 12:30am Thadi P. Lake Avenue Restaurant & Bar Street. Red Star will be a hip- Legacy Glassworks Wristband required · 21+ Prince Paul & the Free · 18+ Conscious Party hop haven, and Dubh Linn and 11pm 9pm Tycoons Alehouse Tycoons will feature eclectic The Bitter Spills Wristband required · 21+ The Albedo Effect mixes of rock, soul and reggae. Fitger’s Brewhouse 12:30am Beaner’s Central Free · 21+ The veteran lineup at Lucé is Wristband required · All ages Sexhawk 11pm the Keep Aways, Horse & Rider 9pm Pizza Lucé Dead Skull Wristband required · 21+ and Sexhawk. Tangier 57 R. T. Quinlan’s Saloon The Underground Wristband required · 21+ Wristband required · All ages 10 · The 16th Annual Homegrown Music Festival · Sunday, April 27 – Sunday, May 4, 2014 · Duluth, MN · www.duluthhomegrown.com

Day seven · Roll Night Saturday, May 3

Saturday at noon the Friday 10am 8:30pm 10:45pm bands vs. Saturday bands Kraig James Curren Effinger Number One Common Chester Creek Café Wine Bar Teatro Zuccone Legacy Glassworks Homegrown Kickball Classic Free · All ages Wristband required · All ages Free · 18+ saga continues. Friday took last 11am Maddy Siiter Brother George year’s game, so Saturday will Amazing Grace Bakery & Café Carmody Irish Pub Sara Thomsen Free · All ages Wristband required · 21+ be out for blood. Or mud, if it’s Chester Creek Café Wine Bar anything like 2013. Free · All ages 8:45pm 11pm 12pm Bliss Phantom Ship Before heading to the game, Legacy Glassworks Fitger’s Brewhouse Homegrown Kickball Classic Free · 18+ Free · 21+ make sure to stop at Chester Chester Bowl Park Free · All ages 9pm Supreme Rokka Hi-Fi Creek Café for Kraig James and Duluth Flame Nightclub Sara Thomsen at 10 and 11 a.m., 5:30pm The Spin Collective Free · 21+ & Ladyslipper Musicians respectively. Kraig Erickson, The Ugly Mugs Minnesota Power Plaza Low Forms Amazing Grace Bakery & Café Free · All ages R. T. Quinlan’s Saloon who performs as Kraig James, is Free · All ages Wristband required · 21+ Preston Gunderson probably the tallest performer 6pm Beaner’s Central 11:15pm in Homegrown this year at 6 Amy Abts Wristband required · All ages The Slamming Doors feet 7 inches. Beaner’s Central The Cold Starts Rex Bar Wristband required · All ages The Underground Wristband required · 21+ Wristband required · All ages “Out of courtesy to my audi- 6:15pm 12StepVillains 9:30pm Red Star Lounge ence, I’m going to sit when I North Wind Flute Choir Free · 21+ play,” Erickson says. Sacred Heart Music Center The Tico Three Wristband required · All ages Sir Benedict’s Tavern 11:30pm Free · All ages On Saturday there are 17 ven- 6:30pm Todd Gremmels 9:45pm Sir Benedict’s Tavern ues and 52 bands/collectives/ The Fish Heads Free · All ages Teatro Zuccone Tribal Alchemie featuring drumming troupes. Two tal- Wristband required · All ages Electric Witch Yabobo Drummers Tycoons Alehouse ented young acts are playing Minnesota Power Plaza Wristband required · 21+ The Getarounds Free · All ages at Amazing Grace. Taste the Amazing Grace Bakery & Café Free · All ages Jack Campbell & Feeling — two-thirds kid — is Willie Diction Legacy Glassworks the Skeleton Keys 7pm Free · 18+ Pizza Lucé at 7:30 p.m., and Maddy Siiter is Wristband required · 21+ at 8:30. At 15, Siiter has already Jillian Rae Father Hennepin Beaner’s Central Carmody Irish Pub 11:45pm composed 70 songs. Wristband required · All ages Wristband required · 21+ Xhaust Planemo 10pm Legacy Glassworks There are rumors flying of a col- The Underground Free · 18+ laboration at Sacred Heart, where Wristband required · All ages Abe Curran & the Blue Rooster Fitger’s Brewhouse Cockfight the North Wind Flute Choir, Sing! 7:15pm Free · 21+ Carmody Irish Pub Wristband required · 21+ A Women’s Chorus and Low are Sing! A Women’s Chorus Uprising Sacred Heart Music Center Duluth Flame Nightclub 12am performing. No hints. Fine, one Wristband required · All ages Free · 21+ The Murder of Crows hint. Sing! Low, sweet chariot. 7:30pm Indulge Fitger’s Brewhouse R. T. Quinlan’s Saloon Free · 21+ Spin Collective and Tribal Alche- Markus J. Dandy & the Com- Wristband required · 21+ plete Lack Thereof Fever Dream mie will be putting on a show in Teatro Zuccone 10:15pm Duluth Flame Nightclub the Minnesota Power Plaza from Wristband required · All ages Free · 21+ Sarah Krueger Bratwurst 9 to 10:30ish. And there is talk of Taste the Feeling Rex Bar Amazing Grace Bakery & Café Wristband required · 21+ R. T. Quinlan’s Saloon actual roosters visiting the Cock- Free · All ages Wristband required · 21+ Malec fight show at Carmody. 8pm Red Star Lounge 12:15pm Free · 21+ “Actually I know a guy who has Mark Anderson Trio The Brothers Burn Mountain Beaner’s Central 10:30pm Rex Bar some roosters,” says Rob May, Wristband required · All ages Wristband required · 21+ Adam Sippola half of Cockfight. “Well, he has Mikey Talented Sir Benedict’s Tavern Iron Range Outlaw Brigade The Underground Free · All ages Red Star Lounge some chickens. The roosters all Wristband required · All ages Free · 21+ died. … Maybe we could actu- Mr. Kickass 8:15pm Tycoons Alehouse 12:30am Wristband required · 21+ ally set something like that up. I Low Duck Duck Punch think it’s illegal.” Sacred Heart Music Center The Good Colonels Tycoons Alehouse Wristband required · All ages Pizza Lucé Wristband required · 21+ OK, there will be no roosters. Wristband required · 21+ Crew Jones Pizza Lucé Wristband required · 21+ www.duluthhomegrown.com · Duluth, MN · Sunday, April 27 – Sunday, May 4, 2014 · The 16th Annual Homegrown Music Festival · 11

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Day eight · Homegrown ends Sunday, May 4

Of course, it would be unreason- 11am able to expect anyone to get Hannah McDaniel Pizza Lucé up and consume more music, Free · All ages alcohol and social interactions 12pm after such a week. Then again, Rick McLean you knew when you signed up Pizza Lucé that this thing is eight days, not Free · All ages seven. So man/woman up. 1:30pm Group Too Music starts at Pizza Lucé with Canal Park Brewing Co. Hannah McDaniel at 11 a.m. and Free · 21+ Rick McLean at noon. Then you can 2pm choose between the second Music Homegrown Music Video Festival (encore #2) Video Festival encore (Seriously? Chester Creek Café Theater You missed it again?) or Canal Park Free · All ages Brewing Co.’s lineup of Group Too, 2:30pm Holy Hootinanners and the also- Holy Hootinanners Canal Park Brewing Co. holy traditional closers of Home- Free · 21+ grown festivities, the Silk Sheiks. 3:30pm Now, little rawker, go to sleep and The Silk Sheiks Canal Park Brewing Co. dream of next year’s Homegrown, Free · 21+ which will be bigger, better and more corporate than ever. 12 · The 16th Annual Homegrown Music Festival · Sunday, April 27 – Sunday, May 4, 2014 · Duluth, MN · www.duluthhomegrown.com www.duluthhomegrown.com · Duluth, MN · Sunday, April 27 – Sunday, May 4, 2014 · The 16th Annual Homegrown Music Festival · 13 grown website to make sure game hasn’t been moved to al- Homegrown ternate location. Venues Chester Creek Cafe 1902 E. Eighth St. (218) 723-8569 Amazing Grace astccc.net Bakery & Cafe Restaurant inside Taran’s Mar- 394 S. Lake Ave. ketplace in Duluth’s Chester Park (218) 723-0075 neighborhood. Hosts Thursday amazinggraceduluth.com night show in its Wine Bar for Bakery and café in basement people 21 or older. Saturday of DeWitt-Seitz Marketplace in morning’s show in the restau- Duluth’s Canal Park. All ages per- rant and Sunday’s encore screen- mitted; free admission. ing of the Homegrown Music Video Festival in a conference Beaner’s Central room/theater in the basement 324 N. Central Ave. are open to all ages. Admission (218) 624-5957 is free. beanerscentral.com Coffee shop in West Duluth with Clyde Iron Works beer and wine. All ages permit- 2920 W. Michigan St. ted; paid admission required. (218) 727-1150 clydeironworks.com Burrito Union Former hoist-and-crane man- 1332 E. Fourth St. ufacturing plant in Duluth’s (218) 728-4414 friendly West End, now a res- burritounion.com taurant, bar and concert venue. Burrito joint in Duluth’s East Hill- Must be 21 or older; weeklong side with award-winning Fitger’s pass required for shows in main Brewhouse beer. All ages per- hall, but upstairs mezzanine mitted; free admission. shows are free. Canal Park Dubh Linn Irish Pub Brewing Co. 109 W. Superior St. 300 Canal Park Drive (218) 727-1559 (218) 464-4790 dubhlinnpub.com canalparkbrewery.com Irish-themed pub in Downtown New restaurant and brewery in Duluth hosting Homegrown Canal Park. Must be 21 or older; bands on Monday and Friday free admission. night. Must be 21 or older; free Carmody Irish Pub admission. 308 E. Superior St. Duluth Flame Nightclub (218) 740-4747 28 N. First Ave. W. carmodyirishpub.com (218) 727-2344 duluthflame.com Irish-themed brew pub in Down- town Duluth. Must be 21 or old- GLBT-friendly dance club in er; paid admission required for Downtown Duluth. Must be 21 Monday and weekend events, or older; free admission. free admission on Sunday. Fitger’s Brewhouse Chester Bowl Park 600 E. Superior St. 1801 Skyline Parkway (218) 279-2739 (218) 724-9832 fitgersbrewhouse.com chesterbowl.org Award-winning brew pub and Homegrown Kickball Classic held restaurant on eastern edge of on large field at end of roadway Downtown Duluth in Fitger’s through park. If conditions are Brewery Complex. Must be 21 or exceptionally wet, check Home- older; free admission. 14 · The 16th Annual Homegrown Music Festival · Sunday, April 27 – Sunday, May 4, 2014 · Duluth, MN · www.duluthhomegrown.com Gopher Restaurant in Downtown Duluth is the place plex. Must be 21 or older; free admission required for weekend to see fire-spinning and belly admission. shows; free on Sunday. Photo ex- & Lounge dancing on Saturday night. All hibit in the lobby is also free. 402 N. Central Ave. ages permitted; free admission. Reef Bar (218) 624-9793 2002 London Road Thirsty Pagan Brewing Spacious bar and restaurant in Mr. D’s Bar & Grill (218) 724-9845 1623 Broadway St. the heart of West Duluth with a 5622 Grand Ave. Drinking establishment in east- (715) 394-2500 basement hideout called the Go- (218) 624-4178 ern Duluth’s Endion neighbor- thirstypaganbrewing.com pher Hole for those offended by The unofficial city hall of West hood. Must be 21 or older; paid Microbrewery and restaurant in the music. Must be 21 or older; Duluth. Must be 21 or older; paid admission required. Superior. Must be 21 or older; paid admission required. admission required. Rex Bar at Fitger’s paid admission required. Grandma’s Norm’s Beer & Brats 600 E. Superior St. Tycoons Alehouse Sports Garden 1901 Broadway Street (218) 733-3090 132 E. Superior St. 425 S. Lake Ave. (715) 394-9689 Nightclub in basement of Fitger’s (218) 623-1889 (218) 722-4724 normsbeerandbrats.net Brewery Complex. Must be 21 or tycoonsalehouse.com grandmasrestaurants.com Music is upstairs at this two-level older; free admission. Restaurant and micro-brew out- Giant nightclub/restaurant in bar in Superior. Must be 21 or let serving Fitger’s Brewhouse Canal Park. Must be 21 or older; older; paid admission required. R. T. Quinlan’s Saloon beer out of Duluth’s former city paid admission required. 220 W. Superior St. hall and jail. Must be 21 or older; Pizza Luce (218) 722-3573 paid admission required. Kom-on-Inn 11 E. Superior St. Drinking establishment across 332 N. 57th Ave. W. (218) 727-7400 from the Holiday Center in The Underground (218) 624-3385 pizzaluce.com Downtown Duluth. Must be 21 or 506 W. Michigan St. West Duluth’s oldest drinking es- Restaurant/bar in Duluth Tech- older; paid admission required. (218) 733-7555 tablishment, with the finest am- nology Village. Must be 21 or duluthunderground.org biance. Must be 21 or older; paid older; paid admission required Sacred Heart New satellite theater of the Dulu- admission required. on Friday and Saturday; Sunday Music Center th Playhouse tucked in the base- shows are free. 201 W. Fourth St. ment of the Duluth Depot. All Lake Avenue (218) 723-1895 ages permitted; paid admission Restaurant & Bar Players Sports Bar sacredheartmusic.org required for Tuesday night and 394 S. Lake Ave. 4024 Grand Ave. Former cathedral built in 1896 in weekend music; Monday night (218) 722-2355 (218) 624-7974 Duluth’s Central Hillside neigh- poetry reading is free. lakeavenuerestaurantandbar.com Walk into the front door of this borhood; home of Sacred Heart Restaurant and bar in Duluth’s West Duluth bar and you will prac- Recording Studio and historic Vintage Italian Pizza Canal Park. Must be 21 or older; tically be on stage. Must be 21 or Felgemaker organ. All ages per- 1201 Tower Ave. paid admission required. older; paid admission required. mitted; paid admission required. (715) 392-5555 vintageitalianpizza.com Legacy Glassworks Pr0ve Gallery Sir Benedict’s Pizza joint in the heart of Supe- 30 W. First St. 21 N. Lake Ave. 805 E. Superior St. rior’s North End. Must be 21 or (218) 720-0747 (612) 205-6174 (218) 728-1192 older; free admission. legacyglassworks.com provegallery.com sirbens.com Glass-blowing shop in Down- Experimental art gallery in Restaurant and bar at the eastern Zeitgeist Arts Atrium town Duluth. Must be 18 or old- Downtown Duluth. All ages; free edge of Downtown Duluth. All 222 E. Superior St. er; free admission. admission. ages permitted; free admission. (218) 722-9100 zeitgeistarts.com The Main Club Red Mug Coffeehouse Superior Flame Lobby connecting the Zeitgeist 1217 Tower Ave. 916 Hammond Ave. 1612 Tower Ave. Arts Café, Teatro Zuccone and (715) 392-1756 (715) 392-2662 (715) 395-0101 Zinema 2 hosts music by Val Tur- mainclubsuperior.com redmugcoffee.com superiorflame.com cotte and Tom O’Keefe on Mon- Gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgen- Coffee shop with beer and wine, Happening little gay bar in Su- day. All ages; free admission. der, allied, queer and intersex located in the Trade and Com- perior. Must be 21 or older; free club in Superior. Must be 21 or merce Marketplace in Superior. admission. Zinema 2 older; paid admission required. All ages; free admission. 222 E. Superior St. Teatro Zuccone (218) 722-7300 MN Power Plaza Red Star Lounge 222 E. Superior St. zinema2.com 14 W. Superior St. 600 E. Superior St. (218) 336-1414 Movie house in Zeitgeist Arts Also known as “Lake Superior (218) 727-7827 teatrozuccone.com Building hosting the Homegrown Plaza” or the “People’s Power Pla- redstarclub.us Black-box theater in Zeitgeist Music Video Festival on Monday za,” the tiny park at the corner of Martini bar and live music club Arts Building, Downtown Du- and Tuesday. All ages permitted; Lake Avenue and Superior Street located in Fitger’s Brewery Com- luth. All ages permitted; paid paid admission required.

16 · The 16th Annual Homegrown Music Festival · Sunday, April 27 – Sunday, May 4, 2014 · Duluth, MN · www.duluthhomegrown.com photo by max mcgruder Homegrown 16th and Scott “Razzmatazz” Mil- Sunday, April 27 – Sunday, May 4, 2014 Annual Edition: lis on drums. Bryon Gaynor Band Biographies was recently added to the Homegrown lineup on bass. Actual Wolf Music Festival 7pm Wed 4/30 | Clyde Iron Eric Pollard — lead singer, Amy Abts guitarist and Mr. Actual Wolf 6pm Sat 5/3 | Beaner’s himself — had a stellar 2013. The very first act of the City Pages not only named very first Homegrown, Amy him the best songwriter of Abts has played the festival the year, his self-titled debut numerous times as a solo record made its way onto the performer or with her rock alt weekly’s top ten albums band the State Champs. She of the year. Pollard’s band even co-chaired the festival lends a perfect, rich, country committee in 2006. Medi- background for his soulful, cal issues and a move to thoughtful lyrics. The group Seattle have kept her away consists of Jake Hanson and in recent years, but last fall Erik Koskinen on guitars, she returned to her home- Steve Garrington on bass and town of Rochester and has Jeremy Hanson on drums. resumed regular gigging, songwriting and recording. The Adjustments Abts’ latest project, Extinct 9:30pm Mon 4/28 | Carmody Gingers, features guitarist Part blues, part rock, part Adam Kroshus and bassist jam band, the Adjustments Matt Stobaugh, who will blend all of that with crisp join her at this year’s Home- harmonies and head-bob- grown. No matter the proj- bing tunes. The vocals are ect, Abts’ tender voice provided by Alex Nelson and melodic songwriting and Justin Lofquist, who are add the pretty, while her on keyboard and guitar re- punk rock sensibilities mix spectively. Also on guitar is in some grit, making for a Tim Paul Nelson. The new- compelling contrast. est member of the band, drummer Chuck Lattimore, The Acceleratii adds a new funky heartbeat 12:15am Mon 4/28 | Dubh Linn to the sound. The original They’ve played for eight members have been playing years in the Twin Ports, but together around northern there are still few who can Minnesota for three years spell the Acceleratii’s name and can be seen at many of correctly. The band terroriz- these gigs selling their de- es unsuspecting bars with a but album Volume One. Vol- ruckus of rockabilly, psycho- ume Two is in the works. billy, some would even say raunchabilly. Band mem- The Albedo Effect bers include Chad “Bo Ban- 9pm Fri 5/2 | Beaner’s dit” Lyons on vocals, Steve Scientifically speaking, the “Gomez” Mahlberg and Ben albedo effect relates to the Marsen sharing guitar work, amount of solar energy re- www.duluthhomegrown.com · Duluth, MN · Sunday, April 27 – Sunday, May 4, 2014 · The 16th Annual Homegrown Music Festival · 17

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flected back to space from with lead guitar. Since 2009, adulthood as a Minnesota- Uncle Frank. His latest re- Earth. What that has to do this four-piece has worked based folk/blues musician. cord is 2013’s A Gentleman with the music group with out 30-plus songs that run In 2006, Alexy released the Named Actionslave. the same name, we don’t the genre gamut: fast-paced acoustic rock/gospel tinged know. But it’s a catchy name rockers, softer acoustic The New Folklore. It gar- American Rebels for a band specializing in numbers and spacey jams. nered multiple nominations 11:15pm Fri 5/2 | Dubh Linn catchy rock originals. Na- at Nashville’s Just Plain Folk American Rebels are com- than Kluenenberg’s vocals Teague Alexy Awards, eventually winning ing off a damned good 2013. and rhythm guitar lead the 12:15pm Sun 4/27 | Carmody the best song category for They released a well-received cagey tempos provided by This Americana songwriter “A Good Clean High.” He has self-titled EP, opened for the drummer Tom Jossart and has come a long, long way also won critical acclaim for legendary Bob Mould at bassist Logan Amys. Scott from his Jersey Shore hip- his family folk duo known Grandma’s Sports Garden Johnson fills in the cracks hop teenage roots to an as the Hobo Nephews of and contributed to the show- 18 · The 16th Annual Homegrown Music Festival · Sunday, April 27 – Sunday, May 4, 2014 · Duluth, MN · www.duluthhomegrown.com

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case Duluth Does Low at Mark collar regulars and beard- direction by featuring all Sacred Heart Music Center. Anderson Trio ed hipsters alike. A 2012 Latin music originals. This year has already shown 8pm Sat 5/3 | Beaner’s release, Peas on Earth, was signs of equal achievement. the epitome of the trio’s Aurora Baer This jazz combo is well- Vocalist Kyle MacLean, drum- modus operandi of twist- 9:30pm Thurs 5/1 | Burrito Union known for its creative in- Aurora Baer has been play- mer Scott Millis, lead guitar terpretations of standards, ing traditionals within the player Bob Olson, and bass- pop songs and rock music. jazz genre. A forthcoming ing her original songs in ist Heather Dean have gone The band’s regular perfor- album, Clowns in My Cof- the Twin Ports for half a de- back into the studio, this time mances at dark, cozy pubs fee, takes guitarist Mark cade, and she’s been play- to record a 1960s-inspired make Twin Ports winters a Anderson, drummer Mar- ing Homegrown almost psychedelic album. Expect a little warmer on the sens- vin Pomeroy and bass- as long. This year, her gui- summer release with a ton of es by stimulating the ears ist John Thorene’s group tar and vocals team with regional shows to follow. of happy-hour suits, blue- ethos in a completely new T. Bruce Bowers’ electric fiddle to create a blues-fla- “upbeat-Motown-ska-I- vored Americana sound. don’t-know-what-you’d call Calling the Twin Ports her it.” He elaborates: “Think if “musical incubator,” Aurora the Specials picked up Amy has played shows in Duluth Winehouse and drove over and Superior, up the North to Rancid’s house to have Shore and down into the a barbecue.” The rhythm Twin Cities. She’s currently section in this hodgepodge working on recording some of eclectic noise consists of new original material. Tom Wilkowske on bass and Kelly Lussier on drums. The Ball Slashers 10:15pm Mon 4/28 | Dubh Linn Batteries Only in Duluth can some- 11pm Thurs 5/1 | Norm’s thing as disturbing as a fe- Though Batteries has been tish with stabbing exercise around for “only” eight years, equipment be turned into its members have at least 60 an excuse to rock ’n’ roll. years of collective experi- That’s exactly what bass- ence in Twin Ports indie-rock ist Pete Biasi, singer Jason history. Guitarist Greg Cou- Watt, guitarist Joe Ulvi and gar Conley and bassist Bryon drummer Erik Freitag have Gaynor have performed to- done. They debuted in 2012 gether in different bands go- and have brought healthy ing back to the early 1990s. doses of anarchy wherever Dave Frankenfeld has com- they’ve performed. Some posed uber-cool guitar/vo- bands write ballads and cal/drum sounds locally for sing pretty harmonies. This more than 10 years. They band cracks jokes about make drummer Scott Mil- bath salts and encourag- lis a relative rookie, though es drunken audiences to it seems like he’s been here rip open big rubber balls since Buddy Holly played the tossed out from the stage. Armory. The Batteries discog- raphy includes two albums, A Band 2007’s That Great Grandsuck Called Truman of the Sea and 2010’s You’re 6pm Wed 4/30 | Clyde Iron So Excited. A Band Called Truman has been playing around the Beachfight Twin Ports for nearly four 10pm Sun 4/27 | Pizza Lucé years, though there hasn’t Homegrown 2013 saw the always been so many end for the math-folk band members. The addition of Loup-Garou. Homegrown five new musicians last year 2014 will see three-fifths of — Jim Pospisil on keyboard the ashes back together in a and vocals, and Jessica Ol- new group: Beachfight. Vo- son, Mina Hubert, Dale calist Gabriel Moll still dons Schimmin and Kirby Wood guitar, along with Chad Er- on the horns — changed lemeier playing drums and the band’s sound consider- Alex Galle on viola. Buster ably. Bandleader and gui- Broughton now joins them tar player Leon Rohrbaugh on bass, and the results create defines the new genre as a faster and heavier sound. Moll and Broughton have Community Garden Pro- worked together before, gram and offered the single which makes transitioning “Sunburn” as theme music to the more excitable style for the Harbor City Roller that much smoother. As one Dames. They have also re- can tell by their SoundCloud corded a handful of tunes demos, by the time Home- for a May 2014 release. grown rolls around, Beach- fight should be primed and The Bitter Spills ready for the ring. 11pm Fri 5/2 | Fitger’s Brewhouse Just a couple of young Big Wave Dave bucks in the Minneapolis & the Ripples music scene, Baby Grant 12:15am Fri 5/2 | Dubh Linn Johnson and Rich Mattson Dave Adams and the guys met in the late 1980s while have been playing around playing rock’n’roll. Johnson, the Twin Ports, predomi- a member of several bands, nantly at Rex Bar, for many including Beyond Zebra, years now, bringing funk Carpetbaggers and the New and soul to the forefront Vintage, eventually rubbed with their powerful horn his love for folk off on Matt- section. Adams and David son, and they formed the Bit- Rode are on trumpet, Alex ter Spills in 2006. Mattson, a Nordehn is on trombone, member of the Glenrustles, and Matt Wasmund and Ol’ Yeller and the Tisdales, Steve Rogers play baritone sings and plays acoustic gui- and tenor saxophone re- tar. Johnson also sings while spectively. Along with Dave playing acoustic six- or 12- Mennes on drums and Pe- string guitar. He played his ter Knutson on guitar, they first Homegrown in 2002 play a mix of their favorite and hasn’t missed one since. soul and funk tunes from He says he’s bringing the other artists along with beer bong, as usual. their own original material. Black River Revue Biochemical 10:30pm Fri 5/2 | Sir Benedict’s Characters In 2010, vocalist and guitarist 7:30pm Fri 5/2 | Amazing Grace Adam Stariha began to lay the Like the natural world of foundation for eclectic folk plants after a dormant win- group Black River Revue. A ter, Biochemical Characters year later he added mandolin routinely poke their heads player Nate Hynum. Shortly up and sprout right around after that, the two expanded the time Homegrown sea- the group with a mish-mash son warms up. So far this of different acoustic play- year, these tillers of aggres- ers until settling on Joe sive Americana — bassist Berg on washboard, vocal- Michael Gabler, guitarist Jay ist Ian Kvale, banjoist Timmy Sandal and drummer Jaywa Leutgeb and fiddler Kailyn Walker — have designated Spencer. The band released the song “Plant Some Beans” its first album Garbage Pick- for the One Vegetable, One in’ in 2013 and has plans for Community Initiative of the a new one this summer. www.duluthhomegrown.com · Duluth, MN · Sunday, April 27 – Sunday, May 4, 2014 · The 16th Annual Homegrown Music Festival · 21

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The Black-eyed it’s no wonder Duluthians Dylan’s song “Highway there he spent the next few Snakes with pack themselves into what- 61 Revisited” in 2011 for decades playing keys behind Charlie Parr ever room the Snakes play. the Another Side of Duluth Del Shannon, Bill Haley, Step- 9pm Wed 4/30 | Clyde Iron The band has two albums Does Dylan compilation. penwolf and Barry White, under its belt — 2000’s just to name a few. He has Since 1999, gritty blues/rock Armond group the Black-eyed Snakes It’s the Black-eyed Snakes Blackwater & the also performed as a spoken has been causing ruckuses and 2003’s Rise Up!. The word artist and penned two foot-stomping, mosh-pit in- Blackwater Tribe novels. For Homegrown, from coast to coast. With 10pm Fri 5/2 | R.T. Quinlan’s a lineup of “Chickenbone” spiring Snakes will be joined he is joined by a free-form George Alan Sparhawk, at Homegrown by the one Armond Blackwater is a Su- group, the Blackwater Tribe, “Bighouse” Bobby Olson, and only Charlie Parr. The perior native who began his made up of his sons Ash and “Smokin’” Brad Nelson and Snakes and Parr previously music career as a 12-year-old Bright Moon Blackwater Bryan “Lefty” Johnson, teamed up to record Bob organ player in 1965. From (also known as Rob and Eric

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Fernquist) on guitars, Luke phemists decided to take a the timing couldn’t be bet- lyrical skills for a decade- “Sanidar” Olson on bass, pia- breather for most of 2013. ter for a second spin of the plus with crews like Kritical nist Wanda Boudreaux, and Things like career moves, signature tune “They Don’t Kontact, Modern Gentle- the “drummer who prefers marriage and parenthood Cross Mesaba” in the after- men and Bliss and Sitter, the to be called percussionist,” can be such party-poop- math of two I-35 projects emcee known as Bliss be- Marvin Pomeroy. ers for rock’n’roll lifestyles. that jammed up traffic on lieves his forthcoming solo But Homegrown signals Duluth’s east/west divide. album The Most Important The Blasphemists the end of the hiatus for Things in Life are Invisible 10:45pm Wed 4/30 | Gopher guitarists Adam Sundberg Bliss will serve as the music he After tearing up the Twin and Joshua Herbert, bass 8:45pm Sat 5/3 | Legacy Glass will be most remembered Ports for two years with player Anthony Schaef- David Kittelson plans on by. Whether or not that their brand of trashcan/ fer and drummer Stephen making 2014 an extra spe- proves true, we can always rockabilly punk, the Blas- Hamlin. They’re back, and cial year. After honing his thank him for his amazing, self-produced season-re- influenced guitar and cap raps for favorite shows Nelson’s aforementioned Breaking Bad, The Walking train-beat drumming are Dead, and American Horror the backbone, but the vo- Story on blisshiphop.com. cal harmonies and clever lyrics are what have made Boku Frequency the duo popular. They re- 11:45pm Thurs 5/1 | Thirsty Pagan leased a self-titled album After 10 years combining four years ago, and Ness psychedelic soul, funkadel- says they are “gearing up ic rock and electric-earth to make another,” because, blues, Boku Frequency is as the Boomchucks most no stranger to performing. well-known song goes, The band formed in the “once you have one, you glory days of the Red Lion want to have another.” Bar, playing every Friday as the house band until the Borderstone place closed in 2007. Since 9:45pm Sun 4/27 | Tycoons then, Terry “Redeye Dread” Borderstone carries a torch Gums and Thomas “Too for traditional bluegrass Sharp” Harris have added and folk. Guitarist Ryan Leo “Psycho Capone” to the Morgen and mandolin play- lineup and have been play- er Nicholas Klee started the ing locally at places like the band in 2012, and the music Twins Bar, Carmody Irish quickly moved toward an Pub and FourthFest at Bay- old-time sound. John Rain- front Park. water joined the group on banjo, and John Beaton on Bondage Symphony percussion and harmonica, 11:15pm Thurs 5/1 | Main Club to form a quartet dedicated Bondage Symphony plays to keeping the memory of dark-wave electronica with bluegrass and folk alive and piano-acoustic elements. thriving in Duluth. Previously known as Naked Hobbits, the duo of John The Branditos McLoughlin and Clark An- 5:30pm Fri 5/2 | Amazing Grace derson has been perform- With all the laptop groups ing locally for more than and beard-core shoe-gaz- 11 years. After taking a year ers out there these days, off to work on new mate- doesn’t it feel nice when rial, they’re excited for their you run into just a good ol’ 2014 Homegrown debut, fashioned, three-piece rock- and to be on stage once abilly band? The Branditos again. can proclaim themselves as cow punks, but their The Boomchucks catchy, taut songs about 12:30am Wed 4/30 | Mr. D’s fast women, corn whiskey Jamie Ness and Brad Nel- and squealing tires make son have been playing them a 1950s-style rock ’n’ “train-beat-driven Ameri- roll breath of fresh air in a cana” music together as world thick with digitized the Boomchucks since noise. Bassist Bruce Rosera 2008. Ness’ Nashville- and drummer Jason Wus- sow provide a solid double- Timothy John. She also of- time, up-tempo beat for fers singing telegrams (card guitarist Brandon Swanson and flowers included) to to weave his bleary-eyed anyone within 75 miles of shouts and grunts. the Twin Ports. Bratwurst Brother George 12am Sat 5/3 | R.T. Quinlan’s 10:45pm Sat 5/3 | Carmody Duluth doesn’t have as If you’ve seen live music in many industrial absurdists Duluth, you’ve probably as, say, Berlin, but it does seen George Ellsworth. He’s play home to one avant- been a fixture for more than garde group unlike any a decade, playing in the other — Bratwurst. If its bands No Room to Pogo, members are not tossing Hot Toddy and the Blue- raw meat into the crowd, tones, James and Younger, they’re probably too busy and Snöbarn. A singer, gui- detonating religious idols tar player and keyboardist, on the other side of the Ellsworth has done plenty stage. The music provided of composing and writ- by guitarists Jason Ratajek ing on his own, including and Ben Tyron along with producing film and theater drummer Brennan Atchi- scores. He has occasionally son welds a grotesque performed under the name soundtrack for front man Brother George, but 2014 Tyler Scouton’s shock-art will be his Homegrown de- antics. If the sparks flying but as a solo artist. off the stage make any po- litical statement, it gets lost The Brothers in how much fun these guys Burn Mountain have blowing up Home- 12:15am Sat 5/3 | Rex Bar grown year after year. Their music, like the band name, involves brothers, Breanne Marie high heat, cold peaks and & the Front hermetic places. Between Porch Sinners the imaginative chill of the 11:15pm Sun 4/27 | Carmody lyrics and their brand of Country music songstress hot-iron, breakneck blues, Breanne Marie Tepler writes the Brothers Burn Moun- rustic and moving compo- tain’s distinct sound just sitions that attain a fleshier feels at home in a sweaty, sound when joined by her out-of-the-way-juke-joint. accompanying group, the So if you’re wondering Front Porch Sinners. These about that icy, far-off look so-called sinners are guitar- in brothers Ryan (guitar) ists Evan Tepler and John and Jesse (drums) Dermo- Peterson, bassist Glenn Ma- dy’s eyes when tearing it loney and drummer John up on stage, it ain’t from Lamar. Breanne Marie re- artistic indifference. Call it leased the album Six Strings bona fide soul that blues- of Peace and Sanity on New men carry after touring Year’s Day 2013 and has a and recording for more new EP in the works titled than 15 years. Christoph Bruhn Jack Campbell & 11:45pm Fri 5/2 | Lake Avenue the Skeleton Keys For a quiet guy with only an 11:30pm Sat 5/3 | Pizza Lucé acoustic guitar, Christoph What erstwhile Duluthian Bruhn made a resounding can front three different statement with his first bands, get signed to a re- official solo album, Week- cord label as a sophomore ends on the Frontier. Using in high school, play three- a variety of finger-picking and-a-half hour solo sets styles, Bruhn laid out nine at Fitger’s Brewhouse, and thoughtful instrumentals, offer a critically acclaimed each loaded with an un- EP full of earnest garage- feigned, esoteric sound. pop all before the age of The straightforward sim- 21? Jack Campbell, that’s plicity was well received; who. Now residing in Chi- the album ended up on cago, the former member more than a couple “Best of Excuse Me, Princess and of 2013” lists. Homegrown Shortwave is recording as might be the last chance a solo act, having released to catch Bruhn locally for Absentee in summer 2013. a while; he plans to take For Homegrown he will part in an acoustic music be joined by the Skeleton series in Paris over the Keys, featuring Jimmy Ar- summer. royo-Roppo on bass and Nate Rendulich on drums. Mary Bue 6:30pm Thurs 5/1 | Red Mug Cars & Trucks Since her musical begin- 9:45pm Tues 4/29 | Grandma’s nings at Amazing Grace After seven years of play- Bakery & Café, Mary Bue ing hook-filled rock shows has traveled the country for the good people of Du- gracing audiences with luth, the members of Cars her beautiful piano mel- & Trucks are worrying their odies and lyrics, which friends with a crisis of iden- she describes as “the re- tity. They are doing things tellings of adventures, like covering Creedence mishaps and pains in the Clearwater Revival and ass.” After three years in playing improvised in- Seattle, Bue returned to strumental sets in college Duluth in 2011 to record planetariums while people her fourth album Apple in fly virtually through space. the Ocean at Sacred Heart Whether the safe familiar- Studio. With a sound de- ity of Homegrown brings scribed by Providence them back to their old ways Phoenix as “a marvelous- or sends them into yet an- ly sultry and cool voice other awesome divergence over a fusion of classical, only time will tell. The band folk and ambient piano features Tony Bennett on music,” Bue is a must-see guitar and vocals, Mat Mil- Duluth artist. She will be inkovich on drums and joined by her husband, vocals and Matt Osterlund Kyle MacLean, on guitar. on bass and bass. The trio

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has put out three albums, years ago, a friend lent her a album Ain’t Misbehavin’ is gent alternative indie rock the most recent of which is ukulele to putz around with, due out soon. and death-folk-soul tunes, 2013’s Theatre Stardusk. Cesario haphazardly took a Churchill released his first paradox and made, well, Toby Thomas solo album, Death, in 2011. Hanna Cesario music. Thus, a new sub- Churchill His backing band consists of 9:45pm Thurs 5/1 | Thirsty Pagan genre of artistic expression 10:45pm Tues 4/29 | Grandma’s longtime collaborator Dan- Hanna Cesario grew up emerged: jazz ukulele. If After years and years and ny Cosgrove and half of the around swing-band stan- you’ve ever wondered what years in the bands Crazy late-great Minneapolis act dards. Her father played sax- “On the Sunny Side of the Betty and the Alrights, Roma di Luna: Ben Durrant, ophone in jazz groups while Street” would sound like on Toby Thomas Churchill has James Everest and Ryan she studied piano and sang a miniature Hawaiian guitar, carved a well-earned iden- Lovan. Churchill recently throughout high school here is your chance to find tity for himself as a solo art- “shacked up” with Chap- and college. So when, three out. Her full-length debut ist. Writing painfully intelli- erone Records, in his own www.duluthhomegrown.com · Duluth, MN · Sunday, April 27 – Sunday, May 4, 2014 · The 16th Annual Homegrown Music Festival · 29

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words. He has a new album lis to Green Bay to Grand bums, All I Need in 2011 and and moral hassle. The gui- in the works, planned for Marais, the eclectic folk Cold in 2012. tar-and-drums duo formed release mid-2014. Of note: group formerly known as about 15 years ago in Duluth. Churchill is one of five guys Diet Folk never seems to sit Cockfight Levy lives in Minneapolis and who have played every sin- still for long. Dedric Clark’s 11:45pm Sat 5/3 | Carmody May only recently moved gle Homegrown. It’s like the delicate lyrics wisp over the Be assured, this Cockfight is back to Duluth, but Duluth Presidents Club. serene pickings of banjo totally above-board, honest- has always been the home of player Tony Peterson and to-god legal. Rob “Mob Ray” their primitive rock’n’roll. Dedric Clark & the rhythm work of drum- May (say that five times fast) the Social Animals mer Boyd Smith and bassist and Eric “Jett Rockero” Levy Cocky Da$h 10:30pm Mon 4/28 | Carmody Rodger Whittet. When not serve up that same illicit thrill 7pm Tues 4/29 | Underground Playing long strings of shows touring regionally, they have of an underground cockfight, Dion Lowe started writing from Duluth to Minneapo- found time to release two al- but without any of the legal music at age 7 and hasn’t

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stopped. He’s been busy a rapper is now my dream, the freshest face of the ar- will develop a more grown- recording his original raps so I pray sometimes and ea’s hardcore scene. Songs up sound. We’re guessing, at the Music Resource Cen- hope it comes true.” like “Scrunge” and “Don’t thankfully, no. ter since September, and he Be a Dustin” blaze au cou- is constantly writing new The Cold Starts rant, while at the same time Cowboy material. A native of Gary, 9pm Sat 5/3 | Underground sound as if they could be 10:30pm Thurs 5/1 | V.I.P. Ind., Lowe moved to Min- Brothers Jake and Luke outtakes from Hüsker Dü’s The three members of Cow- nesota at a young age. His Wynn began their punk- Zen Arcade, which came out boy have a lineage in north- influences include Roscoe rock journey three years of the Minneapolis punk ern Minnesota. Add up their Dash, Lil Wayne and Soul- ago with friend Casey scene 30 years ago. Now years of service gigging in ja Boy. “Music has always Corcoran. It didn’t take long that they’re Homegrown the Twin Ports and you’ll real- been my favorite thing to for them and drummer Neil sophomores, you might ize you’re hitting triple digits. do,” Lowe says. “Becoming Vaidyanathan to become wonder if the Cold Starts This trio, playing tradition- ally inspired country tunes, In the words of Burly Bur- is anchored by singer/song- lesque, “Fuck your new fa- writer Jim Hall and drummer vorite local rap kid. We old, Joe Lindzius, who played for and grown bold. What?” nearly two decades together in Azure du Jour. This year The Crunchy Bunch Matt Livingston joins on 10:15pm Fri 5/2 | Rex Bar bass, rounding out a trio that The DJ collective known as is sure to impress even the the Crunchy Bunch is a regu- stodgiest of old timers not lar feature at many events in hip to modern music. the arts arena (and the roller- derby arena, for that matter). Coyote Under the monikers White 7:30pm Sun 4/27 | Teatro Zuccone Privilege (Chris LeBlanc), Mr. In the non-record-breaking Ness (Alexis LeBlanc), Bra- winter of 2007-08, Marc Gart- nologic (Dan Branovan) and man and Jerree Small joined Hazeltron (Jack Hazelton), forces to make a different the bunch regularly spins kind of record. Matt Mobley live sets from happy hour to joined them for their sopho- closing time. Representing more album in 2010. All are a variety of styles — from involved in other projects funk to dubstep, old skool to and haven’t graced a stage new skool, hip-hop, electro together much since the re- and mash-ups — these four lease of All I Feel is Night in rarely allow for a still body in 2012, but when they do, it’s a the room. As their stickers don’t-miss occasion. Coyote note: “No requests. Shut up could be classified as north- & dance.” woods folk-mystic music to write home about. Who can Abe Curran & resist the magic that hap- the Blue Rooster pens when two crooners, 10pm Sat 5/3 | Fitger’s Brewhouse one banjo and a classically On any given Tuesday night, trained upright bass player singer/songwriter/guitarist get together? Abe Curran can be found at Carmody Irish Pub playing Crew Jones laid-back roots rock with 12:30am Sat 5/3 | Pizza Lucé his backing duo of bassist Catering to those who Eric Bong and drummer Pat are banjonesin’ for north- Bowen. Curran’s highly per- woods-flavored hip-hop, sonal tunes are accentuated Crew Jones has been blar- by Bong’s vocal harmonies ing from shoulder-perched and the trio’s forays into boomboxes and sub-laden psychedelica and improvi- car trunks on the gritty Twin sation. In addition to their Ports streets since 2001. regular Carmody gigs, the Ben “Burly Burlesque” Lar- band plays periodically at son and Sean “Mic Trout” other local venues, includ- Elmquist still haven’t put to- ing Thirsty Pagan Brewing gether a follow-up to their and R. T. Quinlan’s Saloon. 2003 debut full-length al- Also a talented actor, Curran bum, Who’s Beach, but what has memorable appearanc- good is new music anyway? es in the Homegrown Mu- www.duluthhomegrown.com · Duluth, MN · Sunday, April 27 – Sunday, May 4, 2014 · The 16th Annual Homegrown Music Festival · 33

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sic Video Festival, including Jeffrey James O’Loughlin Dad’s Acid people who probably don’t Loup-Garou’s “Gone From has become something of 10pm Thurs 5/1 | Norm’s have time to be in it. Swan- Minnesota” and the role of an icon to a circle of musical son is also in Planemo and Dad’s Acid formed last sum- a lifetime as a spandex-clad diehards in the Twin Ports. the Social Disaster. Drum- mer, and since then the band kite man in The Moon Is In this new band he has has played at most of the “R” mer Jake Paulsrud is in Wolf Down’s “My Amazing Kite.” teamed up with guitarist venues in Duluth: the Reef, Blood and Dirty Horse. The Current Steve Isakson and drummer the Roundup and the Red Bassist Nikki Moeller is in Tyler Dubla, both of whom Star. Come expecting “loud the Keep Aways. Administration have a renowned history of 10:15pm Sun 4/27 | Carmody fuzzed-out doom-surf ga- rocking out in the region rage rock soaked in reverb Danecdote Known for rowdy, heartfelt in a variety of bands. The and blood,” in the words 7:45pm Fri 5/2 | Legacy Glass sets and claims that he’s band’s first album is due out of guitarist Jacob Swanson. For the past eight years never been on the Internet, around Homegrown time. The band is comprised of Daniel Nelson has been 34 · The 16th Annual Homegrown Music Festival · Sunday, April 27 – Sunday, May 4, 2014 · Duluth, MN · www.duluthhomegrown.com

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producing various genres Gazelle. His goal: to create noise rock in nearly a dozen noise projects,” Butter says. of music, with a focus on a bigger electronic music bands — including Sor- “De Se is my solo effort to electronica and hip-hop. In scene in Duluth by sharing des, Ty Cobb and Punch the expunge some clinging dark recent times he has released his production abilities with Driver — Butter now brings bits and slime off my soul.” an EP of remixes, as well as local talent and merging a hauntingly folky set of two full-length collections their styles together. songs that give the feeling of Dead Guys — Etc. 2.0 and The Depar- cabin fever under a blanket 12:45am Wed 4/30 | Gopher ture. His unique style has led De Se of whiskey and gunpowder. Channeling the sentiments to collaborations with fellow 11:30pm Mon 4/28 | Brewhouse “I’ve played in grind bands, of the Prohibition era into Duluthians such as hip-hop De Se is the latest project thrash-punk bands, skate- a gritty three-piece out- rapper Scotty Vezina (a/k/ from the versatile and vi- punk bands, death metal, fit of bluesy rock and roll, a Nonfic) and Brian Ring cious Ben Butter. With a his- sludge metal, skramz, folk- Dead Guys is a timeless trio and Sophie Turk of Lion or tory ranging from punk to punk, electronic, country and caught in limbo. The band

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features Zac Roorda on tapes and the lively specta- album Glisten in 2007. With sic Festival was held. And guitar, Josiah Early on bass cle of Duluth’s music scene a solo album in the works though Bentz has per- and Jake Scott providing in the 1990s, these two for 2014, Derrick brings a formed in nearly every vocals and an assortment of have blended their influ- blend of music that dab- Homegrown with one other instruments. Akin to ences into a wall of sound bles through folk, dives into band or another, this is the the likes of the Black Keys, that keeps gaining steam. grungy rock and brushes first time Dirty Knobs will Jack White and old photos with shoegazey melodies. play the festival. Originally found in your grandpa’s at- Deja vu Drifters a minimal glitch-oriented tic, the music of Dead Guys 9:30pm Sun 4/27 | Teatro Zuccone Dirty Horse project, Dirty Knobs has encompasses the sounds Déjà vu Drifters formed in 10:15pm Fri 5/2 | Dubh Linn evolved over the years into echoing through empty 2010, combining members Well known among the an expansive, dark-ambi- whiskey bottles and rat- of different acoustic groups late-night crowd, Dirty ent beast. The 2011 album tling down railroad tracks. dating back to 1977. Fiddle Horse brings the grit to Field Recordings from the The band’s debut EP, Duties, player Steve Johnson, gui- down-home Duluth “pon- Edge of Hell, an eight-hour was released in 2012 and a tarists Mike Mattson and toon rock” that is said to odyssey, received interna- new full-length album will Rick Olson, and percus- have originated at a house tional acclaim. Numerous be out soon. sionist Greg Tiburzi have party four years ago. Origi- albums, EPs and singles over 175 years of cumula- nally a quartet, the band have been released since, Dead Skull tive music experience, but now numbers five: guitar- including Bentz’s latest 11pm Fri 5/2 | R.T. Quinlan’s they sound as bright and ists Nate Case and Andy work, I Want to Live Inside It’s not a proper Home- sleek as a ’77 Oldsmobile Olmsted, bassist Ryan the Sun, which was re- grown without releasing Cutlass. Their sound drifts Wells, drummer Jake Paul- leased in January. your inner mongrel that from rock to reggae, coun- srud and relatively new craves late nights and try to swing, folk to pop. vocalist Ryan Tyrrell. Think DJ Delgado leaves your ears ringing Grand Funk Railroad meets 11:30pm Fri 5/2 | Tycoons as you desperately try to Tony Derrick Jeremy Messersmith and a Derek Delgado has been 7:30pm Mon 4/28 | Sir Benedict’s remember where you left bottle of bourbon. Known spinning hip-hop, dance your debit card. Dead Skull Tony Derrick has been per- for their rowdiness, bawdy and top-40 music on Du- should sufficiently ignite forming in the Twin Ports stage presence and mean luth stages since the days that fuse with its raucous for 15 years as part of sev- riffs, these wildly accessible of the old RoundAbout riffs, reminiscent of some- eral noteworthy bands, in- stallions always promise a Records store, circa 2001. thing heard in a 1970s-era cluding the Black Labels, good time. In addition to his solo DJ Detroit garage. Brothers Giljunko and the Tisdales. work, he has spun with the Dan and Brian Johnson, Getting his start playing in Dirty Knobs collectives Hill City Rock- 7:30pm Fri 5/2 | Teatro Zuccone natives of Knife River, have rhythm sections for various ers and Live Animals, and played together for years acts around town, he made Zac Bentz began his ex- continues to mix for Jaze and are packing a punch his songwriting debut with perimental drone project and Bliss, MCs he ran with with their latest endeavor. the Hotel Coral Essex, which in 1999, the same year for 10 years in the hip-hop Growing up on punk rock released the well-received the first Homegrown Mu- outfit Kritical Kontact. www.duluthhomegrown.com · Duluth, MN · Sunday, April 27 – Sunday, May 4, 2014 · The 16th Annual Homegrown Music Festival · 37

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DJ J. J. Lawrence gig, he goes into DJ J. J. Law- Duluth’s wax-spinnin’ war- make up the dynamic duo 10pm Mon 4/28 | Red Star rence mode to creatively mix rior is Kevin Craig. As DJ War- known as Drohm. Self-de- techno, house and trance horse, Craig is known to get scribed as “electro-drone,” Ten years ago, Jason Holmes for clubs and large dance bodies moving into the wee their highly synthesized got back into the DJ game. hours of the morning with a sound is meditative in na- Now he has two jobs with the events. He prides himself same goal: getting the party on a professional, positive lethal dose of bass and pulsat- ture. The structure of the started. For his business, Bring and upbeat style that serves ing hooks that rattle through experimental noise wave- the Noise Entertainment, he both projects well. brains and fly out feet. ’Cause lengths ebbs and flows and his wife schedule, plan it ain’t nothin’ but a party. — unique in the electronic and spin combinations of ur- DJ Warhorse scene. These two are both ban and traditional music for 12:15am Fri 5/2 | Red Star Drohm highly experienced musi- weddings, fundraisers and When it’s time to get down 10:15pm Thurs 5/1 | Main Club cians and sound engineers, holiday events. For his other and funky on the dance floor, Phil Tyson and Tobin Dack who together are work- 38 · The 16th Annual Homegrown Music Festival · Sunday, April 27 – Sunday, May 4, 2014 · Duluth, MN · www.duluthhomegrown.com

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ing toward a soundscape a Duluth-born synth-pop Duluth Dolls are comprised of a gang of of the future. Drohm was outfit. While letting the in- Burlesque Show gals who blend everything also instrumental in mak- fluences of Depeche Mode 9:15pm Thurs 5/1 | Main Club from salsa to tango into ing Duluth’s first electronic and Ladytron shine through a knockout show of sass The art of seduction comes music festival, Umbrella in their sound, Bryan Rudell, and captivating shakes. in many forms, but few are Trent Waterman and Ethan Cloud, happen at Sacred as classy and enthralling as The lovely ladies bringing Skelton have a style of their Heart last fall. a good burlesque show. To the “uff da” are Ruby A. own that flows through an many, this age-old form of More (Stef Kemp), Freya Duck Duck Punch array of subjects that strike artistry is a memory of the Courage (Bree Montgom- 12:30am Sat 5/3 | Tycoons to the heart. Their 2013 de- past found in old saloons ery), Ella Jim (Danie Jimi- What might sound like a vi- but album, Human Chem- and Cajun juke joints. But nez), Miss Creant (Erin olent rendition of a favorite istry, landed on College it’s alive and well at Home- Tope), June LaPurrr (Grace childhood game is actually Music Journal’s top 200. grown. The Duluth Dolls Holden), VeroniKa Boom www.duluthhomegrown.com · Duluth, MN · Sunday, April 27 – Sunday, May 4, 2014 · The 16th Annual Homegrown Music Festival · 39

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(Pamela Clifton), Madame With an uncountable num- Curren Effinger — an edgy, yearning vo- Toushe (Kathy Montgom- ber of performances un- 8:30pm Sat 5/3 | Teatro Zuccone cal set to electric guitar. ery) and Velvet Noir (Shei- der his belt, Eckart brings Young, eager, hungry and If the unique name weren’t la Matthews). his blend of rockabilly and backed by Hannah Mc- enough, rising scene star old-timey country to the Daniel on percussion, Ef- Todd Eckart Curren Effinger is an artist finger is sure to live up to stage for an Americana ex- who gives a memorable 8pm Fri 5/2 | Underground perience that gets crowds his new website moniker, performance every time. “The Sound & the Fury.” After spending several moving. He’ll be joined by A regular at coffeehouse years exploring the various a stellar group of friends, venues, this young man The Electric Witch musical communities of including surf-guitar guru certainly knows how to 11:30pm Sat 5/3 | Tycoons Los Angeles, Todd Eckart Jimi Cooper, drummer rock. His sound is reminis- If the members of Kraftwerk returned home to the Twin Matthew Groom and bass- cent of British stars such as and Daft Punk were locked Ports in the fall of 2012. ist George Ellsworth. Patrick Wolf or Morrissey 40 · The 16th Annual Homegrown Music Festival · Sunday, April 27 – Sunday, May 4, 2014 · Duluth, MN · www.duluthhomegrown.com

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in a basement with the electronic duo of Zac Bentz band Exiles, playing at frontman Flip Arkulary’s droogs from A Clockwork Or- and Marcus Matthews have South by Southwest last vocals. Eric Pollard holds ange and exposed to hours teamed up with Steph Bentz spring and opening for it all together on drums. of 8-bit video games, the and Greg Cougar Conley to major-label metal bands If this band has its way, final product might sound expand their sound to new the Aristocrats and Wind- its doom metal show will something like the Electric extremes. Their debut al- hand over the summer. In incorporate live eels and Witch. Gaining notoriety bum …So We Burn was re- September, bassist Robert dead bats. Exiles is cur- across gaming blogs and leased in August. Cox produced the band’s rently working on another other online venues, the recent EP Wreck, which is EP. According to Arkulary, band scans the landscape Exiles available on Bandcamp. “We’re thinking about of synth noir in a robotic 7pm Fri 5/2 | Beaner’s Sean Chaucer Levine’s calling it Suck but Inner explosion of post-industrial It’s been a busy year for guitar provides a solid, Beauty Pageant is another science experiments. The the psychedelic hard-rock heavy background for title idea.”

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The Farsights Lunt and Ted Anderson a synthesizer while pulsat- Banjo-player Brian Ford has 11:45pm Wed 4/30 | Gopher handle the guitar and vo- ing multi-colored lights inspired others by doing cal work in this good-time abound. Be transported workshops on his instru- The Farsights have be- alt-country band. They are to a feverish dream world ment. These musicians have come a regular player in backed by Bob Olson on while listening to this post- played together for more the local music scene, cel- bass, Brad Nelson on drums, bedroom electronic pop. than 30 years, and it is evi- ebrating the band’s fourth and Susie Ludwig on accor- With support by Steve Gar- dent in their solid sound. anniversary at this year’s dion and keyboards. rington, Eric Pollard and the Homegrown. Frontman Fever Dream Dancers, Gart- 500 Million Society Phil Jents has spent years Fearless Moral man will have you trans- 11:30pm Wed 4/30 | Mr. D’s playing acoustic folk rock Inventory fixed. The first Fever Dream Nine years ago Tim Nelson, with a focus on storytelling, 8:30pm Mon 4/28 | Sir Benedict’s 3album, ’8 , was released Dicky Brooks and James bassist Brynn Sias is an ac- Gleaning their band name by Chaperone Records last complished jazz guitartist, Hagstrom — members of and drummer Ryan Nelson from a quote by Alcoholics May, hyped by five ultra hot the defunct band Gild — has sharpened his teeth on Anonymous co-founder Bill music videos, which can be sequestered themselves in punk and psych rock. These Wilson, vocalist Andy Stern found on YouTube under a dark studio and formed eclectic experiences come and guitarist Corey Gice “Marcfatuation.” a new group, the 500 Mil- together in a unique, punk- launched Fearless Moral lion Society. The mission: injected folk sound. Typical Inventory in 2007. Their sty- The Fish Heads to write songs that ques- 6:30pm Sat 5/3 | Teatro Zuccone of folk tradition, each song listic roots infuse a multi- tion life in the new-world tells a compelling, often tude of musical influences, Looking for some old-time empire. Keyboard player dark story. This four-eyed from heavy blues-rock to bluegrass instrumenta- Russell Sackett was added trio released its self-titled spacious, soaring themes tion with fast, clean pickin’ to the band about three debut album in November. of love and mischief. These and hearty harmonies? You years ago. Their self-titled garagesque rock tones have might hear a bluegrass ver- debut album, released in Father Hennepin been spiced in recent years sion of “Walk This Way,” a 2010 on Spinout Records, 9:45pm Sat 5/3 | Carmody by Kai Bowen on drums and cover of a folk song you wish is a rocked-out retro call It was 16 years ago when “Juju” Steve Karels on bass, you’d always known, or an to arms that emphasizes Scott Lunt celebrated his completing the band’s in- original tune that brings a cranked organs and vin- 30th birthday with the de- ventory of sounds. A debut tear to your eye. Kim Curtis- tage amps. A five-song but of his new band, Father album is in the works for Monson and Mike Monson EP, The Age of Reason, fol- Hennepin. One year later he later this year. switch up on the guitar and lowed in 2012. By com- founded the Homegrown stand-up bass, and Kim’s bining 1960’s surf, ’70s Music Festival, an event Fever Dream powerful voice combines psychedelic and ’80s new- the Fat Hens have been a 12am Sat 5/3 | Duluth Flame with Mike’s to make har- wave punk and rock, the mainstay at — though they Let’s be honest: Everyone monies that are transcen- sound rendered is a dance- sat out in 2006 and 2007, wants to see Marc Gart- dent. Bruce Bernhart plays able mélange. The band is making this year their 14th man in a white robe and mandolin and joins in on working on new songs for Homegrown performance. a yarmulke, jamming on the supreme harmonies. a possible 2015 release. 44 · The 16th Annual Homegrown Music Festival · Sunday, April 27 – Sunday, May 4, 2014 · Duluth, MN · www.duluthhomegrown.com

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Five Pints a’ Rye just about every club or The Formal Age luth’s Tamarack Dance As- 11:15pm Thurs 5/1 | Reef Bar pub around the Arrow- 11:15pm Mon 4/28 | Dubh Linn sociation. The two eventu- head region, performing ally married, started playing What started out as a few all kinds of rock and roll, This Duluth five-piece fiddle and banjo together basement jams that gui- countrified — from slow might be the rockingest and have become regu- tarists and vocalists Andy band ever to perform at to fast; sad to happy. There lar accompanists at those Lipke and Adam Stariha the St. Louis County Health could be additional sur- same dances. Their love of brought to the Bev’s Jook & Human Service Confer- prises at the show, such singing led them to branch Joint stage has come full ence, a gig that happened as some fiddle music or out beyond dance music to circle. Along with bassist in October. Now on its percussion, but no matter create Four Mile Portage, Andy Bergstrom and drum- fourth Homegrown Music what, this band will deliv- named for an impractically mer John Lamar, Five Pints Festival (the first year they er the perfect mix of rock, long, now rarely used trail a’ Rye began in 2010 play- were known as A Team/B classic country and blues. ing its first show at Bev’s Team), the group features near Forsman’s hometown of Ely. The duo performs a and quickly found a string The Fontanelles former members of Twin of local gigs and regional Ports bands the Undesir- repertoire of traditional Ap- 12:15am Fri 5/2 | Rex Bar festival slots. Performanc- ables, the Casey Dagans palachian tunes and origi- es have been rare in re- Stability wins the day. Af- and Weasel. Together nals, including “songs about cent years, but the band’s ter five years of running drummer Adam Helbach, whiskey and chickens, or 1960’s-inspired rock, origi- through a hodgepodge guitarist Jacob Jonker, sometimes about loss and nals and covers reemerged of members, the rocking keyboard player Phil Mc- perseverance,” every other to play the very last set at Fontanelles have had the Grath, bassist Jason Rah- Wednesday at Amazing Bev Robinson’s Superior same lineup for about two man and guitarist Ryan Grace Bakery & Café. In 2010 blues landmark before it years. After three tries at an Wiisanen craft power-pop/ the couple released their closed in January. album, it looks like things rock dressed up with vocal own home-recorded album might get laid down this harmonies contributed by and in 2011 they appeared Bill Flannagan spring, singer-songwriter the whole band. In 2014 on Charlie Parr’s album Keep with Blue Cabooze and Duluth native Dave the Formal Age will at Your Hands on the Plow. 9:45pm Fri 5/2 | Carmody Mehling says. Expect to long last release a debut Guitarist Bill Flannagan hear some fresh tracks. It’s a album, recorded with Rich Frances Lee has been playing roots- one-night affair for the Min- Mattson at Sparta Sound Williams Band 11:45pm Sun 4/27 | Tycoons rockin’ guitar-based shows neapolis quartet since bass and due out in time for around the area for many player Beau Jeffrey is hav- Homegrown. The smooth and powerful years, appearing at Home- ing a bachelor party Satur- vocal musings of Stepha- grown every year since day night. That fact should Four Mile Portage nie Longstreet combine 2003. This year, he will be make for a hell of a show as 10:45pm Fri 5/2 | Lake Avenue with the funky and elo- joined by Blue Cabooze, Mehling, drummer Jason It’s fitting that Brandy Fors- quent bass lines of George which includes harmon- McGlone and guitar player man and Tom Maloney’s Ellsworth and the hip-hop- ica and bass player Paul Darin Rieland send their second date was at a folk like backbeat provided by Vogel. They have played friend off to wedded bliss. dance sponsored by Du- Chad Erlemeier in this new www.duluthhomegrown.com · Duluth, MN · Sunday, April 27 – Sunday, May 4, 2014 · The 16th Annual Homegrown Music Festival · 45

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Duluth trio. Each mem- Fuzzy Ellis this jazz-inspired project, cal creations, connections ber is known in the music 11pm Tues 4/29 | Lake Avenue sprinkled with some swin- and collaborations. They community for their part gin’ surf vibes and reggae formed their duo during The list of other bands the in other projects — Long- influence. the dark winter months members of Fuzzy Ellis street in the Brushstrokes of 2012, and last summer perform in is lengthy, so The Getarounds released a live six-song and Three Song Sunday, the names of the individ- 6:30pm Sat 5/3 | Amazing Grace EP recorded at Beaner’s Ellsworth in Snöbarn and ual musicians will likely The simple strings and James and Younger, and be recognizable to even Central. Their plan for an Erlemeier in Loup-Garou casual fans of the Duluth honest harmony of Dan upcoming studio album is and Beachfight. Together music scene. Jason Wus- Dresser and Gaelynn to combine contributions they have hit the scene sow, Mark Glen, Jimi Coo- Lea in the Getarounds of their many friends and with a set list of new foot- per and Tyler Dubla cre- is proof of their decade- colleagues for a merry and stomping tunes. ate a ska-tastic sound in long dedication to musi- all-the-more magical LP. 46 · The 16th Annual Homegrown Music Festival · Sunday, April 27 – Sunday, May 4, 2014 · Duluth, MN · www.duluthhomegrown.com

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Gina Lee studio, where she record- released a second album, when they were punk kids 10pm Tues 4/29 | Lake Avenue ed her first album, Simply A Soft Place to Land. living on the Iron Range. Imperfect, in 2003. In 2011 Curtis Mattson and Lese- Since getting her start she decided it was time to The Good Colonels man decided to start a singing in church, Gina emerge from the studio 10:30pm Sat 5/3 | Pizza Lucé new band when they were Lee Welsh-Rabold has played in a rock band in and get back to regular The Good Colonels are both living in Duluth in Bismarck, a country and live performance. Since back. After a yearlong hia- 2007. A year later, Joe Con- western band in Tacoma then, Gina Lee has gigged tus, guitarist Codie Lese- away slid his way into play- and Seattle, and now as a regularly around the Twin man has returned from his ing bass with the Colonels, solo folk/rock act in Du- Ports area, except during travels abroad and is ready and they’ve been explor- luth. This singer/guitarist tax season when her day for another Homegrown. ing their sound ever since. spent years honing her job as an accountant keeps The members of the band With Leseman on guitar, craft in her home music her busy. This January she originally met around 2002 throwing out distorted www.duluthhomegrown.com · Duluth, MN · Sunday, April 27 – Sunday, May 4, 2014 · The 16th Annual Homegrown Music Festival · 47

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melodies, and Mattson Todd Gremmels sembles in the mid-1970s to Group Too on the drums kicking out 11:30pm Sat 5/3 | Sir Benedict’s his more recent endeavors 1:30pm Sun 5/4 | Canal Park Brewing a fast beat, the sound is — like screaming out Led “You name it we do it!!!” Group Too has been part an experimentation of Zeppelin covers and march- exclaims the irrepressible of the Duluth music scene indie rock, and whatever ing around with a snare Todd Gremmels, referring to for the past 13 years. Orig- new noise they can think drum strapped to his chest his band that he hasn’t put inally a duo, Bob and Carol to create next. Their most at Carmody or performing together yet. Who might Flatt added guitar player recent album was Friend- the overture to his indie op- those band members end Israel Malachi to the line- ship and Freedom Forever, era at Club Saratoga — ev- up being? “A cast of thou- up about four years ago. which came out in 2012, erything Gremmels does is sands!!!” Gremmels exclaims, They play blues and folk but they are working on different, but it always ends because he exclaims every- originals with a 1960s and new material to debut at thing. From his days with the same … with multiple ’70s flavor. this year’s festival. the UMD Orchestra and en- exclamation points!!! 48 · The 16th Annual Homegrown Music Festival · Sunday, April 27 – Sunday, May 4, 2014 · Duluth, MN · www.duluthhomegrown.com

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Preston Gunderson Scholastica before returning ing music and playing songs Hannah Rey 9pm Sat 5/3 | Beaner’s home to Virginia. His previ- in Duluth since the late 1990s. 12am Tues 4/29 | Lake Avenue ous album, While I was Gone He teamed up with drum/ Acoustic singer/songwriter When’s she’s not playing cracked the top 200 on the bass player Greg Tiburzi in Preston Gunderson released in the cover band South 2007, and late last year added his second full-length album iTunes pop charts, and his EP of Superior, Hannah Rey in October. Getting Good at The Recluse peaked at no. 25 guitar player Steve Isakson Dunda plies her gritty in- Starting Over was recorded at on the iTunes Singer Song- to his band. Inspired by the die-folk vocals and acous- the Terrarium in Minneapolis, writer Music Chart. Bakersfield sound of Wynn tic guitar as a solo act. funded by a successful Kick- Stewart, Buck Owens and She grew up in the wilds starter campaign. A native of Wes Hadrich Dwight Yoakam, the trio is of Two Harbors and has the Iron Range, Gunderson & Greg Tiburzi working on a new album of played every hole-in-the- spent five years in Duluth 11:30pm Mon 4/28 | Carmody Americana and honky-tonk wall, festival and benefit attending the College of St. Wes Hadrich has been writ- songs at Sparta Sound. from there to here and www.duluthhomegrown.com · Duluth, MN · Sunday, April 27 – Sunday, May 4, 2014 · The 16th Annual Homegrown Music Festival · 49

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even First Avenue in Min- we are not very hardcore,” Holy Hootinanners Three years ago they took neapolis. This is her third Haavik said a few weeks 2:30pm Sun 5/4 | Canal Park Brewing the “New Band Night” Homegrown. before she unchanged her stage at Lucé for their sec- Down in tiny Mahtowa, in a mind and went back to call- ond show as a band and field adjacent to Rob’s Tav- Hard Feelings ing her band Emily Havoc have been suckling the ern, a sneaky-good week- 11:30pm Thurs 5/1 | Superior Flame because “it’s so funny.” The teat of the North Shore end mini-Homegrown takes Drummer Mike Wilson, indecisive virtuoso’s band music scene ever since. place every August called bassist Pat Laney and gui- is made up of Beau Walsh, The band features the nor- Lisa Wentworth, Bryan the Highway 61 Folks Festi- tarist Seth Borovsky have val. This year, Colleen Myhre mally sharp-looking KDLH logged some darn good Wentworth, Alyssa Mese- reporter Billy Wagness, dahl and Luke Mirau. brings a stable of players van hours in the short life from there to a Home- who has spent the past of their punk group Hard The Hobo Nephews grown stage: “This perfect couple years moonlight- Feelings. In 2013, they storm of mixed ages, ability ing as the cross-dressing toured the East Coast of Uncle Frank synth-artist Sullie J. Fields 12am Mon 4/28 | Red Star and love of music has come behind the full-length together at a little Lutheran of Bad Miranda. Guitarist vinyl album Swell. So, Brothers and songwriters church in Mahtowa,” Myhre Joe Conaway and drum- what’s the stratagem for Teague and Ian Alexy make says. She calls the sound mer Anders Lundahl drive this year, you ask? Pretty up the folk group known as of harmonies, twangs and up from Minneapolis to much business as usual: the Hobo Nephews of Un- foot-stomping gospel “akin complete the trio. Lun- Write a bunch of heart- cle Frank. Though they had to that of the Carter Fam- dahl says “middle-aged felt basement thrashers, been acclaimed musicians ily.” Listeners won’t be able business men with shitty put them on vinyl, get in since teaming up in 2006, to contain their own hoots goatees have accidentally the van and play as many last year saw them take their as Myhre plays with bass- wandered into the Red shows on the road as their popularity to new levels. ist Jeff Gilbertson, pianist Star and reviewed our collective lives allow. Going into the studio after Caleb Anderson, drummer shows.” The consensus of coming off extended tour- Luke Lekander, lead-guitar said businessmen being: Emily Havoc ing, they recorded Number player Doug Soukkala, ban- “That was fucking weird, 8:30pm Thurs 5/1 | Red Mug One Contender, an album joist Jon Zymslony, mando- man. Good luck making For a fleeting moment, full of laid-back Americana lin player Brooke Anderson any fucking money.’” Emily Haavik accepted the grit with heartfelt, observa- and vocalists Zach Lang- suggestion that her band tional introspection. It was horst and Erin Langhorst. Horse & Rider should be called “Emily hailed as one of the year’s 11:30pm Fri 5/2 | Pizza Lucé Havoc.” Then she changed best releases by a variety The Horror Things were moving along her mind. Her piano-driv- of publications, including 12:15am Thurs 5/1 | Main Club well for Horse & Rider. To- en indie rock with a touch the Minneapolis Star Tri- Describing their style as gether since 2002 as Fare- of “slightly less folky-folk” bune. The duo continues to “experimental aggressive well Tour, the band record- sound doesn’t quite seem tour with trips to the Rocky space-rock or something,” ed a couple of well-received to suit the moniker. “I feel Mountain states and Mid- members of the Horror albums and demos. After it would be misleading, as west this spring. play it loud and strange. the keyboardist relocated, 50 · The 16th Annual Homegrown Music Festival · Sunday, April 27 – Sunday, May 4, 2014 · Duluth, MN · www.duluthhomegrown.com

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they changed the name to Ire Wolves live split CD with Wyatt Fa- sextet stormed onto the Horse & Rider and released 10:15pm Wed 4/30 | Kom-on-Inn mous recorded at Beaner’s Twin Ports music scene in an accomplished, high- Central. A new album is in 2002 and played memora- powered collection of pop- In the fall of 2011, guitar the works at Sparta Sound. ble shows with passionate punk songs penned by gui- player Mike Trepanier and indie-emo songs for seven drummer Tim Simmons re- tarist Matt Osterlund and Jaze years. These days, Johnson cruited bassist Dustin Fen- drummer Mat Milinkovich. 10:45pm Fri 5/2 | Legacy Glass still dons a guitar and uses nessey to join their new So what does bassist C. J. Duluth native Jesse “Jaze” his songs to relate stories, but band, Soma. The name Keller decide to do? Phhht Unger spent a decade the stage isn’t jam packed changed to Ire Wolves at the … he goes back to school, with various musicians com- start of 2013, but the mission rockin’ stages with Kriti- leaving the band on hiatus bining clusters of sounds remained the same: push- cal Kontact, a band that until graduation. Well, the and styles. He’s simplified ing the creative boundaries said farewell at last year’s good news is he graduated, Homegrown. Since well be- his act in a more traditional and the boys are back with of heavy music by combin- ing sludge with an atmo- fore the band’s departure, folk and blues format, giv- new songs and a new mem- Unger has been working ing his body of work a fresh ber, guitarist Andy Pletcher. spheric rhythm. With three songs on SoundCloud, the on a solo career, lately play- breath and rawer edge. Indulge band is working on record- ing shows with nationally ing a concept album loosely known artists Prof, DJ Abili- Tim Kaiser 10pm Sat 5/3 | R.T. Quinlan’s 6:30pm Fri 5/2 | Teatro Zuccone based on the life of the Bud- ties, Carnage and Sage Fran- Going to an Indulge show dha Siddhartha Gautama. cis. Focused on spreading Using a combination of is kind of like witnessing a hip hop around the region, instruments that look and ritualistic caveman feast, but Iron Range Jaze has contributed to the sound like something out with more pizza, beer and Outlaw Brigade scene as one of the organiz- of a 1950s sci-fi movie, Tim dudes. Formed in 2008 to 12:15am Sat 5/3 | Red Star ers and hosts of Mic Check Kaiser takes his audience showcase the guttural noises The Virginia-based Iron Mondays, a monthly hip- on an experimental audio Kyle O’Leary can make, the Range Outlaw Brigade earns hop and rhythm-and-blues trip with a few sweeps of Duluth-born power-violence Homegrown veteran status showcase. He can also be his hands and tinkering band has gained a reputa- for its fifth year of bringing found performing with Bliss, of his hand-built instru- tion of off-the-wall perfor- its jarring fusion of punk Legitimit, Nonfic or Strictly ments. Like a mad, but bril- mances full of food and de- rock, country and rockabilly Hammers rocking crowds liant, audio scientist, the pravity. With animal expert “like a poorly-mixed drink into frenzies, and is hoping Duluth native produces Ryan Sinz on drums, profes- at a dive bar.” The band is to release his first full-length otherworldly sounds. Just sional punker Ryan Childs on led by guitarist Kirk Kjenaas, album sometime this year. before last year’s Home- bass and Manowar enthusi- backed by bassist Fred Han- grown he released the al- ast Mike Wilson on guitar, the son, drummer Glen Matt- Steve Johnson bum Microphone Obscura band’s new lineup will bring son and the 10-string pedal 9:30pm Mon 4/28 | Sir Benedict’s in cassette format and fol- a heaping plate of riffs to the steel stylings of John Peter- Duluth music fans might lowed it up in August with crowd with all inhibitions left son. They’ve released three recall Steve Johnson’s band the Giganto Destructo EP in the Dorito dust. albums to date, including a Sight Like December. The in pocket CDR format.

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The Keep Aways ings and outtakes. And, bass and Stella acoustic the Streetcar Songwrit- 10:30pm Fri 5/2 | Pizza Lucé if we’re lucky, they might with a guy who ran lights ers Series at the Streetcar again host a certain infa- for the Grateful Dead. Later Kitchen and Pub in Carlton, Mindy Johnson and Nikki mous party after a certain he was the bass player in and helps organize the Moeller have been at it as infamous kickball game. the Twin Cities indie-pop- Northern Train Music Fes- the Keep Aways for a dozen years now — most of them rock band Busy Signal. His tival at Mont Du Lac. For a Kraig James roots pulled him back up while he was gigging un- with drummer Chris Warne. 10am Sat 5/3 | Chester Creek This year could be the big- north, where he took over der the name James Du- gest yet for the renowned Cloquet native Kraig James a decade off from perform- luth, but earlier this year he punk group. Expect a new Erickson started playing ing to raise kids and put his started playing his toe-tap- 7-inch single, along with a music in the early 1990s energies into co-founding ping campfire tunes under box set of vinyl that includes when he traded a hand- the Highway 61 Folks Fes- the moniker of his first and previously released record- built computer for a Kay tival. These days he hosts middle names. 54 · The 16th Annual Homegrown Music Festival · Sunday, April 27 – Sunday, May 4, 2014 · Duluth, MN · www.duluthhomegrown.com

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Kristy Marie the past decade has played Sarah Krueger took on the She has spent the past few & Jim Hall Homegrown with Cowboy, role of solo singer-song- months recording songs 7:30pm Tues 4/29 | Amazing Grace Spotted Mule, Wet Dog and writer, following her days at Real Phonic Studio in Lo-fi. This new partnership as lead singer of Heavy J Minneapolis with Steve Kristy Marie O’Neill has been — Kristy Marie & Jim Hall and the Fantastics. She Garrington, Eric Pollard, J. part of Duluth’s music scene for seven years, playing solo — has been formed with continues to prove her T. Bates, Frankie Lee, Sean shows and in the bands Bird an ear toward folk music. commitment to creative Carey and Ben Lester. For by Bird and Nur Jehan Chis- They are backed on drums exploration by using the Homegrown she will be ti. Jim Hall has been around by Bryce Kastning. inspiration of life on the performing old and new a little longer and been in North Shore to write emo- songs with Nate Case, a few more bands — spe- Sarah Krueger tionally relatable songs Kyle Keegan, Brian Wells cifically, he started playing 10:15pm Sat 5/3 | Rex Bar accompanied by her pen- and Jordan Taylor. nearly 50 years ago and in It’s been four years since etratingly soulful voice. www.duluthhomegrown.com · Duluth, MN · Sunday, April 27 – Sunday, May 4, 2014 · The 16th Annual Homegrown Music Festival · 55

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Lay Low & Bender pop/folk tunes with a hint a two-part EP, The Done is Lawson began perform- 8:30pm Fri 5/2 | Amazing Grace of 1990s nostalgia. Done Cassettes, and the sin- ing in 2008. She offered gle “Small Talk.” He layers his her fiddle and cello talents This three-piece out of Proc- Lee Jeffrey raspy vocals and “lush and to different groups while tor was formed by multi- 10:15pm Tues 4/29 | Prøve Gallery proud folk music” with psy- developing her own origi- instrumentalist Keir Gel- chedelic electronics, sing- nal sound. Now, as a solo latly. After a few months of Lee Peterson creates haunt- ing experimental folk elec- ing about subjects such as acoustic guitar and banjo moonlighting as a session death, the supernatural, performer, she goes by player with Mikey Talent- tronica. He has performed in the Twin Ports for the love and religion. the project name of Lee ed and the Ugly Mugs, he Lah Sohn. Lawson often past five years, and is best joined up with a few high Lee Lah Sohn brings her meditative folk known for his work with the school buddies, bassist Ben 8:30pm Sun 4/27 | Teatro Zuccone style to cozy venues such Anderson and drummer band Loup-Garou. Over the Multi-instrumentalist Haley as Red Mug, Fitger’s Brew- Steve Lueck, to play original course of 2013 he released house, the Underground The Lockpicks and Beaner’s Central. She 9pm Tues 4/29 | Underground has also held a monthly residency at Thirsty Pagan This three-piece indie folk Brewing. For Homegrown, band from Two Harbors is bassist Logan Amys and made up of Eli Hebl on gui- tar, Hunter McCullough on drummer Mike Lueck plan drums and Dennis Pearson to join her. on piano. The trio grew up Legitimit on the music of the Everly 11pm Mon 4/28 | Red Star Brothers and the Band, as well as modern acts like Lawrence LeTourneau has Dry the River and Fleet been slinging forward- Foxes. Their music is char- thinking rhymes under acterized by tight vocal the name Legitimit for 14 harmonies, whimsical lyr- years. He developed his ics and catchy foot-stomp- skills to pay the bills while ing song arrangements. a member of the now de- funct crew Kritical Kon- Low tact, and has gone on to 8:15pm Sat 5/3 | Sacred Heart release two solo albums of After 21 years, Low still his own full of hard beats found a way to take a sig- and conscientious lyrics. nature sound and make While some who preach another statement in 2013. don’t necessarily practice, At a highly anticipated Rock Legitimit literally puts the the Garden performance in money where his mouth Minneapolis, Al Sparhawk’s is by often raising money guitar, Steve Garrington’s from his shows for various bass and Mimi’s Sparhawk’s local charities. His third al- drums issued a slow mov- bum One Chance is set to ing, 27-minute, one-song drop in 2014. set, ending with remarks opposing unmanned mili- Lion or Gazelle tary technology. Their 9:45pm Mon 4/28 | The Rex “Drone Not Drones” mani- Duluth’s rock-and-roll cha- festo made waves with meleon Brian Ring fronts hipsters around the globe, his latest project with the some in support of artistic haunting songstress Sophie protest, some bored with it, Turk. Their harmonies hang some angered by it. Either in the air like a thick Twin way, it says a lot for a band Ports’ fog throughout their known for sublime, quiet EP, There’s Blood in the Fire, testimony. released in 2013 on Chaper- one Records. Their ethereal Low Forms folk sound is created by the 11pm Sat 5/3 | R.T. Quinlan’s pair’s acoustic guitar and Pi- Low Forms have no in- anet, held in place by Matt tention of wasting time, Mobley’s stand-up bass. yours or theirs. Pete Bi- They have been featured asi, Dave Frankenfeld and on KUMD, the Current and Jeremy Ehlert specialize WDSE-TV’s The PlayList. in fast-paced, three-min- www.duluthhomegrown.com · Duluth, MN · Sunday, April 27 – Sunday, May 4, 2014 · The 16th Annual Homegrown Music Festival · 57 ute, verse-chorus-verse, over that time, but these photo by max mcgruder punk rock without frills. days, Josh White, Saman- The trio—known on stage tha Burr and Tom Anderson as Pete Form, Dave Form amply hold those positions and Jer Form — debuted respectively. Though it has in 2010 playing tightly- been in the works for years, wrapped, catchy and ar- their 20-song double album resting noise. They have might finally see the light toured the Midwest and of day sooner before later. play regular slots at local They have kept a low profile rock venues. Like any good since October due to fam- punk band, a handful of ily obligations (new babies) 7-inch singles and a full- and recording obligations length cassette tapes are (final mixes) making Home- in the making for 2014. grown a welcome return to their live performances. Low-Hi Funk 9:45pm Fri 5/2 | Legacy Glass Glenn Maloney When Nick Pawlenty, the 10pm Fri 5/2 | Fitger’s Brewhouse electronic musician/pro- Glenn Maloney moved to ducer behind Strictly Ham- Duluth from Milwaukee in mers, caught a performance 2006. His band, the Moon by rapper Chad Brown he is Down, quickly became was compelled to join forc- a fixture in the local music es. He shared some ideas scene, but of late he’s also and mixes with the bari- been playing solo gigs and tone lyricist, and within two serving as the bass player weeks a deal was struck. for Breanne Marie and the Now, when recording or Front Porch Sinners. For his sharing a stage, they go solo work, Maloney says he by the name Low-Hi Funk. plays his guitar like he’s “a Pawlenty goes by the stage volcano exploding drag- name MidiEvil and Brown ons into the vast reaches performs as C-Silence. Their of space,” which could also project features hard-hit- be said of his work with the ting yet positive insight on Moon is Down. He says his the mic and melodic beats lyrics “cover the expanse of from behind the tables. the human condition, from This fast-developing dyad being killed and eaten by has released a handful of rampaging trolls to, I don’t tracks for a forthcoming know, some other really EP The HitchHiker’s Guide to cool and brutal stuff.” Universal Destiny. Man on the Moon Malec 11:45pm Mon 4/28 | The Rex 10:15pm Sat 5/3 | Red Star Inspired by the collec- Guitarist Shawn Burr and tive creative energy on bassist Kevin Malec have display in Dave Grohl’s made creative metal music documentary, Sound City, together for almost 15 years. Brad Fernholz is working They’ve gone through dif- on taking his own music ferent vocalists, back up to a new level. The lineup singers, and drummers of his former band, Bradi- 58 · The 16th Annual Homegrown Music Festival · Sunday, April 27 – Sunday, May 4, 2014 · Duluth, MN · www.duluthhomegrown.com photo by max mcgruder cal Boombox, has been his home for most of the altered a bit and given a past eight years. His band new direction. The focus is Markus J. Dandy and the now on collaboration over Complete Lack Thereof is simply playing Fernholz’s the vehicle for producing a songs. Bradical Boombox spectrum of music that falls members Brynn Sias and between folk and punk, Diane Fernholz are joined with quirky lyrics that tend in this new group by Mat to be a tongue-in-cheek Milinkovich and Tony Der- observation of the human rick. The band name Man experience. Joining Blom on the Moon is a nod to a are drummer Tyler Dubla 1992 song by Sugar, as well and bassist Mark Glen. as a reference to Brad’s per- sonal relationship with Du- Rich Mattson & luth. No matter how many the Northstars miles away, Fernholz is a 12:15am Wed 4/30 | Players friend who watches over Veteran rocker Rich Mattson and cares for the Zenith of Sparta Sound recording City as best he can. studio — and bands the Tis- dales and Ol’ Yeller — has a Manheat new project: Rich Mattson 10:30pm Thurs 5/1 | Superior Flame and the Northstars. “The This three-piece rock band music is a mellow acoustic describes itself on Facebook style,” Mattson says, “with as “loud, fast, and awesome scrumptious harmonies and … post-slop.” And that pret- interesting lyrics that tickle ty much sums it up. Bassist the noggin.” Joining Matt- Jay Whitcomb’s fiery lyrics son on guitars and vocals is are usually shouted over the the woman he calls his “true top of the well-timed, hard- love,” Germaine Gember- core combination of Bren- ling. The other Northstar is nan Atchison on drums and Rich’s nephew, Curtis Matt- Jake Larson on guitar. They son, who handles the drums have released one album and additional percussion. Hotel Suicide, performed live on MPR’s The Current, were Hannah McDaniel featured on WDSE-TV’s The 11am Sun 5/4 | Pizza Lucé PlayList, and took part in the She is still not of legal drink- Low tribute show at Sacred ing age, but this young Heart Music Center. Lately, musician and writer has al- the boys have hunkered ready become somewhat down in the studio, record- of a Homegrown veteran. ing three cassette EPs. The She drummed for Pres- first of the series, Punk, was ently Skyward at the 2012 released in March. festival and performed as a solo guitarist in 2013. Markus J. Dandy Though she considers her & the Complete sound minimalist and dis- Lack Thereof sonant, her eleven-song 7:30pm Sat 5/3 | Teatro Zuccone demo recording offers a Alexandria native Mark lot more than a couple of Blom has made Duluth chords and bland emoting. Her fretwork features so- things puppies, swing sets phisticated progressions, and jump rope. Her per- and vocally she goes far formances often encour- beyond simply putting a age audience members to teenager’s diary to music. openly share in the mu- sic experience by singing Rick McLean along, dancing, and using 12pm Sun 5/4 | Pizza Lucé percussion instruments. Having recently made the transition from “getting Mikey Talented drunk and playing gui- 8pm Sat 5/3 | Underground tar at parties to playing After a near decade of in public,” Rick McLean performing, partying, and has been honing his craft three “last show ever” gigs, during open mics at Sir 2013 proved the most pro- Benedict’s and Fitger’s ductive for this four-piece Brewhouse. Now the avid ska/punk band. Guitarist music fan and KUMD DJ Matt Stroozas worked with is ready to bring his own bassist Keir Gellaty and show to the bright lights drummer Joey Buchanan of Homegrown. McLean to develop a stronger mu- combines enough ele- sical kinesis while vocalist ments of punk, polka and Dann Fuhs continued to rock into his folk music that bring energy and chaotic it barely qualifies as folk, spark to the live sound. but a guy playing acous- This resulted in their first tic guitar and throwing full-length recording and in occasional harmonica a long list of high voltage can’t completely avoid the shows at the local colleges, folk label. There’s enough clubs and house parties. about drinkin’, fightin’ and This year already looks to otherwise partyin’ in his be as equally bountiful lyrics, however, to keep with an emphasis on writ- Joan Baez at a distance. ing and their first profes- sional recording sessions. Robi Meyerson 10:30pm Mon 4/28 | Brewhouse Misnomer The world needs more mu- 10:15pm Fri 5/2 | Red Star sicians like Robi Meyerson. Revered by her peers for With most of the mass me- having the most extensive dia focused on the fraudu- record collection in Duluth lent providence of Ameri- and Minneapolis — featur- can Idol and America’s Got ing rare funk, house and Talent, Meyerson brings disco — Nola Wick has her gift to schools, libraries, been displaying her knowl- churches, zoos, museums, edge of all genres and her rural diners and assisted- talents as a turntablist for living homes. Over the past the past decade. She can 12 years, this teacher and be found DJing locally at mother has recorded nine the Red Star, R. T. Quinlan’s albums, including two chil- and private parties. This dren’s CDs full of uplifting year her performance will acoustic originals about all be sure to highlight all of

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those rare finds spun into a their basement-style, no The Murder weave Sparhawk’s ethereal, solid house dance party. frills, D.I.Y. ethos to stages of Crows éclat six-string with the dis- across the Twin Ports. They 12am Sat 5/3 | Fitger’s Brewhouse tinctive melodies set forth Mr. Kickass have recorded a handful of from Lee’s violin while vocal A little bit of mystery follows 10:30pm Sat 5/3 | Tycoons demos and released them harmonies flutter over the the duo of violinist Gae- For 13 years Mr. Kickass has as unofficial one-off singles lynn Lee and guitarist Alan airy instrumentation like done just that: kicked butt via Facebook and Sound- Sparhawk. The band name mythological sirens calling with a fiery brand of punk cloud. The backend of the itself, the Murder of Crows, above a Lake Superior fog. rock. Since meeting at the trio has gone through nu- and the title of the debut EP legendarily dark and be- merous members over the Imperfecta both beg ques- Colleen Myhre sotted Red Lion Lounge in years, with the latest addi- tions of definition. And it 7:30pm Wed 4/30 | Beaner’s 2001, Mike Fradenburgh tion being the capable Jake seems just as fitting that the This country-blues song- and Jed Olson have brought Daire on drums. musical riddles they create writer specializes in down- 62 · The 16th Annual Homegrown Music Festival · Sunday, April 27 – Sunday, May 4, 2014 · Duluth, MN · www.duluthhomegrown.com

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to-earth empathy on a wide joined by accompanying inebriated poetry readings, his 23 years. His latest per- variety of topics such as musicians the Schaefer Crew Jones throw downs, formances have given clues horses, strippers and whis- brothers. She has released and fuse-blowing punk to what the next generation key. The hard-boiled Myhre a handful of recordings and bands … he’s arrived. Age- of Duluth artistry will sound has brought her folksy style live videos since 2011. wise, it was probably illegal like. His debut album drops to the Northland for over for youngster Scott Vezina later this year. five years by performing at Nonfic to sneak into those events, a diverse group of coffee 11:15pm Fri 5/2 | Red Star but art-wise, it turned him North Wind shops, pubs and auditori- If you’ve ever wondered into the very talented punk/ Flute Choir ums. She can play heart- what would eventually come poet/rapper Nonfic. The 6:15pm Sat 5/3 | Sacred Heart felt solo acoustic numbers crawling from the ashes of hip-hop tracks he’s released Finally, Duluth’s profession- as deftly as foot-stomp- all those Hippie Dick’s Base- as Internet singles are pol- al and amateur flutists will ing boogie-woogie when ment shows that included ished and precise beyond gather on one stage during www.duluthhomegrown.com · Duluth, MN · Sunday, April 27 – Sunday, May 4, 2014 · The 16th Annual Homegrown Music Festival · 63

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Homegrown. North Wind ti on piccolo; Deb Fenlason, music they perform include town and touring the Mid- Flute Choir is an ensemble Tara Grubbe, Sondra Mow- classical, traditional, pop, west, NOC released numer- comprised of retirees, stu- ers, Kathy Neff, Betty Pre- folk and jazz. ous albums and opened dents, music educators and us, Dawn Silvestrini, Kathy for national headliners like college professors playing Stenehjem, Chloe Thomas, Number One Coal Chamber, Hatebreed flutes of different voicings, Summer Thomas, Abby Common and King Diamond. Their including the piccolo, con- Valine, William VanValken- 10:45pm Sat 5/3 | Legacy Glass hard-charged style gets cert flute, alto flute in G, and burg and Clara Wodny on From 1999 until 2009, its in-ya-face attitude from bass flute. If all of the mem- flute; David Craig, Karen Number One Common front man Cory Jezierski bers can manage to show Keenan and Cindy Spillers represented Duluth’s most and longtime drummer Dan up on the same night, the on alto flute; and Ray Aiken recognizable metal/alterna- Holmi. The windstorm of group will include Dawn Sil- on bass flute. Director Mela- tive/hip-hop band. Playing guitars is supplied by Mikey vestrini and Bobbi Tomaset- nie Sever says the styles of hundreds of shows around Trifilette, Garret Schroeder, 64 · The 16th Annual Homegrown Music Festival · Sunday, April 27 – Sunday, May 4, 2014 · Duluth, MN · www.duluthhomegrown.com photo by jason kokal and bassist Jesse Johnson. and namesake Bryan Olds They reunited briefly for has been the only constant, a one-off show in spring but drummer Matthew 2013; Homegrown will be Groom has been there and their first show since then. back again for most of the ride. Newish to the lineup Nur Jehan Chisti are bassist John Favell and 7pm Fri 5/2 | Underground electric guitar player Andy Nur Jehan Chisti is expand- Lipke. All members of the ing Duluth’s spiritual/world current lineup live in Dulu- music scene. Kristy Marie th’s Central Hillside, where O’Neill incorporates ancient they have been working chants from around the on the new music to add globe into the band’s mod- to their set list of favorites ern melodies. Bryce Kast- from the band’s 2012 debut ning, who came to the Twin album Three Summers. Ports around a year ago from the Twin Cities, has been the Paper Parlor sound designer, engineer 10:45pm Mon 4/28 | The Rex and drummer for the band. Some young blood runs Displaying mad skills on gui- through Paper Parlor, but tar is Sufi Mystic, Hakim Dan that doesn’t shy the band Galagher. Come get your away from exploring life, spiritual implosion on. love and emotion. Band members Kirdan Wenger, Old Knifey Wilson Johnson, Mitchell 11:15pm Wed 4/30 | Players Selin and Chad Erlemeier Adam Depre’s songwriting continue to produce and is a return to a pure, sim- play indie/folk music with plified sound — old-fash- the agenda of having a kick ioned, hard-luck country ass time. Half of the band songs that serve as a tribute grew up in International to the no-bullshit, blue-col- Falls, forming in 2010. Selin lar Duluth neighborhood and Erlemeier joined the bars he favors. These days group in July 2013, right Old Knifey is a solo perform- after Wenger and John- er, but many of his songs son packed up and moved are from his days with the south to Duluth. Cutthroats, the band he re- leased The Friendly West End The People Say Fox EP in 2012. His new sound is 10:15pm Wed 4/30 | Clyde Iron a back-to-basics, stripped- This alt-rock group has put down re-envisioning of the together quite the body sad-bastard tales he’s been of work since its outset in conceiving on West Duluth 2008. Two full-length re- barstools for years. cords, a 7-inch single, mul- tiple tours opening for acts Bryan Olds Band like Cloud Cult, Motion City 8:30pm Wed 4/30 | Beaner’s Soundtrack and Quietdrive, The Bryan Olds Band has and Homegrown appear- seen a number of lineup ances from 2010 to present changes over the past four are just notches in the belt years. Singer, guitar player for the People Say Fox. The

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band’s real accomplishment Peter Pain are his poems? Well, last Phantom Ship is the vast collection of slow 11:45pm Fri 5/2 | Carmody year he was kicked off the 11pm Sat 5/3 | Fitger’s Brewhouse building emo-anthems it stage at a certain strip club Bob Monahan’s artistic ré- Scott Gusts, the solo artist has come to be known for. during a Homegrown per- sumé includes producing behind Phantom Ship, says Nate Holte and Zac Roor- a handful of poetry chap- formance. It’s a little unclear his electronica project is da’s guitars frame together books, fronting two weirdo if the content of the poetry “best described as Depeche soft resonance, while bass- bands — Haus Meeting and was the reason for the ejec- Mode meets Matthew Dear ist Mike Billig and drummer Total Freedom Rock, launch- tion or not, but either way it for tea at a hash bar on Sat- Rio Daugherty orchestrate ing Duluth’s premiere record is more evidence Monahan urn, with Deepchord and pop-rock tempos behind label — Chaperone Records, is fulfilling his mission — “in- Holy Other riding the con- Holte’s gallant lyrics. Expect and performing naughty po- forming the modern world trols at 89 BPMs.” His music a third full-length album etry as the spoken word art- of what it really is to not just is influenced by time spent this year. ist Peter Pain. How naughty be alive, but to be alive.” in Berlin, but is intended to be perfect for chilling out by rock down to the big city Lake Superior. Gusts offers a of Minneapolis, their musi- live set with one continuous cal ethos remains true to flow of music—no breaks. the East Hillside Duluth at- tic they originally rehearsed Phillip of Nazareth and recorded in. Trent Wa- 10:15pm Wed 4/30 | Players terman (vocals, guitar), Dave They might try to come Mehling (guitar, keys), Ja- across as smart-aleck emo son Hildebrandt (bass), and punks, but after seven years Adam Rosenthal (drums) of shows you know there is drift easily between rocking more there than loud gui- out stages like the iconic 7th tars and cheap beer. Josh Street Entry to doing soft Mutchler’s guitar seems acoustic sing-a-longs on liv- more in tune these days, ing room couches. They’ve while bassist Andy Pletcher released two albums since and drummer Cory Coffman 2011; the aforementioned have developed softer tem- Unsalted Sea and their soph- pos not realized in their ear- omore recording, Landings. ly performances. And now you can add a horn section Portrait of a made up of trombonist Will Drowned Man Collins to their maturation. 6pm Fri 5/2 | Beaner’s For the past decade, Paul Planemo Connolly and company have 7pm Sat 5/3 | Underground been churning out amazing In astronomy, a planemo is a sounds with the three-gui- rounded object in space that tar-plus-drums powerhouse holds enough mass to achieve that is Portrait of a Drowned hydrostatic equilibrium, but Man. This is not to say audi- not enough to initiate core-fu- ences should expect a Molly sion. You know, like Pluto and Hatchet or Lynyrd Skynyrd stuff. In musicality, Planemo is triple-axe attack; the music a three-piece indie shoe-gaze is much more along the lines rock band from Duluth made of Pink Floyd’s “Interstellar up of guitarist Jacob Swan- Overdrive” or Frank Zappa’s son, bassist Matt Donoghue “The Ocean is the Ultimate and drummer Zach Ander- Solution.” Each of the three son. They formed in 2011 and guitarists have a specific started turning heads shortly purpose. Jesse Hoheisel after when they played a stir- plays lead guitar, Paul Con- ring set at Homegrown’s nolly is more or less rhythm, New Band Night. They have while Justin Kervina adds two furtive recordings under a touch of ambient dron- their belt, The Living Room ing and special effects. Ken Demo (2011) and Live at Nyberg beats the drums to Tycoons (2012). complete the suspension of the rules of time and space. Portage 6:30pm Fri 5/2 | Amazing Grace Potluck Communists Though the guys in Portage 6pm Tues 4/29 | Underground brought their own brand of Potluck Communists is a northern Minnesota roots Duluth ska band consist- www.duluthhomegrown.com · Duluth, MN · Sunday, April 27 – Sunday, May 4, 2014 · The 16th Annual Homegrown Music Festival · 69

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ing of guitar players Jake Prince Paul & the gae beats and grooves re- Jillian Rae Vainio and Nick Carlson- Conscious Party mains the same. “Prince” 7pm Sat 5/3 | Beaner’s Becklund, bassist Ian Er- Paul Robinson heads up 12:30am Fri 5/2 | Tycoons The former violinist for Two ikson, drummer Robert the group on vocals and Prince Paul and the Con- Many Banjos and the Killer McGrady and saxophonist is supported by longtime scious Party — it’s a band Hayseeds has branched Joe Birdseye. The young with a big, long name, a lot keyboardist Rob Jones. The out on her own in a big band has been working of musicians and a burst of rest of the gang includes way. As a solo artist, Jillian on material for a year and high-energy reggae sound. guitar players Pat Powers Rae took her songwrit- a half and has performed The Conscious Party’s and Joe Hauge, drummer ing, performing, and vo- at the Amazing Grace members have changed Dave Johnson, bassist Sven cal talents to mobilize her Bakery & Café during the and rearranged over the Berg, percussionist Bryan own folk/bluegrass sup- Music Resource Center’s years, but their delivery “Lefty” Johnson and saxo- porting band made up of open mic night. of get-up-and-dance reg- phonist Jason Minke. Eric Martin (guitar), Kevin

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Their first full- guitar wizard Nels Cline. ceived rave reviews and horn instruments, Matt Mo- length recording A Stone international radio airplay. bley and/or Alex Piazza on Thrown should be out in Risky Fingers When not playing with bass, Jeremy Ehlert on gui- time for Homegrown. 12:30am Thurs 5/1 | Superior Flame her group or as a duo with tar, and Erin Tope, Gustaf The torch of Duluth hip hop Martin, she moonlights as Ekstrand, Charlotte Mont- Retribution surely stays ablaze thanks a contributing member gomery and Chris LeB- Gospel Choir to a handful of passion- of a number of projects lanc on various percussive 11:45pm Tues 4/29 | Grandma’s ate tradesmen of the ones including Corpse Reviver items. The band’s debut Retribution Gospel Choir and twos. Ben Jorgenson and the Fiddle Heirs. album of avant-garde bo- might have invented a new has been playing the Twin hemian pop, Scowl Lightly, album format. Part single, Ports since 2007 and feels Red Mountain was released in December part full-length, part live, a strong responsibility to 8:45pm Tues 4/29 | Grandma’s on Chaperone Records. part studio-structured, “play sets that can get peo- Deriving its name from the one take, vinyl, rock-and- ple involved with hip hop glowing red broadcast tow- The Resonance roll freak out is about the that may not be fans of the ers on Duluth’s hillside, Red 11:15pm Wed 4/30 | Clyde Iron only way to describe the genre.” As DJ Risky Fingers, Mountain has transformed Taking its cue from groups two non-remix 20-minute he holds a residency at from a two-man band into like Pearl Jam and the Foo tracks that make up the Mexico Lindo in Duluth ev- an ever changing eight-to- Fighters, the Resonance band’s 2013 release 3. If ery Wednesday. For Home- ten-piece that delivers a began gigging around the that isn’t enough for fans grown 2014 one can expect spectacle of a show. Anton Twin Ports in 2003. Gui- of two parts Low — gui- a high-energy performance Jimenez-Kloeckl and his tarists Dan Munthe and tarist Al Sparhawk and while he lays down the Rhodes piano are the cen- Cliff LaVigne construct bassist Steve Garrington scratches to Duluth MC terpiece of the band, sup- melodic fuzz over the — teamed up with Actual Nonfic (Scott Vezina). Troy Rogers changing brand of quirky 8:30pm Fri 5/2 | Teatro Zuccone rock to Duluth venues such as the Reef Bar, the Other Virginia native Troy Rogers’ Place, Red Star Lounge and work has two facets: de- Player’s Sport Bar. The band signing and building robot- is currently hard at work re- ic instruments, and then us- cording its first album. ing them to create musical compositions. He and his Saint Anyway band of music-making ro- 10:45pm Sun 4/27 | Tycoons bots with names like CARI Fresh off their fourth full- (Cylindrical Aerophone Ro- length album, Live in Duluth, botic Instrument) have per- the guys from Saint Anyway formed for local audiences return to Homegrown with at BradFest since 2010 and slightly older, but still fresh, at Teatro Zuccone in 2012, young faces and another but this will be their first year of touring under their Homegrown appearance. belt. Twisting folk, rock and Rogers recently relocated Americana into their own to Duluth from Charlot- “stomp-grass” style, their tesville, Va., where he co- sounds are reaching more founded the group Ex- and more ears as their tour- pressive Machines Musical ing stretches farther from Instruments, self-described their hometown. With a as “a band of sonic thrill growing fan base, new seekers; composers who website, and social-media have turned to the creation savvy, the trio of Tony Pe- of novel robotic musical in- tersen, Jamie Kallestad and struments to achieve their Dane Levinski seem to have musical vision.” A Fulbright this whole professional scholarship took Rogers to band thing down. Belgium for a year to ap- prentice with musical ro- Sexhawk botics pioneer Godfried- 12:30am Fri 5/2 | Pizza Lucé Willem Raes; while there, Save your energy for this he worked with the world’s Homegrown stalwart that largest and most advanced rips through its sets with robot orchestra. humor and raw power. Sexhawk’s debut EP, Nuts RoofTop Fable of a Warrior, was released 11:30pm Fri 5/2 | Sir Benedict’s just after last year’s Home- After nearly two years of grown. Total Eclipse of the jamming together, bassist Hawk is set for release Brandon Maki and guitar this spring. Bone Appetit player Mikey Trifilette — oc- veterans Cory “Hotrod” casionally joined by drum- Ahlm (vocals) and Aaron mer Faye Baron — were in Ashley (guitar) have kept search of a singer. In late their fans satisfied with 2012 they found her in Sexhawk’s self-described Suzy Anderson, known to “Minnesota sleaze rock,” the music scene as Suzy Q. which the Duluth News Since then, RoofTop Fable Tribune once referred to has been bringing its ever- as the “kind of songs you www.duluthhomegrown.com · Duluth, MN · Sunday, April 27 – Sunday, May 4, 2014 · The 16th Annual Homegrown Music Festival · 73

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want to listen to while singer/guitarist plays and composed over 70 songs) heavy, instrumental soul washing your car in 1979.” writes well beyond the pre- sounds more at home on music, drawing on the Shanna Willie (drums), sumptions of a person not KAXE or KUMD than some sounds from staples such and Chris Whittier (bass) yet eligible to drive a car. artists twice her age. as Booker T. & the M.G.’s. help keep things right Mechanically, her guitar If that name doesn’t ring and sudsy. work is spot-on, straight The Silk Sheiks a bell, think “hip-swinging forward and engaging. 3:30pm Sun 5/4 | Canal Park Brewing music that ‘square’ 1950s Maddy Siiter Lyrically, she doesn’t dab- What’s a Homegrown and ’60s parents would 8:30pm Sat 5/3 | Amazing Grace ble in self-pitying teenage experience without a lit- disapprove of.” Keyboard- Homegrown Music Festi- nonsense. It’s more in the tle lounge-y soul music master Dan Anderson, val is 16 years old. Maddy style of Edie Brickell than thrown in? The Silk Sheiks guitarist Ben Marsen, bass- Siiter is 15 years old. You one might expect, and return to the festival this ist Ethan Thompson and do the math. The young her pensive writing (she’s year with their keyboard- drummer Ryan Jazdze- 74 · The 16th Annual Homegrown Music Festival · Sunday, April 27 – Sunday, May 4, 2014 · Duluth, MN · www.duluthhomegrown.com

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wski will be delivering the man for alt-country band want. Their upcoming al- any given time. David ar- smooth at the Canal Park Silverback Colony. But don’t bum Sounds Like Silverback ranges traditional songs Brewery this year. Cue the let the alt-country label fool Colony: A North Country and writes some original disco ball and red mood you. With a strong lineup Soundtrack is set to be re- material to produce a “solid lighting. of musicians in the band, leased on May 6. folk music sound.” Take the including Nate Case on gui- lady-half of the Mamas and Silverback Colony tar, Kyle Keegan on drums, Sing! A Women’s Papas, multiply by 15, and 12:30am Thurs 5/1 | V.I.P. Matt Donoghue on bass, Chorus you’ll get the picture. Sing! 7:15pm Sat 5/3 | Sacred Heart Gabriel Douglas has made DJ House on spaceship and meets through Duluth a name for himself, and that guitar, and John Lehmkuhl Sing! A Women’s Chorus is a Public Schools Community name is Big-Bearded-Loud- on anything put in front of community chorus directed Education program and Rockin’-Guitarist Dude. He him, these guys are likely to by Mags David that includes performs exclusively in the perpetuates this as front play whatever the hell they up to 30 or more women at Twin Ports area.

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Adam Sippola tions use loops, electronic The Slamming blues-rock, soul and jam- 10:30pm Sat 5/3 | Sir Benedict’s improvisation, and different Doors band thing going on. And forms of percussion to cre- they have immediate Du- Musician, poet and actor 11:15pm Sat 5/3 | Rex Bar ate a multi-cultural, genre- luth cred: There’s a banjo Adam Sippola began his ar- When Adam Herman spanning symphonic expe- involved. Off the Range, tistic journey at age 5 when sought a change of pace he took up classical cello rience. In 2013, his song “By and new direction, he you might have seen training. As a teenager, he the Water” was included in chose the Iron Range. Herman (vocals, acous- expanded his instrumenta- the album Industry. Peace. After touring for several tic guitar), Matt Johnson tion by picking up a wide Environment, a project de- years with a Colorado rock (drums), Pat Hawkinson variety of musical formats signed to raise awareness band, he found himself (lead guitar, banjo), Craig such as vocal harmonizing of the environmental im- in Eveleth in 2011, where LaSart (bass), Craig Skalko and the didgeridoo. Now, pact of northern Minnesota he started collecting mu- (keyboards) and Mike as an adult, his composi- sulfide mining. sicians and soon had a Randolph (pedal steel) at last fall’s balloon fes- Somewhere tival at Bayfront Park or But Who at several venues around 11:15pm Tues 4/29 | Prøve Gallery the Twin Ports. This is the band’s first Homegrown. Bryce Willett and Andy Lipke They’re working on a new have a habit of bringing mu- album, following a 2012 sical friends to the stage, so calling them a duo is using EP release. Herman says the term loosely. “The con- to look for “heartache, an- stant lineup change makes ger, and cynicism” in the every show something to new grooves. look forward to,” Willett says. The Social Disaster He describes their music as 12am Sun 4/27 | Pizza Lucé “alternative folk” or “desert rock.” Lipke brings the gui- Call it a dark supergroup tar rock while Willett waters with Jacob Swanson (Dad’s the desert with his acoustic Acid, Planemo), Jake Larson stylings and vocals. (Manheat), Jesse Hoheisel (Portrait of Drowned Man) Songs of Shipwreck and Ryan Nelson (Bradical 9:30pm Wed 4/30 | Beaner’s Boombox, the Farsights) On July 19, the good ship teaming with gritty vocals Gallus wrecked at the Rex from Rachel Phoenix to cre- and three of the band’s ate what it calls “harrow- survivors debuted Songs ing proto pop and garage of Shipwreck the same soul.” Their groove is an- night. Not enough analo- chored in Larson’s distort- gy? Drummer Davy “Jones” ed Moog bass tones that Clark (nudge-nudge, wink- take flight using Phoenix’s wink) will be playing his first raw power. The band de- Homegrown and taking the buted this past winter with beat into folk, blues and fans of the band members’ even punk. Kent Paulsen other projects screaming a and Sean Mahoney handle collective “yes, please.” the vocals and guitars while Steve Karels plies the bass Steve Sola — all three were part of the 9pm Thurs 5/1 | Chester Creek pop-rocking Gallus. Paulsen This prodigal son of Dulu- said what began as a folk th has been home for two trio morphed into a fuller years after a school stint, sound with influences from playing in De Se, Lion or each member. Matt Sjelin is Gazelle and Red Mountain. on keyboards and plays a Now he’s a solo blues act pivotal role in the future of with an acoustic guitar, six- the band: His family owns a string resonator and banjo studio. They were making while working drums and rough cuts in February. a hi-hat. He describes his stuff as “groove-driven Sonja & blues and rickety, rattling the Reckoning folk music.” Think Bruce 12:15am Thurs 5/1 | Reef Bar Springsteen meets Tom Sonja Bjordal and Lee Mar- Waits meets Charlie Parr. tin keep refining their back-

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up band as they continue Bjordal says has morphed ley, drummer Jules Miller Southwire to take listeners down the into bits of each player with and guitar player Mauro All 8pm Wed 4/30 | Clyde Iron gravel roads of country, some long, jammy grooves are answering a Twin Ports Southwire isn’t Duluth’s folk, rock and Americana. as well. call for “thrashy metallic secret little mash-up, folk/ Once known as the Mud punk.” Butter, who went hip-hop act anymore. The Puppies, then Next of Kin, Sordes solo last year as De Se and band’s self-titled album re- Bjordal and Martin now har- 11pm Sun 4/27 | Pizza Lucé has extensive experience leased last March by Chap- This is the first public per- monize with Martin’s band helping bands outside of erone Records took off and mates from the Underwrit- formance for the band led the spotlight, said Sordes received praise far and wide, ers — bassist Adam Staupe by behind-the-music leg- has been “turning beer including a selection by City and drummer Walter We- end Ben Butter. Formed into songs to blister your Pages in October as a group dan. T Bruce Bowers adds in late 2012, Butter said he ears while hiding out in a “picked to click” in the Min- electric fiddle to a sound and bassist Adam McCau- basement in Superior.” nesota music scene. Fans

flocked to shows in bigger Jillian Forte, Gina Doller, and bigger venues to hear Aleasha Hladilek, Jayme the sweet sound of Jerree Hudson, Sherry Christian- Small run up against the son and Matt Lindberg will sermon-like spoken words keep the Homegrown fire of Ben Larson, who still dancing alit. fronts Crew Jones. Larson’s Crew-mate, Sean Elmquist, Starling of Athens handles the drums in this 8:45pm Sun 4/27 | Tycoons emerging supergroup, with Finally, the Twin Ports music Matt Mobley on bass. scene has evolved enough to include a genre “de- Space Carpet voted entirely to the athe- 10:30pm Fri 5/2 | Tycoons istic point of view.” That’s Rory Isakson and Jen West how musician and artist have been gathering songs Toby Thomas Churchill is the past year, enough to describing his solo act for get some recording done “atheists and other seekers at Beaner’s of their guitar- of truth.” Always a clever driven rock and pop. With wordsmith and creator of drummer Tyler Dubla, gui- fantastical blends of in- tar player Steve Isakson struments, Churchill is the and bassist Mark Glen, the answer to that age-old yearling five-piece landed question: What if Wes An- on WDSE-TV’s The PlayList derson lived in Duluth and in early April after gigging plodded along as a singer- all over the Twin Ports. The songwriter? Check out the group intends to release its songs “The Lord is Not My album right around the time Real Dad” and “Vaginas” Homegrown winds down. on Bandcamp for a taste of Churchill’s latest solo twist. The Spin Collective & Ladyslipper Stel Musicians 10:45pm Fri 5/2 | Carmody 9pm Sat 5/3 | MN Power Plaza For 14 years Brian Stelmasz- There’s something one weski has been a mainstay could call the perfect Home- in the Twin Ports folk and grown storm, that night blues scene, playing regular when all goes according to gigs at Thirsty Pagan Brew- plan on paper — the right ing, Emily’s Lighthouse bands, the right drinks, the and other acoustic-friendly right company. Then come venues. The first dozen of the small ad hoc touches those years were spent with that leave you screaming, Larry Sandmann in the Stel “Best Homegrown ever!” & Lefty duo, until a mas- The fire-swirling gyrations sive stroke sidelined Lefty of the Spin Collective have just before the 2012 Home- often provided that surprise grown. This year it’s just Stel enhancement to revelers and his guitar, playing orig- walking along Superior inal tunes, instrumentals Street past Minnesota Pow- and covers of classic artists er. Denise Hooper, Shaunna like Bob Dylan, Neil Young Heckman Schanzenbach, and Marshall Tucker. 82 · The 16th Annual Homegrown Music Festival · Sunday, April 27 – Sunday, May 4, 2014 · Duluth, MN · www.duluthhomegrown.com

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Superior Siren first attempt at recording quires two things. First, ex- crates of hard-to-find Ja- 6:30pm Tues 4/29 | Amazing Grace went well enough to plan clusive dubplates — mean- maican records. They also a forthcoming EP and gave ing acetate photograph share over 20 years of expe- For every band that’s been insight into her future style. records. Second, a deep un- rience as DJs, playing every- established and has some derstanding of the Kings- where from kitchen parties renown, Homegrown also She is frequently backed wants to include first tim- by guitarist Andrew Olm- ton DJ scene of the 1950s. to large theaters. ers like folk guitarist and stead, bassist Alex Piazza Warhorse (Kevin Craig) and vocalist Laura Sellner, who and drummer Kyle Keegan. DJ Binghi Hype (Brian To- Tangier 57 9pm Fri 5/2 | Underground goes by the name Supe- maino), the duo that makes rior Siren. She began writ- Supreme Rokka Hi-Fi up Supreme Rokka Hi-Fi, Originally a vehicle to ing originals last year, of 11pm Sat 5/3 | Duluth Flame can indeed claim both. Be- explore the lost arts of which she already has Performing as an authentic sides using their own one- lounge-exotica-elevator ten. Her early shows and reggae sound system re- off dub plates, they have music, Tangier 57’s musical

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fellowship has expanded, bassist Darin Bergsven and following up with vocals, Thadi P. retracted, morphed and drummer Brian Barber. drums, guitar and piano; 8:45pm Fri 5/2 | Legacy Glass congealed many times They are rumored to be the and son Gavin on guitar, Since he was a young man since forming eight years favorite band of Duluth’s drums and alto sax. They’ve Thaddeus P. Swint had mu- ago. The band’s continually first lady, Laura Ness. been jamming together sic in his heart, picking up evolving sound has been since Anika and Gavin the bass at age 13 and join- described as “Lawrence Taste the Feeling were just babes, bouncing 7:30pm Sat 5/3 | Amazing Grace ing his first band. Over the Welk meets Pink Floyd” and on dad’s drumming lap. As following years, he would “psychedelic elevator music Taste the Feeling is a fam- the years go on and the play in multiple bands, even- with a mojito spilled on it.” ily affair, with daddy Brad kiddies get older, the mu- tually moving on to hip hop The men responsible are Fernholz leading the crew sic keeps evolving. This is after enrolling at University trumpet blower David Sy- on guitar, tenor sax and Taste the Feeling’s third of Minnesota Duluth. Dur- ring, pianist Paul Wartman, vocals; daughter Anika Homegrown appearance. ing those collegiate years, www.duluthhomegrown.com · Duluth, MN · Sunday, April 27 – Sunday, May 4, 2014 · The 16th Annual Homegrown Music Festival · 85

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Swint made music with sev- heavy metal before hair Amy Ugstad, who casually 15 years she’s brought eral local recording artists bands, Metallica and grind- pounds out complex, al- her acoustic guitar and under the name Oreo Rapz, core. Songs with structured most tribal drumming pat- thoughtful songwriting performing at UMD and riffs, slightly distant vocals terns. Bass is played steady to coffee shops and cafés Pizza Lucé. Since then, he and dark chord progres- and solid by Mark “Thunder throughout the northland. has moved on as a solo art- sions abound. Joel Con- Donkey” Swanson. However, her full body of ist under the moniker Thadi ley is the vocalist and gui- work goes far beyond the P. An album is in the works, tar player — the “jezebel Sara Thomsen five folk albums she’s re- tentatively titled The Cycle. of decibels,” so to speak. 11am Sat 5/3 | Chester Creek leased since 1995. Thomsen The 13th Choir Andy Morrow handles the Simply calling Sara Thom- has also produced two CDs 8:30pm Tues 4/29 | Amazing Grace lead-guitar riffing attack. sen a “folk musician” would with the vocal project Three The percussion and reper- be an injustice. Not that Altos and directs two choirs. The 13th Choir is a visit to cussion are handled by she would mind; for over The Echoes of Peace Choir 86 · The 16th Annual Homegrown Music Festival · Sunday, April 27 – Sunday, May 4, 2014 · Duluth, MN · www.duluthhomegrown.com

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includes up to 70 voices ented progressive rock.” The Tico Three tional humans in the lineup that aim to raise awareness If that sounds confusing, 9:30pm Sat 5/3 | Sir Benedict’s — bassist Paul Whyte, per- in the community through drummer Jason Noe has a cussionist Crystal Detlefsen Israel Malachi continues music, and the Kako Choir is clearer assessment of the and violinist Jon Choi. to expand his collection of part of an after-school pro- band’s objective: “We are post-blues tricks, delivered gram for children. here to rip your ears off.” Timmy Jacks Off via electronic sequencing 9:30pm Fri 5/2 | Sir Benedict’s The rest of this saucy en- and synthesis, and anchored Thunder Brothers semble is comprised of by his ripping electric gui- Over the past two years, 18- 10:30pm Wed 4/30 | Mr. D’s guitarists Bill Berguson tar. The “three” in his band year-old Harrison Crane has Thunder Brothers define and Tom O’hara, bassist name accounts for those been the most productive their musical range “from Mark Eskola and keyboard drum machines and synths, member of Duluth’s music space rock to warm south- player Danny Eaton. but for this year’s Home- scene — if productivity is ern blues to machine-ori- grown there will be addi- measured by sheer amount www.duluthhomegrown.com · Duluth, MN · Sunday, April 27 – Sunday, May 4, 2014 · The 16th Annual Homegrown Music Festival · 87

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of new music released free- to spit out amazing track af- guitar rock” that “embod- ute show, and their single ly on Bandcamp. For ex- ter amazing track,” he says. ies the stark, cold beauty” “Holy Water” can be heard ample, 35 new Timmy Jacks “I’m always trying to emu- of Duluth “with power-pop, on the band’s Reverbna- Off songs dropped in the late that kind of output.” punk melodies.” Backing tion webpage. month of January alone, Nelson are Russell Sack- and that’s about typical for Timothy Martin ett on bass, Peter Knutson Tin Can Gin this experimental one-man & the New Norm on lead guitar, Walter We- 9:15pm Tues 4/29 | Prøve Gallery act focused on recording 10:30pm Thurs 5/1 | Burrito Union dan on drums and T Bruce Tin Can Gin delivers a hearty “fractured bedroom pop.” Duluth music-scene vet- Bowers on space fiddle. helping of up-tempo blue- Crane draws inspiration eran Tim Nelson bears his They released a video for a grass that harkens back to from artists like Bradford middle name for all to see cover of Low’s “Canada” in the first wave of banjo-in- Cox, Ariel Pink and Daniel in this new band that prom- December before playing fused sonatas that took hold Johnston. “They just seem ises “dark, retro-infused the Duluth Does Low trib- in the 1960s. Harrison Olk’s 88 · The 16th Annual Homegrown Music Festival · Sunday, April 27 – Sunday, May 4, 2014 · Duluth, MN · www.duluthhomegrown.com

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furious banjoing and sing- been rocking the Duluth cals, with bassist Jason Kokal the world with music that ing lead the way, backed music scene for longer than and drummer Derek Rolan- no one had seen the likes by Trevor Marrin on guitar it has been called a “scene,” do rounding out the bunch. of before.” A few months and vocals, and Bryan Nel- longer than most whipper- later they added guitarist son on mandolin. Adroitly snappers have been able Transparency Kenneth Zierman and bass- thumping out the bass line to legally enjoy a Pabst Blue 8pm Tues 4/29 | Underground ist Nolan Juusola. Weekly is Mark Glen, while Nori Per- Ribber, longer than — well, Transparency is an alter- practices soon began to rine adds the touch of grace you get the idea. Purveyors native Christian rock band take place in the sanctuary with her fiddle work. of old-time rock and roll, the that formed two years ago. of the Duluth Gospel Tab- Tisdales deliver no-fuss, no- Drummer Jesse Fure, sing- ernacle and more recently The Tisdales muss tunes. Rich Mattson er Blaise Parrot and pianist the band has been record- 12am Thurs 5/1 | Norm’s and Tony Derrick head up Nicholas Bostrom shared ing at the Music Resource The guys in the Tisdales have the band on guitar and vo- the same vision of “rocking Center at Sacred Heart. www.duluthhomegrown.com · Duluth, MN · Sunday, April 27 – Sunday, May 4, 2014 · The 16th Annual Homegrown Music Festival · 89

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Tribal Alchemie Elden Lindamood, Tim Strat- Triplekoin in their sets, and have one featuring Yabobo ton, Tamra Anderson and 10:15pm Thurs 5/1 | Reef Bar album, 2005’s Undecided. Denise Loiselle. When fused Drummers Triplekoin formed at the together they create a hyp- Turbo Rathvon 9:45pm Sat 5/3 | MN Power Plaza end of 2002, developing notic mix of sword-wielding, 8pm Fri 5/2 | Beaner’s Tribal Alchemie is an im- its sound from a blues/ rhythmic body movements Turbo Rathvon returned to provisational belly-dance rock/punk background. and indigenous hand-drum performing last fall after troupe made up of Pamela The band features broth- styles. They share their mys- a long hiatus. The group Clifton, Danie Jimenez and ers Cody and Brandon Beh- tical mélange of dance and plays good-time music that LeeAnn Myers. The Yabobo rends on guitars, Brett Sun- cadence at a wide variety of brings to mind the Adverts Drummers are an ensemble dgaurd on drums, and new events including fundrais- or the Zeros — when punk of world-beat percussionists member Justin Johnson on ers, festivals, rock shows and bass. They blend original was morphing into what comprised of Janine Olsen, Lakewalk open-air busking. music with popular covers would come to be known 90 · The 16th Annual Homegrown Music Festival · Sunday, April 27 – Sunday, May 4, 2014 · Duluth, MN · www.duluthhomegrown.com

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as new wave. By the time all new drummer Jack Gerold grown five times as “Vintage 12Step Villains of the pioneering bands had in this five-piece with the Val,” and in 2004 he played 11:15pm Sat 5/3 | Red Star made it big, (Blondie, Talking mission to “provide the Fourth Fest at Bayfront Park, After 20-plus years of mix- Heads, etc.) all of the spirit of soundtrack to your personal opening for Sherrie Austin, ing records in the Twin punk had been refined out apocalypse.” Gary Allan and Brad Paisley. Ports, disc jockey Patrick of the music and replaced Now retired and living in Val Turcotte Hannu is taking his love with studio magic. This Esko, Turcotte still entertains of dance music and turn- band captures that choice & Tom O’Keefe on the farmers-market cir- 5:30pm Mon 4/28 | Zeitgeist Atrium ing it into original tunes. moment in time just before cuit in Duluth with his sets While many DJs tend to that happened. Founding Duluth native Val Turcotte of vintage country favorites. stay in the bubble of club- members Keith Nelson, Carl has been singing and play- Joining him on stage at this life, Hannu has never been Olson, Jordan Curtis and ing guitar for about 30 years. year’s Homegrown will be afraid to step out of the Adam Metzer are joined by He’s performed at Home- Superior’s Tom O’Keefe. booth and use his vast li- www.duluthhomegrown.com · Duluth, MN · Sunday, April 27 – Sunday, May 4, 2014 · The 16th Annual Homegrown Music Festival · 91

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brary of beats for more di- Two Beat Band the radar for months. He’s Fred Tyson verse projects. For Home- 10:45pm Thurs 5/1 | Thirsty Pagan given hints that he and his Sex Workshop grown 2014, he is teaming first-class backing players Hopefully, one of these 11:15pm Fri 5/2 | Rex Bar with veteran Philadelphia will keep their heads above years, songwriter Jordan Has your sex life become too producer Simon Nelson ground in 2014 by playing a Taylor will keep his enig- much effort, too predictable to build a two-headed, all matic Two Beat Band in handful shows across Min- and too goal-driven? Then original dance machine working fashion for an ex- nesota and planning for a join Fred Tyson, one of the called 12StepVillains. Nel- tended stretch of time. It new album this summer, most prominent funk sing- son seems an appropriate seems every time he teases following up last year’s self- ers in Duluth, as he helps choice as he shares Han- with a small string of bril- titled EP. Nate Case joins chart a path toward a more nu’s creative approach to liant performances or a him on guitar along with magnificent sex life. In this electronic music. stunning new alt-country Kyle Keegan on drums and enlightening and support- recording, he goes back off Steve Garrington on bass. ive program, Tyson will be 92 · The 16th Annual Homegrown Music Festival · Sunday, April 27 – Sunday, May 4, 2014 · Duluth, MN · www.duluthhomegrown.com backed by Dan Anderson ed the band, and recruited the groove moving in this mer Scott Millis, bassist Tom on keyboard, Ben Marsen some old friends to join the hard-driving, fun-loving Berrigan and guitar player on bass, Paul Broman on group — drummer Ryan band. Jacob Jonker join him for guitar, Eldo Abrahamson on Donovan and bassist Keir this year’s Homegrown. drums and Ryan Jazdewski Gellatly. The band has been Ryan Van Slooten on percussion. Tyson and busy playing throughout 7:30pm Thurs 5/1 | Red Mug Virgil Caine Band his band will help you take the Twin Ports in the past Flashback 15 years to a Hill- 11:30pm Thurs 5/1 | V.I.P. charge of your sex life and year and is eager to make side basement kegger. Par- Take a Texas-style blues gain the confidence to ex- its Homegrown debut. tiers gather to witness Bone guitar, a Chicago-blues-in- plore ways of using your Appetit come crashing to fluenced harp and a tough- sexuality to create more Uprising the stage and begin anoth- as-nails rhythm section and love in your life. 10pm Sat 5/3 | Duluth Flame er high-powered, half Kiss, you’ll have all the makings Uprising has been wow- half Spinal Tap signature for the Virgil Caine Band. The Ugly Mugs ing crowds with its high- set. They don’t disappoint. With 30 years of experience 5:30pm Sat 5/3 | Amazing Grace energy blend of reggae, Founding member and gui- and three albums under Inspired by classic acts like rock, soul calypso and tarist Ryan Van Slooten was their belts, Tommy Wotru- Led Zeppelin, Neil Young ska. Hailing from Jamaica, known as Richie Gunns back ba (guitar), Mark Hawley and Johnny Cash, the Ugly lead vocalist Dexter Bax- then, in make-up, leather (vocals and harmonica), Mugs started out during ter captures the energy of pants, and full of hair met- Keith Fredrickson (vocals late-night jam sessions be- Caribbean music. Andrew al riffs. Times change. Van and drums), and Dave Prud- tween friends, and quickly Perfetti’s guitar solos are Slooten matured with his homme (bass), have begun evolved into more serious crowd stopping, fusing music, and his latest col- to expand their gig hori- songwriting and eventually reggae with his love for lection of thoughtful pop zons by booking shows in live performances. Sing- blues and rock. Bassist rock compositions Victory Chicago, Minneapolis and er-songwriter Mike Jandl, Tal Lindblad, drummer March was voted Album Las Vegas. They are cur- along with guitarist and Luke Perry and keyboard of the Year on the Perfect rently finishing up a fourth songwriter Paul Abear start- player Janna Dreher keep Duluth Day website. Drum- album of original music. www.duluthhomegrown.com · Duluth, MN · Sunday, April 27 – Sunday, May 4, 2014 · The 16th Annual Homegrown Music Festival · 93

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Vivielle Rosie Uggla drive the band’s makes sense. His relentless around the Duluth area. 10:30pm Sun 4/27 | Teatro Zuccone straight-forward, mid-tem- style of fierce enunciations Winklesky is working on his po sound, solidly backed by and fast phrasings would debut Willie Diction album For a bunch of humble kids bassist Lino Rauzi and drum- make a listener dizzy if he and has posted a handful of just trying to be a small part didn’t have the hip-hop singles on Soundcloud. of Duluth’s expansive music mer Joe Rauzi. In January the group released a two-song chops to back it up. He’s scene, Vivielle has started Wino, WI to garner some budding EP Time Falls Apart. been at it for a decade do- 11:15pm Wed 4/30 | Kom-on-Inn expectations. Though only ing freestyle and compos- formed a year ago, this alt- Willie Diction ing rhymes at house par- Greg Cougar Conley and 9:45pm Sat 5/3 | Legacy Glass folk four-piece has already ties, basement sessions Marcus Matthews have built a small and passionate Rapper Willie Winklesky and shows while also col- been performing together fan base. Guitarist Nathan- goes by the name Willie laborating with a variety of on and off for over two iel Harvie’s harmonies with Diction. The “diction” part different bands and artists decades in bands such as 94 · The 16th Annual Homegrown Music Festival · Sunday, April 27 – Sunday, May 4, 2014 · Duluth, MN · www.duluthhomegrown.com

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Puddle Wonderful, Both, Bar in the past year in its acoustic guitar and a hand- Their seven-song cassette of the Surfactants, Humanoid quest to prove, “we don’t ful of songs. The project riff-heavy doom metal was and Bull Feathers. Last year need another banjo.” grew to a full band, then released in February. they joined up with the unraveled, then reformed. bombastic family rhythm A Winter Downpour The current lineup includes Wood Blind section of Scott Millis on 12am Fri 5/2 | Fitger’s Brewhouse bassist Kevin Zak, drum- 12:15am Wed 4/30 | Kom-on-Inn the drums and rock vixen A Winter Downpour plays mer Ken Nyberg and guitar Wood Blind features the Heather Dean on the bass moody, introspective songs player Paul Connolly. Their combo of Duluth mainstay to form Wino, WI. The group that explore surviving the album Vandrovic, I Need and guitarist Jason Wussow released the single “B-a- beauties and disappoint- Help was released in 2012. and Los Angeles studio/ n-j-o” before Homegrown ments of everyday life. Front touring bass player Veikko 2013, and has played at R. T. man Alberto Serrano Rivera Wolf Blood Lepisto. Wussow’s cred- Quinlan’s, Tycoons and Rex founded the band with an 12am Fri 5/2 | R.T. Quinlan’s its include the bands Flux Last year’s darlings at Home- Skapacitor, No Room to grown New Band Night were Pogo, Yeltzi, Fuzzy Ellis and no fluke; Wolf Blood is in- ownership of all-ages mu- deed that brutal — “brutal” sic venue Beaner’s Central. as in: smack-your-face loud Lepisto has worked with rock and roll, amps on fire, Mike Ness of Social Distor- packed house, broken glass, tion, Royal Crown Revue cops-breaking-up-the-party and Bette Midler while on brutal. Mike Messina and the West Coast. Teamed to- Mindy Johnson provide the gether they make acoustic guitar howl while Brian Wells’ ska à la 1960s’ Jamaica and bass and Jake Paulsrud’s ’70s’ England. Their sets in- drums measure out the bite. clude traditional reggae, www.duluthhomegrown.com · Duluth, MN · Sunday, April 27 – Sunday, May 4, 2014 · The 16th Annual Homegrown Music Festival · 95

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ska versions of classic rock the group filled in the sonic dating back to 2006. Kyle Scherz specialize in soft, and R&B hits, and original backdrop. Then, last fall, two soulful harmonies that float rocksteady numbers. members opted out, leav- The Yeah Scherz over Scherz’s jangley acous- ing Krause and Conor Glenn 10pm Thurs 5/1 | Chester Creek tic and electric guitar. Using Xhaust to perform as a duo, trad- You betcha’, the Yeah Scherz this rich mix of vocal union 11:45pm Sat 5/3 | Legacy Glass ing instruments throughout get a round a bit you know, and light rhythms created by For seven years, Xhaust their party sets on Superior’s eh? Northern accents and live loops and the occasional played heavy, loud and fast South Range. The results? puns aside, this acoustic accompanying players, the as a traditional four-piece Same heaviness, same in- duo play a wide range of group performs sets of cov- metal band. Dan Krause’s tensity, but more original- venues across the region: ers and originals as a resi- vocal and guitar work pro- ity in regards to tempo and brew pubs, restaurants, ski dency band at Fitger’s Brew- vided the rock and roll musical dynamics. The full resorts, music clubs and au- house, Little Angie’s Cantina blueprint while the rest of band released three albums ditoriums. Josie Taylor and and Grill and the Rex Bar. 96 · The 16th Annual Homegrown Music Festival · Sunday, April 27 – Sunday, May 4, 2014 · Duluth, MN · www.duluthhomegrown.com

photo by laramie carlson Friday pitcher Chad Lyons arrived on-lime attire, flew out — which 45 minutes early, presumably should have been the third out, to claim the field for his team in ending the inning with no score some sort of ceremonial ritual — Andy Pletcher singled to drive that involved his old high school in Choi and Dean. The usual soccer cleats and a cigarette. Homegrown kickball controver- It worked. Friday took the 2013 sy was thick from the get-go. Homegrown Kickball Classic, 7-5. Saturday countered with a run in Rainy conditions throughout the bottom of the first when Paul the week forced the game to be Connolly scored a split-second be- played away from its usual loca- fore a tag-out on third base ended tion, Chester Bowl. After a 20- the inning. Connolly had reached minute search for car-floormat on an error when Scott Millis failed bases, the action was underway to successfully field the ball while at Observation Park. holding his beer, which resulted in Friday Coach Eric “Heiko” Edward- 2014 Homegrown Friday player Jon Choi led off the son cussing Millis out. Kickball Classic ‘I can’t see game by reaching on an error. Heather Dean was thrown out at No one scored in the second or Saturday, May 3 | High Noon the base third innings, but there were Chester Bowl Park, 1800 E. Skyline first base on the second play, but decided to stay on base anyway. plenty of arguments and errors because it A few pitches later, Saturday coach to keep things interesting. Paul Lundgren brought to umpire Chris LeBlanc scored a run for Sat- is covered Rick Boo’s attention that Dean was urday in a wild fourth inning, tying still on base. Boo confirmed that he up the game at 2-2. Saturday had in mud, like called her out, but then said since the bases loaded when a base- my eyes’ she had been there a while she running error by Lane Prekker 2013 Homegrown Kickball might as well be allowed to stay. ended the inning prematurely. Classic Revisited That decision ultimately padded Friday got going again in the top by Emily Haavik Friday’s score by two points. Af- of the fifth when Choi and Dean ter Ryan Nelson, dressed in lem- each scored their second runs of www.duluthhomegrown.com · Duluth, MN · Sunday, April 27 – Sunday, May 4, 2014 · The 16th Annual Homegrown Music Festival · 97

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the game. Then, in the sixth, Friday Tensions were high. Pitchers’ eyes was safe or not. The verdict was no. Least Valuable Player of 2013 was expanded its lead with two more were mud-caked. Jell-O shots Still behind by two runs, Saturday Chris LeBlanc, “for playing atro- runs, securing a 6-2 advantage. It were jiggling. Ari Norrgard scored showed life again loading the bas- ciously at third base,” as his own was a tough inning at the plate for for Friday, boosting the lead to 7-4. es for Paul Whyte, but the game coach remarked. Saturday, with Dean and Nelson’s At the bottom of the ninth, Satur- ended in anticlimax when he flew Worth noting: There was an argu- double play knocking out two day needed three to tie. Dan Bra- out, securing Friday’s 7-5 win. ment voiced that Brandon Hel- Saturday Crunchy Bunchers. novan singled to open the inning. The honor of MVP went to Ryan berg should be LVP for falling on Saturday began to come back Prekker followed with a two-base Van Slooten of the Friday team. his face so often when he kicked. in the seventh, after a scoreless kick, lifting spirits. Victory was in His response, along with, “It’s Also worth noting: Saturday had inning from Friday. Anders Lun- reach. It was as dramatic as one been a long year of hard work, 12 players while Friday had at dahl and Derek Delgado both of those games in Remember the improving my game,” was least 24. singled to start the inning and Titans, or Mighty Ducks 2. “Wasn’t Kyle co-MVP with me?” Best individual insult goes to Ryan eventually scored. Branovan scored and Prekker Yes, he was — kind of. Kyle Maclean Nelson, directed at Lane Prekker: At the top of the eighth, it was came across behind him, but there got an honorable mention for div- “Not bad for the third-best wash- anyone’s game. The score was 6-4. was a controversy over whether he ing headfirst into home plate. board player at the kickball game.” 98 · The 16th Annual Homegrown Music Festival · Sunday, April 27 – Sunday, May 4, 2014 · Duluth, MN · www.duluthhomegrown.com

photo by Scott “starfire” Lunt less a fantasy football league, but 2. S.A.H.D. snacks and is frugal 3. S.A.H.D. promotes reading being a lazy musician does offer Let’s be honest, lazy musicians As a lazy musician, my home de- inherent advantages to the stay- live below the poverty level. cor is stocked with random piles of at-home brand of fatherhood. And yet, we eat decent enough. reading material: The New Yorker, 1. S.A.H.D. never leaves the house Reason: Can’t afford junk food Smithsonian, Mojo, Uncut, Sports Il- The most important part of any or large servings. The next time lustrated, along with multitudes of stay-at-home parent’s job rests in you see a lazy musician, note the books about things like Billy Martin the “staying home” part. Speak- skinny appearance (a bit pale and the Amazon Jungle. Piles and ing on behalf of all lazy musi- and smelly, but skinny). piles of obsessive idleness. I read cians, we rarely go anywhere. Over the years, frugality and hun- more in one month than most Leaving the house would scare ger have taught me that a can of Americans read in a year — not up things like gigs, jobs, a driver’s tuna, old relish packets and a hot- because I’m smart or compiling license, checking accounts. We dog bun equals a Cuban Delight. important data; it’s just what lazy really don’t do more than drink Sliced cucumber, ranch dressing musicians do when not playing Lazy musicians coffee and read old album liner and chopped baking nuts? A video games, strumming guitars or make good (but notes for the first three hours of Russian Gumdrop. Have you ever watching BBC mysteries on Netflix. any given day. I don’t leave the eaten SpaghettiOs Sandwiches? This rubs off on children in an edu- not great) stay- couch much once the Netflix BBC Delicious, inexpensive and high cational, though unintentional, at-home dads mysteries start at naptime. in fiber. Give me a tortilla and way. See the lazy parent read; see any two items in a cupboard; I’ll the child learn to love reading. My by Mark Lindquist My two lone accomplishments make a quesadilla. twins could read before they en- I’ve been a stay-at-home dad (or this winter involved organizing my football cards and learning Children love this form of nutri- tered kindergarten not because S.A.H.D.) of twin daughters for mom is a college English instructor, the past six years, and a lazy mu- the theme to Ren and Stimpy on tion despite their fussy appetites. but because dad can’t afford cable. sician since starting my first band guitar. That’s a big year for me. You don’t want to fill them full back in the fall of 1989. Oddly, as But it’s that exact form of artis- of sugar, fat and salt. Enter the So when you attend Home- those two parts of my life com- tic passivity that makes a home lazy musician diet: Simple finger grown this year, don’t look at the bined in 2008, it sort of worked safe from chokings, drownings foods with infantile names. We ratty, immature guitar player and out. It doesn’t function so well and fires. Those tragedies occur are like personal dream chefs for think, “Get a job, loser.” Look at that I should ever be put in when busy parents try to accom- picky 4-years-olds and unem- him and think, “I’ll bet he creates charge of a school district, much plish things away from home. ployed bass players. a safe environment for children.”