2/20-2/22/09

WEEKEND

All Weekend

Spark Festival of Electronic Music.

This Is My Joint Productions Record Sale @ Soo VAC (26th and Lyndale), Fri 3-9PM, Sat 10AM-6PM, Sun 12-4PM, free.

Friday

The Pretenders and American Bang @ First Avenue, 35 bucks, 8:00. (18+) SOLD OUT

Ben Weaver, Larkin Grimm and The Dale Hush Hush @ Turf Club, 8 bucks, 9:00.

Knife World, The Chickadee Mountain Martyrs, Bouncer Fighter, Anders Ponders and Bob Carlton @ Hexagon Bar, free, 9:00.

White Iron Band, Rockford Mules, Javier Trejo and Sans Souci Quartet @ Suburban World Theater, 8/10 bucks, 8:00.

Castle, Frontier, The Funeral and the Twilight, Empires and Lungs @ Uptown Bar, 5 bucks, 9:00.
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 20

National Bird, Grandchildren and Askeleton @ 331 Club, free, 9:00.

Rift Magazine Party with Supercollider, Zoo Animal, Guante and Bill Mike (solo) @ Stasiu's, 5 bucks, 9:00.

The Long Fall, The Goodbars and The Junkyard Hooligans @ 7th St Entry, 5 bucks, 9:00. (18+)

Red Desert (CD Release), Droids Attack, Buzzard and Good Looking Corpse @ Triple Rock, 6 bucks, 9:00. (18+)

Saturday

Spiritual Mansions (CD Release), Daughters of the Sun, Whitesand/Badlands and Magic Castles @ Turf Club, 9:00.

Romantica and Kid Dakota @ The Cedar, 10/12 bucks, 7:00.

The Talkers, The Dirty Hits, Charles De Gaulle and Box Thieves @ Triple Rock, 5 bucks, 9:00.

Solid Gold, Switzerlind and Sharp Teeth @ Nomad World Pub.

The Evening Rig, 757s, The Hard Left, Rad Racket and Grandchildren @ Uptown Bar, 5 bucks, 9:00.

Cheer Accident, Guzzlemug, The Yoleus and Run at the Dog @ Hexagon Bar, free, 9:00.

Lucy Michelle and the Velvet Lapelles @ Cafe Maude, free, 9:00.

The Debut, Clock Hands Strangle, Joey Ryan & The Inks and The Suits @ Big V's, 5 bucks, 9:00.

Gary Louris and Mark Olson @ The Varsity, 23/26 bucks, 7:00.

Le Cirque Rouge with Captain Yonder @ 7th St Entry, 7 bucks, 9:00. (18+)

Sunday

Kenny Rogers @ Black Bear Casino, 5:00. I'm totally going to be at this with a front section view of some really wicked plastic surgery.

Gordon Lightfoot @ State Theater, 42/52 bucks, 7:00.

Gary Louris and Mark Olson @ The Varsity, 23/26 bucks, 5:00.

Meg Ashling, Greg Hanson and House of Mercy Band @ Turf Club, 5 bucks, 7:00.

Dudedag, Ogre Smash Death Boom, Dos Taco, Phasmophobia and Cocaine, I am Dreaming @ Big V's, 5 bucks, 9:00.

XTake ControlX, Doom Hammer, Relentless and Suicide Pact @ Triple Rock, 10 bucks, 5:00. (AA)

Dr. Mambo's Combo @ Bunker's, 5 bucks, 9:00.