8/15/11 - Fine Line Music Cafe, Minneapolis

Student Run Records A&R Showcase

Set:

| Poet (Who Didn't Know It) | Casanova | I'm a Bad Mamma Jamma (Who Works at Wendy's) | M'Lady | Destiny, She Drives a Rolls | Crossroads | Beards | Clone You | Sledgehammer [Peter Gabriel] |

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This show crept up on us kind of last minute. I got an email from a classmate, Crystal Statskey, who is one of the folks involved with Student Run Records out of IPR. The email went out to several musicians/bands in the immediate IPR community. She said they were having a label A&R showcase to try to line up an artist to sign. There were a couple slots left on the bill and would we be interested in submitting our interest. I grabbed our EPK and a couple tracks and sent them along. We were very quickly accepted onto the bill.

So the point of this show was not only to rock out and have a good time, but also to attempt to impress the good people at Student Run Records. Because after all this was said and done, they would discuss who they would like to work with.

We played third on the bill, after Sticky Byte and Bruce McLaughlin Band - both very good and fun bands, which are a great mix with our music. We should play more shows with those guys.

We g0t decked out in our colors -- meaning we were all wearing athletic jogging suits of differing solid colors. We took the stage with yelling and high-fiving and general frivolity. We started the set out with energy, kicking it with "Poet," followed by "Casanova" and "Bad Mamma Jamma." It was a good high octane start to the show.

People were into it, which we were really pleased about, for sure. Again, our buddy PJ was in the house, capturing live audio. And our friend Collin was capturing some video with our other pal Bruce's flip cam. One of the examples of these synced together is below. There's more where that came from, too. Word.

This show was really solid all the way around. There were a couple minor mix-ups. "You could have a bumper car flying..." But that's to be expected from time to time, obviously. We ended on a high note and people kept talking about our rendition of "Sledgehammer." Apparently it struck a nerve this time around.

It was a good show. I hope we impressed.

EDIT: It turns out we made an impression. Student Run Records has asked us to work with them. We start tracking our new album Beards within a matter of weeks!