The Triple Rock Social Club

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MAY 2012
16 WEDNESDAY	THE MANIX LIKE BATS (CHICAGO) BRAVER SLEEPYHEAD	18+ \| 8:00 PM \| $5.00
16 WEDNESDAY	FREE BACON WEDNESDAYS FREE BACON FROM 9PM TILL 11PM OR WHILE SUPPLIES LAST $3 PBR TALLBOYS'S ALL NIGHT LONG	21+ \| 9:00 PM \| NO COVER CHARGE
17 THURSDAY	FIRST AVENUE PRESENTS WE ARE SERENADES $10 IN ADVANCE/$12 AT THE DOOR/DAY OF SHOW SPONSORED BY FILTER MAGAZINE	18+ \| 8:00 PM \| $12.00
17 THURSDAY	!!!!!!BLINGO!!!!!! WITH YOUR HOST ELLIE BLADES Play free bar Blingo for your chance to win fabulous prizes! $1.00 off most SURLY beers! (Ask your server for details)	21+ \| 8:00 PM \| NO COVER CHARGE
18 FRIDAY	THE TRIPLE ROCK SOCIAL CLUB IS PROUD TO PRESENT REDD KROSS MANNEQUIN MEN FMWIRED (members of Soviettes, Gay Witch abortion..) $13 IN ADVANCE/$15 DAY OF SHOW/AT THE DOOR TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW!!!	18+ \| 9:00 PM \| $15.00
19 SATURDAY	DIRTY BEACHES XIU XIU FATHER MURPHY $11 IN ADVANCE/$13 AT THE DOOR/DAY OF SHOW Dirty Beaches mastermind Alex Zhang Hungtai was born in Taiwan, but he doesn't have a home. Moving from place to place throughout his life due to a fractured family, the 30-year-old singer-songwriter sometimes felt adrift. In a recent phone interview, he described a stint selling real estate in China during his mid-twenties as "a weird displacement upon displacement." And that same feeling can be ascribed to his music, which layers coats of lo-fi grime over tracks that sound like relics from the early days of rock 'n' roll. Many of his songs come off like Elvis Presley relics recorded through the wall of a skeezy motel. Hungtai started pursuing music seriously about five years ago after moving to Montreal, and has released a few 7" singles leading up to his debut LP, Badlands, out March 29 on Zoo Xiu Xiu, one of the most original bands, is like a synth pop group that doesn't let the shiny happy face of the genre take over. They know the genre is merely a vehicle for expressing the fully intense and anguished emotions they've got bursting out of them. So instead of punchy casios and happy go lucky tunes, the foremost element is this hushed, trembling voice straining towards the epic wail. Yes, it's dramatic but the sincerity of emotion prevents it from becoming melodramatic. Out of the shards of anguish come experimentally structured songs that dart amongst jittery drum machines, wintry minor key piano, fuzzed out noise, clanging percussion. Building new, fresh songs out of raw emotion that might by a lesser band be inarticulate and messy, Xiu Xiu transcend the genre and any of their many influences, which clearly include Joy Division and Talk Talk. These guys are a downer, albeit in a gorgeous, shimmering beautiful way. Killrockstars Records.	18+ \| 9:00 PM \| $13.00
21 MONDAY	TRAGEDY WAR//PLAGUE COGNITIVE DISSONANCE MUCH WORSE Tragedy is a modern hardcore punk band, originally from Memphis, Tennessee, but currently residing in Portland, Oregon. The band formed in 2000 and was born from the ashes of influential modern hardcore bands His Hero is Gone and Deathreat. From the insert to the band's first, self-titled LP on Tragedy Records (2000) Tragedy's music is characterized by its unrelenting, heavy hardcore punk sound, often punctuated by melodic interludes and downshifts in tempo. The band remains strongly aware of its roots but often takes the genre in newer, more innovative directions, pioneering a new breed of hardcore punk along with close friends and contemporaries From Ashes Rise, as well other bands residing in Portland and throughout the world. $10 IN ADVANCE/ $12 DAY OF SHOW. TICKETS AVAILABLE SOON!	18+ \| 8:00 PM \| $12.00
22 TUESDAY	TRIPLE ROCK 241'S TRIPLE DOUBLE DJ'S IN THE SHOWROOM 241 ON WELL DRINKS AND TAPS TILL 1AM SPONSORED BY BURLESQUE OF NORTH AMERICA, MODERN RADIO AND FIFTH ELEMENT	21+ \| 9:00 PM \| NO COVER CHARGE
23 WEDNESDAY	THE LONE CROWS (ALBUM RELEASE SHOW!) MAMMOTH CATCHES FIRE THIS ONE'S CALLING $5 IN ADVANCE/$7 DAY OF SHOW AND AT THE DOOR	18+ \| 8:00 PM \| $7.00
23 WEDNESDAY	FREE BACON WEDNESDAYS FREE BACON FROM 9PM TILL 11PM OR WHILE SUPPLIES LAST $3 PBR TALLBOY'S ALL NIGHT LONG	21+ \| 9:00 PM \| NO COVER CHARGE
24 THURSDAY	!!!!!!BLINGO!!!!!! WITH YOUR HOST ELLIE BLADES Play free bar Blingo for your chance to win fabulous prizes! $1.00 off most SURLY beers! (Ask your server for details)	21+ \| 8:00 PM \| NO COVER CHARGE
24 THURSDAY	BRIAN JUST BAND SPENCER MCGILLICUTTY (ALBUM RELEASE SHOW!) PAUL SPRING All The Happy People! CD Release Show. Spencer McGillicutty is a co-ed indie pop group based out of Minneapolis, MN. Featuring a rotating cast of four different lead singers, the band delivers wistful bedroom jangle pop, dreamy girl group send-ups, and ambling, tuneful folk with equal aplomb. All The Happy People! is their third album. CHECK OUT THE VIDEO FOR THEIR SINGLE HERE!	18+ \| 8:00 PM \| $5.00
25 FRIDAY	XAVIER MARQUIS URGES FROM ELSEWHERE (ALBUM RELEASE SHOW!) PETER AND THE TWINS FALL FOR GLORY EVERY PAID ADMISSION INCLUDES A COPY OF URGES FROM ELSEWHERE'S NEW ALBUM "BAR RULES"!	18+ \| 9:00 PM \| $8.00
26 SATURDAY	FANFARONADE ALBUM RELEASE PARTY! WITH KRISTOFF KRANE $10 IN ADVANCE/$14 DAY OF SHOW AND AT THE DOOR! Sponsored by 89.3 The Current	18+ \| 9:00 PM \| $14.00
27 SUNDAY	GROLAR BEARS (VINYL RELEASE SHOW!) SALTEE MAX CORCORAN PROJECT HIPSHAKERS Grolar Bears is a 19-person funk band from Minneapolis, Minnesota. "Cos: The Original Motion Picture Score", their debut album, pays tribute to the scores of early 70s Blaxploitation movies. The album was recorded in dozens of places spanning over a year. We used "the suitcase" with all of our recording equipment in it to create a mobile studio. We snuck into churches, bandrooms, and auditoriums. Using sonic landscaping, we narrate through an imaginative movie. A trailer for the fictional movie was shot as a companion piece. Vinyl has been pressed for a release show! SPONSORED BY HYMIE'S VINTAGE RECORDS!	18+ \| 8:00 PM \| $5.00
29 TUESDAY	TRIPLE ROCK 241'S TRIPLE DOUBLE DJ'S IN THE SHOWROOM 241 ON WELL DRINKS AND TAPS TILL 1AM SPONSORED BY BURLESQUE OF NORTH AMERICA, MODERN RADIO AND FIFTH ELEMENT	21+ \| 9:00 PM \| NO COVER CHARGE
30 WEDNESDAY	"RAISE THE WOOF" A BENEFIT TO SUPPORT CAN DO CANINES THE DAVID YELLEN BAND DADDY JIVE JUNEBUG UNDERNONE $6 IN ADVANCE/$8 DAY OF SHOW AND AT THE DOOR	18+ \| 8:00 PM \| $8.00
30 WEDNESDAY	FREE BACON WEDNESDAYS FREE BACON FROM 9PM TILL 11PM OR WHILE SUPPLIES LAST $3 PBR TALLBOY'S ALL NIGHT LONG	21+ \| 9:00 PM \| NO COVER CHARGE
31 THURSDAY	!!!!!!BLINGO!!!!!! WITH YOUR HOST ELLIE BLADES Play free bar Blingo for your chance to win fabulous prizes! $1.00 off most SURLY beers! (Ask your server for details)	21+ \| 8:00 PM \| NO COVER CHARGE
31 THURSDAY	HOLYOKE BRETT SAXON NALLO In late 2011, Joshua Pederson stopped kidding himself, picked up a ukelele, and started doing something completely different from anything he had done before.	18+ \| 8:00 PM \| $5.00

JUNE 2012
01 FRIDAY	6 MONTHS TO LIVE THE BANDS: (Order TBD) Attractive Nuisance Haystack Graffiti ill F.I.L.T.H. Out of Order Elevator Roadkillerz $8 IN ADVANCE/$10 DAY OF SHOW AND AT THE DOOR! SPONSORED BY SCHELL'S BREWING AND GRAIN BELT BEER! Six Months to Live was started in 2004 by a local Minneapolis musician and has grown to include over fifty alumni over the past decade. While the number of musicians increases, the venues get bigger, and the fan base grows, the soul of the project remains the same. Each year, an ever-growing group of musicians attend a kick-off event and divide into bands. Those bands then have six months to practice and prepare for a one-time show. Each year the result is different, with past shows ranging from Oklahoma! the musical to Minnesota music to hair metal. The show proceeds from each season go to support a music-centric charity. Past charities include: Radio K, MacPhail Music Therapy Program, and VH1 Save the Music. This year a portion of the proceeds will go to the local chapter of GUITARS FOR VETS.	21+ \| 7:00 PM \| $10.00
02 SATURDAY	VARSITY ARTS PRESENTS LANGHORNE SLIM	18+ \| 8:00 PM \| $12.00
03 SUNDAY	ANTISECT MISERY WARTORN IN DEFENCE Antisect are an English rock band, formed in 1982 in Daventry, Northamptonshire, UK. Their debut album, In Darkness There is No Choice, was released in 1983. Antisect were a significant band in the timeline of hardcore punk music, said to have been a major influence upon "black-clad, politically charged punks over the last 30 years".[1] The band addressed issues including animal rights and social justice, communicating their ideas to a largely punk rock audience, and were among the instigators of the squat venue scene in the mid to late 1980s. Members lived the lifestyle of being either on the road or part of the vibrant London squat scene of the time. They toured extensively both in the UK and Europe, before splitting up in 1987. The band reformed in May 2011 $12 ADVANCE TICKETS AVAILABLE SOON!	18+ \| 8:00 PM \| $14.00
04 MONDAY	THE AFTER MIDNIGHT GROUP PRESENT MEWITHOUTYOU BURIED BEDS IMAGINARY CITIES $15 IN ADVANCE/$17 AT THE DOOR/DAY OF	18+ \| 7:00 PM \| $15.00
08 FRIDAY	THE AFTER MIDNIGHT GROUP PRESENTS GREG LASWELL	18+ \| 9:00 PM \| $15.00
09 SATURDAY	ROYAL HEADACHE THE ARRIVALS CONDOMINIUM NATO COLES AND THE BLUE DIAMOND BAND COZY $8 IN ADVANCE / $10 DAY OF SHOW. TICKETS AVAILABLE SOON!	18+ \| 9:00 PM \| $10.00
10 SUNDAY	VARSITY ARTS PRESENTS THE DUKE SPIRIT HACIENDA	18+ \| 8:00 PM \| $17.00
13 WEDNESDAY	PETER WOLF CRIER THE BLIND SHAKE PRISSY CLERKS It is not so much a sound as a spirit. You don't need to name it to know it or to trust it. Peter Wolf Crier's second album Garden of Arms is a document that paints a vivid portrait of all the pain and beauty of growth. Written with the at-home repose demanded by performing a hundred shows in six months, these eleven tracks were nurtured from their hushed origins with a new-found footing of confidence and experimentation. Adapting the tenets of the grinding live show, the duo of Peter Pisano and Brian Moen transformed the fuzzy distortion, rolling and crashing drums, and laser-focused purposefulness into an intensely dynamic yet supremely polished album. The lead off track, "Right Away", best exemplifies the band's new direction, a dense and jarring embrace of the immediacy of real personal connection. Later on in the album, restraint is more readily apparent, in tracks like "Settling it Off", where the sonics do not threaten to overwhelm but are instead peeled back to reveal a more subdued, secure sense of direction. The notion that any one of these songs could be your favorite depending on where your head and heart reside, moment to moment, is the most appealing aspect of this album. Throughout Garden of Arms, swagger is juxtaposed against an icy delicacy, making the scope of the record complex but somehow an easily digestible statement of how Peter Wolf Crier are rolling: a wheel, rusted with unrestrained hope. It is apparent from listening to the album that, for Pisano and Moen, 2010 was a both an absolutely exhilarating and a profoundly exhausting year. How they so evocatively and effectively channeled the fabric of their experiences into their body of work is not something they could do two years ago. This is a band that is just starting to figure out what they are capable of. FACEBOOK EVENT LINK HERE!	18+ \| 8:00 PM \| $7.00
14 THURSDAY	NIGHTOSAUR GOSPEL GOSSIP FLINTLOCK SVOBODA A VERY SPECIAL FLAG DAY CELEBRATION!	18+ \| 8:00 PM \| $5.00
15 FRIDAY	MJG & FILL IN THE BREAKS/HECATOMB PRESENT... "RESPECT THE NAME" VIDEO PREMIER* PLUS SHOW: WITH SPECIAL PERFORMANCES BY: CARNAGE With guests: OUT OF BOUNDS ECID I-ONE JC STROEBEL DJ X-CALIBER $8 IN ADVANCE/$10 AT THE DOOR/DAY OF SHOW!	18+ \| 9:00 PM \| $10.00
16 SATURDAY	THE NEW MONARCHS (RECORD RELEASE SHOW!) BNLX FIRE IN THE NORTHERN FIRS AND SEX BURGER SPINNING BETWEEN SETS	18+ \| 8:00 PM \| $6.00
18 MONDAY	FIRST AVENUE PRESENTS 2:54 WIDOWSPEAK	18+ \| 8:00 PM \| $10.00
21 THURSDAY	******CANCELED****CANCELED****CANCELED****CANCELED FIRST AVENUE PRESENTS DEATH GRIPS ****CANCELED****CANCELED****CANCELED******CANCELED REFUNDS AVAILABLE AT THE PLACE OF PURCHASE!	18+ \| 8:00 PM \| $12.00
23 SATURDAY	SCREAMING MECHANICAL BRAIN GABRIEL AND THE APOCALYPSE DEAD HORSE TRAUMA DEAD BUNDY AND THE NEAT NEAT NEATS REAPING ASMODEIA $8 IN ADVANCE/$10 DAY OF SHOW AND AT THE DOOR!	18+ \| 8:00 PM \| $10.00
24 SUNDAY	VALIENT THORR HOLY GRAIL ROYAL THUNDER THE KICKASS $10 IN ADVANCE/$12 AT THE DOOR AND DAY OF SHOW!	18+ \| 8:00 PM \| $12.00
29 FRIDAY	BANNER PILOT PINK MINK THE EVENING RIG THE ANNANDALE CARDINALS $8 IN ADVANCE/$10 DAY OF SHOW AND AT THE DOOR	18+ \| 9:00 PM \| $10.00

JULY 2012
08 SUNDAY	THE YOUNG (MATADOR RECORDS) Formed in 2005 by vocalist/guitarist Hans Zimmerman with the rest of the lineup in place by ’07, The Young’s early singles for Chicago’s Criminal IQ and Austin’s Super Secret were followed by an appearance on Matador’s ‘Casual Victim Pile’ compilation LP/CD. Though that modest output was hardly without merit, the subsequent full-length album on NYC’s Mexican Summer, ‘Voyagers Of Legend’ was nothing less than the underground rock revelation of 2010. “There hasn’t been a full-length this spot-on with mood and 1%’er hooks in years,” declared our good friend Andrew Earles, while the folks at 29-95.com prefered to drop the “P” word, insisting ‘Voyagers’ was “an implacable psychedelic rock journey.. almost cruelly evocative.” Those fortunate enough to have seen their recent shows sharing bills with the likes of Sic Alps and Lower Dens, know all too well their recorded works to date are only skimming the surface of what these guys are capable of.	18+ \| 8:00 PM \| $7.00
11 WEDNESDAY	FIRST AVENUE PRESENTS LOTUS PLAZA $10 IN ADVANCE/$12 DAY OF SHOW AND AT THE DOOR	18+ \| 8:00 PM \| $12.00
14 SATURDAY	MAIDEN MINNEAPOLIS COWBOYS FROM HELL (PANTERA) MONSTER SQUAD (ANTHRAX) The Midwest's premier tribute band to the mighty IRON MAIDEN will destroy the T-ROCK with a full on 90 minute set of your favorite MAIDEN jams!!! (Seriously. This is gonna rule.)	18+ \| 9:00 PM \| $6.00
27 FRIDAY	VARSITY ARTS PRESENTS JAY BRANNAN	18+ \| 8:00 PM \| $12.00

AUGUST 2012
01 WEDNESDAY	BANE TERROR NAYSAYER ROTTING OUT $13 IN ADVANCE/$15 DAY OF SHOW AND AT THE DOOR	All Ages \| 5:00 PM \| $15.00
02 THURSDAY	FIRST AVENUE PRESENTS: STAR SLINGER $10 ADVANCE TICKETS/ $12 DAY OF SHOW	18+ \| 8:00 PM \| $12.00
23 THURSDAY	FIRST AVENUE PRESENTS MURDER BY DEATH	18+ \| 8:00 PM \| $14.00

SEPTEMBER 2012
19 WEDNESDAY	FIRST AVENUE PRESENTS DRAGONETTE THE KNOCKS	18+ \| 8:00 PM \| $15.00
21 FRIDAY	THE SLACKERS GREEN ROOM ROCKERS THE PRIZEFIGHTERS $14 IN ADVANCE/$16 DAY OF SHOW AND AT THE DOOR!	18+ \| 9:00 PM \| $16.00

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