Out there

The Residents bring their Talking Light tour to The Cedar in this unique show presented by First Avenue. Songs about various characters' obsessions with invisible siblings, fictional serial killers, people in mirrors, and more. And yes, some costumes would not be out of place on stage tonight.

Tickets go on sale at 11am Fri Jan 21 from from First Avenue and their outlets, and online at TICKETMASTER.

All Cedar shows are all ages.

"A few muttered words in Arabic, shrouded in echo. And then it erupts. A day-glo cloudburst of warpspeed Bontempi rhythms and snaking microtonal melodies. Psychedelic invocation to some lascivious simultaneist idol. Urgent glossolalia of electronic thunder and lightning. Amphetamine-powered merengué of dysmorphic frequencies. Notes from between the notes. Beats like the jerry-rigged machine gun fire of exurban guerrila fighters. Cosmopolitan party music from the end times. The death rattle of globalisation, echoing across the scarred plains of bomb-ravaged dreamscapes." (The Quietus)

Syrian mega-pop star and wedding singer Omar Souleyman brings his frenetic dance music to The Cedar!

Tickets go on sale at noon Fri Aug 27 from the Cedar Ticketline (612-338-2674 ext 2), from hard-working Cedar volunteers in the front lobby during shows, from Cedar outlets (Electric Fetus, Irish on Grand, Homestead Pickin' Parlor, and Depth of Field), and online at Ticketweb.

The Way Out, the new album from sound-collagists The Books, was released July 20 on Temporary Residence.  To celebrate, the dynamic duo are presenting their stunning audiovisual live show to a select number of venues around the country, including this return stop at the Cedar. They'll be joined by doom-folk duo The Black Heart Procession, who release their new 40 minute EP Blood Bunny / Black Rabbit on Oct 12.

Modern experimentalists Matmos and So Percussion are combining forces for this one-night-only concert on the occasion of the record release of Treasure State, a startling new collaboration. For the past several years, So Percussion has been joining the electronic duo Matmos for shows around the country and in Europe, exploring the sonic and theatrical possibilities of beer cans, hair clippers, ceramic bowls, and dry ice.  "Musique-concrete" oddballs widely known for their collaboration with Bjork, electronic duo Matmos are infamous for turning bizarre sound sources (from plastic surgery to live snails) into shuffling rhythmic pop. Brooklyn-based quartet So Percussion are acclaimed virtuosic performers of classical and avant-garde writing for percussion. Known for playing the music of Steve Reich, David Lang, and Paul Lansky, they are increasingly recognized as composers in their own right.