Experimental

“One of the world’s most uniquely-minded bands . . . to see them live is mesmeric.” —BBC

Enter the inspired musical universe of Efterklang. Otherworldly pop meets ambitious and intimate orchestration for a sound that is both sweepingly majestic and instantly catchy. Known for their joyous and stunning live shows, this seven-member Copenhagen-based ensemble of multi-instrumentalists “has a knack for gorgeous, slow-motion buildups and sudden, shivery drop-offs; the music gleams and drips like an ice sculpture that never stops melting” (New York Times).

Copresented with the Walker Art Center.

Join in at the Balcony Bar before the concert to kick off the Walker's Performing Arts Season with cheap drinks and complete information on all of the performances.

Support provided by The McKnight Foundation.

The Way Out, the new album from sound-collagists The Books, is due July 20 from Temporary Residence.  To celebrate, the dynamic duo will be bringing their stunning audiovisual live show to a select number of venues around the country, including this return stop at the Cedar.

A collaboration of artists and musicians, The Poor Nobodys are a 7-piece outfit from Minneapolis. After handcrafting songs in the Twin Cities for over three years, they finally recorded their self-titled EP last May and just finished recording their first full-length album Until I Uproot and Walk Again. Their sound fuses the familiar with the peculiar, where unconventional melodies weave their way through rustic roots.

Tickets go on sale at noon Fri Jun 4 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.

CD release for local band, featuring Kyle Anthony O'Brien (Puurrrrcussion), Krishna Kai Anders Stenlund
(Grrrrrrrrtar), Ana Roxanne Recto (Brrrrs) and Joshua Michael Parlanti (Gore tarrrrrrrrr). More details to come.

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.

DM Stith, "the peculiar genius" hailed by NME as the "Curious ringmaster," has collaborated with Sufjan Stevens, My Brightest Diamond, Son Lux, Castanets, and recently returned from London where Esquire called his show a "performance of transcendent, spectral majesty. Seriously." His first album, Heavy Ghost (Asthmatic Kitty), a collection of songs rich with strings, polyrhythmic percussion, lofty choirs, epic electronic gestures and Stith's clear-as-a-bell voice, was released in early 2009 to universal critical acclaim which Tiny Mix Tapes called a "singular work from an extremely talented new voice." His follow up, Heavy Ghost Appendices (out May 25, 2010) is described by Stith as "a record of my progression from being an intensely private artist to working with other musicians and performing live."

Catch DM Stith in an intimate show at The Cedar, with opening acts experimental artist Inlets (new album Inter Arbiter out on 4/20/10) and Norwegian multi-instrumentalist/singer-songwriter Silje Nes.

A homecoming celebration for chamber folk sextet Dark Dark Dark as they make the last stop on a national tour (including SXSW) in conjunction with the release of their EP Bright Bright Bright. The choir that accompanied the group on the EP will even be on hand to add their touch, making this an extra bright, and unique, occasion.

Spirits of the Red City will open, and Brett Bullion (of Tarlton) will provide interlude music.

Join director Danny Perez and members of Animal Collective in this very special film screening, straight from Sundance! Read more »

Join director Danny Perez and members of Animal Collective in this very special film screening, straight from Sundance!

Jóhann Jóhannsson has been called by critics “Iceland's foremost genre-crossing multi-instrumentalist” (Irish Times), “one of the bright lights in the already talent rich Icelandic underground music scene” (Aquarius Records), “the most compelling composer working today”, and “An important figure in Iceland’s new music scene at the turn of the millennium”. (All Music Guide). Read more »