Rock

A smash double bill from a pair of Minnesota's finest indie acts.

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• On sale date: noon Fri Feb 3
• Phone: 612-338-2674 ext 2 ($1 fee per ticket)
• In person: From a Cedar volunteer in the front lobby during events (no fee; cash, check, credit card), Depth of Field (no fee; cash or check only), or Electric Fetus (small fee)
• Online: Ticketweb (fees apply) (click on red Buy Tickets button at top of this page)
• All Cedar shows are all ages.
• Students with ID may purchase tickets at a discount at the door.

Canadian folk rockers Great Lake Swimmers return to The Cedar on tour in support of their fifth full length album New Wild Everywhere, the followup to 2009's breakout Lost Channels. They are joined by rising star Cold Specks, whose eerily penetrating 'doom soul' music is steeped in the musical traditions of the Deep South.

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Atlas Sound is the musical solo project by Bradford Cox of Deerhunter. His most recent album Parallax was described by All Music Guide as "a quietly satisfying album with a determined fragility that makes it all the more moving," whilst NME asserts "lyrically he remains sublime." And according to Mojo, the music is "best consumed in a semi-recumbent position, in order to match the loping, laidback pace of the music and Cox's stoned, oak-aged vocals."

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The tradition continues, as legendary folk-rock group Boiled in Lead celebrates a rockin' and reelin' St Patrick's Day at The Cedar.

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• On sale date: noon Fri Jan 6
• Phone: 612-338-2674 ext 2 ($1 fee per ticket)
• In person: From a Cedar volunteer in the front lobby during events (no fee; cash, check, credit card), Depth of Field (no fee; cash or check only), or Electric Fetus (small fee)
• Online: Ticketweb (fees apply) (click on red Buy Tickets button at top of this page)
• All Cedar shows are all ages.
• Students with ID may purchase tickets at a discount at the door.

Thee Silver Mt. Zion have incrementally evolved from a meditative, mostly instrumental orchestro-folk ensemble into an imposingly heavy, politically enraged rock band, with [Efrim] Menuck emerging as the most seething, peculiar agit-punk mouthpiece since Guy Picciotto. (Pitchfork)

Canadian post-rock band make the trek to The Cedar! Opening tonight will be The Cloak Ox, the new project by Andrew Broder, Martin Dosh, Mark Erickson and Jeremy Ylvisaker.

The Cedar is now fully air-conditioned for your year-round comfort!

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The Cedar and First Avenue are pleased to present, in conjunction with 89.3 The Current, acclaimed singer-songwriter Sharon Van Etten, touring in support of her new album Tramp (Feb 7, 2012; Jagjaguwar), and Shearwater, touring in support of their new album to be released on Sub Pop early in 2012.

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A warming double-bill with two regional Americana bands unified in their romantically-tinged view of life. Farewell Milwaukee have had a busy 2011, with the release of their widely-praised second album When It Sinks In, and the selection of one of their tracks for the Cities 97 Sampler Volume 23. Romantica have been digging in, putting in the work on the eagerly-awaited new album…

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Electro art-rockers Halloween, Alaska recently released their fourth album All Night the Calls Came In. For openers, hear a new solo project from Channy Leaneagh (formerly known as Channy Casselle; Poliça, Roma di Luna, Gayngs), with help from James Everest and Ben Durrant. DJ Andrew Broder (Cloak Ox, Fog) will be spinning some tunes before and between sets.

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Rock on at the Cedar on one of the darkest days of December with this sweet four-fer, featuring The Book Of Right On and Kill The Vultures, with support from Gay Witch Abortion and Wizards Are Real.

The Cedar is now fully air-conditioned for your year-round comfort!

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• On sale date: noon Fri Oct 21
• Phone: 612-338-2674 ext 2 ($1 fee per ticket)
• In person: From a Cedar volunteer in the front lobby during events (no fee; cash, check, credit card), Depth of Field (no fee; cash or check only), or Electric Fetus (small fee)
• Online: Ticketweb (fees apply) (click on red Buy Tickets button at top of this page)
• All Cedar shows are all ages.
• Students with ID may purchase tickets at a discount at the door.

Melodic and hard-hitting horn lines create a lyrical flow to the music of Chicago Afrobeat Project, undercut by a hypnotic, driven rhythm section.  Complex call-and-response percussion songs are dispersed throughout the dynamic live performances. This is a band that will keep you moving on the wide open dance floor all night!

The Cedar is now fully air-conditioned for your year-round comfort!

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