Dance Band CD EP Release with Lucy Michelle And The Velvet Lapelles
After unexpectedly receiving City Pages' Best Live Artist award in 2007, Minneapolis' Dance Band has continued to refine their unique brand of independent funk with the release of their new EP, Geekadelic. This record marks the end of an era with the departure of original drummer Hans Johnson and the arrival of Joe Rand from another local super-group, Best Friends Forever. DB lives up to their hype in giving one of the most entertaining live shows in Minneapolis. You will dance!
Dance Band:
Picked To Click! 2007
City Pages Best Live Artist 2007
"Dance Band seems to come from both another time and another planet, but a planet where disco and funk are things citizens are required to do before breakfast each morning." - howwastheshow.com
"It seems a band with a name this overt must either be ironic or doomed to failure. But Dance Band has successfully transcended the pinnacle of sarcasm to voyage in a whole new land of sincerity. They want you to dance as they sing in matching jumpsuits (or equally audacious costuming) about clapping, dancing, and riding bicycles- and you probably will. This is becuase Dance Band is the love child of a late night rendezvous between Devo and P-Funk on Seasame Street. -vita.mn
Lucy Michelle and the Velvet Lapelles:
Winner of City Page's 2008 Picked To Click!
Tickets are on sale now from Cedar Ticketline (612-338-2674 ext 2), Cedar outlets, and online at TICKETWEB.
Dance Band, the Twin Cities' live act sensation has been making considerable waves in Minneapolis and St. Paul, MN USA during their short existence. Dance Band built up a large amount of local buzz in 2007 due to their energetic, humorous and crowd-...
Take a pinch of mountain gypsy, a dash of psych-folk and a combine it with an ocean of split-open-and- melt lyricism, intricately delivered by one of the most unique voices in music, and you have Lucy Michelle and the Velvet Lapelles. Since bursting onto the...
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This activity is made possible in part by a grant provided by the Minnesota State Arts Board, through an appropriation by the Minnesota State Legislature from the Minnesota arts and cultural heritage fund with money from the vote of the people of Minnesota on November 4, 2008
Sounds cool. When will they
by Anoni Mouse (not verified) Wed, 10/01/2008 - 12:18pmSounds cool. When will they be coming to Portland?