Sussed-tacular @ Bryant Lake Bowl in Mpls - February 26

SUSSEDTACULAR AT BLB!

Celebrating 4 years of SUSSED at the Bryant Lake Bowl


It’s time for another Sussedtacular extravaganza concert...which is really just an excuse for a bunch of Susstones artists and friends to get together and play some awesome music. Coming on the heels of the stellar Sussedtacular / Ed Ackerson CD release party combo platter at the Varsity Theater last November, the first Sussedtacular bash of 2008 promises to be equally exciting. This time the event will be held in the cozy confines of the Bryant Lake Bowl Theater.

What’s the occasion? Well, it’s been 4 years since Sussed, the long-running (since 1996) Tuesday night Susstones DJ event, moved into the front room of the BLB in the happenin’ Lyn-Lake neighborhood. Sussed main man Marc “Guv’nor” Mueller and his merry band of music freaks have been the best reason to head out on a Tuesday night for over a decade. Sussed is always a perfect opportunity to hear the latest cutting edge indie pop, deep classic soul grooves, pysch, freakbeat, garage nuggets, reggae, mod, brit invasion, choice cuts from Japan, Brazil and all points in between, soundtrack madness, proto-funk, post-punk, space-junk... basically whatever the hell the DJ wants to play! It happens every Tuesday in the front room at the BLB from 10pm-2am. Full bar / drink specials. And it’s free.


The poop on the concert:

Sussedtacular – Celebrating 4 years of Sussed at the BLB
Tuesday – February 26, 2008
Bryant Lake Bowl Theater
810 W. Lake Street (Bryant and Lake) – Minneapolis

10 pm sharp
ABSOLUTELY FREE


On tap for this must-see event:

Ed Ackerson + band – Ed’s eponymous solo album has been in the stores for a few months now and continues to amaze with its exceedingly smart brand of semi-acoustic folk/pop stylings and world-class production. On the album, Ed did the “one man band” thing. For recent live shows, including this one, he’s assembled an ace crew of local hot shots: Peter Anderson, Marc Perlman and Tim Oesau. Also playing with Ed will be Eric Lovold from The Alarmists on vocals and guitar, Minnesota’s latest white-hot sensation. Lovold’s contributions during live appearances with Ed last November made those occasions truly memorable.

Janey & Marc – former Jayhawk Marc Perlman and former Astronaut Wifer Janey Winterbauer have been making gorgeous music together for the last 15 months or so. Perlman had accumulated a boatload of songs without a home and Winterbauer’s amazing vocal talents had been adrift since AW’s entry into quasi-hibernation. They’ve recorded a bunch of cool stuff at Ed Ackerson’s Flowers studio and also have quietly become one of the most compelling live acts in town – Perlman’s sadly beautiful folk-pop and Winterbauer’s alluring voice are a match made in heaven.

Phear & The Bullet – aka Phil Solem (formerly of The Rembrandts; currently playing and recording solo, and also playing in Thrush, a rock trio with Michael Bland and John Fields) & Ryan Smith (currently with The Melismatics). Talk about your strange pairings! On paper, this looks like a classic odd couple situation – different generations, different musical styles, different hairdos. However, recent live shows at The Uptown Bar have been great in ways that almost nobody could’ve imagined, mixing Solem’s well-crafted, intelligent pop songs (and some Rembrandt’s stuff, too), revelatory acoustic versions of Melismatics songs from Smith, solid guitar work, interesting covers, goofy banter and tangible chemistry. In other words, this is not to be missed. Oh yeah, there’s a reasonably good chance that they’ll play that song – you know, the one that you secretly like but publicly diss around your friends.

Joe Werner – Werner is the singer/songwriter/guitarist for Strange Lights, a new collective of trippy space rockers who have already developed some serious chops that belies their youth. Spawned from the loins of Bridge Club and First Communion After Party, Strange Lights have been playing some amazing shows around town lately. Joe will be appearing in quasi-acoustic format, which should put his material in a different light than when the big freak machine is plugged in.

PLUS

Tasty tunes from the regular Sussed DJs:

Marc “Guv’nor” Mueller / Christian “MPLSLTD” Fritz / The Plate