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10 Items or Fewer @10orfewer.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

The pawparazzi is here to tell you that young Ernest, our newest felinefluencer, would like to remind you that today is Bandcamp Friday! He wants you to pick up a copy of 10 Items or Fewer’s “Life Sentence Fragment” EP... <more>

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10 Items or Fewer @10orfewer.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Tubman is MN Music Resistance's July Organization of the Month! If you don't know the organization, Tubman has been around for about 50 years and provides safe shelter, housing, legal services, counseling, youth programming, violence prevention... <more>

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10 Items or Fewer @10orfewer.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

The 10 Items or Fewer “Life Sentence Fragment” EP (10itemsorfewer.com/music) features not only the song itself, but two other mixes: an instrumental mix (without vocals), and an “alt mix” that offers a more jangly, folky take on the song via removal of the rhythm section... <more>

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10 Items or Fewer @10orfewer.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

“Life Sentence Fragment”, the new hit single from 10 Items or Fewer, has now trickled out not only on Bandcamp, but also Spotify, YouTube, and what have you… the proverbial “all platforms”. Choose the douchebro tech overlord you wish to enrich as you listen! <more>

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10 Items or Fewer @10orfewer.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Some recent mixing work I did for another artist.

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10 Items or Fewer @10orfewer.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Monarca is MN Music Resistance’s June Organization of the Month! It is impossible to overestimate just how critical Monarca Rapid Response (by Unidos MN Education Fund) has been in protecting our communities here in Minnesota... <more>

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10 Items or Fewer @10orfewer.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

If you want to support 10 Items or Fewer’s new hit single “Life Sentence Fragment”, please request it on the following radio stations: 89.3 The Current: Call the studio hotline at (651) 989-4893 or see their online request form at thecurrent.org/request <more>

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10 Items or Fewer @10orfewer.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Uncomfortably close to showtime yesterday, I discovered that I’d not only stepped in a cat turd in my house, but also not noticed until taking several steps– resulting in not just one mess to clean up, but about nine of them. <more>

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10 Items or Fewer @10orfewer.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Tonight at the White Squirrel! 10 Items or Fewer plays at 6 pm, Martin Devaney is on at 7. Come on out for an early evening show, knock one back after work, and help us celebrate the release of our new hit single “Life Sentence Fragment”. No cover! <more>

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10 Items or Fewer @10orfewer.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

It’s here! “Life Sentence Fragment”, the new hit single from 10 Items or Fewer, is available now on Bandcamp (link in comments). It’ll trickle out on other streaming services in the coming days. Please join us at the White Squirrel Bar on Thursday May 21st at 6 pm to celebrate its release! <more>

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10 Items or Fewer @10orfewer.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Thanks to Crawlspace MSP for including 10 Items or Fewer’s upcoming appearance, this coming Thursday 5/21 at the White Squirrel at 6 pm, in their “Top Concerts in the Twin Cities” listing this week!

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10 Items or Fewer @10orfewer.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Musicians: where do you send yr music for publicity/ reviews? Radio, blogs, playlists, news sites… local, national, international… Please lmk in the comments. What’s that one place I probably don’t know about? Photo: Aaron Fiskradatz #newmusic #single #IndependentArtist #singersongwriter #songwriter

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10 Items or Fewer @10orfewer.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

If you’re one of those people who complains that 10 Items or Fewer plays way too late at night, it gives me great pleasure to tell you about this no-excuses 6 pm performance! On Thursday May 21st we’ll be on 6 pm sharp at the White Squirrel... <more>

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10 Items or Fewer @10orfewer.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

How would you describe the style of music 10 Items or Fewer plays? I’m putting together promo materials for our soon to be released single “Life Sentence Fragment”, and I’m wondering how to put across the music in terms of verbiage… it’s a perennial mystery. What do you think? <more>

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10 Items or Fewer @10orfewer.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

10 Items or Fewer returns to the stage at the White Squirrel on Thursday May 21st at 6pm! We’re opening for Martin Devaney, who performs at 7 pm. We’ll be celebrating the release of our new single “Life Sentence Fragment”, the first work to emerge from the sessions we started back in 2025!

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10 Items or Fewer @10orfewer.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Mark your calendar: Thursday May 21st, 6 to 8 pm, 10 Items or Fewer returns to the stage for a very special early show at the White Squirrel in St Paul! It’ll be the release show for our new single “Life Sentence Fragment”, the first track to emerge from our recent recording sessions as a sextet.

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10 Items or Fewer @10orfewer.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Thanks so much to @melodicnoise.bsky.social, guided by the worthy principle of “spotlighting music from the basement up”, for its recent review of the song “Space Station Mir” by 10 Items or Fewer. You can read this thoughtful commentary at melodicnoisemedia.com. I’ll post a link in the comments.

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10 Items or Fewer @10orfewer.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Minnesota Music Resistance’s February organization of the Month is COPAL MN (Communities Organizing Latine Power and Action). COPAL is a key organization in the current fight to uphold democracy, community safety, and grassroots push-back against the federal occupation of our streets. <more>

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10 Items or Fewer @10orfewer.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Dan Gaarder, the AM Rocker himself, stopped by my studio Cool Cat Audio at 10 am last week to lay down some 12-string acoustic guitar on the country Christmas song I wrote for 10 Items or Fewer. If we’re lucky, he’ll be singing lead on it as well!

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Mike Hallenbeck (Cool Cat Audio) @coolcataudio.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

It’s been a pleasure to master this release by Tomahawk, WI-based Jaron Childs. Hear it here: jaronchilds.bandcamp.com/track/i-saw-...

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I Saw Jack in the Pulpit, by Jaron Childs

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10 Items or Fewer @10orfewer.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

New Bandcamp single by Jaron Childs, mastered by 10 Items' Mike Hallenbeck at Cool Cat Audio!

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10 Items or Fewer @10orfewer.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Some images from recent tracking on Rhiannon’s next Mama Faerie project, which she photographed from inside the booth at Cool Cat Audio. <more>

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10 Items or Fewer @10orfewer.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

The Minnesota Music Resistance store is OPEN! Use this QR code or go to minnesota-music-resistance.printify.me to pick up a shirt or a cap. Makes for a great gift idea, or simply to satisfy your own appetite for more clothing! <more>

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10 Items or Fewer @10orfewer.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

2025 was an eventful year for 10 Items or Fewer. Thanks to all the venues, bands, fans, and other collaborators who worked with us to bring this music to life. And thanks especially to Jon, Rhiannon, Dan, Keely, and Matt for taking this journey with me... <more>

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10 Items or Fewer @10orfewer.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

It's Bandcamp Friday! So if you're looking to pick up a CD copy of 10 Items or Fewer's debut "The Fossil Record", or purchase a digital copy to support the project, [more]

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Mike Hallenbeck (Cool Cat Audio) @coolcataudio.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Congratulations to Comrade Comrade on the release of “Sadly Temporary”, a debut collection I’ve had the honor of producing, mixing and mastering at Cool Cat Audio! I’ll drop the Bandcamp page in the comments. <more>

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10 Items or Fewer @10orfewer.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

#Caturday Ernest takes a break from visiting relentless destruction across the house like a feline swarm of locusts, luxuriating in my guitar case’s plush interior for a brief and deceptively tranquil respite that might lurch back into mayhem at any moment.

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10 Items or Fewer @10orfewer.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Greetings new followers! We’re 10 Items or Fewer, a project based around the songwriting of yours truly (Mike Hallenbeck here). This music sifts the soil of Weird America to pull from all that twangs, jangles, and lilts. Thanks so much for following us! <more>

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10 Items or Fewer @10orfewer.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

My phone helpfully assembled a "People & Pets" gallery for me, featuring myself, my wife Jen, Luke Skywalker, 10 Items or Fewer bassist Matt Regan and harmony vocalist Rhiannon Fiskradatz, and a guy who plays in @joefaheymusic.bsky.social's band, who's very nice, but who's name I don't know. <more>

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10 Items or Fewer @10orfewer.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Thanks to everyone who came out to see Eric Ziegenhagen with the 10 Items or Fewer Action Squad Beta trio (featuring myself, harmony singer Rhiannon Fiskradatz and guitarist Dan Gaarder) opening up! <more>

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10 Items or Fewer @10orfewer.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

Final rehearsal (with Dan and Rhiannon) of the 10 Items or Fewer Action Squad Beta trio before our Bryant Lake Bowl show on Sunday Rocktober 19th at 7 pm, opening for Eric Ziegenhagen! <more>

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10 Items or Fewer @10orfewer.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Eric is coming all the way from Portland for this show, and I’m coming all the way from my house. Don’t let this idyllic diptych pass you by! It’s nice and early, so even without a disco nap you can still get home at a decent hour on a school night. <more>

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Eric Z. @ericzieg.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Hey, this is a week away (in Chicago) and a little less than that (in Minneapolis):

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10 Items or Fewer @10orfewer.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

The “Action Squad Beta” trio formation of 10 Items or Fewer that you’ll see at the Bryant Lake Bowl on Sunday Rocktober 19th, opening for @eziegen, amounts to an exercise in reductive arrangement focus. <more>

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10 Items or Fewer @10orfewer.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

It’s Bandcamp Friday! And while you can hear songs from both Eric Ziegenhagen and 10 Items or Fewer at the Bryant Lake Bowl on Sunday Rocktober 19th at 7 pm, today is a chance to support us directly by purchasing our music! <more>

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Eric Z. @ericzieg.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

Chicago & Minneapolis, playing two shows this month: Sunday 10/19 at Bryant Lake Bowl (Twin Cities) with 10 Items or Fewer (trio) @10orfewer.bsky.social Wednesday 10/22 at The Hideout (Chicago) with Shredded Sun and Leigh Stein That's that!

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10 Items or Fewer @10orfewer.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

Eric Ziegenhagen is fleeing antifa-ravaged Portland to bring you his songs! In Minneapolis on Sunday Rocktober 19th at Bryant Lake Bowl, you can catch the 10 Items or Fewer Action Squad Beta trio formation open for him at 7 pm .Ticket link in the replies!

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10 Items or Fewer @10orfewer.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Accordion overdubs at Cool Cat Audio on the upcoming 10 Items or Fewer album with the maestro himself, Jon Duncan! Two things I noticed after this session: 1. Making good music happen with good people has a way of lifting one’s spirits, a boon in times like these. <more>

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10 Items or Fewer @10orfewer.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

@ericzieg.bsky.social and I were born on the same day. Not just like, we share the same birthday, but the exact same day in history! Whether delivered by mothers or by mothership, we’ll both be delivering original songs at the Bryant-Lake Bowl on Sunday Rocktober 19th at 7 pm. <more>

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10 Items or Fewer @10orfewer.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Vocal recording for the new 10 Items or Fewer album continues at @coolcataudio.bsky.social! Harmony singer Rhiannon Fiskradatz took these shots in the booth the other day.

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10 Items or Fewer @10orfewer.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

Thanks again to everyone who came out to see 10 Items or Fewer and The What Have Yous at the 331 Club last week! Here are a few images from the evening. Show was a blast, and it was great to meet the What Have Yous after admiring them from afar. 10 Items photo: Aaron Fiskradatz <more>

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10 Items or Fewer @10orfewer.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Thanks to everyone who came out to the 331 last night– that was a blast! I’ll be sharing some images from that occasion before too long. First, though, I want to announce that our next show– in the Action Squad Beta trio deployment of myself, Rhiannon Fiskradatz and Dan Gaarder... <more>

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10 Items or Fewer @10orfewer.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

Please join us on Wednesday September 10th at 9:30 PM for the 331 Club debut of 10 Items or Fewer! We’re opening for the What-have Yous, all the way from Eau Claire, WI! No cover! <more>

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10 Items or Fewer @10orfewer.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

At the 331 Club on September 10th, you’ll hear quite a few new songs from the forthcoming 10 Items or Fewer album. But you’ll also hear the occasional cover, possibly including this version of Prince’s “Mountains”... <more>

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10 Items or Fewer @10orfewer.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

@minnesotamusicresistance’s Organization of the Month for September is @abortionfront, a group that describes itself as “a coven of hilarious badass feminists who use humor and pop culture to expose the haters fighting against reproductive rights” <more>

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10 Items or Fewer @10orfewer.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

Ideally, a song should pass the campfire test-- i.e. you can play it on a single instrument and sing it while sitting around a campfire, and it’ll work just fine. Presumably, one should also follow the campsite rule while doing so... <more>

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