Mpls Music History
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The people, places, and sounds of music in Minneapolis, generally prior to 2000.
The people, places, and sounds of music in Minneapolis, generally prior to 2000.
![Say yes to the Suburbs, maybe to Stones The music is well-conceived and often excellent, the lyrical is focused, the production is professional, the vocals are affecting, and the packaging is first-rate, with excellent back-cover photos. If there is a major problem, it's that this project was too ambitious. To come up with a 17-song, tworecord set of material essentially in the same vein is too much. But three sides of this collection are highly rewarding and a noteworthy improvement over last year's encouraging debut album. The Suburbs, a quintet from five western suburbs, have been a mainstay on the local new-wave circuit for the past 4½ years.
In fact, their following has become so Rolling Stones Update: No word yet on whether the band has accepted an offer for a Nov. 21 concert at the St. Paul Civic Center, but promoter Randy Levy of Schon Productions is encouraged. "They [the Stones and tour director Bill Graham] have decided not to add a third show in Los Angeles and San Francisco," Levy said late Monday. "So it looks b better for St.
Paul. They haven't decided about adding a second show in Seattle [in 59,400-seat Kingdome, which would eliminate the 17,500-seat Civic Center show]. The next general deadline is Thursday. But they could decide late tonight who knows? The chances still look 50-50." large that the band has graduated from small clubs to boogie bars that can accommodate more than 1,000 persons. Musically, the Suburbs are, for lack of a better comparison, our answer to Roxy Music.
They juxtapose muted funk rhythms with lounge piano and occasional sax and guitar solos. The vocals are droll but not as cadaverous as those of Roxy's Bryan Ferry. The Suburbs seem to cultivate eccentricities in their dress-pompadours, baggy suits and bow ties are favored these days--as well as the world view expressed in their songs. These bright, seemingly alienated suburban kids--actually they're in their mid-20s-are as Jon Bream Music And now for a vinyl update. TH…](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5ajwzgdajhmruw67oypu3lxo/bafkreihj46e67efiiwvi43rhkrdtjphlyvo7bod2z7vlb7esfdttpymr24)
