Me, Manishevitz and Joe January @ the 400 Bar
400 Cedar Ave., Minneapolis, MN 55454
8pm Doors, 9pm Showtime for local opener
$7 in advance, $10 day of show
My band: Via Nuon (guitar), Ryan Hembrey (bass), Jason Toth (drums)
Press: The Rake
A preview for the Minneapolis show that appeared in the December issue of The Rake…
Despite her gritty alto, the Chicago-based Edith Frost seems convinced that God intended her to use her vocals as a pretty pop instrument. This peculiar voice, which she subdues until the most poignant moments, brings a sense of understatement to the waves of catchy melodies put forth by her back-ups. Frost’s compositions tend toward introspection and poetry, especially those from her 2001 release, Wonder Woman, an album basking in the beauty of simple chord changes and stark, confessional prose. Edith Frost’s live show is a retrospective of this newest, most mature work, as well as bluegrass covers and psychedelic soundscapes from earlier releases like 1998’s Telescopic (which included the college radio hit, “You Belong to No One”). 400 Cedar Ave., Minneapolis; 612-332-2903; www.400bar.com
(…The album is called Wonder Wonder dudes! Ha ha.)
Note: This is a journal entry — it was written on paper or on my computer, then transferred to my website, maybe years later.
Note: This is a journal entry — it was written on paper or on my computer, then transferred to my website, maybe years later.
I’m in the parking lot behind the 400 Bar in Minneapolis. We got here right on time for load-in at 6:00 but of course nobody’s here to meet us. If we’d been late, you know they would’ve been here waiting!
A show preview by Melissa Maerz that appeared in the April 10, 2002 issue (Vol. 23 No. 1114) of the City Pages…
Edith Frost With the exception of the time Johnny Cash showed his affection for Trent Reznor by covering a Nine Inch Nails song, Edith Frost has been central to the strangest musical marriages in all of folkdom. Her first album Calling Over Time signed up experimentalists Gastr del Sol to back her on twisted Palace-like songs. With the Drag City Supersession group, she made Smog’s nihilist Bill Callahan sound almost cheerful. And her latest Wonder Wonder (Drag City) finds Frost doing her best Liz Phair over Gillian Welch-like traditionals that tug at your fiddle strings. Thank god she’s a country girl. With Central Falls and Jackaro. 21+. $8. 9:00 p.m. 400 Bar, 400 Cedar Ave. S. (at Riverside Ave.), Minneapolis; 612.332.2903.
Played at the 400 Bar with the Dirty Three and Autonomous
My band: Ryan Hembrey (bass); Gerald Dowd (drums)
