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BACK TO THE CITY: MPLS MUSIC CONVERSATION: LUCID VANGUARD premiere “PSEUDO SPIRITS” (video interview + in-studio session)

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By Simon Calder

Next Thursday, March 29th, “Back to the City” will host its first showcase event at Mortimers Bar, with performances by Lucid Vanguard, wetter, Straya, and Tony the Scribe, and music videos from the first 2 seasons of “Back to the City Sessions” projected on the big screen between the bands.

Ahead of the release of Lucid VanGuard’s “pseudo spirits” EP at the Hook & Ladder this Friday, March 23rd, “Back to the City: MPLS Music Conversation” and RIFT are pleased to premiere that EP, which serves as both soundtrack and subject matter to this long-form conversation between frontman Karl Remus and “Back to the City” host and curator Simon Calder.

Also premiered at the start of this episode is “Holly, My Harmony,” one of 3 songs performed live at the Minnehaha Recording Company as part of Lucid VanGuard’s recent “Back to the City Session.” As with “Twin Peaks” and “Don’t Move to L.A.,” in-studio performances of which are also featured and discussed in this episode, “Holly, My Harmony” is slated for release as part of a larger project in fall 2018.

Catch Lucid VanGuard live at the Hook & Ladder this Friday, then also at Mortimers Bar next Thursday, March 29th. Also performing on that Mortimers bill are Tony the Scribe, whose interview series with Back to the City is viewable here:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOt8qg80_A419X_Oh9D3AUX28QTKgmWsq​

Back To The City: MPLS MUSIC CONVERSATION presents “Mixed Messages”

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By Simon Calder

“Your pupils dilate to allow you more light-sensitivity,” Tony the Scribe explains, discussing the title-track to his new EP “Mixed Messages” in this new series of interviews with “Back to the City: MPLS Music Conversation”: “that either means to adjust to see in the dark or to get more of an image of someone you’re attracted to or aroused by. The way that we gather information is by our eyes literally changing shape.”

“Back to the City” – which began in 2015 as a Minneapolis music conversation show on the now-much-missed independent radio station sianetradio.com – has always been about gathering information regarding and delving into the art of twin cities musical talent, with hundreds of past guests including Dessa, Har Mar Superstar, and – in its first episode alone – Mark Mallman, Fathom Lane’s Michael Ferrier and 2017 Picked to Click winner-to-be Thomas Abban.

As it prepares to host its first Back to the City showcase event at Mortimers bar on Thursday March 29th, and to release the twentieth weekly Back to the City Session – featuring video footage of three songs from Al Church’s forthcoming LP “Night Games,” performed, mixed and mastered at the Minnehaha Recording Company – “Back to the City” is also pleased to today return to its roots, working in collaboration with RIFT magazine to launch a series of long-form video interviews, incorporating material from recent Back to the City sessions and discussion with the artists of the new material performed in those sessions.

Today Back to the City and RIFT are pleased to share this video playlist of recent in-studio performances by local acts straya, wetter, and Lucid Vanguard, all of whom will perform at this month’s inaugural Back to the City showcase at Mortimers Bar on Thursday March 29th. Launching the playlist are a series of video interviews with Tony the Scribe, who will be the first act to perform at that inaugural Back to the City showcase. Watch out for the addition to this playlist of four further conversations with Tony the Scribe, as well as long-form interviews with straya, wetter and Lucid Vanguard ahead of their sets at the inaugural Mortimers showcase on the final Thursday of this month.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOt8qg80_A419X_Oh9D3AUX28QTKgmWsq

The Confused Brothers Band EP Release

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Music creates a world organized by sounds, dissonances, rhythms, harmonies. Welcome to the world of The Confused. Luke & Chad Hofland and Lucas Geraci have been striving to play more music for years. Join them on their journey to bring music back to priority one.

Luke Hofland – Guitar / Vocals
Lucas Geraci – Drums
Chad Hofland – Bass / Vocals
Miles Uhrich – Trumpet / Horn Arrangements
John Carlson – Trombone

With special guests Beneath the Crow and Lucid Vanguard. Turf Club. Thursday, February 2, 2017. 7:30pm. $5. 21+.