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THE GREAT WENT PREMIERE 3 NEW SONGS AHEAD OF THURSDAY SHOWCASE: BACK TO THE CITY SESSION

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photo credit: JULES WIGHT

This week Back to the City’s contribution to RIFT’s 365 Days of Local Music is a 15 song playlist of live music videos (filmed, mixed and mastered at the Minnehaha Recording Company) by bands performing at this Thursday’s double-header Showcase event at Mortimer’s Bar.

Kicking off the playlist and released today are three brand new songs – “Buffalo D’Bones,” “The Grouper,” and “Yassir” – by The Great Went, who will perform at 9pm on Thursday.

Watch out for the addition to the playlist of three brand new Lunch Duchess songs – “Makes Me Love You More,” “Better,” and “Ride Or Die” – on the morning of the show, as well as the release of long-form interviews with The Great Went, Murf, and Lunch Duchess on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, respectively.

Back to the City Songwriters’ Showcase (6 pm early show)
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6:30 pm Hannah Von der Hoff
7:15 pm Courtney Yasmineh

Back to the City Showcase (8 pm main show)

9 pm The Great Went
9:45 pm Lunch Duchess
10:30 pm Kid Dakota
11:15 pm Murf

21+ $5 cover for either event (free entry to 8 pm show for those at 6 pm Songwriters’ Showcase)

KID DAKOTA CONFIRMED AS SPECIAL GUEST FOR 5/31 SHOWCASE: BACK TO THE CITY INTERVIEWS + SESSION

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This past weekend Kid Dakota re-released their seminal debut record “So Pretty” and was announced as the special guest joining Murf, Lunch Duchess and The Great Went at this month’s Back to the City Showcase at Mortimer’s Bar on Thursday 5/31. In advance of that show here is a series of interviews that frontman Darren Jackson recently band’s excellent new record “Denervation,” including also three in-studio performances of songs from that new LP recorded, mixed and mastered at the Minnehaha Recording Company.

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Article – Kid Dakota – Denervation Album Release

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There’s a saying that “All great art comes from suffering.”

I’d like to think it isn’t mandatory for anyone to endure what Kid Dakota’s Darren Jackson did on a fateful bike ride in 2014–several broken bones including his pelvis and months of being bedridden with excruciating pain fueling despair. [Read more…] about Article – Kid Dakota – Denervation Album Release

Kid Dakota + The Lower 48 Album Release

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After years of doing God knows what, Darren Jackson (vocals, guitar) and Christopher McGuire (drum set) have reunited as Kid Dakota. What follows is the briefest of histories. The duo released So Pretty (2002) and The West is the Future (2004) on LOW’s label, Chairkickers. At this juncture, Christopher went to Japan to play with a band called Quruli, while Darren forged ahead and released A Winner’s Shadow (2008) and Listen to the Crows as They Take Flight (2011) on Graveface Records. In the past couple of years, many things have been recorded at various studios with various people. Whether these recordings will be released remains to be seen. What is certain, however, is that a new Kid Dakota album will surface in 2016 (or early 2017).

The Icehouse MPLS. Friday, June 10, 2016. 10:30pm doors/11pm showtime. $8 advance/$8 door. 21+.