Cedar Staff Blog

Shows I've seen so far this year...

01/05/08 - Birthday Suits, The Blind Shake, Skoal Kodiak, Vampire Hands @ Turf Club
01/07/08 - Nada Surf @ The Nomad
01/12/08 - Cafe Accordion Orchestra @ The Cedar
01/17/08 - Orange Mighty Trio with Dean Magraw @ The Cedar
01/18/08 - Haley Bonar with Pieta Brown and Bo Ramsey @ The Cedar
01/20/08 - Carolina Chocolate Drops @ MacPhail Center For Music
01/20/08 - Carolina Chocolate Drops @ The Cedar
01/21/08 - Carolina Chocolate Drops @ The Cedar
01/26/08 - The 416 Club with Jon Rodine, Jennifer Markey, Molly Maher, The High 48's @ The Cedar
02/01/08 - The Mad Ripple Friday Night Hootenanny hosted by Stook! with Chris Pericelli, Roma di Luna and Tom Vick @ Java Jack's
02/04/08 - Tim Finn with Alice Peacock @ The Cedar
02/09/08 - Spaghetti Western String Co. with Deviated Septet and Fat Kid Wednesdays @ The Cedar
02/10/08 - Dave Alvin, Chris Smither, and Tim O'Brien @ The Cedar
02/11/08 - Dean & Britta and Keren Ann @ The Cedar
02/11/08 - Cat Power and the Dirty Delta Blues @ First Avenue
02/13/08 - open stage @ The Cedar
02/16/08 - The 416 Club with The Copperheads, Summit StuntPilots, Cooker John, Nikki & her RueMates, House Of Mercy Band @ The Cedar
02/18/08 - Holy Fuck with A Place To Bury Strangers @ Triple Rock
02/21/08 - Imaginary Jack @ Acadia
02/22/08 - St. Vincent with Foreign Born @ The Cedar
02/23/08 - Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas @ The Cedar
02/23/08 - The Hillbilly Voodoo Dolls @ Memory Lanes
02/24/08 - New York Dolls @ The Fine Line
02/28/08 - The Hives with The Donnas @ First Avenue
02/28/08 - Black Lips with Quintron & Miss Pussycat and France Has The Bomb @ 7th Street Entry
02/29/08 - The Brass Kings with Black Audience plus guests Baby Grant Johnson, Nate Sipe, Dave Babb, Molly Maher, Jon Rodine and Jayanthi Kyle @ The Cedar
03/04/08 - Altan @ The Cedar
03/08/08 - Slavic Soul Party @ The Cedar
03/08/08 - Chooglin' @ Triple Rock
03/14/08 - Jonathan Richman with Vic Chesnutt @ The Cedar
03/14/08 - Dance Band @ The Nomad
03/15/08 - Tom Russell with Jon Rodine and friends @ The Cedar
03/25/08 - Boredoms @ First Avenue
03/28/08 - The Current Fakebook featuring Greil Marcus and The Mekons @ Fitzgerald Theater
03/28/08 - Jon Langford & Rico Bell art opening with The Mekons @ Rogue Buddha Gallery
03/30/08 - Carbon/Silicon with Matt Pond PA @ Varsity Theater
04/02/08 - Haale @ The Cedar
04/03/08 - Andy Statman Trio @ The Cedar
04/03/08 - Vampire Weekend @ Triple Rock
04/05/08 - Bo Ramsey with Phil Heywood @ The Cedar
04/10/08 - Anoushka Shankar with Tanmoy Bose @ Orchestra Hall
04/11/08 - Debashish Bhattacharya @ The Cedar
04/13/08 - Glen Phillips with Jonathan Kingham @ The Cedar
04/16/08 - Kimya Dawson with L'Orchidee D'Hawai and Angelo Spencer @ The Cedar
04/24/08 - Cut Copy @ Filter Magazine Coachella pre-party
04/25/08 - Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival: Black Lips, Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings, The Verve, Datarock, Aphex Twin, The Raconteurs, Diplo, Sandra Collins, Goldfrapp, Mum, Vampire Weekend, Jens Lekman, Architecture In Helsinki, Black Kids, Battles
04/26/08 - Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival: Prince (with Morris Day, Jerome Benton, Sheila E.), Portishead, Kraftwerk, Death Cab For Cutie, Cafe Tacuba, Bonde Do Role, 120 Days, Man Man, Carbon/Silicon, VHS Or Beta
04/27/08 - Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival: Justice, Chromeo, Black Mountain, Murs, Roger Waters, Sons & Daughters, Sia, Love And Rockets, My Morning Jacket, Metric, Spiritualized, Gogol Bordello, Swervedriver
04/28/08 - Hot Chip @ The Mayan (Los Angeles)
05/03/08 - Geoff Muldaur with Charlie Parr @ The Cedar
05/06/08 - Mirah and Spectratone International present "Share This Place" @ The Cedar
05/07/08 - First Communion Afterparty @ 7th Street Entry
05/07/08 - Devotchka @ First Avenue
05/09/08 - Chicago Afrobeat Project @ The Cedar
05/10/08 - Justin Roberts and the Not Ready For Naptime Players @ The Cedar
05/13/08 - Flight Of The Conchords with Arj Barker @ Orpheum Theater
05/14/08 - Mad Ripple Hootenany with Stook!, Meg Ashling, Rick Robot, and Ashleigh Fumich @ U of M Medical Center, Fairview
05/14/08 - Stacy K And The Groovestains @ Acadia Cafe
05/17/08 - Chooglin' and Awesome Snakes @ Grumpy's NE
05/20/08 - Th' Legendary Shack*Shakers @ The Cedar
05/28/08 - Wendy Rule with Kari Tauring and Felonious Bosch @ The Cedar
05/29/08 - These Kids Today: A Showcase, featuring Best Friends Forever, Lucy Michelle and the Velvet Lapelles, DJ Relax and Johann @ The Cedar
05/30/08 - The Breeders @ First Avenue
05/30/08 - Roma di Luna @ 7th Street Entry
06/05/08 - R.E.M. with Modest Mouse and The National @ Xcel Energy Center
06/06/08 - Nation Beat @ The Cedar
06/06/08 - HowWasTheShow.com's 6th Anniversary with The Haves Have It, The 757s, The Evening Rig @ Turf Club
06/07/08 - Feufollet @ The Cedar
06/11/08 - Iron & Wine with The Ugly Suit @ First Avenue
06/12/08 - Vagabond Opera @ The Cedar
06/12/08 - Gogol Bordello @ The Cabooze (outside)
06/12/08 - Mr. Gnome, Mute Era, Gay Witch Abortion @ Hexagon Bar
06/13/08 - Billy Bragg with C.R. Avery @ The Cedar
06/14/08 - The Wars Of 1812 @ Stone Arch Festival Of The Arts
06/14/08 - The Owls @ Red Stag Block Party
06/14/08 - Roma di Luna with Spaghetti Western String Co. and Tiritimundi Flamenco @ The Cedar
06/18/08 - The Black Angels with The Warlocks @ Turf Club
06/19/08 - Yid Vicious with Brass Messengers @ The Cedar
06/20/08 - Stook! @ 331 Club
06/26/08 - Willie Nelson & Family with 40 Points @ Big Top Chautauqua (Bayfield, WI)
06/27/08 - Hayden with Haley Bonar @ The Cedar
06/28/08 - Farmer Jason @ The Cedar
06/29/08 - Siyaya @ The Cedar
07/04/08 - King Khan & The Shrines, Jacuzzi Boys, Gaye Blades, Howlies @ Lenny's Bar (Atlanta, GA)
07/05/08 - Tom Waits @ Fox Theatre (Atlanta, GA)
07/13/08 - New York State Blues Festival featuring Jimmie Vaughan @ Clinton Square (Syracuse, NY)
07/17/08 - Robert Cage with Hezekiah Early, Chooglin', Pure Country Gold @ 7th Street Entry
07/18/08 - Adam Svec with The Daredevil Christopher Wright @ Kitty Cat Klub
07/19/08 - Ween @ Roy Wilkins Auditorium
07/19/08 - Bob Log III and Scott H. Biram @ Triple Rock
07/20/08 - Fleet Foxes with The Dutchess And The Duke @ 7th Street Entry
07/25/08 - Lucky Brown @ Nightlight Lounge (Bellingham, WA)
07/30/08 - CSS with The Go! Team @ First Avenue
07/31/08 - Koo Koo Kanga Roo @ The Nomad
08/02/08 - Palm Fest featuring Cadillac Kolstad and the Flats, St. Pauli Grla, The Brass Kings, Chooglin', Spider John Koerner, Black Audience, Daughters Of The Sun, Dreamland Faces Party Band @ Palmer's Bar
08/06/08 - Habib Koite and Bamada @ The Cedar
08/14/08 - NOMO with Solid Gold @ 7th Street Entry
08/17/08 - Califone @ Loring Park
08/21/08 - Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings @ Minnesota State Fair Bandshell
08/22/08 - Self Sound Orchestra @ The Cedar
08/24/08 - LOUDRAY with Pocahontas County @ Acadia Cafe
08/31/08 - The Liberty Parade featuring Dillinger 4, Building Better Bombs, Happy Apple, STNNNG, Vampire Hands @ Loring Park
09/03/08 - Wake Up World featuring Billy Bragg and Mad Ripple Hootenany with Terry Walsh, Billy Bragg, Martin Devaney, Stook, and Brianna Lane @ The Parkway Theater
09/04/08 - Kevin Kling, Lucy Michelle And The Velvet Lapelles, Orange Mighty Trio @ The Cedar
09/05/08 - Punch Brothers @ The Cedar
09/06/08 - Damien Dempsey with The Sweet Colleens @ The Cedar
09/07/08 - Eight Head with Steve Tibbetts and Ruth MacKenzie @ The Cedar
09/10/08 - Plastic People Of The Universe @ The Cedar
09/10/08 - Spiritualized with Grande Ole Party @ First Avenue
09/12/08 - A Night In The Box with The Brass Kings @ Lee's Liquor Lounge
09/13/08 - Joan As Police Woman with Aviette @ The Cedar
09/14/08 - Balkan Beat Box @ The Cedar
09/20/08 - Thunderball: An Evening of James Bond featuring Revolver, Bella Koshka, Mercurial Rage @ The Annex
09/22/08 - A Place To Bury Strangers, Sian Alice Group, First Communion After Party @ Triple Rock
09/24/08 - KatJonBand with Dollar Store @ 7th Street Entry
09/26/08 - Nordic Roots Festival 2008 featuring Väsen and Waltz With Me @ The Cedar
09/27/08 - Nordic Roots Festival 2008 featuring Hedningarna and Detektivbyran @ The Cedar
09/28/08 - Nordic Roots Festival 2008 featuring Frigg @ The Cedar
09/28/08 - Nordic Roots Festival 2008 featuring Höven Dröven and Hurdy-Gurdy @ The Cedar
10/02/08 - My Morning Jacket @ Orpheum Theatre
10/03/08 - Ani DiFranco @ State Theatre
10/03/08 - Wreckless Eric & Amy Rigby @ 7th Street Entry
10/06/08 - Hollywood Undead @ 7th Street Entry