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The People Say Fox – The Roseman 7″

May 09, 2013 1 Comment

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The People Say Fox have just released a 7″ single of our song, “The Roseman,” off of our recent release Glowcap. You may have caught the fantastic video by Al Skomars in the Homegrown video festival. Anyway, you can snag a copy at http://siftstatic.storenvy.com/ or at one of our upcoming shows; May 18 @ Beaner’s for Day 3 of Western Thaw, or June 8th @ Beaner’s for Pete Cich’s Birthday bash!

First release is /250 on black 7″ including screen printed covers. The record also comes with a full download of the entire 10-track album, Glowcap.


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Cars & Trucks’ “Theatre Stardusk” now available digitally

May 09, 2013 No Comments

We have capitulated to the demands of the marketplace! Our new album “Theatre Stardusk” is now available on Bandcamp in any digital format you could hope to have. And we put our other two albums on there, too. If you’ve been holding off buying our new album because it’s only on vinyl, the wait is over. Tell your friends and enemies that the hot new shit is at:

carsampersandtrucks.bandcamp.com/album/theatre-stardusk


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Music Resource Center needs your support

May 08, 2013 3 Comments

The Music Resource Center is a free after school music program for middle and high school students in the Twin Ports. We are currently working to equip our rehearsal and studio spaces with instruments and recording and video production equipment for our students. Please consider donating to this incredible program. Find out how at mrc.dulutharmory.org

The MRC is a program of the Armory Arts and Music Center.


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Who won Homegrown 2013?

May 05, 2013 7 Comments

Who won Homegrown 2013?

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This poll is now closed. The results were:

Wolf Blood – 11.2 percent
The Blasphemists – 8.4 percent
Bratwurst – 7.4 percent
Big Wave Dave & the Ripples – 3.7 percent
The Boomchucks – 3.7 percent
Various other bands – 65.6 percent

Note: Only people who were logged in to their Perfect Duluth Day blogging account were allowed to vote (to prevent people from voting multiple times). To create an account, click here. If you need help figuring it out, click here.


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Homegrown 2013 Photo Retrospective

May 05, 2013 5 Comments

View the full set of 123 images from Homegrown 2013 on Flickr.

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Bond, Comics, Kayaks and Bags of Books

May 05, 2013 No Comments

Saturday was a full day for pop culture nerds.

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Homegrown Kickball Classic 2013: ‘I can’t see the base because it is covered in mud, like my eyes.’

May 04, 2013 8 Comments

kickballFriday pitcher Chad Lyons arrived at the field 45 minutes early, presumably to claim the field for his team in some sort of ceremonial ritual that involved his old high-school soccer cleats and a cigarette.

It worked. Friday took the 2013 Homegrown Kickball Classic, 7-5.

Rainy conditions throughout the week forced the game to be played away from its usual location, Chester Bowl. After a 20-minute search for car-floormat-bases, the action was underway at Observation Park.

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Last Minute Homegrown Schedule Changes

May 04, 2013 No Comments

Changes for tonight!

9:15: Exiles @ Sacred Heart

9:30: Fever Dream @ Pizza Lucé

9:30: The Surfactants @ R.T. Quinlan’s


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Ryan Van Slooten Kickstarter

May 03, 2013 No Comments

I am so excited to record my new album, but I need your support. If you could take a second and check out my Kickstarter page, I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks so much!

Ryan Van Slooten’s Kickstarter Page


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Music Resource Center students produce music videos

May 02, 2013 1 Comment

MRC students produced two videos this spring with help from the UMD Participatory Media Lab. Hannah McDaniel, a senior at Harbor City International School, recorded, filmed and produced this video for her song “Welcome Guest.”

The MRC kicked off a month-long fundraiser last night at our HGMF MRC Showcase. The goal is lofty: $10, 000 for new instruments and recording equipment. Please consider donating to this incredible program here.

The Music Resource Center, Duluth is a program of the Armory Arts and Music Center.


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Hanging Posters

May 01, 2013 8 Comments

I’m looking to hang a poster to promote music gigs, and I’m working on a list of places to hit. Where do you notice posters hanging in town? In short, where are you standing when you notice posters?


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Homegrown Video Fest 2013

Apr 30, 2013 1 Comment

Zombies! Fast Cars! Cowboys! Cheese sauce!

We will be archiving the 2013 Homegrown Music Video Fest videos on this page as they continue to get sent to us. It was another standing room only premiere this year at the Zinema. There will be encore screenings Wednesday at Zinema, and Sunday at Sara’s Table / Chester Creek Cafe.


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Homegrown 2013 on KUMD

Apr 29, 2013 No Comments

Once again it’s a Homegrown Music Festival extravaganza on KUMD  all week long. We’ll have Live from Studio A sessions with Homegrown bands every week day, plus a two-hour edition of the Local Wednesday from 5 to 7 p.m. featuring performances from Toby Thomas Churchill, Tim Kaiser, and more.

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Homegrown Music Festival 2013: The Chicken App for your mobile phone, other schedule formats and social media crap

Apr 28, 2013 2 Comments

The URL for PDD’s Homegrown Chicken App is calendar.perfectduluthday.com/homegrown, if you want to check out the Homegrown schedule on the fly from your mobile device.

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Homegrown Music Fest 2013 – Live Tweets #hgmf13

Apr 28, 2013 No Comments

The “official” Twitter hashtag of this year’s Homegrown Music Festival is #hgmf13. So tweet away!


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