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Tour Dates
06.12 - Des Moines, IA @ Vaudeville Mews
Read More06.14 - Denver, CO @ Larimer Lounge 06.15 - Salt Lake City @ Kilby Court 06.17 - Portland, OR @ Bunk Bar 06.19 - Seattle, WA @ Sunset Tavern 06.21 - San Francisco, CA @ Brick & Mortar 06.22 - Davis, CA @ Sophia's Thai Kitchen This coming Tuesday, June 11th, Hands from Los Angeles will bring their indie rock sound to 7th Street Entry, in Minneapolis. Founded in 2012 by Geoff Halliday (vocals, keyboards) and Ryan Sweeney (guitar) they moved from Philadelphia …
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Hands stopped by 7th Street Entry in Minneapolis last night, June 11th, as part of their tour for Synesthesia.
The evening started out with a 6-piece band out of Philadelphia called Grandchildren (Aleks Martray, Roman Salcic, Russell Brodie, Tristan Palazzolo, Adam Katz and John Vogel). Grandchildren was as much fun to watch as they were to hear. Their sound is similar to Animal Collective, with a pop/orchestral sound. The two drummers battled and then synch up across the stage. One of the drummers also pulled out the trombone. They were so much fun to watch and listen to.
At the 10 o'clock hour, Strange Names played. Minneapolis based, the band was formed by Francis Jimenez, and Liam Benzv. I would describe the entire band as spunky and entertaining. Combining a vibe of post punk and hipster, their sound happily varies between songs. Arctic Monkeys comes to mind if you need to compare them to a type. "Once an Ocean" has a surfy sound, whereas other songs had a Latin feel. Francis sang into an old-school microphone and had fun using it as a prop. The audience really responded to the energy emitted from the band. You were drawn into their exuberance like a magnet. Strange Names played the night before at Electric Fetuses 45th anniversary party if you happened to catch that show and they will be playing many gigs in the Twin Cities through June.
Hands, which hails from LA, wasn't too much of a disappointment if you listened to their most recent release, Synesthesia. The album is catchy and they do sound a bit reminiscent of Ned's Atomic Dustbin, but without the message. The bass player, Alex Staniloff, was the most energetic and impressive. They played their hit song "Trouble", which audience responded well to this song. I have a feeling that singer Geoff Halliday was losing his voice for some reason and that is one of the reason's the performance was off.
Hands continues their tour for Synesthesia, which came out last late April on Kill Rock Stars.
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STRANG NAMES
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Hands, which hails from LA, wasn't too much of a disappointment if you listened to their most recent release, Synesthesia. The album is catchy and they do sound a bit reminiscent of Ned's Atomic Dustbin, but without the message. The bass player, Alex Staniloff, was the most energetic and impressive. They played their hit song "Trouble", which audience responded well to this song. I have a feeling that singer Geoff Halliday was losing his voice for some reason and that is one of the reason's the performance was off.
Hands continues their tour for Synesthesia, which came out last late April on Kill Rock Stars.
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Hands at 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis (06/11/13) |
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