event The Alarmists
Also Playing: No Bird Sing and Paragraphs
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Amanda Hankerson
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Sat Mar 20
9 pm
The Alarmists, No Bird Sing, and Paragraphs at Triple Rock Social Club
To get an idea of the wide-ranging aesthetic that Twin Cities hip-hop trio No Bird Sing aims for on its self-titled debut, look at the guests enlisted to help get the job done—the roster includes master MC Eyedea, jazzy songbird Alicia Wiley, and folk-blues guitarist Bo Ramsey. The album runs the risk of feeling fractured, yawing from hard-boiled, spoken-word blues salvo to ambient comedown indie-pop record to fired-up, rapid-flow rhyme showcase. But MC Eric Blair’s precise lyrical take on high anxiety provides a common thread, creating a coherent whole. While No Bird Sing's minor-key melodies and funereal tone require patience, its stunning originality is rewarding over several listens. Those who take the time to let No Bird Sing’s shadowy tunes sink in will find them hard to shake.
Triple Rock Social Club 629 Cedar Ave. S., Twin Cities, MN
To get an idea of the wide-ranging aesthetic that Twin Cities hip-hop trio No Bird Sing aims for on its self-titled debut, look at the guests enlisted to help get the job done—the roster includes master MC Eyedea, jazzy songbird Alicia Wiley, and folk-blues guitarist Bo Ramsey. The album runs the risk of feeling fractured, yawing from hard-boiled, spoken-word blues salvo to ambient comedown indie-pop record to fired-up, rapid-flow rhyme showcase. But MC Eric Blair’s precise lyrical take on high anxiety provides a common thread, creating a coherent whole. While No Bird Sing's minor-key melodies and funereal tone require patience, its stunning originality is rewarding over several listens. Those who take the time to let No Bird Sing’s shadowy tunes sink in will find them hard to shake.
Updated 07/20/2011
