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Sun Jan 31
8 pm
Ben Gibbard And Jay Farrar at Varsity Theater
While recording music for an upcoming Jack Kerouac documentary, One Fast Move Or I'm Gone: Kerouac's Big Sur, Ben Gibbard (Death Cab For Cutie) and Jay Farrar (Son Volt) met and thought, "Hey, let's record an album together with lyrics inspired by Kerouac's 1962 novel Big Sur. The album, of the same name as the documentary, is out now, and the pair is currently promoting it with a brief tour (which also includes a smattering of members from both bands). It sounds like a novelty project, but Gibbard and Farrar manage to wrangle sweet melodies and punchy harmonies out of the dense source material. Novelty, sure, but a well-done one.
Varsity Theater 1308 4th St. S.E., Twin Cities, MN
While recording music for an upcoming Jack Kerouac documentary, One Fast Move Or I'm Gone: Kerouac's Big Sur, Ben Gibbard (Death Cab For Cutie) and Jay Farrar (Son Volt) met and thought, "Hey, let's record an album together with lyrics inspired by Kerouac's 1962 novel Big Sur. The album, of the same name as the documentary, is out now, and the pair is currently promoting it with a brief tour (which also includes a smattering of members from both bands). It sounds like a novelty project, but Gibbard and Farrar manage to wrangle sweet melodies and punchy harmonies out of the dense source material. Novelty, sure, but a well-done one.
Updated 01/20/2010
