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Fri Feb 17
10 pm
Crimes, Oaks, and Cadette at Memory Lanes
Minnesota four-piece Crimes does something a bit tricky, taking garage-surf—a famously accessible style—and combining it with ambient, a less populist breed of pop. That formula results in a droning artiness, but one with enough sticky pop flare to go down easy; it’s the indie version of the ol’ spoonful of sugar trick. With the band’s delightfully disaffected male/female vocal interplay, Crimes has a growing fan base.
Memory Lanes 2520 26th Ave. S., Twin Cities, MN
Minnesota four-piece Crimes does something a bit tricky, taking garage-surf—a famously accessible style—and combining it with ambient, a less populist breed of pop. That formula results in a droning artiness, but one with enough sticky pop flare to go down easy; it’s the indie version of the ol’ spoonful of sugar trick. With the band’s delightfully disaffected male/female vocal interplay, Crimes has a growing fan base.
Updated 02/07/2012
