event Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros
Also Playing: Fool's Gold and Local Natives
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Sun Nov 29
8 pm
Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, Fool's Gold, and Local Natives at Varsity Theater
With Alex Ebert at the helm, it’s surprising that Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros’ live shows turn into hootenannies rather than raves. The former Ima Robot frontman made a name for himself with electro-punk, after all—but once that band’s momentum fizzled, he traded his partially shaved mullet for the mountain of unwashed hippie hair that’s become endemic among freak-folkers. As Edward Sharpe, Ebert conducts an army-sized band through ensemble-style folk-pop with an emphasis on percussion. The collective’s recently released debut album, Up From Below, revels in the sort of Woodstock-era optimism that artists from Los Angeles’ Laurel Canyon have been digging at for the last few years.
Varsity Theater 1308 4th St. S.E., Twin Cities, MN
With Alex Ebert at the helm, it’s surprising that Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros’ live shows turn into hootenannies rather than raves. The former Ima Robot frontman made a name for himself with electro-punk, after all—but once that band’s momentum fizzled, he traded his partially shaved mullet for the mountain of unwashed hippie hair that’s become endemic among freak-folkers. As Edward Sharpe, Ebert conducts an army-sized band through ensemble-style folk-pop with an emphasis on percussion. The collective’s recently released debut album, Up From Below, revels in the sort of Woodstock-era optimism that artists from Los Angeles’ Laurel Canyon have been digging at for the last few years.
Updated 07/27/2010
