event Mark Mallman
Also Playing: Caroline Smith And The Good Night Sleeps and Red Pens and Koo Koo Kanga Roo
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Fri Dec 31
8:30 pm
Mark Mallman, Caroline Smith And The Good Night Sleeps, Red Pens, and Koo Koo Kanga Roo at Varsity Theater
Between creating electronica remixes of Fleet Foxes with his band Ruby Isle and composing for film trailers, Twin Citian Mark Mallman somehow found time to record 2009’s Invincible Criminal and release an accompanying comic book recounting the mock-serious tale of a semi-psychotic rocker, The Incredible Urban Myth Of The Invincible Criminal. But where Mallman really shines is the over-the-top showmanship of his live show, straddling his piano like a postmodern love colossus and belting out his arena-ready rock ballads like his life depends on it. And he’s had a lot of practice lately: In October he completed Marathon 3, a nonstop 78-hour live performance that involved almost 600 pages of lyrics and dozens of backup musicians playing in shifts.
Varsity Theater 1308 4th St. S.E., Twin Cities, MN
Between creating electronica remixes of Fleet Foxes with his band Ruby Isle and composing for film trailers, Twin Citian Mark Mallman somehow found time to record 2009’s Invincible Criminal and release an accompanying comic book recounting the mock-serious tale of a semi-psychotic rocker, The Incredible Urban Myth Of The Invincible Criminal. But where Mallman really shines is the over-the-top showmanship of his live show, straddling his piano like a postmodern love colossus and belting out his arena-ready rock ballads like his life depends on it. And he’s had a lot of practice lately: In October he completed Marathon 3, a nonstop 78-hour live performance that involved almost 600 pages of lyrics and dozens of backup musicians playing in shifts.
Updated 12/15/2011
