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Pernice Brothers
Also Playing: Mary Mack and Kate Boothman
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Laura Stein
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Sat Sep 12
8 pm
Pernice Brothers, Mary Mack, and Kate Boothman at 400 Bar
Literary rock is a pretty meaningless genre tag as it's generally used when referring to bands like The Decemberists, but it applies perfectly to singer-songwriter Joe Pernice. He's penned plenty of sunny hooks and Big Star-like harmonies with indie-rock/chamber-pop outfit the Pernice Brothers, but has recently emerged with his debut novel, It Feels So Good When I Stop. It vaguely recalls High Fidelity by chronicling a 25-year-old slacker musician's escape from adulthood by leaving his wife to get his shit together while name-dropping choice indie-rock touchstones like Sebadoh's "Soul And Fire," plus a handful of fictional songs. Pernice took things a step further by releasing a companion soundtrack to the book, with excerpts from the novel weaving into covers of the songs he wrote about.
400 Bar 400 Cedar Ave S, Twin Cities, MN
Literary rock is a pretty meaningless genre tag as it's generally used when referring to bands like The Decemberists, but it applies perfectly to singer-songwriter Joe Pernice. He's penned plenty of sunny hooks and Big Star-like harmonies with indie-rock/chamber-pop outfit the Pernice Brothers, but has recently emerged with his debut novel, It Feels So Good When I Stop. It vaguely recalls High Fidelity by chronicling a 25-year-old slacker musician's escape from adulthood by leaving his wife to get his shit together while name-dropping choice indie-rock touchstones like Sebadoh's "Soul And Fire," plus a handful of fictional songs. Pernice took things a step further by releasing a companion soundtrack to the book, with excerpts from the novel weaving into covers of the songs he wrote about.
Updated 09/11/2009
