Dirty Beaches, Xiu Xiu at Triple Rock

From East Vancouver, California

First Twin Cities show since since May 22, 2011 • First Triple Rock show

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From last.fm:

Alex Zhang Hungtai, known by his stage name Dirty Beaches, is a Taiwanese-born Canadian lo-fi musician based in Montreal, Quebec. Like Bo Diddley or minimalist synth provocateurs Suicide, Dirty Beaches’ compositions are not so much stripped down as refined to their essence. Drum loops, Hungtai’s croon, and the yearning melodies draped overtop belie as much a sense of haunting mystery as they do romanticism and wry humour. Read more about Dirty Beaches on Last.fm.

From Durham, North Carolina

First Twin Cities show since since April 2, 2010 • First Triple Rock show since September 6, 2008 • Fourth Twin Cities show on MN Live's calendar since October 28, 2006

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Xiu Xiu is an experimental band originally from San Jose, California and currently based in Durham, NC and Brooklyn. The band is named after the main character of the 1998 Chinese film "Tian yu" (a.k.a. "Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl") Xiu Xiu was first formed in 2000 and is the main project of singer-songwriter Jamie Stewart, who records with friends on his home computer. Stewart's cousin, Caralee McElroy joined the band in 2003 and was the only other permanent member of the band until her departure in early 2009. Read more about Xiu Xiu on Last.fm.

First Twin Cities show since since September 16, 2010 • First Triple Rock show • Third Twin Cities show on MN Live's calendar since August 16, 2010

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THE STORY: Reverend Murphy was born in Brooklyn, New York, hundreds years ago in a hot hot summer. He had one son and a daughter: Freddie Murphy and Chiara Lee. They choose 2 different ways: the little Lee went to China, while Freddie was stuck in Brooklyn. They kept in touch for a while, then both fell asleep for many years. Three years ago they met again in Venice, where they got baptized by Vicar Vittorio Demarin, and there you go: Father Murphy was born. Read more about Father Murphy on Last.fm.