Unknown Mortal Orchestra at Triple Rock

From Portland, Oregon

First Twin Cities show since since June 23, 2013 • First Triple Rock show since September 25, 2011 • Sixth Twin Cities show on MN Live's calendar since February 24, 2011

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From last.fm:

Unknown Mortal Orchestra first dropped into the world in late 2010 as a bandcamp account carrying a single called ‘Ffunny Ffrends’. ‘Ffunny Ffrends’ was everything you imagined it might be – alien beatnik pop music that echoed 60s psychedelia and krautrock minimalism with just a hint of gentle weirdness that suggested its roots might equally lie in the verdant indie of the equally distant New Zealand scene. Read more about Unknown Mortal Orchestra on Last.fm.

From Chicago, Illinois

First Twin Cities show on MN Live's calendar

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Having migrated to Chicago for a job with the Rand McNally map company in the early aughts, J, or Justin, spent his following years playing in friends’ projects in Chicago’s active DIY scene. In his own time, he was mapping out out a series of personal recordings in his rudimentary home studio, it was these recordings that would develop into the first EP, Olympic Village. Though somewhat crudely recorded (the lively Puerto Rican festivals of his adopted Humboldt Park neighborhood made cause for some creative EQ tinkering)... Read more about J Fernandez on Last.fm.

Added to bill on Apr 23