twin town high release show this weekend!

hey y'all. the twin town high page at myspace has been blowin' up, but apparently now it's just blown up, along with a lot of other pages there, so who knows if it'll be back in time for me to lay the hot jam on you?

:: S A T U R D A Y,  J U L Y  2 9  A T  T H E  T U R F ::

THE FIRST (OF TWO) TWIN TOWN HIGH RELEASE SHOWS!!!

featuring: Halloween, Alaska :: Kill the Vultures :: Martin Devaney :: The Pines :: The Glad Version

$5 gets you in and a copy of the CD. $2 gets you a pint from 8-10 p.m.

doors are at 8 p.m., music at 9 p.m. sharp.

the current has been jamming the disc all week and we've been getting some truly incredible and amazing press around the twin cities. doubting thomas? just look:

Press for Twin Town High 8

City Pages, 07.19.06 by Lindsey Thomas

Various artists
Twin Town High Vol. 8
I wish I could say that Pulse music editor Steve McPherson and I are engaged in a bitter rivalry that involves plenty of trash-talking (Hey McQueerson, I heard you like the new Scott Stapp record! Ooh, snap!) and poorly executed dance-offs in the Clown Lounge. Sadly, this is not true. Steve is a stand-up guy and he knows how to put together a damn good compilation. The disc has plenty of tracks worth mentioning, but some highlights include Painted Saints' accordion-and-violin lilt, "Lights Hanging Low from Heavy Cottonwoods" and Friends Like These's semi-apologetic lullaby, "Excuses." And the denouement to Middlepicker's "Top Down" ("Who's got the chops to make me shiver?") is my pugnacious new rock-crit battle cry. Watch out!

City Pages A-List, 07.26.06 by Peter Scholtes

Future collectors researching the Twin Cities music scene of the '00s will have no cheaper or more entertaining option than picking up all eight volumes of the Twin Town High Music Yearbook series. The latest edition (released by Pulse of the Twin Cities) follows the usual surefire formula: 22 exclusive tracks by one band each, which in one way or another pass through the organic confines of Ben Durrant's Crazy Beast Studio. Highlights this time around include contributions by Hockey Night, Claire de Lune, Bellwether, Big Quarters, and Jessy Greene (with Dessa). The disc also includes tonight's excellent CD-release celebrants: Halloween, Alaska; Kill the Vultures; the Pines; the Glad Version; and Martin Devaney. 21+. $5 (includes a copy of the CD). 8:00 p.m.

Pioneer Press, 07.27.06 by Ross Raihala

Pulse has issued the eighth volume of its venerable "Twin Town High" compilation, a 22-track snapshot of what the local music scene looks like these days. Kill the Vultures, Martin Devaney, the Glad Version, the Pines and Halloween, Alaska play the first of two CD-release shows Saturday at the Turf. (Another follows Aug. 25 with Building Better Bombs, Big Quarters, Middlepicker, These Modern Socks and Beight.) Fans get the disc for free with paid admission.

The Onion, 07.27.06 by Chris Bahn

Even though Pulse is a competitor, we’d be remiss if we didn’t give a nod to the latest edition of its Twin Town High compilation CD series. A strong lineup of hometownsters gathers at the Turf on Saturday for the TTH release show, including Halloween, Alaska, Kill the Vultures, Martin Devaney, The Glad Version and The Pines (who, by the way, signed with St. Paul folk label Red House earlier this month, and good for them).

Star Tribune, 07.28.06 by Chris Riemenschneider

“High on 'Twin Town 8'
Consistently the best local music compilations for the past half-decade, the Pulse-sponsored "Twin Town High" CD series hits arguably its highest note yet with installment No. 8. There's a release party for the 22-track collection Saturday at the Turf Club with Halloween, Alaska, Kill the Vultures, the Pines, Martin Devaney and the Glad Version. All have new/unreleased cuts on the disc, as does Bellwether (from its long-in-the-can album "Stinging Nettles"), Big Quarters, Hockey Night, Friends Like These, Joanna James and P.O.S.' band Building Better Bombs, plus Jessy Greene and Dessa contributed a great duet. The discs are free with Saturday's $5 cover, or free with any local CD purchase at Cheapo stores. The Pines, by the way, have a much-deserved new record deal with Red House Records. Look for a CD early next year. The St. Paul label's next big release is Greg Brown's long-awaited album, "The Evening Call," co-produced with Bo Ramsey (father of Pines co-leader Ben Ramsey).”

and, just in case it starts working ever again:

twin town high myspace page

the page has the tracks from four of the five bands playing on saturday. plus, hal, ak has put their track from twin town high up on their page, which you can get to from ours.