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January 11th, 2008
09:22 am - TCEP4 plug on Star Tribune today
'Electropunk' rocks on
Even as the dance-punk heat wave that emerged nationally a few years ago with acts like the Faint and Rapture appears to have cooled, there's no shortage of these bands locally. For the fourth straight year, 10 to 15 of them have banded together to put out a "TC Electropunk" CD. As always, this year's compilation features a bunch of bands not on the previous discs, including Zibra Zibra, Audio Victim, Milkbar and Gigi Ranchero. Returnees include Avenpitch -- which more or less spearheads the CDs -- plus Mach FoX, Unicorn Basement and Thosquanta. About half of the aforementioned are performing at a release party Saturday (9 p.m., Club Underground, $5). If none of these bands rings a bell, there's a good mini-documentary posted at TCelectropunk.com.
Star Tribune
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January 8th, 2008
10:13 am - Twin Cities Electropunk - Volume 4 show this Saturday
more press...
Rift Magazine
DarkTwinCities.com
PerfectPorridge.com
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December 17th, 2007
09:37 am - new Avenpitch video
Here it is, our new song on the Twin Cities Electropunk Volume 4 comp, Desperado. I had a blast filming this, my donkey's name was Disoto, needless to say we formed a bond by the end of the shoot. It was filmed out in Lofty Spur Ranch by Prior Lake and Lee's Liquor Lounge. It's sorta an homage to Depeche Mode's Personal Jesus with some Foo Fighters campiness (maybe?) Thanks to Riley Gerszewski for doing the video. Enjoy the video and Merry Christmas!
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November 19th, 2007
09:25 am - Twin Cities Electropunk Volume 4
So my buddy Riley uncovered all the footage we got from last year's TC Electropunk show and put together a trailer for the upcoming Twin Cities Electropunk Volume 4 show at Club Underground on 1/12/08. If you are in any of the bands playing this show, please help get this trailer out and spread the word! Much love.
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October 6th, 2007
11:39 am - Download Fest 07
I'm 8 hours away from seeing The Cure! My life will be complete, oh wait, not till I see Depeche Mode live. It's gonna be a long awesome day here in Mountain View. Just checked out the schedule for the day. Tons of bands I wanna see here.
3:45pm-4:30pm She Wants Revenge
4:30pm-5:15pm The Black Angels
5:15pm-6:15pm Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
5:45pm-6:45pm Metric
6:45pm-7:45pm AFI
7:15pm-8:15pm Kings of Leon
8:15pm-10.45pm The Cure
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August 31st, 2007
09:06 am - Hello Milwaukee
Come out and have a drink with me tomorrow.
Current Music: Alice In Chains - No Excuses
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July 26th, 2007
09:10 am - AVENPITCH on TwinCitiesRadio.net tonite!!!
Hey All,
Just a quick note to remind ya we'll be performing live on Twin Cites Radio's "The Live Sessions" tonight @ 9PM. It'll be about an hour long performance/interview. Should be fun! Tune in @ http://www.twincitiesradio.net
Also, we just added some YouTube videos of us performing "Nothing" and "Jack the Idiot Dance" @ Club Underground to our website. If you've got 7 minutes to kill, go check'em out @ http://www.avenpitch.com
Current Music: Depeche Mode - Walking In My Shoes
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July 10th, 2007
09:40 am - Droogies!!
Is anybody interested in checking out ANY of these shows with me?
( MEGADETH: Complete U.S. Itinerary )
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December 29th, 2006
11:11 am - more TCEP3 Showcase press
Taken from Star Tribune
Still a fledgling genre, the local electropunk clique -- think: rock bands with
electric gadgets but not a lot of sissy house beats -- is at least a tight-knit
and supportive scene. A dozen of its acts are performing on one night to
promote "Twin Cities Electropunk, Vol. 3." The vibrant new 14-track compilation CD
includes Avenpitch, Tim Rally Gold, Mach FoX, Uber Cool Kung Fu, Hondo and Eddie
Entropy. (9 p.m. Sat., Club Underground. $5, includes free CD.) (C.R.)
Taken from PULSE of the Twin Cities
The Twin Cities are home to a growing number of bands that identify themselves
with what is known as the "electropunk movement." Bands with Casio keyboards,
drum machines and fancy-pants laptop editing equipment have come together to
create the third in a series of yearly compilations dedicated to their underground
musical cause. "It's simply what happens when you take a generation of bored
teens and twentysomethings--raised on hardcore punk, British techno, Nintendo and
Doritos--and place cheap digital recording technology within their grasp,"
their website reads, and the music is similar to what you might imagine from
experimental musicians. Not every track on TC Electropunk Volume 3 is golden, but
there are plenty of bands worth checking out. Tim Rally Gold's "Break-up at the
Waffle House" is poppy and well-produced, like a less depressing Postal Service,
while bands like Mach FoX and Thosquanta use their electronics to create a
darker, more industrial feel. Many of the bands on the compilation will come
together for Saturday's CD release show at the all-too appropriately named Club
Underground, known for its New York punk club ambiance and penchant for providing a
stage to great non-conventional bands who fly under the radar of the rest of
the local scene. With Thosquanta, MSRP, Avenpitch, OBCT, Evarial, Mach FoX,
OneNeoEon, Unicorn Basement, Tim Rally Gold, Hondo, Eddie Entropy. 9 p.m. $5. 21+.
355 Monroe St. NE, Mpls. 612-627-9123. ANDREA MYERS
Taken from The Onion - A.V. Club (Twin Cities):
For three years, the best way to keep up with the burgeoning local techno scene
has been the Twin Cities Electropunk series, shepherded by Todd Millenacker of
the group Avenpitch. The new third installment of the disc showcases 14 local
synth-pop and hard-edged electronica groups, who collectively come across as a
hyperactive cross between Devo and Spinal Tap. Slashing goth-metal riffs are
embraced as much as the burbling buzz and bleep of electronica; the bombast is
sometimes ironic and sometimes not. It's what might have played during the Matrix
movies if the Wachowski brothers didn't take themselves too seriously. As an
example, Unicorn Basement's "Necrophile" has its tongue firmly lodged in
zombified check, with groan-inducing lines like, "You look so good in the corner, I'm
glad I'm the coroner." See, even Goths know how to crack a joke. All three of
the Twin Cities Electropunk compilations are downloadable at tcelectropunk.com;
they've also pressed 1,000 physical copies of the disc, to be handed out for
free at this show. The electronica genre doesn't always place much emphasis on
playing live, but the majority of the groups on Volume 3 will play Spring Street,
including Thosquanta, MSRP, Avenpitch, OBCT, Mach FoX, Evarial, Unicorn
Basement, Tim Rally Gold, Hondo and Eddie Entropy.
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December 26th, 2006
10:10 pm - Twin Cities Electropunk Showcase Vol. 3
Taken from City Pages
The third free compilation of local rock electro in as many years, Twin Cities Electropunk Showcase Vol. 3 introduces six new names (MSRP, Hondo, Evarial, Eddie Entropy, Unicom Basement, OneNeoEon) to an otherwise familiar assortment (Avenpitch, Uber Cool Kung Fu, Mach FoX, OBCT, Thosquanta, Time Rally Gold), with all of the above performing tonight on two stages in Club Underground. While Evarial and Eddie Entropy offer the pure synth-pop you'd expect, MSRP nudge things into double-kick-drum metal, while Hondo's punk throb is electronic in beat only, and OBCT are industrial rap-rock. You're bound to love or hate something here. CD is free at the door, and can be downloaded for free at www.tcelectropunk.com. 21+. $5. 9:00 p.m. —Peter S. Scholtes
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November 28th, 2006
November 14th, 2006
12:50 am - Alice in Chains
Tonight I witnessed the best show of 2006 for me. And you know how like the last show you went to always seems like the best, well that's how I feel, I could die right now and I'd be a happy man. It was a bummer that it wasn't Layne singing tonight but Duvall held up as best as he could as a 'backup singer', but it didn't even matter, the legion of AIC fans tonight at First Ave sang all the parts. The first band I ever put together played all cover songs and the first song I ever played as a band was Would. All those high school emotions came right back tonight and I shed a tear during Nutshell, the Cantrell solo was nothing short of amazing, no shredding just pure raw emotion. The peak of the night was Junkhead, everyone was chanting along to 'what's my drug of choice.....'.My buddy was convinced that Cantrell was high tonight , either that or he was sick cause he wasn't rocking out to We Die Young. After the show we continued our discussion of the show like true AIC nerds at O' Donovans with a couple of Guinness. And after that on the ride home we blasted Fear The Voices in the car, how much more AIC can one take! Whatever this was a perfect night, tomorrow I head back to the motherland Malaysia for a 10 day expedition. This was the setlist in the order as closely as I could remember tonight, they started off with Whale & Wasp on the background and kicked right into Again. They played about every song you would want in an AIC set except for Got Me Wrong and Brother which I really wished they did.
Whale & Wasp
Again
Bleed The Freak
Grind
It Ain't Like That
Junkhead
Rain When I Die
Down In A Hole
Nutshell
Them Bones
Dam That River
Rooster
We Die Young
Sludge Factory
Dirt
Heaven Beside You
Angry Chair
No Excuses
What The Hell Have I
Man In The Box
Would?
Current Music: Nutshell - Alice in Chains
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October 31st, 2006
October 30th, 2006
07:52 pm - Happy Halloween
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October 24th, 2006
09:05 pm - more LJ updates later
Irene on TV featuring: Avenpitch
Tonight's Irene on TV music guest is Avenpitch. They play an awesome brand of twin cities electropunk. Should be an interesting night!
Guests TBA.
Coffman Memorial Union, The Whole.
Oct 24: 8pm - 10pm.
free for all ages.
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September 13th, 2006
10:59 am
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July 25th, 2006
12:30 pm - last Friday, July 21 Acoustic Show
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June 29th, 2006
June 8th, 2006
06:09 pm - Friday night
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May 25th, 2006
02:16 pm - LAST NIGHT
so much going on, so little time to reflect
i'll tell you all about it after the tour
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