Grant Hart at Loring Park, Minneapolis (01 Aug 2016)
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Monday in Minneapolis means movies, music and more!
Never minding the above alliteration, these are the so-called dog days of summer but get an early week respite every Monday in August in downtown Minneapolis with a Walker Art Center-sponsored Summer series of Music and Movies, presented outdoors in the heart off the city in Loring Park.
For this year’s first installment, legendary Hüsker Dü founder and co-songwriter Grant Hart played an hour-long set in between sets from DJ Jake Rudh and before The Beatles movie A Hard Day’s Night. The event coincided with the 35th anniversary of the recording of Land Speed Record in the 7th St Entry and was a related event to the Walker exhibition Chris Larson: Land Speed Record on view through January 8, 2017.
Hart and new band, The Glandolinian Army Band (though it was billed as Grant Hart Associated) tore through a set of primarily Hüsker Dü and Hart solo material, with the singer in a good mood and cracking jokes to the picnic blanket crowd perched on the sloped lawn.
Hart began his set with 2009’s ‘Reflection of the Moon on the Water’ but not before he queried the audience about co-sponsor Suburu’s cars, and joking “how come I got stuck with The Beatles… anyone out there sick of The Beatles?!” during the intro.
The first Hüsker Dü song, ‘Terms of Psychic Warfare’, wasn’t from Land Speed Record, rather from 1985’s New Day Rising, and the new band (Dylan Richie and Timothy Alleick) adapted to the song well.
‘Is the Sky the Limit’ and ‘Shine Shine Shine’ were the first to represent Hart’s last studio effort, the sprawling 2013 album The Argument.
Hart joked about the popcorn available for sale for the movie, from the co-op grocery tent located nearby- “it’s free, right?” he questioned and when they shook their heads otherwise and held up two fingers, he replied, “peace to you too, free popcorn over there, it’s peaceful too”.
The latter half of the set was mostly Hüsker songs, including ‘Green Eyes’, a staple of Hart’s live shows, and 1985’s ‘Flexible Flyer’, a Hart-penned tune from his former band’s fourth album, Flip Your Wig.
Hart and band ended their set with ‘No Regrets’ from his 2009 album, Hot Wax prefacing it by saying somewhat deadpanned, “here’s one of our favorites, we hope you like it too”.
If you missed the outdoor concert, Grant Hart and his band returns to the stage again next Monday in Minneapolis, at the 7th St Entry, where the 35th anniversary of Land Speed Record is celebrated and two-thirds of Hüsker Dü reunites as part of a related panel discussion.
Never minding the above alliteration, these are the so-called dog days of summer but get an early week respite every Monday in August in downtown Minneapolis with a Walker Art Center-sponsored Summer series of Music and Movies, presented outdoors in the heart off the city in Loring Park.
For this year’s first installment, legendary Hüsker Dü founder and co-songwriter Grant Hart played an hour-long set in between sets from DJ Jake Rudh and before The Beatles movie A Hard Day’s Night. The event coincided with the 35th anniversary of the recording of Land Speed Record in the 7th St Entry and was a related event to the Walker exhibition Chris Larson: Land Speed Record on view through January 8, 2017.
Hart and new band, The Glandolinian Army Band (though it was billed as Grant Hart Associated) tore through a set of primarily Hüsker Dü and Hart solo material, with the singer in a good mood and cracking jokes to the picnic blanket crowd perched on the sloped lawn.
Hart began his set with 2009’s ‘Reflection of the Moon on the Water’ but not before he queried the audience about co-sponsor Suburu’s cars, and joking “how come I got stuck with The Beatles… anyone out there sick of The Beatles?!” during the intro.
The first Hüsker Dü song, ‘Terms of Psychic Warfare’, wasn’t from Land Speed Record, rather from 1985’s New Day Rising, and the new band (Dylan Richie and Timothy Alleick) adapted to the song well.
‘Is the Sky the Limit’ and ‘Shine Shine Shine’ were the first to represent Hart’s last studio effort, the sprawling 2013 album The Argument.
Hart joked about the popcorn available for sale for the movie, from the co-op grocery tent located nearby- “it’s free, right?” he questioned and when they shook their heads otherwise and held up two fingers, he replied, “peace to you too, free popcorn over there, it’s peaceful too”.
The latter half of the set was mostly Hüsker songs, including ‘Green Eyes’, a staple of Hart’s live shows, and 1985’s ‘Flexible Flyer’, a Hart-penned tune from his former band’s fourth album, Flip Your Wig.
Hart and band ended their set with ‘No Regrets’ from his 2009 album, Hot Wax prefacing it by saying somewhat deadpanned, “here’s one of our favorites, we hope you like it too”.
If you missed the outdoor concert, Grant Hart and his band returns to the stage again next Monday in Minneapolis, at the 7th St Entry, where the 35th anniversary of Land Speed Record is celebrated and two-thirds of Hüsker Dü reunites as part of a related panel discussion.
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Grant Hart at Loring Park, Minneapolis (01 Aug 2016) |