Star Tribune - Top Local Albums 2009

TCCT 2009 THE TOP LOCAL ALBUMS

1. P.O.S., "Never Better" 178

2. Lookbook, "Wild at Heart" 128

3. Red Pens, "Reasons" 90

4. Twilight Hours, "Stereo Night" 78

5. Brother Ali, "Us" 72

6. The Pines, "Tremolo" 64

7. Vampire Hands, "Hannah in the Mansion" 60

8. The Evening Rig, "Is Doin' Stuff" 54

9. Gay Witch Abortion, "Maverick" 48

10. (tie) Idle Hands, "The Hearts We Broke on the Way to the Show" 42

Nancy Harms, "In the Indigo"

Joey Ryan & the Inks, "Well, Here We Are Then"

8. THE EVENING RIG, "IS DOIN' STUFF" Does Minneapolis really need another semi-twangy, beer-swilling, two-guitar rock band heavily inspired by the Replacements? Color us extra impressed that this quartet found fresh ground in the town's most overtread musical territory. Leading the way for its sophomore disc was the high-revving opening track, "The Steve McQueens," about girls who only fall for manly men. (54)

The Evening Rig are #3 on CYSTSFTS's Year End List!

The year-end accolades keep rollin' in for The Evening Rig. Is Doin' Stuff is listed as Can You See The Sunset's third best album of 2009!

"Is Doin' Stuff" makes Captains Dead's Top 10 List!

Captains Dead has placed The Evening Rig Is Doin' Stuff at #10 in their "Best of 2009" list! Thanks, dudes!

The Evening Rig cracks Absolute Powerpop's Top 100!

The Evening Rig Is Doin' Stuff checked in at #94 in Absolute Powerpop's Top 100 of 2009.

Lifter Puller on St. Cloud State's "Monday Night Live"

What a find! Pitchfork has posted an entire show from circa 1997. Mostly Half Dead and Dynamite stuff. Check out the whole show here!

HOC featured on Game Informer podcast!

This is cool! Game Informer has gone with an all-Heart of a Champion soundtrack for this week's podcast!

Check it out here.

City Pages gives us props and a new logo

Thanks to David Hansen at City Pages for this blurb on our upcoming releases. We'll have to get back to you on that logo, though.