Kiss The Tiger December Residency

Doors at 7:00p.m. | Show at 8:00p.m.

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Kiss the Tiger

Over the past few years Kiss the Tiger has emerged as one of Minnesota's most dynamic and exciting live rock acts. Fronted by the magnetic and disarming Meghan Kreidler, this is a band that doesn’t just play. They combust. And watching them set the stage ablaze, it’s hard not to feel oneself release, too, like a collective exhale set to ratcheting guitars, buoyant bass lines and Kreidler’s perfectly pitched screams. Theirs is a clean-burning fire. Hell, you might even call it healing. -Andrea Swensson, author, podcast host, and music journalist 2024 has included many career highlights for the band including opening slots for musical heroes Lucinda Williams and Joan Jett. The band has also introduced new members Alyse Emanuel on drums, Lynn Hu on keys, and returning original member Alex Sandberg on lead guitar. The December Residency is an opportunity for the band to close out the year with you and share where they're headed. 

LAAMAR

LAAMAR is the latest project led by Minneapolis-based singer, songwriter, saxophonist, and composer Geoffrey Lamar Wilson. Former frontman of Brooklyn-based Jus Post Bellum, Wilson is also known for his multilayered looped saxophone performances and catchy podcast ditties (Terrible, Thanks for Asking). On the band’s debut EP, Flowers, Wilson blends his idiomatic inspirations bridging folk, soul, R&B, and country with a constant ear toward racial and social justice issues and the shared human experience.

“In the EP's deceptively sweet and warm title track, he relays a memory of his mother ‘lighting candles and putting flowers on the boulevard’ in memory of another dead man of color. In the standout track getting airplay on the Current, 'Home to My Baby,' he relays his personal fears of getting pulled over by police,” writes Chris Riemenschneider of the Star Tribune.

Recent acclaim for LAAMAR includes debut single “Home to My Baby” being named KAXE’s “Best Song” of 2023 and a nod as one of First Avenue’s Best New Bands.

“With Flowers,” writes Malachy Koons of KAXE, "LAAMAR has crafted a stunning debut that does not shy away from difficult topics. The new EP features four instantly catchy songs, with each taking a different approach to issues of racial and social justice.”

The band is working with Nat Harvie (Low, Cole Pulice) on their debut full length, tentatively planned for release this Fall.