Dance Band (band)
Dance Band is a musical group based in Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota. Dance Band was voted City Pages' Best Live Artist of 2007.[1] They have been called "Minnesota's foremost incitement to party",[2] and praised for their ability to "[get] all the cool, nonchalant hipsters out onto the dance floor for serious booty shaking and the occasional synchronized zombie impersonation."[3]
Dance Band's musical style centers on live performance. One band member stated in an interview with the City Pages:
"[W]e're able to respond to people without all the usual tests: recording an album, marketing it, getting really far down the road before you ever see how people come back at you with it. We see how our music works in real life. It's a live show. You want what people want because you want that energy to go back and forth. Because it's dance music, people are participating. You don't have people walking away with heady questions about what happened. They're like, 'That was fun! I'm gonna bring my friends next time.'"[4]
Notable Performances and Awards[edit]
- Opened for the Venezuelan dance band Los Amigos Invisibles, 2006.[5]
- Performed in the Voltage Fashion Show, 2007.[6]
- Opened for mashup D.J. Girl Talk at the Varsity Theater in Minneapolis, 2007.[7]
- "Countdown" featured as Minnesota Public Radio's The Current's Song of the Day, December 21, 2007.[8]
- Interviewed by Chris Roberts on The Current's Local Show, 2007.[9]
- Voted City Pages' Best Live Artist in 2007.
- Performed at the Bella Sol Festival in Geneva, Minnesota's Harmony Park, 2008.[10]
Discography[edit]
- Pedal Power, Single (2006)
- Clap Your Hands, Single (2007)
- Is It Moving Yet? (2007)
- Danceband Returns from the Land After Tomorrow (2007)
- Geekadelic EP (2008)
References[edit]
- ↑ "BEST LIVE ARTIST". Archived from the original on 2010-02-26. Retrieved 2009-02-16.
- ↑ "Dance Band". Archived from the original on 2009-02-25. Retrieved 2009-03-18.
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-01-07. Retrieved 2009-03-18.CS1 maint: Archived copy as title (link)
- ↑ "Temerity Tomatoes from Outer Space". Archived from the original on 2008-10-04. Retrieved 2009-03-18.
- ↑ http://www.varsitytheater.org/webcalendar/month.php?date=20060701[permanent dead link]
- ↑ "Dance Band with Scream Club at Big Vs on 12/16/06". Archived from the original on 2008-10-02. Retrieved 2009-02-16.
- ↑ "Girl Talk with Dance Band and Tarlton at The Varsity Theater on 1/26/07". Archived from the original on 2008-07-03. Retrieved 2009-02-16.
- ↑ "The Current - Great Music Lives Here". minnesota.publicradio.org. Archived from the original on 2011-06-08. Retrieved 2009-02-16.
- ↑ "Weekly On-Air Schedule - MPR News". minnesota.publicradio.org. Archived from the original on 2008-06-10. Retrieved 2009-02-16.
- ↑ http://www.festivalfriendly.com/2008/05/festi-di-bella-sol.html[dead link]
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