Neil Young; Neutral Milk Hotel; The Gap Band; Elton John; WHAM!; Big Star; Andrew Bird; Prince; Stevie Wonder; The Black Keys; The High Strung; Band of Horses; Dead Meadow; The New Pornographers; Madonna; A Tribe Called Quest; Television; Black Lips; Black Mountain; Arcade Fire; The Stooges; E.L.O.; Good Music; SPOON; The Shins; The Walkmen; The Velvet Underground; The Doves; Super Furry Animals; Broken Social Scene; Yeasayer; The Beatles; The Rolling Stones; Led Zeppelin; Pearl Jam; Nirvana; Ice Cube; Atmosphere/Rap Music...
Sounds Like
Bukkake Party; The Cosmic Comedy; ...The Olson Twin Towers...; Arrowhead Bearings; Black Astronaut; Barf; The Golden Show; The Brown Movement; LMNOPEE; Blood All Night; The Take a Piss Foundation; Wolf Jerky; Kung Fu With A Gun; Curse Words; Mastodon Henley; David Duchovnees and Toes Knees and Toes; Plastic Chord; Choplogic; Parts for all Makes; The Future; Ah! Venice; These Modern Socks; Heroes and Liars; The Common Goodbye; It from Bit; Seldomseen; Karate Avenue; Slow Machines; SKIRT; Nefesh.
"There's been a lot of talk about the size of local band Me & My Arrow, but it's warranted, since there are only a small handful of Minneapolis stages that can accommodate them comfortably. They've recently trimmed down from nine members to a relatively lean seven, but in order to pull off the anthemic, heavily layered sound that's become the band's stock-in-trade, the largeness is a necessity rather than overkill. Just the coordination involved in this mini-orchestra should tell you that M&MA are ambitious enough to stand on equal footing with more established projects, and with the release of their debut LP they'll take a major stab at attracting the kind of attention that could transform the band into the nationally recognized indie darlings they deserve to be. That the band's tour concludes with this hometown show at the not-long-for-this-world Uptown Bar could prove to be fitting, as the decline of one Minneapolis mainstay could signal the rise of another." -- Ian Traas, City Pages
"Borrowing liberally from the bombastic Brit-rock playbook, then bathing it in luxurious string arrangements, local nine-piece Me And My Arrow commands attention whenever it takes the stage. Leading the epic charge is former Seldomseen frontman and current Ice Palace guitarist and Sound Gallery Studios co-owner Jacob Grun, whose theatrically inclined tenor is perfectly tailored to scale the mountainous sonic backdrops erected by his bevy of bandmates. It’s a larger-than-average group with a larger-than-average sound, and it wouldn’t be surprising to see it graduate to larger-than-average stages as well." - Rob Van Alstyne, Twin Cities Decider
"With a name straight out of an early '70s children's cartoon and songs that carry a distinct air of whimsy and reckless abandon, there's a good chance that audience members at Me and My Arrow's show Saturday night will be left smiling and shaking their heads. The mammoth nine-piece band, including guitars, accordions, synths, and strings, will cram onto the tiny stage at the Entry to pummel the audience with their overwhelming, orchestral rock--think a slightly smaller, less cultish version of the Polyphonic Spree." - Andrea Swensson, City Pages Music Editor
"The group’s sound is as dramatically sweeping as its gargantuan numbers would suggest – they’re possibly the only nine piece band currently rocking tiny local stages" - Rob Van Alstyne, Twin Cities Metromix
"This is an amazing large group with much potential, using big soaring vocals, heavy strings and layers of guitar and percussion that may bring to mind other large groups like Arcade Fire (in scale, and big sound) yet darker, more psychedelic remniscent of: Pink Floyd, maybe Sonic Youth, a little bit Velvet Underground." - Cyn Collins
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