The Links
Bands
- Big Surf
- Ohhhh, that's what surf music is supposed to sound like.
- Twin City Howlers
- Fun rock and roll from Minneapolis.
- The Mojo Spleens
- Holy crap are they fast.
- Ronnie Lake and the Men of Iioto
- This group is another one of our partners in instrumental crime.
- The Midnight Evils
- The kingpins of Minneapolis rock.
- Bridge Club
- These guys get laid way more than us. We hate them.
- Blue Collar Kingpins
- BCK and the Awkwards have shared a special bond ever since we were both ripped off by A Shot at a Time magazine.
Minneapolis Clubs
- First Avenue
- Let's face it, you can't be a Minneapolis scenester if you don't have a link to First Avenue on your website.
- The Turf Club
- If you have to ask, we're not going to tell you.
- The Hexagon Bar
- The Hexagon has become the home of Minneapolis instrumental rock. Wow.
- Big V's
- We've played Big V's so many times, we couldn't NOT have a link to it. Unfortunately, at the time this page was written, Big V's website wasn't working. Maybe the link will work, maybe it won't.
Miscellaneous
- Radio Rumpus Room
- We, along with all the other Minneapolis instro-whatever bands, owe a huge debt to Radio Rumpus Room, the best radio show going in Minneapolis.
- Reverb Central
- So much surf you'll cut your face off and feed it to your dog.
- Steady Tattoo
- Steady is where the Awkwards get ink done. Honestly, some of us get ink done. The rest of us are really, really scared of ouchies.
- Contempl8
- Wearing a Contempl8 shirt will make you feel like you've burned the WTO, IMF, White House, Pentagon, and Norm Coleman in one blissful conflagration.
- Drinking With Ian
- TV doesn't get more local than DWI. Frank Vascellaro from Kare 11 won't hold your hair while you puke; Ian will.