Speed’s The Name, Economy Team, Me & My Arrow, Phantom Tails, Mux Mool and Old James recently announced that they would be forming a partnership (of sorts), falling under the name of 8Hz. Despite being described as “A brand spankin’ new local collective of musicians, artists, writers and appreciators of music, art and writing,” I felt that was a bit too vague of a description and wanted to get a little more information on how things came together. 8Hz’s Andrew Flanagan shed a little the inception and ongoing focus of the group.

“8Hz got started in a booze and drug-fueled bonding experience in a backyard tent city of about twenty friends in Austin, TX during SXSW. We got back to Minneapolis with a lot of momentum and butterflied stomachs and started talking to each other about what this thing could be, and what kind of goals we could realistically set for ourselves… the principal goal being to release vinyl records, the first of which is a 12″ compilation we expect to arrive in early Fall. We are in the process of planning a gallery show for sometime during the summer, a book club that will probably end up being a complete shitshow because we’re barely literate, and some other big and small events and ideas that we’re still ironing out.”

The first of said events is the record release show for Speed’s The Name which will be taking place this Saturday night at the Hexagon Bar. The free event will also showcase a selection of swag and art from various bands & cohorts,

8Hz will be in tow selling cheap, cheap art from our friends Ed and Ted (of Economy Team), Matt (of Old James) and whoever the heck else is responsible enough to remember to drop some off before the show, as well as original poster art from Angelo (of Guystorm) and handmade (in other words BOUND TO BE WORTH BIG $$$ SOMEDAY!) t-shirts.

Old James Jumbo (album download)
Speed’s The Name “Guadalajara” (mp3)

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