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A ukulele-led Boston tribute band will play "In the Aeroplane Over the Sea" on Saturday at the Kitty Cat Klub.

August 20, 2010 at 7:11PM
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

As if there weren't already enough fun things going on around town Saturday , the Kitty Cat Klub is hosting a clever double-bill with local favorite Communist Daughter and a Boston-based tribute band cheekishly based on the band that gave the local band its name (got all that?). They're called Neutral Uke Hotel, and -- as the moniker suggests -- they play ukulele-led versions of influential and long-sidelined Elephant 6 psychedelic indie-folk band Neutral Milk Hotel. Specifically, NUH plays NMH's cult-revered 1998 album, "In the Aeroplane Over the Sea," in its entirety, an album I very much liked in 1998 but think has been a wee bit overrated in recent years (i.e., #4 album of the '90s on Pitchfork). Regardless, this sounds like a fun interpretation of it. Here's a sample clip featuring (what else?) the song "Communist Daughter." Showtime is about 10 p.m. and cover is $5.

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Chris Riemenschneider

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Chris Riemenschneider has been covering the Twin Cities music scene since 2001, long enough for Prince to shout him out during "Play That Funky Music (White Boy)." The St. Paul native authored the book "First Avenue: Minnesota's Mainroom" and previously worked as a music critic at the Austin American-Statesman in Texas.

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