Pop music spotlight: Peter Wolf Crier CD release party

September 18, 2011 at 12:21AM
Peter Wolf Crier's sophomore album release party is Friday at First Avenue.
Peter Wolf Crier (Margaret Andrews/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

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Nearly two years have passed since this experimental Minneapolis folk-rock duo self-released its raw but alluring debut album, "Inter-Be." That's enough time for a baby band like this to nearly reinvent itself. After indie label Jagjaguwar re-released their record last spring, singer/songwriter Peter Pisano and drummer Brian Moen toured incessantly and came back heavier, louder and just a wee bit freaked out. That all bled over into "Garden of Arms," the more dramatic and electrified sophomore effort. With a new three-piece lineup that debuted last month, PWC is using its hometown release show to kick off a two-month headlining tour. Ryan Olcott's electro-static pop trio Mystery Palace opens.

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Chris Riemenschneider

Critic / Reporter

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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