An Intimate Evening With Alpha Consumer

Alpha Consumer is a music group out of Minneapolis that has been active for over 20 years. In that time they let their interests wander wildly to the point where their sound now has earnest expressions that fit a wide variety of community gatherings, sharing frustration, despair, love, and fun with their neighbors. From so quiet you might worry about your breathing, to so loud you can’t form thoughts about it, Alpha Consumer has you covered.

The members of Alpha Consumer have played music with Bon Iver, Jenny Lewis, John Prine, Laufey, Big Red Machine, Andrew Bird, Suki Waterhouse, Tortoise, The Notwist, Bruce Hornsby, Anais Mitchell, The Suburbs, Sandra Bernhard, Hiss Golden Messenger, Bonny Light Horseman, Grace Potter, Phil Cook, Damo Suzuki, Mouse on Mars, Eyedea, Swamp Dogg, Joe Lovano, Tim Berne, John Medeski, Steve Cropper, Vernon Reid, Mark Guiliana, Tony Malaby, David King, Shahzad Ismaily, Ethan Iverson, Craig Taborn, Anthony Cox, Ron Miles, Evan Parker, Reid Anderson, Merce Cunningham Dance Company, members of Prince's New Power Generation (in tribute after he passed,) and probably some other folks they can't think of at the moment. There was this one time that some members of Alpha Consumer played the music of Ornette Coleman for Ornette Coleman at the Walker Art Center on his birthday... that was pretty cool. The members of Alpha Consumer have played music on 5 continents at countless storied venues, and on Saturday Night Live, the Tonight Shows with Conan and Jay Leno, Letterman, Fallon, Colbert, Ellen, Later with Jools Holland, and Austin City Limits. Nevertheless, the most rewarding music the members of Alpha Consumer have played in the last couple of decades has often been their own, and they will continue to make time for that till the wheels come off.

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