Trampled By Turtles

The band announced that they will headline a festival-style concert on Saturday, July 7th.

After releasing a short cryptic video yesterday and a countdown timer on their website, Duluth's own 'Trampled by Turtles' have now announced that they will be hitting the road once again this summer.

A mysterious video put out on social media by Duluth's own 'Trampled by Turtles' has sparked speculation about the return of the band.

Fans of Trampled by Turtles may be surprised by a tweet sent out by the band on Sunday saying that they are "going away for awhile."

The new music out this week is absolutely about as diverse as you can get with spoof master weird Al and Local Heroes Trampled by Turtles.

Sundance Movie Festival 2013 Official Selection movie, "The Way Way Back" opens in select theaters on July 5th (not in the Twin Ports, though.)  Aside from an all-star cast that includes Steve Carrell, Toni Collette, Allison Janney, AnnaSophia Robb, Sam Rockwell, Maya Rudolph, Rob Corddry and Amanda Peet, the soundtrack, available today, includes one of my favorite songs, Trampled by Tur

The Minnesota Twins have announced plans for the Twins Midwest Music Showcase, a series of eight live music events during Twins games at Target Field. Every Wednesday home game from May through August, local bands will perform original songs live from the left field balcony during pregame, inning breaks and pitching changes.

Team Coco (Conan O'Brien) has premiered the latest Trampled by Turtles video.  From their Stars and Satellites album, the video for "Midnight on the Interstate" was created by students at the Bethany Lutheran College Media Arts department in Mankato, MN.

Duluth's own Trampled by Turtles will make a trip back home this summer for a concert at Bayfront Festival Park.  Earlier this month they played at the DECC's Symphony Hall as part of their 10th anniversary tour, and they'll be at Clyde next week for Homegrown.

I actually watched the Grammy's last night.  For the first time in years.  I was looking forward to the performances from Maroon 5, Alicia Keys, Rihanna, Justin Timberlake, The Lumineers, fun. and The Black Keys just to name a few.  But another great performance was done by Mumford and Sons...

In April, Duluth's Trampled by Turtles made their debut on network television with an appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman.  Not long after in July, they performed on the Late Late show with Craig Ferguson.  Now we can add a performance on Adult Swim's "Squidbillies" where we see Trampled by Turtles (first mistaken as 38 Special) perform "Walt Whitman."

Less than two weeks ago, Duluth favorite Trampled By Turtles played at Bayfront Festival Park during Twin Ports Bridge Festival.  They headlined the second day of the festival--a day added to raise money for the United Way's Long Term Flood Relief Fund.