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The Dakota July 24 & 25! You know you want it!

Some new press has come to our attention! Pop Matters says, "...[W]hen the trio focus on smoother pop-orientated material, especially their brooding, faintly eastern-influenced take of Sam Cooke’s “Bring It on Home to Me” and a sublimely demented version of Britney Spears’s “Toxic”, they captivate with style, wit and imagination." -Alan Brown

The Hotel Cafe show was reviewed in RED ALERT. Guess what? "...an exceedingly entertaining show and one of the more memorable I've seen all year. At night's end the band literally had the audience asking for more." Check it!!

"...give these guys an award for being so super cool in their awesome versions of Lou Reed's "Rock and roll", The Yeah Yeah Yeah's "Maps" and Outkast's "Hey ya". Melodic.net (SWEDEN)

The Uniter has kind words and 3.5 stars for Rock and Roll. Thank you gentle neighbors to the north. May your summer be long and warm!

The Pasadena Weekly Weighs in on Rock and Roll!

Hybrid reviews Rock and Roll.Check it out!

Rock and Roll jumps to #22 on CMJ Jazz Chart! I guess this means that we're jazz.

Munson weighs in on L-U-V: says "it's grand." This sort of slipped through the cracks, but click here to learn about not only John's musings on love songs, but several other Minneapolis musicians, including former TNS Christmas show guest, Haley Bonar.

SAN FRANCISCO DATE POSTPONED! We are sad about it, but the timing just didn't work this time. Look for us to re-schedule later this spring.

Heavyweight New York Marketing genius dubs The New Standards "A MAN BAND!" Impressed band buys her dinner and a drink!!

Soundcheck on WNYC went down! Check out our episode here. It's not too late to leave a comment telling why you love/hate The New Standards!

MAGNET REVIEWS "ROCK AND ROLL"Check the bold assessment of some writer making a bid for a headlines editor position at The Onion! Drop a comment on the critique. Agree? Disagree? Elaborate!

CMJ Chart ActionThe New Standards crack the top 100 at college radio. Still in the TOP 100 After 6 weeks and also in the Jazz Top 25!!

MORE DATES ADDED!!! New York, Minneapolis, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco... UNREAL!

THE NEW STANDARDS COME IN AT LUCKY #13 IN CMJ TOP 200 ADDS CHART #1087!!!! Cool...

The Pittsburgh Tribune Weighs in on "Rock and Roll" Seems they dig it!

TNS' TPT December 19th television appearance is up on their site! Check it out. select December 19th broadcast and then go to The New Standards segment.

Check out a fan's eye view of The 3rd Annual Holiday Show at The Semisonic Message Board. Mysty-eyed affection!

City Pages put up Steven Cohen's slide show from The Holiday Show. Check it out here!

VitaMn looks at The New Standards process.

How Was The Show? editor David De Young calls the new CD "...awesome. And gorgeous. And chock full of cool jazz." See his complete review of The 3rd Annual Holiday Show. AND check the sweet picture of Munson in his tiny hat in Photo of the Week.

The Star Tribune weighs in on Rock and Roll. Check it out here! There's a cool video of us doing "No Cars Go" in our rehearsal studio that comes with the article!

Read what The St Cloud Times has to say about Rock and Roll.

Listen to KVSC Program Director Jo McMullen's nice long interview with the band on her visit to the band's rehearsal for the Christmas show

The guys pay a visit to Cities 97 and stalwart supporter of the local scene, Jason Nagel's "Minnesota Music" Sunday night November 30. Fun interview, scrambly radio renderings of new tunes, and a preview of Saturday night's Holiday Show. Tune in at 10:00 PM and again on Friday morning with BT! Check out the interviewand video from Studio C!

Chan and John interview with crack journo Michael Walsh featured in this weeks City Pages. Click here to check it out.

Check out John's interview from November 14th with Rick Katschke on his show Host and Guest.

New CD Rock and Roll Reviews start off with The Duluth Budgeteer's Matthew Perrine's Rave!