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The Crime Novels are a Twin Cities-based band melding 70's soul with Film Noir imagery and raw Rock and Roll. Citing soul and R'n'B influences like The Impressions and Otis Redding, along with contemporary artists like The Afghan Whigs, Urge Overkill and Paul Weller, the band works hard to create multi-faceted and dynamic songs.

The Crime Novels' debut EP, Waiting on Mr. Divine , is now available via Apple's iTunes Music Store!

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Member Since: 28/03/2005
Band Members: Matthew Anderson: Guitar, Vocals
Patrick Kerr: Bass, Vocals
Andrew Buehler: Guitar,Vocals

Past Contributors:
Kellie Nitz: Vocals, Percussion, Bass
Pete Rex: Drums, Percussion
Keith Allen: Keyboards
Gary Vogel: Guitar
Ben Anderson: Sax
Kevin Lane: Guitar, Vocals
Brian Barnett: Drums

Influences: Afghan Whigs, Urge Overkill, Paul Weller, Rickie Lee Jones
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Now Available from iTunes!!!



Record Label: Unsigned

My Blog

Crime Novels News

Line-up changes, priority changes, and life changes have left the Crime Novels in quite the state of flux over the past year. I won't use the word "hiatus" though. Suffice to say that things are in ...
Posted by on Tue, 15 Apr 2008 13:35:00 GMT

Just a little note...

Hello friendsJust a note to let you know that we have a mixed(!) version of "Sonny" up now instead of the rough mix. Progress on the rest of the album's mixing is slow but steady. Check back here fo...
Posted by on Sat, 08 Dec 2007 10:56:00 GMT

TCN August Update

So much news...Obviously we're quite shocked by the tragedy of the recent 35W bridge collapse here in Minneapolis. Our sweet chaunteuse, Kellie Nitz, was to perform that night with another one of her...
Posted by on Mon, 06 Aug 2007 21:01:00 GMT

The Crime Novels' PERFECT GETAWAY

Greetings friends!After our mixing sessions last week we're excited to reveal some details about our upcoming record! We have no set date yet, but we're hoping for an October/November release at a ve...
Posted by on Fri, 06 Jul 2007 06:53:00 GMT

Phase 2 - Mixing

At last, we finished all the recording for our upcoming full-length album. Many MANY thanks to Emily Olson and the Horns of Chooglin for their brilliant session work! This week we hit the Fine Line ...
Posted by on Sun, 24 Jun 2007 20:59:00 GMT

Recording almost done

This Wednesday Matt is returning to the Devil's Workshop with Emily Olson of the local Minneapolis band The Blue Mollies to add the keyboards to the songs we've put down. This will complete the recor...
Posted by on Sat, 21 Apr 2007 11:54:00 GMT

Still working hard

A big thanks to the infusion of friends we've received over the past month! We appreciate your support!We spent a weekend last month at The Devil's Workshop laying down the basic tracks for the new r...
Posted by on Tue, 06 Mar 2007 20:30:00 GMT

Hey, baby, wake up and come and dance with me...

The season smiles on the Crime Novels...The Rocket Sessions of demos are done and we're getting ready to translate them to the Devil's Workshop late in January. They sound great! Andrew's a wizard.L...
Posted by on Mon, 25 Dec 2006 18:36:00 GMT

Demos

So now we're laying down pre-production demos for our first full-length album. We hit Devil's Workshop studio here in Minneapolis in late January. In the interim, we're testing out a few tunes with ...
Posted by on Tue, 05 Dec 2006 16:24:00 GMT

Recording

Tonight we hit the studio to record our version of the Afghan Whigs classic, 'Honkey's Ladder."  We're thrilled to be a part of the Summer's Kiss tribute project, and this also marks our first ti...
Posted by on Mon, 11 Sep 2006 11:46:00 GMT