10 Items or Fewer
@10orfewer.bsky.social
10 Items or Fewer: Music by Mike Hallenbeck & co, dipping post-skiffle X-treme indie folk in the depths of flyover country and psychedelia w/ lyrics about dinosaurs, mammoths, Evel Kneivel, Star Wars, and a crashed Russian space station. 10itemsorfewer.com
#Caturday Ernest takes a break from visiting relentless destruction across the house like a feline swarm of locusts, luxuriating in my guitar case’s plush interior for a brief and deceptively tranquil respite that might lurch back into mayhem at any moment.
November 22, 2025 at 3:04 PM
#Caturday Ernest takes a break from visiting relentless destruction across the house like a feline swarm of locusts, luxuriating in my guitar case’s plush interior for a brief and deceptively tranquil respite that might lurch back into mayhem at any moment.
Greetings new followers! We’re 10 Items or Fewer, a project based around the songwriting of yours truly (Mike Hallenbeck here). This music sifts the soil of Weird America to pull from all that twangs, jangles, and lilts. Thanks so much for following us! <more>
November 12, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Greetings new followers! We’re 10 Items or Fewer, a project based around the songwriting of yours truly (Mike Hallenbeck here). This music sifts the soil of Weird America to pull from all that twangs, jangles, and lilts. Thanks so much for following us! <more>
My phone helpfully assembled a "People & Pets" gallery for me, featuring myself, my wife Jen, Luke Skywalker, 10 Items or Fewer bassist Matt Regan and harmony vocalist Rhiannon Fiskradatz, and a guy who plays in @joefaheymusic.bsky.social's band, who's very nice, but who's name I don't know.
October 31, 2025 at 2:37 PM
My phone helpfully assembled a "People & Pets" gallery for me, featuring myself, my wife Jen, Luke Skywalker, 10 Items or Fewer bassist Matt Regan and harmony vocalist Rhiannon Fiskradatz, and a guy who plays in @joefaheymusic.bsky.social's band, who's very nice, but who's name I don't know.
It me!
Back in the studio at Cool Cat Audio, tracking some sounds for Rhinannon’s next Mama Faerie project. Photo by the artist. <more>
October 22, 2025 at 2:20 PM
It me!
Thanks to everyone who came out to see Eric Ziegenhagen with the 10 Items or Fewer Action Squad Beta trio (featuring myself, harmony singer Rhiannon Fiskradatz and guitarist Dan Gaarder) opening up! <more>
October 21, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Thanks to everyone who came out to see Eric Ziegenhagen with the 10 Items or Fewer Action Squad Beta trio (featuring myself, harmony singer Rhiannon Fiskradatz and guitarist Dan Gaarder) opening up! <more>
Final rehearsal (with Dan and Rhiannon) of the 10 Items or Fewer Action Squad Beta trio before our Bryant Lake Bowl show on Sunday Rocktober 19th at 7 pm, opening for Eric Ziegenhagen! <more>
October 18, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Final rehearsal (with Dan and Rhiannon) of the 10 Items or Fewer Action Squad Beta trio before our Bryant Lake Bowl show on Sunday Rocktober 19th at 7 pm, opening for Eric Ziegenhagen! <more>
Eric is coming all the way from Portland for this show, and I’m coming all the way from my house. Don’t let this idyllic diptych pass you by! It’s nice and early, so even without a disco nap you can still get home at a decent hour on a school night. <more>
October 16, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Eric is coming all the way from Portland for this show, and I’m coming all the way from my house. Don’t let this idyllic diptych pass you by! It’s nice and early, so even without a disco nap you can still get home at a decent hour on a school night. <more>
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Hey, this is a week away (in Chicago) and a little less than that (in Minneapolis):
Chicago & Minneapolis, playing two shows this month:
Sunday 10/19 at Bryant Lake Bowl (Twin Cities) with 10 Items or Fewer (trio) @10orfewer.bsky.social
Wednesday 10/22 at The Hideout (Chicago) with Shredded Sun and Leigh Stein
That's that!
Sunday 10/19 at Bryant Lake Bowl (Twin Cities) with 10 Items or Fewer (trio) @10orfewer.bsky.social
Wednesday 10/22 at The Hideout (Chicago) with Shredded Sun and Leigh Stein
That's that!
October 14, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Hey, this is a week away (in Chicago) and a little less than that (in Minneapolis):
The “Action Squad Beta” trio formation of 10 Items or Fewer that you’ll see at the Bryant Lake Bowl on Sunday Rocktober 19th, opening for @eziegen, amounts to an exercise in reductive arrangement focus. <more>
October 10, 2025 at 2:19 PM
The “Action Squad Beta” trio formation of 10 Items or Fewer that you’ll see at the Bryant Lake Bowl on Sunday Rocktober 19th, opening for @eziegen, amounts to an exercise in reductive arrangement focus. <more>
It’s Bandcamp Friday! And while you can hear songs from both Eric Ziegenhagen and 10 Items or Fewer at the Bryant Lake Bowl on Sunday Rocktober 19th at 7 pm, today is a chance to support us directly by purchasing our music! <more>
October 3, 2025 at 1:31 PM
It’s Bandcamp Friday! And while you can hear songs from both Eric Ziegenhagen and 10 Items or Fewer at the Bryant Lake Bowl on Sunday Rocktober 19th at 7 pm, today is a chance to support us directly by purchasing our music! <more>
Reposted by 10 Items or Fewer
Chicago & Minneapolis, playing two shows this month:
Sunday 10/19 at Bryant Lake Bowl (Twin Cities) with 10 Items or Fewer (trio) @10orfewer.bsky.social
Wednesday 10/22 at The Hideout (Chicago) with Shredded Sun and Leigh Stein
That's that!
Sunday 10/19 at Bryant Lake Bowl (Twin Cities) with 10 Items or Fewer (trio) @10orfewer.bsky.social
Wednesday 10/22 at The Hideout (Chicago) with Shredded Sun and Leigh Stein
That's that!
October 2, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Chicago & Minneapolis, playing two shows this month:
Sunday 10/19 at Bryant Lake Bowl (Twin Cities) with 10 Items or Fewer (trio) @10orfewer.bsky.social
Wednesday 10/22 at The Hideout (Chicago) with Shredded Sun and Leigh Stein
That's that!
Sunday 10/19 at Bryant Lake Bowl (Twin Cities) with 10 Items or Fewer (trio) @10orfewer.bsky.social
Wednesday 10/22 at The Hideout (Chicago) with Shredded Sun and Leigh Stein
That's that!
Eric Ziegenhagen is fleeing antifa-ravaged Portland to bring you his songs! In Minneapolis on Sunday Rocktober 19th at Bryant Lake Bowl, you can catch the 10 Items or Fewer Action Squad Beta trio formation open for him at 7 pm .Ticket link in the replies!
October 2, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Eric Ziegenhagen is fleeing antifa-ravaged Portland to bring you his songs! In Minneapolis on Sunday Rocktober 19th at Bryant Lake Bowl, you can catch the 10 Items or Fewer Action Squad Beta trio formation open for him at 7 pm .Ticket link in the replies!
Accordion overdubs at Cool Cat Audio on the upcoming 10 Items or Fewer album with the maestro himself, Jon Duncan!
Two things I noticed after this session:
1. Making good music happen with good people has a way of lifting one’s spirits, a boon in times like these. <more>
Two things I noticed after this session:
1. Making good music happen with good people has a way of lifting one’s spirits, a boon in times like these. <more>
October 1, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Accordion overdubs at Cool Cat Audio on the upcoming 10 Items or Fewer album with the maestro himself, Jon Duncan!
Two things I noticed after this session:
1. Making good music happen with good people has a way of lifting one’s spirits, a boon in times like these. <more>
Two things I noticed after this session:
1. Making good music happen with good people has a way of lifting one’s spirits, a boon in times like these. <more>
@ericzieg.bsky.social and I were born on the same day. Not just like, we share the same birthday, but the exact same day in history!
Whether delivered by mothers or by mothership, we’ll both be delivering original songs at the Bryant-Lake Bowl on Sunday Rocktober 19th at 7 pm.
Whether delivered by mothers or by mothership, we’ll both be delivering original songs at the Bryant-Lake Bowl on Sunday Rocktober 19th at 7 pm.
September 25, 2025 at 2:46 PM
@ericzieg.bsky.social and I were born on the same day. Not just like, we share the same birthday, but the exact same day in history!
Whether delivered by mothers or by mothership, we’ll both be delivering original songs at the Bryant-Lake Bowl on Sunday Rocktober 19th at 7 pm.
Whether delivered by mothers or by mothership, we’ll both be delivering original songs at the Bryant-Lake Bowl on Sunday Rocktober 19th at 7 pm.
Vocal recording for the new 10 Items or Fewer album continues at @coolcataudio.bsky.social! Harmony singer Rhiannon Fiskradatz took these shots in the booth the other day.
September 23, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Vocal recording for the new 10 Items or Fewer album continues at @coolcataudio.bsky.social! Harmony singer Rhiannon Fiskradatz took these shots in the booth the other day.
Thanks again to everyone who came out to see 10 Items or Fewer and The What Have Yous at the 331 Club last week! Here are a few images from the evening. Show was a blast, and it was great to meet the What Have Yous after admiring them from afar. 10 Items photo: Aaron Fiskradatz <more>
September 17, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Thanks again to everyone who came out to see 10 Items or Fewer and The What Have Yous at the 331 Club last week! Here are a few images from the evening. Show was a blast, and it was great to meet the What Have Yous after admiring them from afar. 10 Items photo: Aaron Fiskradatz <more>
Thanks to everyone who came out to the 331 last night– that was a blast! I’ll be sharing some images from that occasion before too long.
First, though, I want to announce that our next show– in the Action Squad Beta trio deployment of myself, Rhiannon Fiskradatz and Dan Gaarder... <more>
First, though, I want to announce that our next show– in the Action Squad Beta trio deployment of myself, Rhiannon Fiskradatz and Dan Gaarder... <more>
September 11, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Thanks to everyone who came out to the 331 last night– that was a blast! I’ll be sharing some images from that occasion before too long.
First, though, I want to announce that our next show– in the Action Squad Beta trio deployment of myself, Rhiannon Fiskradatz and Dan Gaarder... <more>
First, though, I want to announce that our next show– in the Action Squad Beta trio deployment of myself, Rhiannon Fiskradatz and Dan Gaarder... <more>
Please join us on Wednesday September 10th at 9:30 PM for the 331 Club debut of 10 Items or Fewer! We’re opening for the What-have Yous, all the way from Eau Claire, WI! No cover! <more>
September 9, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Please join us on Wednesday September 10th at 9:30 PM for the 331 Club debut of 10 Items or Fewer! We’re opening for the What-have Yous, all the way from Eau Claire, WI! No cover! <more>
At the 331 Club on September 10th, you’ll hear quite a few new songs from the forthcoming 10 Items or Fewer album. But you’ll also hear the occasional cover, possibly including this version of Prince’s “Mountains”... <more>
September 4, 2025 at 2:14 PM
At the 331 Club on September 10th, you’ll hear quite a few new songs from the forthcoming 10 Items or Fewer album. But you’ll also hear the occasional cover, possibly including this version of Prince’s “Mountains”... <more>
@minnesotamusicresistance’s Organization of the Month for September is @abortionfront, a group that describes itself as “a coven of hilarious badass feminists who use humor and pop culture to expose the haters fighting against reproductive rights” <more>
September 2, 2025 at 1:31 PM
@minnesotamusicresistance’s Organization of the Month for September is @abortionfront, a group that describes itself as “a coven of hilarious badass feminists who use humor and pop culture to expose the haters fighting against reproductive rights” <more>
Ideally, a song should pass the campfire test-- i.e. you can play it on a single instrument and sing it while sitting around a campfire, and it’ll work just fine. Presumably, one should also follow the campsite rule while doing so... <more>
August 29, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Ideally, a song should pass the campfire test-- i.e. you can play it on a single instrument and sing it while sitting around a campfire, and it’ll work just fine. Presumably, one should also follow the campsite rule while doing so... <more>
At the 331 Club on Wednesday September 10th at 9:30 PM, you’ll get to hear many new songs from the upcoming album by 10 Items or Fewer. But you’ll also get a dose of some songs off our debut platter “The Fossil Record”-- like “Space Station Mir”... <more>
August 21, 2025 at 3:39 PM
At the 331 Club on Wednesday September 10th at 9:30 PM, you’ll get to hear many new songs from the upcoming album by 10 Items or Fewer. But you’ll also get a dose of some songs off our debut platter “The Fossil Record”-- like “Space Station Mir”... <more>
Here’s the poster from the What-have-yous, which makes it official… this is happening. 331 Club in Northeast Minneapolis, Wednesday September 10th. 9:30 PM, no cover– 10 Items or Fewer, opening for The What-have-yous! <more>
August 14, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Here’s the poster from the What-have-yous, which makes it official… this is happening. 331 Club in Northeast Minneapolis, Wednesday September 10th. 9:30 PM, no cover– 10 Items or Fewer, opening for The What-have-yous! <more>
would like to wish you and your family the happiest of Bandcamp Fridays. Whether you’re out on the town celebrating or just having a quiet day at home, we hope you can keep the spirit of Bandcamp Friday in your heart all year round! <more>
August 1, 2025 at 2:29 PM
would like to wish you and your family the happiest of Bandcamp Fridays. Whether you’re out on the town celebrating or just having a quiet day at home, we hope you can keep the spirit of Bandcamp Friday in your heart all year round! <more>
While it may not be responsible to claim a direct one on one correlation, let’s just say that people who attend 10 Items or Fewer shows like the one coming up on September 10th at the 331 Club at 9:30 PM, opening for The What Have-yous, often find themselves quite glad they did.
July 31, 2025 at 2:42 PM
While it may not be responsible to claim a direct one on one correlation, let’s just say that people who attend 10 Items or Fewer shows like the one coming up on September 10th at the 331 Club at 9:30 PM, opening for The What Have-yous, often find themselves quite glad they did.