QWIKSAND

"If Shaft was living in
southern California and he invited Bob Marley and Jimi Hendrix over
for dinner," reads their website bio, "Orange
County quartet QWIKSAND would make a groovy side-dish." What the California surf funk band fails to mention is the wonderful scent of salt and sun evoked by their music — so much needed in the land-locked Midwest as the winter lays its icy claws to rest. A jam band at heart, QWIKSAND serves up fun, melodic funk, interlaced with rap sessions reminiscent of the Spin Doctors. Though they’re often compared to the Red Hot Chili Peppers, QWIKSAND has actually developed a much smoother, perhaps even poppier, sound. Currently on tour promoting their new album, QWIKSAND delivers its Liquid Dream to the Fine Line. Joining them will be dEv JAna, The Limns, and The Rebelution.

8 p.m. (QWIKSAND goes on at 10:30 p.m.), Fine Line Music Café, 318 1st Ave. N., Minneapolis; 612-338-8100; $3, or go here for a free ticket.