cindy lawson - long live the resistance

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“Watching Cindy Lawson sing has a way of putting a smile on your face. A charismatic performer, she exudes a love of the music and it rubs off on you as you watch. ” - Sheila Regan, MINNPOST 

Cindy Lawson began her rock and roll career in Minneapolis in 1985 with the all-female rock band, The Clams. Over the years, she played in several bands in Minneapolis and New York City, but then took a break starting in the late '90s. Cindy returned in full force in 2021, and in 2022 released “New Tricks,” her first full-length record in 25 years on Boston’s Rum Bar Records. 

New Tricks got airplay both nationally (on Little Steven’s Underground Garage and on Little Steven’s Coolest Songs in the World) and internationally, garnering rave reviews and airplay across the globe. In quick succession, she released a new single and video called “Don’t Come Crying To Me” in 2023 that was immediately picked for Little Steven’s Coolest Songs in the World Channel on Sirius XM. The eponymous EP was released later that year, and landed in the top ten of 2023 local releases on RacketMN, and listed on KFAI's list of "Best Local Releases of 2023." Two songs from the EP, "I Don't Want You Anymore" and "Screamin' White Jezus," were in daily rotation on Stevie's Coolest Songs station in winter of 2023-2024. 

She released the single “The Reckoning” in September of 2025 on Hygh Tension/Virgin records, then recorded three more songs inspired by the strength and resilience of the good people of Minnesota, and will be releasing the EP, ¡LONG LIVE THE RESISTANCE! on October 3, 2026 with assistance from Boston’s own Rum Bar Records. Since her return to performing in 2021, she's played hundreds of shows throughout Minnesota, Iowa, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Boston. During that time she's opened for Everclear, The Dollyrots, The Dogmatics, The Suburbs, Tina and the B Sides, The Melismatics, Mark Mallman, The Von Tramps, Run Westy Run, Colin Bracewell, Venus DeMars and All the Pretty Horses, Flipp, and many more.