associated_acts years_active alias label article_title past_members background genre origin name
alva , vicious vicious , tapes ` n tapes , beatifics star , storyhill , friends like these , tapes and tapes , kid dakota 2004-2010 olympic hopefuls , camaro 2024 records draw fire records the hopefuls
 darren appelwick matt o'laughlin jackson heath henjum john hermanson eric fawcett erik group_or_band indie-pop , power pop minneapolis , minnesota the hopefuls
the hopefuls

this article is about the band .
for the segment in the tv series `` the word '' , see the word -lrb- tv series -rrb- .
the hopefuls , formerly known as the olympic hopefuls , are an indie-pop group from minneapolis , minnesota .
the hopefuls won both the artist of the year and best pop artist awards at the 2005 minnesota music awards .
