Email Author Andrea Swensson

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• 2010 - Page One Contest/Minnesota Society of Professional Journalists

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2010 Stories by Andrea Swensson

• Romantica's Ben Kyle, Purest Spiritual Pigs' Helena Thompson interviewed in this week's City Pages

  published Dec 08, 2010

  Professionally speaking, Ben Kyle's cup seems to runneth over: He just got back from a European tour with Carrie Rodriguez and is preparing to release a duet album with the famed fiddler in February, ... More >>

• Snoop Dogg adds second Cabooze show

  published Dec 08, 2010

  Sometime between defending Willie Nelson ("If you got a problem with Willie Nelson, you got a problem with me!") maybe performing at Prince William's bachelor party, and starring in the new Gorillaz m... More >>

• Romantica on the record

  published December 8, 2010

  With two separate albums on the way (including a new collaboration with fierce fiddler and songwriter Carrie Rodriguez and the third album from... More >>

• The Goondas, Me & My Arrow, Pictures of Then, Canby set to 'Rock for Socks' this weekend

  published Dec 07, 2010

  With holiday season charity drives in full swing, do-gooders are collecting everything from coats to canned goods to toys for those in need. This weekend, four local rock bands are getting in on the c... More >>

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  Anders Ponders performs for City of Music

  published Dec 06, 2010

  As promised, we have a fresh installment of City of Music to release into the wild today. This week, the COM video crew cozied up with Anders Ponders and his six-piece band in his dining room to captu... More >>

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  Sarah Winters flips Taio Cruz's 'Dynamite' into saddest song ever

  published Dec 03, 2010

  We're suckers for a good cover, especially one that takes a familiar melody and distorts it with a completely fresh perspective. So we were amped to hear that local songstress Sarah Winters has been t... More >>

• Robert Plant's Low cover earns Grammy nomination

  published Dec 03, 2010

  It's a roundabout local nod, but we'll take it: It was announced this week that Robert Plant has been nominated for a "Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance" Grammy for his cover of Duluth trio Low's song ... More >>

• Usonia offer up their lumberjack pop as a free download

  published Dec 03, 2010

  With a name inspired by Frank Lloyd Wright's Utopian worldview and publicity photo of three young lads in earflap hats, it was hard for us to overlook a bit of mysterious correspondence from new local... More >>

• Kid Cudi rocks vintage Prince tee on Conan

  published Dec 01, 2010

  Kid Cudi has been making the late night talk show rounds lately in promotion of his record, Man On The Moon II: The Legend Of Mr. Rager, but the performance that caught our eye was his stop on Conan's... More >>

• Anders Ponders packs his band into his dining room for cozy taping

  published Dec 01, 2010

  With half the workweek under our belts, it's time to start looking forward to next week's City of Music video, which drops every Monday morning right here on Gimme Noise. Producer Dan Huiting sent alo... More >>

• Intermedia Arts, Tarnish & Gold hosting free panel discussions on music and the arts this week

  published Nov 30, 2010

  Two Minneapolis art galleries will host two different locally rooted panel discussions about music, art, and community involvement this week. Tonight at Intermedia Arts, MNOriginal and the Minneapol... More >>

• M.anifest, Jon Davis, Pete Hennig selected as MECA winners

  published Nov 30, 2010

  It's always reassuring when an organization recognizes the time and resources required for a musician to devote any significant portion of time to their art. So we were thrilled to hear that three loc... More >>

• Ruby Isle recruit Flight of the Conchords dog for new video

  published Nov 30, 2010

  Ruby Isle, the catchy dance-rock collaboration between Mark Mallman, Dan Geller, and Aaron Lemay, just dropped a new video for one of their Guns 'N Roses covers from their forthcoming record, Appetite... More >>

• The New Standards Holiday Concert

  published December 1, 2010

  Now in its fifth year and spanning three separate shows, the New Standards Holiday Concert has become a celebratory annual treat for local music... More >>

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  Jayhawks planning tour, reissues, new album (!)

  published Nov 29, 2010

  It's no easy feat pulling off three back-to-back nights at First Avenue, but the Jayhawks made it look effortless this past summer when they powered through one of the most memorable local music event... More >>

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  A Tribute to the Replacements, 11/26/10

  published Nov 29, 2010

  A Tribute to the Replacements' TimNovember 26, 2010First Avenue, MinneapolisReported with special help from Robyn LewisNow in its third installment, the Thanksgiving weekend tradition of reveling in t... More >>

• Atmosphere at First Avenue, 11/27/10

  published Nov 29, 2010

  AtmosphereNovember 27, 2010First Avenue, MinneapolisSaturday night was Atmosphere's first of two extraordinarily sold-out shows in the Mainroom, and the buzzing crowd and comparatively intimate enviro... More >>

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  Alicia Wiley performs for City of Music

  published Nov 29, 2010

  It's a big week for Alicia Wiley, who is releasing her fifth album, Both Sides, at the Entry this Thursday with openers Hildur Victoria and Greycoats. We'll have an interview with Alicia in this week'... More >>

• Rogue Valley CD-release at the Cedar, 11/26/10

  published Nov 29, 2010

  Rogue Valley Geese in the Flyway release showNovember 26, 2010Cedar Cultural Center, MinneapolisAs a Cedar staffperson introduced Rogue Valley at their third album release show of the year last Friday... More >>

• Guante and Big Cats! drop new music video for Black Friday

  published Nov 26, 2010

  With the Electric Fetus offering "Record Store Day" limited edition releases and Fifth Element bringing in Rhymesayers recording artists to run the registers today, Black Friday is in full swing in ou... More >>

• Flyer of the Week: The Blind Shake, Bombay Sweets at the Hex

  published Nov 24, 2010

  Happy Thanksgiving! Enjoy this gruesome flyer depicting the darker side of the holiday season in honor of tonight's killer lineup at the Hex. The Blind Shake and Picked to Click 2010 finalists the Bom... More >>

• Alicia Wiley takes us down to the Clown Lounge

  published Nov 24, 2010

  Jazz pianist and songwriter Alicia Wiley is getting ready to unveil her fifth full-length album, Both Sides, next week at the Entry, and she invited the video crew at MPLS.TV to film an exclusive perf... More >>

• Twin Cities named #7 destination for live rock music in the U.S.

  published Nov 23, 2010

  We love a good graph. All those vertices, nodes, and endpoints... and don't even get us started on arcs. It'll just get us all worked up. So we were psyched to find a graph today telling us that the T... More >>

• Justin Vernon of Bon Iver on Kanye West

  published Nov 23, 2010

  Quite a few revelations abound in this fascinating in-depth report on the vibe in Kanye West's Hawaii studio during the creation of his just-released My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. Seriously. We c... More >>

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  Aster Cafe emerges as an elegant new 'listening room'

  published Nov 23, 2010

  With a delicate layer of snow blanketing the Cities, it seems like a fine time to cozy up inside the Aster Cafe, one of Minneapolis's more promising new live music locales. Revamped under new ownershi... More >>