Email Author Jen Boyles

2008 Stories by Jen Boyles

• 5 Questions with: Andy Butler from Hercules And Love Affair

  published Dec 29, 2008

  "The Spirit Of 09" New Year's party featuring Hercules And Love Affair (DJ set) DJ KleverLe Castle Vania Solid Gold MoongoonsThe Loft / $35/$45 / Dec. 31 / 18+Buy Tickets Hercules And Love Affair i... More >>

• Diplo, DFA among Top 10 Dance Collections of 2008

  published Dec 29, 2008

  By Randall RobertsAny knucklehead with DSL and a laptop can now make an electronic track. With a half hour of clicking and fiddling, you can sample enough cheesy beats and mashups to clog arteries fro... More >>

• Play it again: Top 10 Reissues of 2008

  published Dec 29, 2008

  By Chris Gray It's time to rank the best of what went around and came around again. BILLY JOEL The Stranger (Columbia/Legacy) As punk and disco exploded, the Piano Man's deeply unhip 1978 break... More >>

• The Top 10 Most Preposterous Rap Songs of 2008

  published Dec 26, 2008

  by Ben WesthoffHip-hop A-listers including Rick Ross, Akon and Plies were caught grossly exaggerating their gangster credentials this year. (Turns out they were painfully law-abiding. The horror!) But... More >>

• Will Smith greets freezing fans at 7 Pounds premiere

  published Dec 14, 2008

  Photo by Necessary ExposureIt is absolutely mind numbing (and finger and toe numbing, for that matter) how far some people will go to get a glimpse of celebrity -- including clinging to frozen ba... More >>

• MPLS rap favorite Aesop Rock offers free download

  published Dec 11, 2008

  Def Jux announced late Thursday that Aesop Rock -- a longtime favorite of many Minneapolis hip-hop fans -- has created a new track available for mass download with accompanying slideshow of artwork ... More >>

• Lady Sovereign announces new label, album

  published Dec 08, 2008

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• Interview: Sims talks about upcoming album, Blowout

  published Dec 05, 2008

  As a preview to the Cal Surf shoe party fronted by three of my favorite Doomtree members, here's an interview with Sims about his upcoming new album and what's he's learned since the last one.Is there... More >>

• Doomtree Blowout IV

  published December 3, 2008

  In December of 2005, I stood backstage at the Varsity with a dozen happily bewildered local rappers who, in a heartwarming display of... More >>

• Variety Fashion Show: Diverse bodies, music, performances

  published Dec 01, 2008

  Backstage in the dressing room at the Fine Line for Variety Fashion show, models and stylists were buzzing about. Some frantically changing, some getting make-up airbrushed on with stencils and tape, ... More >>

• Show review: Maudlin CD release w/ The Hopefuls, So It Goes

  published Nov 28, 2008

  Maudlin rocks out Maudlin CD Release with So It Goes and The Hopefuls Nov. 26, 2008 @ The Triple Rock. While a good percentage of the city was either rocking out to Ike Reilly or getting blind drun... More >>

• Because we don't get enough cold in Minneapolis

  published Nov 28, 2008

  Chambers Hotel Ice Bar Grand Opening7-9 p.m. November 27, 20088th & Hennepin Ave. MinneapolisIf you like your martinis with a side of babushka and mini-skirt, you might be interested in tonight's ... More >>

• Derek Plaslaiko sends Shelter off with a bang

  published Nov 28, 2008

  Derek Plaslaiko -- Barfly Loft Friday, November 28th, 10 pm, 18+, $10 Sluggish from all the turkey you wolfed down yesterdayr Don't lie, we know you went back for thirds. If you're feeling a little... More >>

• Transmission @ Jager: Thanksgiving edition

  published Nov 26, 2008

  Transmission Clubhouse Jager Wednesday - Nov. 26th 10 p.m. Free Think hard-- when was the last time you heard Franz Ferdinand in a bar, it must be at least two or three year's ago rightr Just when y... More >>

• Chuck Love on fighting parrots, being extra funky

  published Nov 26, 2008

  With Minneapolis maestro Chuck Love, you can forget about a typical DJ set -- fold that notion up and cram it deep in the pocket of that coat you won't need at his set tonight. Live instrumentation ... More >>

• Dub Trio blazing their way to the Varsity Theater

  published Nov 21, 2008

  Dub Trio w/ Hardcore Crayons and Marvelle, Sunday November 23rd, Varsity Theater, 18+, 7 PM, $10 adv/$12 day of show Try imagining three in-demand session musicians that have played with 50 Cent, T... More >>

• Calexico to paint southwestern sunsets at the Fine Line

  published Nov 21, 2008

  Calexico w/ The Acorn, Saturday, November 22nd, Fine Line Music Cafe, 18+ , 8 PM, $17 adv/$20 day of show Calexico is not an indie band for your snotty little brother. There's no day-glo, no coke,... More >>

• The Herbaliser on leaving Ninja Tune, loving Obama, touring

  published Nov 19, 2008

  I caught up with The Herbaliser's trumpeter, Ralph Lamb, to talk to him about changes in the UK hip-hop/funk band (adding more live elements and a singer) and a bunch of other stuff, including thoug... More >>

• Ingrid Michaelson: 'Put your musical breast in my hand'

  published Nov 18, 2008

  Photo by Caleb Kuhl Ingrid Michaelson @Pantages Nov. 17, 2008 Of course Ingrid Michaelson can sing, but damn can she talk. And talk. And talk. Hilarious, a little crazy and borderline awkward, Mic... More >>

• Eyedea & Abilities on new record: 'People are gonna hate'

  published Nov 17, 2008

  IMAGES BY TONY NELSON "I think a lot of people are gonna hate on this," says DJ Abilities, referring to the new untitled album he and lyrical "miracle" counterpart Eyedea recently finished recordin... More >>

• Colorful duo Matt & Kim to kick start the T-Rock

  published Nov 14, 2008

  Brooklyn duo Matt and Kim don't need a huge cast of supporting players to join them onstage. Where some bands pack every square inch of available space with musicians and effects, the titular membe... More >>

• The Faint bring doom and dance to First Ave. Friday

  published Nov 13, 2008

  Once upon a time, The Faint was a straight-up rock band, prone to mid-tempo songs about love, relationships, and personal loss. In its earliest incarnation as Norman Bailer, the Omaha band even tou... More >>

• November events with Mpls' struggling EDM scene

  published Nov 11, 2008

  With the closing of popular-but-not-popular-enough club night Shelter lingering on the edge of a very near future (Nov. 28), I've been thinking a lot about the deterioration of the electronic dance ... More >>

• My Brightest Diamond show at the Cedar was a tearjerker

  published Nov 10, 2008

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• DVS1's Shelter club night kaput after November

  published Nov 10, 2008

  Oh, Minneapolis. You are so Jennifer Aniston when it comes to regular dance music nights -- why can't you hold onto just one good oner First SNDP went (First Ave). Then Plush (The Quest). Then Basic... More >>