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2012 Stories by Pat O'Brien

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  Kurt Vile and the Violators at 400 Bar, 5/22/12

  published May 23, 2012

  Kurt Vile and the Violators With True Widow and Black Bananas 400 Bar, Minneapolis May 22, 2012 Kurt Vile offered up "Jesus Fever", his biggest hit to date, as the second song is his set Tuesday nigh... More >>

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  4th annual Lyn-Lake Festival, 5/20/12

  published May 21, 2012

  4th Annual Lyn-Lake Festival Lyndale Avenue South at 29th Street South, Minneapolis May 20, 2012 Slideshow: Lyn-Lake Street Festival 2012The day started off a little rocky on Sunday at the 4th Annual... More >>

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  Top 10 best grunge songs

  published May 18, 2012

  With Saint Kurt gone for 18 years now, it's important to remember grunge wasn't just Nirvana. It was a movement, and though each year it seems a little bit sillier than it did the last, it was importa... More >>

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  Slash featuring Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators at The Brick, 5/14/12

  published May 15, 2012

  Slash featuring Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators With Brand New Sin and Hillbilly Herald The Brick, Minneapolis May 14, 2012 Monday night's Slash featuring Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators perfor... More >>

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  Neon Indian at First Avenue, 5/4/12

  published May 07, 2012

  Neon IndianFirst Avenue, MinneapolisFriday, May 4, 2012On record, Neon Indian is dynamic and an utterly fun band to listen to. The electro-tinged music seems it would almost automatically translate w... More >>

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  De La Soul at the Cabooze, 4/27/12

  published Apr 30, 2012

  De La SoulThe Cabooze, MinneapolisFriday, April 27, 2012View a slideshow from the concert here. De La Soul have always been on the outside edges of hip-hop. They have tight rhymes, sharp, smart beats... More >>

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  Will Alabama Shakes get a hold on Minneapolisr

  published Apr 26, 2012

  Related:Dawes finds serious fan base in MinnesotaWith the release of their debut album Boys & Girls a couple of weeks ago, Alabama Shakes put forth yet another record the roots of which can be tra... More >>

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  Five Prince perfumes that would smell sweeter than 3121

  published Apr 18, 2012

  A New York judge this week ordered Prince to pay a perfume maker nearly $4 million for failing to promote the 3121 line of scents that were a tie-in to the release of 2006's 3121. This is yet anothe... More >>

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  Lucero at First Avenue, 4/4/12

  published Apr 05, 2012

  Lucero First Avenue, Minneapolis Wednesday, April 4, 2012If the Replacements had come from Memphis they would have been Lucero. Hard-drinking, self-deprecating and hardly ever winning in the end, the ... More >>

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  A postmortem defense of Jet

  published Mar 28, 2012

  It might not seem like a big deal that much-maligned Australian band Jet announced their "discontinuation as a group" on Tuesday. Most of the people who will read this post had long ago written off Je... More >>

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  We Were Promised Jetpacks at Varsity Theater, 3/21/12

  published Mar 22, 2012

  We Were Promised JetpacksVarsity Theater, MinneapolisWednesday, March 21, 2012Scottish indie rockers We Were Promised Jetpacks proved here's still room for invention within the genre at the Varsity Th... More >>

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  Megadeth and Motorhead at Myth, 2/14/12

  published Feb 15, 2012

  MegadethWith MotorheadMyth, MinneapolisTuesday, February 14, 2012For a slideshow from the concert, click here.With mullets galore and a woman retching her guts out in the parking lot outside Myth, Tue... More >>

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  The Current's 7th birthday party at First Avenue, 1/28/12

  published Jan 30, 2012

  The Current's 7th Birthday Party, Day 2With Polica, Suicide Commandos, Sims, and Haley BonarFirst Avenue, MinneapolisSaturday, January 28, 2012View a slideshow from the concert here and coverage of ni... More >>