Email Author Pat O'Brien

2013 Stories by Pat O'Brien

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  The Thermals at 7th Street Entry, 5/14/13

  published May 15, 2013

  The Thermals with Strange Relations 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis Tuesday, May 14, 2013 The Thermals are indie rock's consummate underdogs. They've never been as popular as they should be. Their albu... More >>

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  Black Moth Super Rainbow at Fine Line, 5/13/13

  published May 14, 2013

  Black Moth Super Rainbow with the Hood Internet and Oscillator Bug Fine Line Music Cafe Monday, May 13, 2013 You can dress up the sound of Pittsburgh's Black Moth Super Rainbow with any sort of fancy... More >>

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  DJ Shadow at Mill City Nights, 5/2/13

  published May 03, 2013

  All things being equal, DJ Shadow is better as his job than you are at yours. Thursday at Mill City Nights, the former Joshua Davis drove that point home tenfold with a 90-minute set of songs that wer... More >>

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  The 4onthefloor at Turf Club, 4/4/13

  published Apr 05, 2013

  The 4onthefloor with Eric Koskinen Turf Club, St. Paul Thursday, April 4, 2013You know what you're getting when you go to a 4onthefloor show. It's never anything less than the most fun you'll have tha... More >>

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  Sky Ferreira and How to Dress Well at Triple Rock, 4/1/13

  published Apr 02, 2013

  Sky Ferreira with How to Dress Well and High Highs Triple Rock Social Club, MinneapolisMonday, April 1, 2013Monday night's show at the Triple Rock featuring How to Dress Well and Sky Ferreira was a ta... More >>

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  Electric Six at First Avenue, 3/21/13

  published Mar 22, 2013

  Electric Six with Mark Mallman and Carroll First Avenue, Minneapolis Thursday, March 21, 2013The Electric Six are stupid. But this isn't new information, nor should it be surprising that a band which ... More >>

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  Snowden at Triple Rock Social Club, 2/25/13

  published Feb 26, 2013

  Snowden with Story of the Sea Triple Rock Social Club, Minneapolis Monday, February 25, 2013"Long time no see, Minneapolis!" Snowden's lead singer/guitarist (and sole constant member), Jordan Jeffares... More >>

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  The Residents at Cedar Cultural Center, 2/18/13

  published Feb 19, 2013

  The Residents Cedar Cultural Center, MinneapolisMonday, February 18, 2013 The Residents rolled in Monday at the Cedar Cultural Center on their 40th anniversary World of Weird Tour and it lived up to ... More >>

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  The Vaccines at Triple Rock Social Club, 2/9/13

  published Feb 11, 2013

  The Vaccines with San Cisco and France Camp Triple Rock Social Club, Minneapolis Saturday, February 9, 2013 Let's get something straight: the Vaccines will most likely never win a Grammy award. That... More >>

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  Hot Water Music at Mill City Nights, 2/1/13

  published Feb 04, 2013

  Hot Water Music with La Dispute and The Menzingers Mill City Nights, MinneapolisFriday, February 1, 2013The disconnect between Hot Water Music's recorded material and Friday's show at Mill City Nights... More >>

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  Method Man at the Cabooze, 1/26/13

  published Jan 28, 2013

  Method Man with Carnage, Toki Wright and DJ D Mil The Cabooze, MinneapolisSaturday, January 26, 2013 With marijuana smoke thick in the air and the Cabooze staff apparently looking the other way abou... More >>

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  5 possible surprises at tonight's Prince show

  published Jan 18, 2013

  Prince's shows tonight at the Dakota, his last of these "open rehearsal" concerts, are advertised on the Dakota's website with four simple words (and extra punctuation): "Surprise!! (don't miss this!)... More >>

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  Quicksand at First Avenue, 1/13/13

  published Jan 14, 2013

  Quicksand with Single Mothers Sunday, January 13, 2013 First Avenue, Minneapolis Taking the stage to a vaguely John Williams-esque piece of music Sunday night at First Avenue, '90s post-hardcore gods... More >>