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Black Francis
By Andrea Swensson
Published: July 8, 2009
Black Francis hardly needs an introduction. Whether using his Pixies moniker or going by his real name, Frank Black, under a solo project, Black has proven himself as one of...
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Gimme Noise
The Music Box sits on Nicollet as local music's most promising venue
Booker Pete Christensen says he'll turn Eat Street into Beat Street
By Andrea Swensson
Published: July 8, 2009
Despite the much-buzzed-about Great Recession, a surprising number of new music venues have been popping up around Minneapolis. The 501 Club on Washington opened earlier this...
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Gimme Noise
City on the Make keep pushing with latest and best album, Keep This on Fire
Members all work or worked at the Dakota Jazz Club
By Andrea Swensson
Published: July 1, 2009
There's something irresistible about how difficult it is to label City on the Make's music, and it's part of what makes their latest album, Keep This on Fire, so intoxicating....
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Gimme Noise
Idle Hands pick up speed with local radio's blessing
The Hearts We Broke on the Way to the Show makes long-awaited debut this month
By Andrea Swensson
Published: June 24, 2009
Fans of 89.3 the Current will undoubtedly be familiar with the Idle Hands, even if they don't recognize the band by name—their new single, "Loaded," has been spinning...
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Digitata (EP-Release)
By Andrea Swensson
Published: June 24, 2009
For the first time in a year and a half, local electro group Digitata will re-emerge to play a show and release an EP. The new nine-track album, called Art Work Pays, was...
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Hootenanny: A Community
By Andrea Swensson
Published: June 17, 2009
For the past three years, writer and musician Jim Walsh has worked tirelessly to cultivate an intensely personal, constantly evolving event known as the Mad Ripple Hootenanny....
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Feature
Jayhawks flock together to rock Basilica block party
Summer Guide: Events
By Andrea Swensson
Published: June 17, 2009
With what has shaped up to be its best lineup in years, the Basilica Block Party will host an impressive array of talent this year, culminating with a reunion show by the...
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Maria Isa (CD-Release)
By Andrea Swensson
Published: June 3, 2009
When Maria Isa performed at this year's Voltage: Fashion Amplified show, even an ill-fitting custom-made dress couldn't interfere with Isa's sexy confidence. Whether dressed in...
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Rebel Rebel: Rock for Pussy VI
By Andrea Swensson
Published: May 20, 2009
Now in its sixth year, the annual David Bowie tribute concert Rock for Pussy is boasting one of its biggest and most talented batch of guest singers yet. Organized by 89.3 the...
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Music
The Dinkytowner bids farewell
The local music venue and restaurant has announced that it will close up shop at the end of the month
By Andrea Swensson
Published: May 20, 2009
The local hip-hop community is grieving over the recent announcement that the Dinkytowner Café will close on Sunday, May 31. After much speculation in the preceding...
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Critics' Picks
Beach Boys, the Kills, Mogwai, and more
Andrea Swensson
Published: May 6, 2009
WEDNESDAY 5.6 Richard Lloyd & the Sufimonkey Trio Uptown Bar & Café While many of their punk peers were challenging the very idea of lead guitar, Television's Tom...
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Beach Boys
By Andrea Swensson
Published: April 29, 2009
Yes, you read the headline correctly. The Beach Boys are still together (well, a few of them anyway) and playing the casino circuit. Hot off last year's private appearance at...
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Gimme Noise
The Monks' beat goes on with pair of unsettling but fascinating reissues
Black Monk Time resurrected by Seattle's Light in the Attic label
By Andrea Swensson
Published: April 29, 2009
Listening to the songs on the 1966 album Black Monk Time by the Monks is a phenomenally weird, unsettling, and fascinating experience. The persistent strum of an electric banjo...
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More Cowbell 5 Year Anniversary Party
By Andrea Swensson
Published: April 15, 2009
Avid local-music blog readers already know that we in the Twin Cities have quite the collection of resources at our fingertips. Between sites like Minneapolis Fucking Rocks,...
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Gimme Noise
Legendary heavy-metal DJ Tawn Mastrey—the disease that took her life
Tawn's sister Cara works hard to raise awareness
By Andrea Swensson
Published: April 1, 2009
Best known locally for her work with heavy-rock station 93X, DJ Tawn Mastrey led the kind of life that is usually reserved for fiction. After hitchhiking to California at the...
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Gimme Noise
Devo, Janelle Monáe, and Solid Gold wow music nerds at SXSW
South By Southwest brings together a country of insatiable indie kids
By Andrea Swensson
Published: March 25, 2009
Venturing down to Austin, Texas, for the South by Southwest music festival is an exhilarating and overwhelming experience. Picture this: four nonstop days of concerts that...
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Gimme Noise
The Danforths' Amphibian showcases the band's experiments with answering-machine tapes and microcassette recorders
The found sounds create unusual texture in the compelling new album
By Andrea Swensson
Published: March 18, 2009
"We're a very schizophrenic band," says the Danforths' Neil Fasen, grinning fiendishly. "And I mean that in the most positive sense of schizophrenia." Fasen and his bandmates,...
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Gimme Noise
The Current's new hire Jim McGuinn shaking things up
Folks at 89.3 now bursting with enthusiasm
By Andrea Swensson
Published: March 11, 2009
Now in its fourth year, Minnesota Public Radio's 89.3 the Current has been a breath of fresh air on an FM dial laden with commercial-heavy, sterile radio programming. The...
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The Gleam
By Andrea Swensson
Published: March 4, 2009
These reckless local garage-rockers have been on a sort of unofficial hiatus since this time last year, but they are promising to return to the stage with a bang. The Gleam...
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Gimme Noise
Chastity Brown melting Minneapolis with her powerful soul-jazz combo
Southern singer/songwriter migrates north and turns Twin Cities out with Sankofa
By Andrea Swensson
Published: March 4, 2009
It's an unusually warm Tuesday night in south Minneapolis, and Chastity Brown is seated in a quaint bistro, poring over the pages of a beat-up notebook and sipping from a glass...
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