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Dafnis Prieto Sextet Walker Art Center	Sat., November 21, 8:00pm	Minneapolis (Downtown)	Music
Cuban-born and -educated drummer and composer Dafnis Prieto has increasingly made a name for himself since taking up residency in New York a decade ago. A blazingly dexterous virtuoso master of the drum kit, he's played with dozens of premier Latin and jazz players, ranging from Henry... More >>

Hollows Nomad World Pub	Sat., November 21, 9:00pm	Minneapolis (Downtown)	Music
Mixing '60s girl-pop vocals with ghoulish organ lines, the Chicago ladies (and boy) of Hollows have created a warped, modern Motown, even including a razor edge of punk. (Imagine the Shangri-Las with tattoos and master's degrees in Brass Knuckle Utilization.) Most songs start with cutesy,... More >>

The Trashmen Turf Club	Sat., November 21, 9:00pm	Macalester/Groveland	Music
When you get namedropped in a Pynchon novel -- as the Trashmen were in this year's Inherent Vice -- maybe that's enough to transcend all the one-hit-wonder jokes people make about your band. But getting to play a packed homecoming at one of the city's great club venues isn't half bad, either,... More >>

SOLD OUT: Brother Ali First Avenue	Sat., November 21, 5:00pm more dates/times	Minneapolis (Downtown)	Music
Striking though his categorical attributes might be, what makes Minnesota's best-known white albino Muslim rapper great is the swinging, preacherly sonorousness of his voice and how he puts it to intimate use when talking about "us"—as in, whoever is identifying with what he's saying. He's... More >>

Cadillac vs. Cornbread Palmer's Bar	Every week Sunday, 8:00pm	Minneapolis (Downtown)	Music
Don't let that "vs." fool you: eighty-something local music vet James Samuel "Cornbread" Harris isn't so much a rival to rockabilly revivalist Cadillac Kolstad as he is a mentor. The two pianists have been sharing double-bills in a number of local music hot-spots, including their regular Sunday... More >>

Switchbladecomb.com Record Party Sauce Spirits & Soundbar	Sun., November 22, 10:00pm	Uptown/ Eat Street	Music
"No Eagles. No Phil Collins. No Bummers." That's the motto of the dance night put on by the folks at indie-centric pop culture blog Switchblade Comb, and to be honest it's not an especially descriptive one. Everybody who considers themselves a music geek tries to boost their cool cred by... More >>

Electric Six First Avenue	Mon., November 23, 8:00pm	Minneapolis (Downtown)	Music
Although the Electric Six are long into their recording career, they have taken on much more of a life as a touring band since their mega-hit, "Danger! High Voltage," than many might have expected. If by chance you haven't heard the song, it catapulted the band into international fame with its... More >>

Dr. Mambo's Combo Bunker's Music Bar & Grill	Every week Monday, Sunday, 9:00pm	Minneapolis (Downtown)	Music
1987 was a notable year for Minnesota: the Twins won the World Series, Prince released one of his best albums in Sign 'O' the Times, and St. Louis Park's own Coen Brothers released their first great comedy Raising Arizona. 1987 was also the year that Dr. Mambo's Combo was formed, and it just so... More >>

Harper Simon The Cedar	Tue., November 24, 7:30pm	Minneapolis (Downtown)	Music
The strange relationship between famous musicians and their children likely dates back as far as music itself. While some offspring attempt to distance themselves from their parents, refusing to follow in their chosen path, others choose to take their parents' leads in an attempt to plow ahead... More >>

The Weekly Triple Double Triple Rock Social Club	Every week Tuesday, 9:00pm	Minneapolis (Downtown)	Music
What softens a recession's bite as effectively as cheap booze? Nothing...except free entertainment. While "Triple Double"—the Triple Rock's freshly reinvented Tuesday bacchanal—offers both commodities by the truckload, the night's ever-changing DJ roster and floating-genre music... More >>

Transmission Clubhouse Jager	Every week Wednesday, 10:00pm	Minneapolis (Downtown)	Music
"Retro" is a tricky niche to slot a dance night into. Usually you've got to find yourself an era and a genre, hew towards the hits, and maybe garnish it with an outsized wink, a double-pistol-point and a smirking acknowledgement that you think the past is, well, kinda goofy. Clubhouse Jager's... More >>

The Bungalow First Avenue VIP Lounge	Every week Thursday, 10:00pm	Minneapolis (Downtown)	Music
Tryptophan: it's one of nature's essential amino acids, a serotonin accelerator and -- if popular belief is correct -- that mysterious turkey-based molecule that turns you into a drowsy, shambling lump of couch debris. But we'll leave aside the scientific debates as to whether it's the real... More >>

A Tribute to the Replacements First Avenue	Fri., November 27, 7:00pm	Minneapolis (Downtown)	Music
In 1984, three albums came out of Minnesota that signaled a profound change in music. And while Purple Rain melded flamboyant pop-star spectacle with masterful songwriting in a way nobody'd approached since Sly Stone and Zen Arcade reworked hardcore until it became something approaching a new... More >>

Baroness, Earthless Triple Rock Social Club	Fri., November 27, 9:00pm	Minneapolis (Downtown)	Music
There's been some grumbling in the hesher ranks about this supposed "hipster metal" phenomenon, which as far as I can tell basically means "false metal that indie rock sites occasionally like to express approval of". But if anyone tries to convince you that Baroness (pictured) are faking it,... More >>

Fuck Knights Hexagon Bar	Sat., November 28, 9:00pm	Seward/ Longfellow/ Minnehaha	Music
Armed with a loud bass, a louder, pencil-strummed guitar and a deceptively stripped-down drumkit, the Fuck Knights have spent the past couple years proudly upholding the hallowed tradition of EZ-setup portable scuzz-rock. Just set 'em up on the floor, wait for the crowd gather around and let... More >>

Too Much Love First Avenue	Every week Saturday, 10:00pm	Minneapolis (Downtown)	Music
There're two things you might want to keep in mind about First Ave's trendy Saturday-night cool-kid institution before you start muttering the same anti-hipster sentiments you've been harboring since !!! were an ellipsis. The first thing? Well, it's an 18+ dance night. Being 18 in 2008 means... More >>

Jazz Implosion Turf Club	Every week Monday, 9:00pm	Macalester/Groveland	Music
There's something endearingly weird about the Turf Club's recurring Monday night jazz showcase: it's situated in the surrealist circus decor of the wood-paneled basement Clown Lounge, and the grand marshals of the whole undertaking, the free jazz trio Fat Kid Wednesdays, can shift from an... More >>

III Kings Soundsystem Nomad World Pub	Every week Wednesday, 8:00pm	Minneapolis (Downtown)	Music
Anyone can throw on a red-green-and-gold ensemble, guzzle Red Stripe after Red Stripe and natter on about how they had a real deep experience getting zooted to a midnight showing of The Harder They Come, but to actually make your way as a Selector, well, that's another thing entirely. For over... More >>

Get Cryphy! First Avenue VIP Lounge	First Friday of every month, 10:00pm	Minneapolis (Downtown)	Music
We may be a few years past the point where crunk and hyphy are the hot-trend hip-hop subgenres, but First Ave's recurring Get Cryphy! night isn't just a matter of trying to breathe new life into a couple of aging styles by portmanteauing them together. Jimmy2Times is the deck-annihilating DJ... More >>

Karaoke Night U Otter Stop Inn	Daily, 9:00pm	University	Barhopping Music
The outside of U Otter Stop Inn features a mural of a dapper otter decked out in a top hat, suit, and bow tie, his googly eyes and martini glass saluting patrons knowingly. Step inside and you will find a long bar filled with disco balls, giant football helmets, and electric rodents drinking... More >>

Street Sounds Swirlin' Through My Mind First Avenue VIP Lounge	Second Friday of every month, 10:00pm	Minneapolis (Downtown)	Music
Some DJs might be euphemistic about what's in their crates—they play "dance grooves" or "body music" or something similarly noncommittal to any specific genre. First Ave's Street Sounds dance night doesn't have that problem: They play disco, dammit, with some classic pre-blog house mixed... More >>

Last of the Record Buyers Fifth Element	Third Thursday of every month, 9:00pm	Uptown/ Eat Street	Music
MCs may get all the mainstream attention nowadays, but hip hop started as a DJ-centered movement, and the truest heads can rattle off their all-time favorite producers as readily as they can list their top lyricists. Brandon Allday, who shares producer/MC double-duty honors with fellow Big... More >>

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Bobby Vandell Narrows Saloon	Sat., November 21	Navarre	Music

Chase, Ovation Prime Time Sports Bar & Grill	Sat., November 21		Music

Eagle River McKrackens's Pub	Sat., November 21	Burnsville	Music