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| 29th Annual John Lennon Tribute First Avenue | Mon., December 8, 6:30pm | Minneapolis (Downtown) | |
 For the 29th time, the prodigious spirit of John Lennon will command the stage at First Avenue as alter-ego Curtiss A offers this year's installment of an extraordinary series of tributes reaching all the way back to that bleak night the former Beatle was gunned down outside his New York... More >> |
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| Aaron Neville Grand Casino Hinckley | Sun., December 7, 6:00pm | ||
 You'll get little argument against the coronation of Aaron Neville as one of the smoothest singers to come out of New Orleans. It was evident from his first singles on the Minit label in the early '60s (including 1960's sinister yet sweetly-sung "Over You," his first R&B top 40 hit), carrying... More >> |
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| Aunt Dracula Turf Club | Tue., December 9, 9:00pm | Midway/ Frogtown | |
 More like Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde than any kind of vampire, Aunt Dracula play a monster mash of genres. The Philadelphians quickly melt from discordant pop, sounding like evangelicals bouncing notes off a funhouse mirror, into spazzy noise freak-outs, complete with werewolf howls only... More >> |
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| Baby Guts 7th St. Entry | Wed., December 10, 8:00pm | Minneapolis (Downtown) | |
 Among the blurbs local favorite Baby Guts has posted to its MySpace profile is this glib assessment: "Crappy punk band with girl singer," attributed to the board operator's notes at the Uptown Bar. A bit reductive, no? Especially when the "girl singer" in question was named this year's Best... More >> |
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| Building Better Bombs Turf Club | Thu., December 11, 9:00pm | Midway/ Frogtown | |
 Hardcore: not quite the prepubescent twerp that was emo, not yet the hairy old man that punk has become. It's the music for disaffected youth with impressive fake IDs and some serious yearning for bar brawls. And if ever you feel an urgent need to give a greasy kid one or two black eyes,... More >> |
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| Bun B The Varsity Theater | Mon., December 15, 9:30pm | University | |
| It's been just over a year since Pimp C passed away, closing the door on the long, tumultuous and sadly underrated career of Port Arthur, Texas hip hop icons UGK and leaving surviving member Bun B to soldier on for their legacy. And though Bun was typically at his best with Pimp C's sharp,... More >> | |||
| Dan Wilson Pantages Theatre | Sat., December 13, 8:00pm | Minneapolis (Downtown) | |
 There are few local artists quite as fan-pleasing as Dan Wilson. It would be easy for fans to wallow in sadness over the fact that Semisonic and Trip Shakespeare's heydays have come and gone, but Wilson keeps the spirit of both bands alive by combining songs from his current solo catalog with... More >> |
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| Dillinger Four (CD-Release) Triple Rock Social Club | Fri., December 12 | Minneapolis (Downtown) | |
 Local legends Dillinger Four are still going strong after 14 years and four albums, proving that good pop-punk isn't dead. With evocative titles like "Clown Cars on Cinder Blocks" and "Parishiltonisametaphor," their songs are earnest, carefully wrought rally cries for the everyman, a welcome... More >> |
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| Doomtree Blowout IV First Avenue | Sat., December 6, 6:00pm | Minneapolis (Downtown) | |
 In December of 2005, I stood backstage at the Varsity with a dozen happily bewildered local rappers who, in a heartwarming display of honest-to-god modesty, could not believe the sold-out crowd that had shown up for their Doomtree "Blowout" show. POS, Sims, Paper Tiger, Mictlan, Dessa, Turbo... More >> |
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| DragonForce Myth | Fri., December 12, 7:00pm | Maplewood | |
 They've been called "speed metal", "Nintendo metal", "extreme power metal", and "those [expletive] [expletives] with their [expletive] impossible mother[expletive] solos" (the latter nomenclature bestowed upon them by poor bastards trying to five-star "Through the Fire and Flames" on Guitar... More >> |
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| Gretchen Wilson Myth | Fri., December 5, 7:00pm | Maplewood | |
 Contemporary, radio-friendly country has become a whole lot sunnier and well, let's face it, blonder all over again since Gretchen Wilson crossed critics' lines and became a redneck darling and breakout star with her album Here for the Party (Sony) in 2004, a time when the genre needed her... More >> |
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| Illuminous 3 (CD-Release) 7th St. Entry | Thu., December 11, 8:00pm | Minneapolis (Downtown) | |
 You might've seen their logo on some ubiquitous sticker pasted to the back of a street sign -- silhouettes of the IDS Center, Wells Fargo Center and 225 South 6th, the three tallest buildings in Minneapolis. But while the Illuminous 3 haven't reached the stature of those skyscrapers yet, that's... More >> |
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| Larry Coryell Trio Artists' Quarter |
Sat., December 6, 8:00pm more dates/times |
St. Paul (Downtown) | |
 A key pioneer of jazz-rock, guitarist Larry Coryell fused incendiary rock and blues elements with jazz, achieving iconic status in the 1970s. He first hit the spotlight with Gary Burton's band in the late '60s, gradually expanding his scope until he was constantly shuffling among genres,... More >> |
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| Marcia Ball Dakota Jazz Club & Restaurant | Sun., December 14 | Minneapolis (Downtown) | |
 Long tall Marcia Ball, queen of ivory-billed triplets descended from Professor Longhair and doused in the honky-tonk-laced sloughs of Texas-Louisiana border country, is equally capable of firing up party anthems and fashioning wrenching ballads. She does both on last spring's Peace, Love & BBQ,... More >> |
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| Mavis Staples Guthrie Theater | Mon., February 2, 7:30pm | Minneapolis (Downtown) | |
 The powerful, gospel-drenched voice of Mavis Staples conjures up an encyclopedic array of gritty howls, soulful moans, striking melismas, urgent whispers, and fervent cries that originate in the depths of her soul. They're also fueled by a lifetime of singing songs that have provided hope and... More >> |
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| Mercury Rev; the Duke Spirit Fine Line Music Cafe | Fri., December 12, 8:00pm | Minneapolis (Downtown) | |
 "The Dark Is Rising," the first song I ever heard from Mercury Rev (pictured), turned my world inside-out with its sweeping orchestral movements and a purely affecting, gorgeous vocal from frontman Jonathan Donohue. Four albums since this initial experience, we have both changed... More >> |
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| Oasis; Ryan Adams & the Cardinals Target Center | Wed., December 10, 7:00pm | Minneapolis (Downtown) | |
 Oasis have always been popular in the states, though their following was never as insane here as in Britain. But face it, even if they aren't putting out records on par with their past triumphs, they still remain that gigantic band; their backstory is filled with the kind of legendary dramas... More >> |
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| Romantica Fine Line Music Cafe | Sat., December 6, 8:00pm | Minneapolis (Downtown) | |
 In this economic climate, it's an especially fine testament to a band's appreciation for its fans that it puts on a free show, or, scratch that, free shows. Romantica doesn't need to have free shows. People will and do pay to see them. Yet for the second time in recent memory the local lovelies... More >> |
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| Sissy Wish; Mystery Palace The Varsity Theater | Fri., December 5, 8:30pm | University | |
 Sissy Wish look like Crystal Castles with more fabric stretched across their bones and sound like the Sounds with a lower disco factor. The Norwegian duo, at times consumed with glitchy bliss, will moments later pop beats begging to be an indie hip-hop winter slammer. Sharing the bill are... More >> |
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| Split Lip Rayfield Lee's Liquor Lounge | Fri., December 5, 9:00pm | Minneapolis (Downtown) | |
 Critics likely will never agree on whether Split Lip Rayfield should be classified as bluegrass or country. The good news is that it really doesn't matter. The band is doubly blessed with top-notch fast-picking skills and a twang more natural than any that Keith Urban could muster, so fans of... More >> |
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| The Hanson Brothers Triple Rock Social Club | Sun., December 14, 9:00pm | Minneapolis (Downtown) | |
| The Hanson Brothers almost seem like some odd, parodic conceptual distillation of two really obvious stereotypes: they're a punk band, so of course they sound like the Ramones, and they're Canadian, so of course they're hockey-themed. But if you want to write them off as a silly gimmick, keep... More >> | |||
| Wu-Tang Clan First Avenue | Mon., December 15, 8:00pm | Minneapolis (Downtown) | |
 The title of this Staten Island, New York, collective's overambitious sophomore album would seem to say it all: Wu-Tang Forever. But given the group's unhappiness with the unusually mellow tone producer/MC/overlord RZA struck on 2007's 8 Diagrams, the personality void left following Ol' Dirty... More >> |
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| SOLD OUT: AC/DC Xcel Energy Center |
Sun., November 23, 7:30pm more dates/times |
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 If you need to be reminded that AC/DC is a rock 'n' roll band in one of its purest forms, you have a problem and should seek medical attention from your local rock doctor. And while their output of the last 15 years has been mostly satisfactory, with a smattering of occasionally awesome... More >> |
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| Cheetah Nunchuck Downtime Bar | Every week Thursday, 10:00pm | Minneapolis (Downtown) | |
 Imagine the Seven Samurai, except instead of being assembled to protect an impoverished village from a band of crazed, bloodthirsty raiders, they're put together to provide the Midway neighborhood of St. Paul with old-school turn-of-the-'70s funk a'la the Meters and the J.B.'s. That's Cheetah... More >> |
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| III Kings Sound System Nomad World Pub | Every week Wednesday, 8:00pm | Minneapolis (Downtown) | |
 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 >> |
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