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  • Blue Worm breaks ground with 10 years in local music biz
    Brett Johnson celebrates a long local life in Minnesota rock 'n' roll
    By Andrea Swensson
    Wednesday, October 08
    As a lifelong, self-taught musician, Brett Johnson knows a thing or two about the inner workings of the music business. In addition to founding... More >>
  • No Direction from Home
    They may know how to navigate Western Scandinavia, but Maps of Norway can't explain how they came to be
    By David Hansen
    Wednesday, October 08
    It's a chilly night on wrought-iron chairs. Under an unseasonable parasol, Maps of Norway and their pints of beer accumulate sheaths of frost.... More >>
  • The Songs We Can't Escape
    By Ray Cummings
    Wednesday, October 08
    BUSINESS LADY"Trick Boots" Okay, I'm sold: I believe that the protagonist really believes that by harnessing heretofore untapped mental powers,... More >>
  • Stereolab and more
    Wednesday, October 08
      WEDNESDAY 10.8 Silver Jews Triple Rock Social Club Watching lead Silver Jew David Berman cycle through phases over the past 10-plus... More >>
  • You'll remember your first time with the Virgins
    Black Kids and Beatrix*JAR join the NYC pop group in the 7th St. Entry
    By Jonathan Garrett
    Wednesday, October 01
    The Virgins may be a touch inexperienced, but in this case, naiveté proves to be an asset. Their self-titled debut, released this past... More >>
  • Fall CD Review Roundup
    Military Special, Kristoff Krane, and Sleeping in the Aviary stand out amid a flurry of releases
    By Andrea Swensson
    Wednesday, October 01
    Part of working as a music critic in the land of 10,000 bands means keeping up with the new releases that pour into my inbox and off the edge of... More >>
  • The Songs We Can't Escape
    By Ray Cummings
    Wednesday, October 01
    T.I. feat. JAY-Z, KANYE WEST, & LIL WAYNE"Swagger Like Us" Oh, why not recycle an M.I.A. utterance for the four hottest spitters in the world?... More >>
  • Common Market: Tobacco Road
    By Jordan Selbo
    Wednesday, October 01
    Going down that old Tobacco Road to explore weighty issues of religion, self-worth, history, and socioeconomics, all under the framework of the... More >>
  • My Morning Jacket and more
    Wednesday, October 01
      WEDNESDAY 10.1 Liam Finn 7th St. Entry New Zealander Liam Finn undeniably has inherited the art of crafting insidiously clever pop... More >>
  • One-woman band Patches and Gretchen releases first disc
    Songstress (and sister to Aimee Mann) pays her own homage to Dylan
    By Michelle Leon
    Wednesday, September 24
    Gretchen Seichrist is a winsome, redheaded bossy-pants of a girl with a thing for Bob Dylan. A really, really, really big thing for Bob Dylan.... More >>
  • Kings of Leon: Only by the Night
    By Erik E. Martz
    Wednesday, September 24
    Anyone who has followed the exploits of the Followill clan could see it coming. Maybe it was playing stadiums with U2, or the fact that they... More >>
  • The Songs We Can't Escape
    By Ray Cummings
    Wednesday, September 24
    DEERHOOF "The Tears and Music of Love" The opening rhythm and tone hints, weakly, at that of "Footloose." Then a few bars pass and, yeah, it's... More >>
  • Sigur Rós and more
    Wednesday, September 24
      WEDNESDAY 9.24 High Places Triple Rock Social Club The hype machine has run amok in High Places' hometown of Brooklyn, New York. It... More >>
  • Quirky locals Economy Team release debut album
    Also, they've begun a search for the world's first gear-toting groupie
    By Amber Schadewald
    Wednesday, September 17
    Staring out from behind glass eyes and stale fur, mounted zebra and wildebeest heads hang eerily over the members of Economy Team as they pose... More >>
  • Hey Mr. DJ
    The monthly series Last of the Record Buyers brings producers out of their bedrooms and into the limelight
    By Max Ross
    Wednesday, September 17
    In the middle of the stage, tangles of plugs and cords and wiring extend from a couple of separate power strips. These hook into mixers,... More >>
  • Jeremy Messersmith: The Silver City
    By Will McClain
    Wednesday, September 17
    At the Franklin Avenue station the train doors part. A harp-accompanied falsetto voice and angelic choir welcome us to heavenly Suburbia, the... More >>
  • The Songs We Can't Escape
    By Ray Cummings
    Wednesday, September 17
    FALL OUT BOY feat. TRAVIS FROM GYM CLASS HEROES"Catch Me If You Can/Proclamation of Emaciation (demo)" More exceedingly winky corporate emo... More >>
  • Neko Case and more
    Wednesday, September 17
      THURSDAY 9.18 Neko Case First Avenue Neko Case's voice hits you like a strong river—cool, cleansing, and fresh. It courses right... More >>
  • Picked to Click: Lucky 13
    In our biggest Picked to Click poll yet, more than 100 experts sound off on the best up-and-coming bands
    By Andrea Swensson
    Wednesday, September 10
    Forget McCain and Obama—this year's closest election came down to two righteous local ladies: Lucy and Sarah. One is the leader of... More >>
  • Lucy Michelle and the Velvet Lapelles seem to gain new fans at every turn
    By Andrea Swensson
    Wednesday, September 10
    A little girl with a pink tutu and a head full of cascading curls is teetering in front of me, carrying two plastic teapots filled with water.... More >>

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Carnival Weekend Roundup

A guide to all the biggest Caribbean fetes
By Jonathan Cunningham
“Roll It Gal” by Alison Hinds: For lovers of Caribbean music, Carnival Weekend... More >>

Dallas

The Magnetic Fields Turn Down the Volume

Stephin Merritt uses Distortion to protect the Magnetic Fields from mothers everywhere
By Elliott Johnston
Concocting outré underground pop for more than a decade doesn't necessarily shield you... More >>

Denver

Meet two central figures in Denver's burgeoning underground scene

By Tom Murphy
Travis Egedy, who performs under the name Pictureplane, is becoming one of the more well-known... More >>

Houston

Smells Like Teen Spirit

Rocking the school day away with Pin Oak Middle School's Stage Band class
By Shea Serrano
The Gloryhounds are onstage right now at a Surfside bar and, truth be told, they're not great.... More >>

Kansas City

After losing a manager and label prospect, the Abracadabras held their glitter and released a free album.

By Richard Gintowt
The Abracadabras have had some severely swollen nuts lately. Problem is, they keep getting... More >>

Miami

French Electro-Pop Act Yelle Hits the Polish American Club

How international!
By Chris Toenes
In the video for "Ce Jeu," a recent song by the French trio Yelle, singer Julie Budet shifts... More >>

Phoenix

Opeth Continues Its Quest to Fuse Metal and Mellowness

By Saby Reyes-Kulkarni
By the ripe old age of 7, Opeth leader Mikael Åkerfeldt already considered himself a... More >>

San Francisco

Brightblack Morning Light's slow-rock movement

By Ron Nachmann
As the financial apocalypse looms and pundits panic about abstracted value, it makes sense to... More >>

St. Louis

On tour for Narrow Stairs, Chris Walla and Death Cab for Cutie bring musical gems and political smarts to the Fabulous Fox

By Annie Zaleski
In May, Death Cab for Cutie released its sixth album, Narrow Stairs, which debuted at No. 1 on... More >>

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