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Alan Sparhawk

  • Blogs

    January 2, 2013

    Watch Trampled by Turtles on MN Original's first The Lowertown Line episode [VIDEO]

    MN Original's new music program The Lowertown Line debuted on December 31 featuring the pickin' talents of Duluth's Trampled by Turtles. Now you can view the footage. As you can read in our print story on the matter, the show is an expanded venture that the Twin Cities Public Television folks hopes ... More >>

  • Music

    December 26, 2012

    MN Original leaps forward

    New Lowertown Line series takes a closer look at live local music

  • Blogs

    December 11, 2012

    Retribution Gospel Choir's third album is two songs, 42 minutes long

    There's no sense in trying to slow down Alan Sparhawk. Not content to just let the artful majesty of a Jeff Tweedy-produced Low album be the focal point of early 2013, the third full-length Retribution Gospel Choir album is on the way.The as-yet-untitled album comes on the heels of this year's The R ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 28, 2012

    Low enlist Jeff Tweedy to produce The Invisible Way, release live EP

    Masters of musical light and shadow Low will release The Invisible Way in March. This album marks their 20th anniversary, and shows Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy's connection to Duluth runs deep. Not only did Wilco received a key to the city this summer during a performance at Bayfront Festival Park an ... More >>

  • Music

    August 15, 2012

    Brian Jonestown Massacre, the Spinners, Murder of Crows, and more

    Masters of musical light and shadow Low will release The Invisible Way in March. This album marks their 20th anniversary, and shows Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy's connection to Duluth runs deep. Not only did Wilco received a key to the city this summer during a performance at Bayfront Festival Park an ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 15, 2012

    The Murder of Crows

    Masters of musical light and shadow Low will release The Invisible Way in March. This album marks their 20th anniversary, and shows Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy's connection to Duluth runs deep. Not only did Wilco received a key to the city this summer during a performance at Bayfront Festival Park an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 21, 2012

    Duluth flood updates: Low, Charlie Parr, & Trampled by Turtles

    Related:Duluth floods: Top 10 jaw-dropping images [PHOTOS]Duluth flood update, and 10 more jaw-dropping images [PHOTOS]With the stark, grotesque, and unnerving images from Duluth's massive flood comes the worry about our upper Minnesota neighbors -- some of whom are musicians. As the devastation pil ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 15, 2012

    Retribution Gospel Choir to rock Minneapolis DFL's Blue BBQ

    Related:Retribution Gospel Choir releases free EP (DOWNLOAD)Retribution Gospel Choir's Alan Sparhawk: I don't write intentionallyMinneapolis Democrats are proving that they want a "revolution" in a very literal sense. For the Southwest Minneapolis DFL's annual picnic, often called the Blue BBQ, Dulu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2012

    Retribution Gospel Choir's Alan Sparhawk: I don't write intentionally

    Related:Retribution Gospel Choir releases free EP (DOWNLOAD)Retribution Gospel Choir would not be the band you go to for power pop gems, clapping verses, and cowbell-fused tunes. Best known as Low frontman Alan Sparhawk's other (very loud) baby, RGC has a reputation for bringing frenzied, serious ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 4, 2012

    Caroline Smith and the Goodnight Sleeps / Retribution Gospel Choir

    Related:Retribution Gospel Choir releases free EP (DOWNLOAD)Retribution Gospel Choir would not be the band you go to for power pop gems, clapping verses, and cowbell-fused tunes. Best known as Low frontman Alan Sparhawk's other (very loud) baby, RGC has a reputation for bringing frenzied, serious ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 28, 2012

    Retribution Gospel Choir releases free EP (DOWNLOAD)

    ​Retribution Gospel Choir, the more-strummy side project of Low's Alan Sparhawk, has released a new EP. Titled The Revolution -- not a Prince thing -- the four tracks gather some great vintage rock replete with cowbell, sassy guitar licks, and some full-on shredding. And it occurs all in the span ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2012

    Low and Death Cab for Cutie team for tour

    ​Lovers of Death Cab for Cutie will get rewarded for showing up early starting in April when Low, our not-so-slow-core-no-more neighbors from Duluth, joins them for a spate of shows. This pairing is a huge coup for Low, who have steadily grasped more rock conventions in their work while ne'r negle ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 18, 2011

    Low at First Avenue, 4/16/11

    Photos by Steve Cohen​LowApril 16, 2011First Avenue, MinneapolisAfter seeing Retribution Gospel Choir perform a handful of times over the last couple of years, I was quite excited for Alan Sparhawk's return to the First Avenue stage with his distinguished "other" band Low on Saturday night. With h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 14, 2011

    Low release new album, play two shows this Saturday

    ​It's been a week filled with Low-related news. Not only did Robert Plant swoop into town and cover not one but two of the Duluth slowcore band's songs, but they released a new video starring John Stamos that's been rippling throughout the blogosphere. It's all good timing, too -- Low just release ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 13, 2011

    Low

    ​It's been a week filled with Low-related news. Not only did Robert Plant swoop into town and cover not one but two of the Duluth slowcore band's songs, but they released a new video starring John Stamos that's been rippling throughout the blogosphere. It's all good timing, too -- Low just release ... More >>

  • Music

    April 13, 2011

    Low release C'mon

    Duluth trio gets personal

  • Blogs

    March 9, 2011

    Craig Finn, Gang of Four to join the Current today

    ​The Current today is doing a fairly massive edition of Theft of the Dial today -- Fox 9's M.A. Rosko and the Decemberists have already helped out the little big station this morning, with two big'uns still to come.

  • Blogs

    February 18, 2011

    Low drop trailer video for new album

    ​The trailer for Low's new album, C'mon, due out April 12 via Sub Pop, is:1. Moody and foreboding,2. features just enough of a snippet of their new material to get us excited, and3. peaks with Alan Sparhawk doing an impersonation of Eric Clapton.Also, their new promo photos feature all three membe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 4, 2011

    Peter Wolf Crier and Retribution Gospel Choir at the Cedar, 02/03/11

    Photos by Stacy Schwartz​Peter Wolf Crier and Retribution Gospel ChoirFebruary 2, 2011Cedar Cultural CenterThings were so comfortable on stage for both Peter Wolf Crier and Retribution Gospel Choir on Thursday night at the Cedar that at one point Alan Sparhawk was giving Peter Pisano a neck mess ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 30, 2010

    Retribution Gospel Choir record session for The Current

    photo via Retribution Gospel Choir's Myspace​Alan Sparhawk's relatively aggressive, tightly yet epically sprawling, and stunningly composed project Retribution Gospel Choir recently recorded a session at The Current, playing their songs "Working Hard," "Hide It Away," and "Your Bird." Lucky for ev ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2010

    Rock the Garden: MGMT, Sharon Jones, OK Go, and Retribution Gospel Choir coming to the Walker on June 19

    ​The Current and the Walker Art Center announced their Rock the Garden lineup today with a live broadcast at Brit's Pub in downtown Minneapolis, hosted by Current DJ Mary Lucia and the Walker's Senior Curator for Performing Arts Philip Bither. The yearly outdoor festival has grown quite large in t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 22, 2010

    Retribution Gospel Choir get intense at the Triple Rock

    The unrelenting sonic assault began with a cover of Low's "Breaker" and didn't let up until the encore.

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2010

    6 Questions: Retribution Gospel Choir's Alan Sparhawk

    RGC return to Minneapolis to play the Triple Rock this weekend.

  • Calendar

    February 17, 2010

    Retribution Gospel Choir

    RGC return to Minneapolis to play the Triple Rock this weekend.

  • Blogs

    October 29, 2009

    Retribution Gospel Choir to play 501 Club, release "2"

    Alan Sparhawk's Retribution Gospel Choir will play the 501 this coming December 19 and release its new album the following month.

  • Blogs

    October 12, 2009

    Low announce select dates for unique project

    The minimalist rockers' newest tour is a collaboration with dance choreographer Morgan Thorson.

  • Calendar

    December 31, 2008

    Alan Sparhawk

    The minimalist rockers' newest tour is a collaboration with dance choreographer Morgan Thorson.

  • Music

    December 31, 2008

    Alan Sparhawk and more

    The minimalist rockers' newest tour is a collaboration with dance choreographer Morgan Thorson.

  • Music

    September 3, 2008

    Twin Cities musicians kick off a week of RNC protests

    With the convention days away, the Turf Club rocks for change

  • Calendar

    March 19, 2008

    Retribution Gospel Choir

    With the convention days away, the Turf Club rocks for change

  • Music

    April 11, 2007

    Slow and Steady Wins the Arms Race

    Low march onward with 'Drums and Guns'

  • Blogs

    May 10, 2006

    More scenes from Duluth's Homegrown Music Festival

    Low march onward with 'Drums and Guns'

  • News

    December 14, 2005

    Local Music Yearbook '05

    Rappers were hot. Smokers were cold. Rockers were on Myspace. And sometime after the last Katrina benefit, we wrote it all down for you.

  • Blogs

    October 14, 2005

    Way too much going on this weekend

    Rappers were hot. Smokers were cold. Rockers were on Myspace. And sometime after the last Katrina benefit, we wrote it all down for you.

  • Music

    October 5, 2005

    In Da Club: Boy Girl Boy Girl at the Turf Club

    Duluthian barbarians attack Twin Cities with whammy bars, Thin Lizzy riffs, and foot-stomping bluegrass

  • News

    June 8, 2005

    25 Reasons...

    ...the scene is now

  • Music

    February 9, 2005

    Low: The Great Destroyer

    ...the scene is now

  • Arts

    September 24, 2003

    Score

    Underground movies and rebel music hook up in the Sound Unseen Festival

  • Music

    April 23, 2003

    Even Cowgirls Get The Blues

    Haley Bonar cries over the past and sings alt-country's future

  • Music

    December 18, 2002

    A Local Music Yearbook

    Two cities, twelve months, a million reasons to rock!

  • Music

    November 20, 2002

    Low Life

    Is it time for a backlash against one of the Twin Cities' greatest local bands?

  • Music

    January 30, 2002

    Drowning By Numbers

    Is it time for a backlash against one of the Twin Cities' greatest local bands?

  • Arts

    January 2, 2002

    The Year in Music

    The Sound of Music, 2001: Our Favorite Things

  • News

    December 26, 2001

    Artists of the Year

    The Sound of Music, 2001: Our Favorite Things

  • Music

    October 10, 2001

    God Gave Rock 'n' Roll to You

    The Sound of Music, 2001: Our Favorite Things

  • News

    February 7, 2001

    "Hey, we're in Duluth"

    A radio pirate-turned-country rocker who doubles as a nanny. A newspaper that rips the establishment. A deconsecrated church. And a very quiet band called Low. Notes on a tiny counterculture.

  • News

    December 29, 1999

    A Power of Ten

    Slug's love bug, Kat Bjelland's exorcism, Dave Pirner's throbbing shins: Ten years of local music served on ten great platters.

  • Music

    March 24, 1999

    Slow Ride

    Low have been heckled by crowds and dropped from their label. Now Minnesota's quietest band returns with its best album yet.

  • Music

    October 28, 1998

    No Direction Home

    Dylan does Duluth; To Ave. and Ave. not

  • Arts

    August 5, 1998

    Into the Mix

    Rock as dance music. Dance music as rock.

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