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October 12, 2011
Wize Guyz bring old-school to Minneapolis hip-hop
Lojik and Dextro recall the genre's roots
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October 5, 2011
Co-Kisser Poetry Film Festival
Lojik and Dextro recall the genre's roots
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October 20, 2011
Yelawolf at First Avenue, 10/19/11
Photo by Denis Jeong PlasterYelawolf at First Avenue in MarchYelawolfOctober 19, 2011First Avenue, MinneapolisFor his second appearance in Minneapolis, Alabama rapper Yelawolf ripped up a sold-out mainroom crowd of mostly diverse dudes in flat-brims and girls in short minis. For fans of Eminem wh ... More >>
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October 5, 2011
Come Fly Away
Photo by Denis Jeong PlasterYelawolf at First Avenue in MarchYelawolfOctober 19, 2011First Avenue, MinneapolisFor his second appearance in Minneapolis, Alabama rapper Yelawolf ripped up a sold-out mainroom crowd of mostly diverse dudes in flat-brims and girls in short minis. For fans of Eminem wh ... More >>
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October 19, 2011
FIRE, Art and Life
Photo by Denis Jeong PlasterYelawolf at First Avenue in MarchYelawolfOctober 19, 2011First Avenue, MinneapolisFor his second appearance in Minneapolis, Alabama rapper Yelawolf ripped up a sold-out mainroom crowd of mostly diverse dudes in flat-brims and girls in short minis. For fans of Eminem wh ... More >>
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October 19, 2011
Frank Turner & the Sleeping Souls
Photo by Denis Jeong PlasterYelawolf at First Avenue in MarchYelawolfOctober 19, 2011First Avenue, MinneapolisFor his second appearance in Minneapolis, Alabama rapper Yelawolf ripped up a sold-out mainroom crowd of mostly diverse dudes in flat-brims and girls in short minis. For fans of Eminem wh ... More >>
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October 5, 2011
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Photo by Denis Jeong PlasterYelawolf at First Avenue in MarchYelawolfOctober 19, 2011First Avenue, MinneapolisFor his second appearance in Minneapolis, Alabama rapper Yelawolf ripped up a sold-out mainroom crowd of mostly diverse dudes in flat-brims and girls in short minis. For fans of Eminem wh ... More >>
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November 9, 2011
Minnesota Remembers Vic Chesnutt and Rocks The Cause
Compilation pays tribute to famous songwriter
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November 10, 2011
Guante talks new acoustic project, A Loud Heart
Already a rap world renaissance man and an accomplished spoken word artist, MC, and writer, Guante unveils yet another side to his persona with a new acoustic band, A Loud Heart, with singer and guitar player Claire Taubenhaus. Claire ran in the same circles as Guante, having recorded with produc ... More >>
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November 2, 2011
Merce Cunningham Dance Company: Farewell Tour
Already a rap world renaissance man and an accomplished spoken word artist, MC, and writer, Guante unveils yet another side to his persona with a new acoustic band, A Loud Heart, with singer and guitar player Claire Taubenhaus. Claire ran in the same circles as Guante, having recorded with produc ... More >>
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November 16, 2011
Critics' Picks: M83, Roseanne Cash, Red Daughters, and more
Already a rap world renaissance man and an accomplished spoken word artist, MC, and writer, Guante unveils yet another side to his persona with a new acoustic band, A Loud Heart, with singer and guitar player Claire Taubenhaus. Claire ran in the same circles as Guante, having recorded with produc ... More >>
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November 16, 2011
Black Box Revelation with Machine 22 at the Entry, 11/14/11
Photos by Mike MinehartMachine 22Black Box Revelation with Machine 22, Porcupine and DetourNovember 14, 20117th St. Entry, MinneapolisI arrived during of Porcupines from LaCrosse, Wisconsin, one of my favorite bands I've recently discovered. One of my favorite songs, "Rooftops" from their 7" spli ... More >>
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November 17, 2011
Minnesota Independent editors talk site shutdown
Minnesota Independent editor Jon Collins was laid off yesterday.The Minnesota Independent is shutting down, according to its editor and the company's CEO. Jon Collins took the job as site editor earlier this summer but was laid off yesterday around noon, Collins confirmed to City Pages. The move ... More >>
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November 9, 2011
David Sedaris
Minnesota Independent editor Jon Collins was laid off yesterday.The Minnesota Independent is shutting down, according to its editor and the company's CEO. Jon Collins took the job as site editor earlier this summer but was laid off yesterday around noon, Collins confirmed to City Pages. The move ... More >>
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October 26, 2011
Bat Boy: The Musical
Minnesota Independent editor Jon Collins was laid off yesterday.The Minnesota Independent is shutting down, according to its editor and the company's CEO. Jon Collins took the job as site editor earlier this summer but was laid off yesterday around noon, Collins confirmed to City Pages. The move ... More >>
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November 23, 2011
Color Me Obsessed: A Film about The Replacements
Except with no Replacements music
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November 16, 2011
C.J. Chenier & the Red Hot Louisiana Band
Except with no Replacements music
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November 23, 2011
A Tribute to the Replacement
Except with no Replacements music
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November 30, 2011
TC Electropunk Vol. 6 out this week
There's something to be said for a scene that is as easily identifiable as it is unified. Over the past seven years the self-described Twin Cities electropunk scene has done an impeccable job of branding itself to outsiders via a series of free compilations.
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December 1, 2011
Bon Iver, Brian Setzer, Mint Condition's Stokley Williams among this year's Grammy nominees
All bets were on Adele heading into last night's Grammy nomination ceremony (now a nationally televised event tailored to milk the big reveal for every last commercial penny), and she certainly held her own, receiving a total of six nominations from the Recording Academy. Kanye West, too, scored ... More >>
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December 1, 2011
Lydia Loveless to play Lee's, Hymie's tomorrow night
Hearing 21-year-old Ohioan Lydia Loveless' Bloodshot release Indestructible Machine, your immediate association upon taking in her rich, steady and intense voice is "Neko Case. She sounds like Neko Case." But no, that's not quite right. It's got a rougher edge than that. Stay instead within t ... More >>
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November 23, 2011
Zenon Dance Company
Hearing 21-year-old Ohioan Lydia Loveless' Bloodshot release Indestructible Machine, your immediate association upon taking in her rich, steady and intense voice is "Neko Case. She sounds like Neko Case." But no, that's not quite right. It's got a rougher edge than that. Stay instead within t ... More >>
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November 30, 2011
Who gets to be American in American art?
Hearing 21-year-old Ohioan Lydia Loveless' Bloodshot release Indestructible Machine, your immediate association upon taking in her rich, steady and intense voice is "Neko Case. She sounds like Neko Case." But no, that's not quite right. It's got a rougher edge than that. Stay instead within t ... More >>
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December 5, 2011
Sims kicks off Doomtree Blowout Week, 12/4/11
Photos by Nick WosikaSims Blowout night with One Be Lo, Astronautalis, and Brother Ali December 4, 2011 7th St. Entry, Minneapolis For anyone else, seven nights in a row of one musical act would be over the top. When that act is the Doomtree crew, seven consecutive nights of the Twin Cities ... More >>
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December 5, 2011
5 worst rap songs of 2011
Is it safe to say the hip-hop's current era of triumphantism is officially over? Does anyone really troll R&B/rap stations expecting to be challenged in any way? The answer to the first question is a resounding yes; the answer to the second is a booming no. There's no way around the fact that ... More >>
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November 30, 2011
Laura Marling
Is it safe to say the hip-hop's current era of triumphantism is officially over? Does anyone really troll R&B/rap stations expecting to be challenged in any way? The answer to the first question is a resounding yes; the answer to the second is a booming no. There's no way around the fact that ... More >>
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November 30, 2011
Waka Flocka Flame
Is it safe to say the hip-hop's current era of triumphantism is officially over? Does anyone really troll R&B/rap stations expecting to be challenged in any way? The answer to the first question is a resounding yes; the answer to the second is a booming no. There's no way around the fact that ... More >>
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December 7, 2011
This week marks the 30th anniversary of our transition from Sweet Potato to City Pages
City Pages was born before Heath Ledger and Aaliyah and has outlived them both. We're older than Christina Aguilera, Jason Schwartzman, and Cory from Boy Meets World. This week marks the 30-year anniversary of the name change from Sweet Potato to City Pages.The new name was simply and succinctly ... More >>
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December 9, 2011
David Hanners, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, brings folk music to Ginkgo Coffeehouse Saturday
David HannersDavid Hanners sings for the doomed and the thoughtful"It's kind of a joke amongst my songwriter friends that I kill off a lot of characters in my songs," says David Hanners, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter and folk singer. He produces his latest CD, "The Traveler's Burden," to ... More >>
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December 7, 2011
Katie McMahon's Celtic Christmas
David HannersDavid Hanners sings for the doomed and the thoughtful"It's kind of a joke amongst my songwriter friends that I kill off a lot of characters in my songs," says David Hanners, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter and folk singer. He produces his latest CD, "The Traveler's Burden," to ... More >>
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December 19, 2011
WLTE switching to pop country station BUZ'N 102.9
If the fact that Tim McGraw and Kenny Chesney's show at Target Field sold out in a mere four hours isn't enough to convince you that top-40 country is winning the populist vote here in the Twin Cities, this should do it: The snoozy longtime lite rock staple WLTE (102.9 Lite FM) will switch to an ... More >>
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December 27, 2011
Best nationally released albums of 2011
It's a good thing we waited until the last week of 2011 to publish our final best-album lists, since a few bands managed to eke out stellar releases just this December (the Roots' undun and the Black Keys' El Camino in particular made their way onto a few staffers' lists). With only a few da ... More >>
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December 29, 2011
Notable 2011 deaths in country music
Charlie LouvinIt's an annual tradition to look back at year's end to those who've passed on in the previous twelve months. Whether it's just filler for the year's final broadcast of Entertainment Tonight, or Americans really do feel a need to reflect with sadness on the deaths of celebrities, ... More >>
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December 30, 2011
Weekend Checklist: Mason Jennings, New Year's Eve, Kid Dakota, The Cloak Ox
So this is the new year And I have no resolutions For self assigned penance For problems with easy solutions - Death Cab for Cutie
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January 5, 2012
Sam Phillips born on this day in country music history
Photo courtesy of sunrecords.comSam PhillipsOn this day in 1923, legendary producer, record executive, DJ and Sun Records/Sun Studios founder Sam Phillips was born to a pair of poor tenant farmers near Florence, Alabama. You likely know the name for his work founding this seminal recording st ... More >>
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January 5, 2012
Adele helps U.S. album sales increase for the first time since 2004
Photo By Steve CohenWho knew that Adele would be the (temporary) savior of the music industry? Buoyed by the 5.82 million copies of Adele's 21 sold in America this past year, album sales for 2011 in the U.S. rose for the first time since 2004. While physical CD sales fell six percent during th ... More >>
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January 6, 2012
Wu Tang's Inspectah Deck talks new album & retirement
The Wu Tang Killa Bees are on the swarm and headed toward Minneapolis tomorrow, and among the crew members ready to deliver a hot set of old favorites and new jams at Epic is Staten Island native Inspectah Deck. Whereas counterparts Method Man and Ghostface are known for their hyped-up character ... More >>
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January 9, 2012
Wu-Tang Clan at Epic, 1/7/12
Photo by B Fresh PhotographyThey might be battle-hardened rap assassins, but the Wu-Tang Clan aren't above having a good time. The Clan were clearly up for a party on Saturday night at Epic, with Method Man admitting that hip hop is supposed to be fun: "Since when are hip-hop fans too ... More >>
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January 11, 2012
Bon Iver set to play SNL, Justin Vernon starts his own record label
Justin Vernon and Bon Iver had one hell of a year in 2011. Bon Iver's sophomore album is widely considered the best album of the year, the group played well-received, sold-out shows all over the world (including a memorable two-night stand at the Orpheum Theatre), and capped it all off with f ... More >>
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January 13, 2012
Up in the air: How Minneapolis became a flyover city for major rap artists
It was 1998, the Smokin Grooves Tour was in its second year, and a group of friends and I were geeked out about going to the show. Public Enemy, Gang Starr, Wyclef Jean, Cypress Hill and others were booked, but everyone was waiting and most excited for Busta Rhymes, known for his killer live show ... More >>
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January 18, 2012
The May North reveal the story behind their new album, 'Songs from the North Country'
The music of The May North could simply be condensed down to one genre, bluegrass, but that wouldn't do the band any justice. Coming together from many bands to form a Frankenstein -- in a good way --like band, the group are set to release their debut album, Songs From The North Country.Wit ... More >>
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January 18, 2012
JJ Grey & Mofro
The music of The May North could simply be condensed down to one genre, bluegrass, but that wouldn't do the band any justice. Coming together from many bands to form a Frankenstein -- in a good way --like band, the group are set to release their debut album, Songs From The North Country.Wit ... More >>
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January 25, 2012
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown
Bloomington Civic Theatre
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January 18, 2012
Natasha Leggero
Bloomington Civic Theatre
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January 18, 2012
92 KQRS Classic Rock Art Show
Bloomington Civic Theatre
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February 1, 2012
Critics' Picks: Jeff Magnum, Lenny Kravitz, and more
Bloomington Civic Theatre
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February 2, 2012
Redbox: Wisconsin is the most romantic state
RedboxLooking for a romantic getaway? Forget Paris. Go to Wisconsin. Move over Honolulu, see you later San Francisco -- if you're looking for romance, the place to be is La Crosse, Wisconsin. And if that doesn't work for you, go to Green Bay.Or so say the folks at Redbox. The movie rental company ... More >>
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January 25, 2012
Sierra DeMulder
RedboxLooking for a romantic getaway? Forget Paris. Go to Wisconsin. Move over Honolulu, see you later San Francisco -- if you're looking for romance, the place to be is La Crosse, Wisconsin. And if that doesn't work for you, go to Green Bay.Or so say the folks at Redbox. The movie rental company ... More >>
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February 1, 2012
An Acoustic Café Evening: Carrie Rodriguez, Kelly Joe Phelps, Pieta Brown
RedboxLooking for a romantic getaway? Forget Paris. Go to Wisconsin. Move over Honolulu, see you later San Francisco -- if you're looking for romance, the place to be is La Crosse, Wisconsin. And if that doesn't work for you, go to Green Bay.Or so say the folks at Redbox. The movie rental company ... More >>
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February 10, 2012
U of M paper finds no link between movie piracy and box office sales in U.S.
A U of M paper suggests the movie industry itself can reduce the impact of piracy without need for legislation.An academic paper co-written by a University of Minnesota economics professor finds there is little evidence for the notion that movie piracy reduces ticket purchases at movie theaters. ... More >>
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