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Guided By Voices

  • Blogs

    April 9, 2012

    Five songs exploring the joys of drone

    This week, 5ingles tiptoes idly through spring tulips and the wild, weird world of drone, sampling conventional and unconventional takes on the form. It is recommended that you pull the shades down, turn off other mechanical devices in your domicile, and savor the sinuous, scabrous sound of overlapp ... More >>

  • Music

    January 18, 2012

    5ingles

    This week, 5ingles tiptoes idly through spring tulips and the wild, weird world of drone, sampling conventional and unconventional takes on the form. It is recommended that you pull the shades down, turn off other mechanical devices in your domicile, and savor the sinuous, scabrous sound of overlapp ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 12, 2011

    Guided By Voices classic line-up announces first new album since '96

    Stacy Schwartz.So far, no talk of another tour. But we'll keep our fingers crossed. ​Low-fi legends Guided By Voices just can't stay in retirement. Not that we're complaining. GBV have announced plans for the release of a new album, Let's go eat the factory, slated to come out January 1, 201 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 1, 2011

    Big Business, Torche, and Helms Alee at the Triple Rock, 07/29/11

    Photos by Wade Wenzel ​Big Business, Torche, Helms AleeJuly 29, 2011Triple Rock Social ClubThat unholy rumble you might have heard emanating from the Triple Rock on Friday night was one of the best (and heaviest) triple-bills the West Bank is bound to see all year, as Big Business, Torche, and H ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2011

    Elliot Hill, drummer for the Softrocks, passes away at age 26

    Photos courtesy of Christy Hunt​Elliot Hill, best known locally as the drummer for the Softrocks, passed away on Monday, July 25, at the age of 26. Hill was diagnosed with colon cancer last September, and the cancer advanced to an untreatable stage and was diagnosed as terminal in April. In a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 21, 2011

    Nicolas Cage, What's On Your iPod?

    ​Have you ever seen Leaving Las Vegas? If you have an alcoholism problem, Leaving Las Vegas will either cure that problem or encourage you to seek counseling. In the movie, Nicolas Cage plays a man whose life is falling apart because he can't stay away from the sauce. He's drinking everywhere: in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 3, 2011

    Telekinesis, The Love Language and Red Pens at the Entry, 3/2/11

    Photos by Anna Gulbrandsen​Telekinesis/The Love Language/Red PensMarch 2, 20117th Street Entry"There's something about Minneapolis," exclaimed Missy Thangs, the keyboardist for the Love Language, halfway through the group's rousing set at the 7th St. Entry on Wednesday night. "There sure is," fr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 20, 2010

    Best Concerts of 2010

    ​From beginning to end, 2010 has kept us busy running from venue to venue in pursuit of some phenomenal live music. Gimme Noise's team of writers and photographers fanned out across the Twin Cities to catch as many shows as we could, and each of us ended up with our own diverse and distinctive lis ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 13, 2010

    Guided by Voices at First Avenue, 10/12/10

    Photos by Stacy Schwartz​Guided by VoicesOctober 12, 2010First Avenue, MinneapolisHow do you live up to your legend? Is there a proper way to do it or do you just do what feels right and have at it? More importantly, how do you quantify a show like this in any capacity? This recap may not be as ne ... More >>

  • Music

    October 6, 2010

    Jamie Lidell, Ra Ra Riot and more

    Photos by Stacy Schwartz​Guided by VoicesOctober 12, 2010First Avenue, MinneapolisHow do you live up to your legend? Is there a proper way to do it or do you just do what feels right and have at it? More importantly, how do you quantify a show like this in any capacity? This recap may not be as ne ... More >>

  • Music

    February 3, 2010

    The Songs We Can't Escape

    Photos by Stacy Schwartz​Guided by VoicesOctober 12, 2010First Avenue, MinneapolisHow do you live up to your legend? Is there a proper way to do it or do you just do what feels right and have at it? More importantly, how do you quantify a show like this in any capacity? This recap may not be as ne ... More >>

  • Music

    October 21, 2009

    Twin Cities folkie Martin Devaney channels inner Oasis

    Devaney's Revenge of the Tall Boys is great rock 'n' roll record

  • Blogs

    August 7, 2009

    Gimme News Weekly Wrap-Up: July 31-August 6

    Eyedea & Abilities release new music video, an update on Har Mar Superstar's forthcoming album & next week's best new releases.

  • Blogs

    July 24, 2009

    7" Review: France Has the Bomb/Tiger Bones

    It's a split between two upper-Midwestern bands with similar lo-fi inclinations, but different approaches in terms of complexity and structure.

  • Music

    December 10, 2008

    Victory Ship's new album sails through '70s revivalism

    Name change and new record see group reinventing the jam band

  • Music

    November 26, 2008

    Estate + Nobot = Double Fantasy

    Local electro bands Estate and Nobot join forces to present an evening of multimedia mayhem

  • Calendar

    October 1, 2008

    Robert Pollard's Boston Spaceships

    Local electro bands Estate and Nobot join forces to present an evening of multimedia mayhem

  • Music

    October 1, 2008

    My Morning Jacket and more

    Local electro bands Estate and Nobot join forces to present an evening of multimedia mayhem

  • Music

    September 3, 2008

    Boston Spaceships: Brown Submarine

    Local electro bands Estate and Nobot join forces to present an evening of multimedia mayhem

  • Blogs

    June 29, 2007

    The Black Keys come out of the past to rock the Fine Line

    Local electro bands Estate and Nobot join forces to present an evening of multimedia mayhem

  • Music

    July 19, 2006

    Keene Brothers: Blues and Boogie Shoes

    Local electro bands Estate and Nobot join forces to present an evening of multimedia mayhem

  • Blogs

    January 30, 2006

    Aging Rocker's Morality Questioned

    Local electro bands Estate and Nobot join forces to present an evening of multimedia mayhem

  • Music

    July 13, 2005

    Ad Rock

    Failed frozen-waffle jingle leads to year's best 51-song album

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2005

    6/15: Morning Communique

    Failed frozen-waffle jingle leads to year's best 51-song album

  • Music

    April 20, 2005
  • Music

    February 16, 2005
  • News

    December 15, 2004

    Local Music Yearbook '04

    We crowd-surfed with R.T. We bar hopped on light rail. And between some of our precious last sucks on a cigarette at the club, we scribbled it all down on a cocktail napkin.

  • Music

    January 14, 2004

    Who's Your Dada?

    The Fiery Furnaces turn poetic non sequitors into the surreal life of songs

  • News

    December 31, 2003

    Artists of the Year

    Iraq. SARS. Jay Leno, Still on television practically every night. Yeah, 2003 was about as much fun as a social disease.

  • News

    September 17, 2003

    It's All Good

    Serving the elderly, caring for monkeys, and helping out strippers, Monarques try to prove that the best new band in town are a bunch of saints

  • Arts

    September 22, 1999

    You're Not Invited

    Secret shows. Corporate gigs. Blind Dates. Why is it becoming harder for the public to get a piece of the rock?

  • Music

    February 24, 1999

    Weeping In Fits and Starts: Blue Funnel World

    Secret shows. Corporate gigs. Blind Dates. Why is it becoming harder for the public to get a piece of the rock?

  • Music

    April 15, 1998

    The Bevis Frond:North Circular

    Secret shows. Corporate gigs. Blind Dates. Why is it becoming harder for the public to get a piece of the rock?

  • Music

    April 16, 1997

    Number One Cup by Wrecked By Lions

    Secret shows. Corporate gigs. Blind Dates. Why is it becoming harder for the public to get a piece of the rock?

  • Music

    October 2, 1996

    Record Roundup

    Secret shows. Corporate gigs. Blind Dates. Why is it becoming harder for the public to get a piece of the rock?

  • Arts

    September 25, 1996

    Psychedelic Radio Shack

    Born in Louisiana, the Elephant 6 collective herald a new rock underground.

  • Feature

    September 18, 1996

    PRINTED MATTER

    Born in Louisiana, the Elephant 6 collective herald a new rock underground.

  • Music

    June 12, 1996

    The Roundup

    Born in Louisiana, the Elephant 6 collective herald a new rock underground.

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