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The Modern Lovers

  • Blogs

    October 3, 2011

    Girls at First Avenue, 10/1/11

    ​GirlsOctober 1, 2011First Ave, MinneapolisIt was the encore that did it. Christopher Owens walked out on stage by himself, a slender wisp of a man with messy blonde hair and sad, sunken eyes. He slung his Rickenbacker over his shoulder and, eyes squinting, set into a solo rendition of "Jamie Mari ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 9, 2011

    Jonathan Richman at the Triple Rock, 5/6/11

    ​The Triple Rock hosted a different kind of punk legend than usual to a mixed-age and jubilant crowd Friday night. Jonathan Richman made yet another stop to the Twin Cities, performing at the club for the first time, and couldn't have seemed happier about it.

  • Blogs

    December 18, 2009

    Revisiting Reissues: Hits and misses from re-releases in the '00s

    A sampling of what made (re)collecting the old faves so fun, and frustrating, in the aughts.

  • Blogs

    October 19, 2009

    Shahs track featured on Pitchfork

    Call it a Twin Cities coups--today, "Pablo Picasso" from Shahs' forthcoming Guts EP gets featured on Forkast.

  • Calendar

    April 29, 2009

    Chain & the Gang

    Call it a Twin Cities coups--today, "Pablo Picasso" from Shahs' forthcoming Guts EP gets featured on Forkast.

  • Columns

    June 23, 2004

    That Summer Feeling

    Jonathan Richman, modern lover

  • Music

    November 5, 2003
  • Music

    December 9, 1998

    Use Your Illusion

    Jonathan Richman, modern lover

  • Arts

    May 20, 1998

    I'm With the Bandwidth

    The Suburbs, the Replacements, Soul Asylum--Twin/Tone Records has all but defined Minneapolis's musical past. Now proprietor Paul Stark is making a play for the future.

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