Silversun Pickups will be playing the State Theater on August 10. In the meantime, here they are performing “Well Thought Out Twinkles” on MTV Unplugged. Is it just me, or is MTV Unplugged a far cry from what it was 15 years ago (when, of course, it was still somewhat about the music)?LinksSilversun Pickups – [...]
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Silversun Pickups on MTV Unplugged
“In My Dreams” Video – Eels
“In My Dreams” is off the LP Hombre Lobo, an album that if you do not own, you really should. I can’t get enough of it, and I can’t wait for Eels to play the Twin Cities next.Read a terse review of Hombre Lobo.Also watch the videos for “Prizefighter“, “Fresh Blood“, and “The Look You [...]
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“Red State Girl” Video – Les Claypool
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“Red State Girl” is off Les Claypool’s last release Of Fungi and Foe. He played Myth back on March 19 and The Venue in Fargo, ND on July 1, but there’s no word yet as to when he might return.LinksLes Claypool – Website / Myspace
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Empires on Minnesota’s Northern Outpost
Instrumental metal outfit Empires performed at Minnesota’s Northern Outpost several weeks back. Check out the product. (Northern Outpost presents performances and interviews with Twin Cities bands and touring acts. New episodes are released every other Friday. The show is shot at Owl Recording in the heart of Uptown Minneapolis, giving each episode an organic [...]
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The Golden Bubbles, City On The Make, and the Pirate Bay
Today is July 2, 2009, and my faily just picked up $350 in things that go boom! July 4, here we come.We’ll see you all again next week on July 6. Tomorrow I head out of town for July 4, a long awaited break from the action. And so long as you’re not taking off [...]
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The Making of a New Twin Cities Record Label (Part 2 of 4)
In the early months of 2009 Mic and I plotted a course for getting him back to Minneapolis. Neither of us had much money on hand, so we shopped our options heavily. I had agreed to make a trip out to NYC and drive the long and winding road back to MN with him. The [...]
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“One More Chance” Video – Bloc Party
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“One More Chance” is a single, set for release on August 10. Bloc Party’s myspace page does not indicate plans for the song’s placement on a forthcoming album.Bloc Party – Website / Myspace
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“Can’t Stop Feeling” Video – Franz Ferdinand
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“Can’t Stop Feeling” is off Franz Ferdinand’s latest album Tonight, available in stores everywhere.LinksFranz Ferdinand – Website / Myspace
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Morning After Girls Tour Dates, at the Turf Club, Aug. 5
Author insert a music with WS Audio Player(Download) this music.“Straight Through You” by: The Morning After Girls“Hidden Spaces” VideoThe Morning After Girls Tour DatesThu 07/16/09 New York, NY Mercury LoungeAppearing with The WarlocksThu 07/30/09 San Francisco, CA Bottom Of The HillSat 08/01/09 Seattle, WA [...]
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The Sounds – Free mp3 Download
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The Sounds are slowly taking over the indie music world with their post-punk pop tunes and stylish sensibilities. But as the old saying goes, you reap what you sow, and The Sounds have been accruing outstanding karma, in part due to the things they offer their fans.Here’s a case in point, the band contacted the [...]
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Paragraphs at The Beat Coffee House
LinksParagraphs – MyspaceTides of Man – MyspaceSink the Bismark – Link?Goodday, Montag – Myspace
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Ari Herstand, Kill To Kill, and Gospel Gossip in the News
Today is June 30, 2009, and I am loving me this weather. I’ll have 65 degrees at the end of June along with my sugar and cream.I don’t know Ari Herstand personally, but maybe someday I’ll make the acquaintance. In the meantime I (as well as you) can get little snippets of his life via [...]
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Gospel Gossip at Radio K
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The cool factor here is so high I thought it worth an entire post-link. Nice work GG and Radio K. (Click the photo to go listen to the music.)
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Seein’ the Scene: A weekly look at the Twin Cities music scene and beyond! (6/16/09 – 6/29/09)
(Seein’ the Scene is a weekly photographic presentation featuring images from some of the best local rock concerts Minnesota has to offer. These images are captured through the lens’ of local rock photographer Mike Minehart. We welcome comments. More images from these shows can often be viewed at www.mikeminehart.com.)Link – The Wannabe HasbeensLink – Joey [...]
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“Sixteen” Video – The Heavy
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The Heavy’s video for “Sixteen” was shot on Coney Island, before roller coasters and ferris wheels. Gotta love the graffiti and phony palm tree.The Heavy will play the Fine Line Music Cafe on July 6. “Sixteen” is off The Heavy’s forthcoming sophomore album The House That Dirt Built, due out October 6. See other concert [...]
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The Weakerthans, coming to the Triple Rock on Sept. 26
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With all of the Canadian jokes floating around, it’s funny to think back to last year when many Americans were threatening to move up there, depending on the election out come. Well we’re all still here, and we can get a feel for the goods Canada has to offer without leaving the country. The Weakerthans [...]
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Read What We Read – The Jayhawks, Hootenanny, and Paul McCartney
Today is (was) June 29, 2009, and pleasantly cool in the Twin Cities!While surfing about I happened upon this video by Simian Mobile Disco that really got me hoppin’. The tune is “Audacity of Huge” off their Temporary Pleasure album, and I thought you might enjoy it. That is, if you’re really into rocking 80’s [...]
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The Answer Tour Dates, Coming to the Triple Rock Social Club, Aug. 20
The times they are a changin’. We know this when a text book classic rock band can be defined as indie, because after all, they’re on an indie label, and probably proud of it. But UK’s The Answer aren’t self-identifyingly indie - they call themselves a classic rock band, and that is truth in advertising.Having [...]
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The Mad Ripple Hootenanny – Jim Walsh and Friends Perform in the 89.3 The Current Studios
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Jim Walsh (aka The Mad Ripple) brought his friends Martin Devaney, Eliza Blue, and Little Man into the Current Studios to do a little rendition of a song called “Banjo Lisa.” The Walsh led Hootenanny has been increasingly a community staple of our local music scene, inviting one and all to come together with a [...]
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Silversun Pickups Tour Dates, Coming to the State Theatre, Aug. 10
L.A.’s the Silversun Pickups will be pulling into the State Theatre in August and the wise rock fan snatches the ticket early. Oddly enough, I might have expected a First Avenue show for the indie rockers, but perhaps our storied local venue wasn’t quite large enough? This may have been the case, considering the group [...]
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