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David Byrne plays to odd crowd at State Theatre

Wed Oct 15, 3:56 PM

David Byrne is not as much of an oddball as he was when he fronted the Talking Heads. But his crowd is still very much eccentric. More >>

Flyer of the Week: Draw Fire Records

Wed Oct 15, 12:50 PM

This week's flyer is for the Draw Fire Records showcase this Friday at the Turf Club. More >>

Local design shop and gallery team up to plaster the town with Obama

Wed Oct 15, 9:46 AM

Warning: this post contains mildly political content. More >>

Farewell Mr. Sports, Mr. Action, Mr. Jim Ed Poole

Wed Oct 15, 9:12 AM

After over 25 years, MPR's The Morning Show will call it quits with a final broadcast on December 11. More >>

Features

  • Invincible Kids conquering local indie-electro scene
    The Kids talk sandwiches, snowboarding, and synthesizers
    Wednesday, October 15
    "A slim," explains Drew Everett Phillips, speaking of the fundamentals-only hoagie variant found at Jimmy John's, "though it doesn't have the... More >>
  • Freaks and Geeks
    The No-No's are breaking out of the punk clichés and making waves on their own terms
    Wednesday, October 15
    When I mention Elvis Presley, their eyes light up. When I drop the name of Elvis's first guitarist, the No-No's bassist Matt Von Ende (".matt")... More >>
  • The Songs We Can't Escape
    Wednesday, October 15
    Caw! Caw!"Organisms" "Kissing your sweaty face is like kissing every member of the human race," frontman Tim Tsurutani quails, distressed. That... More >>
  • Ted Leo and more
    Wednesday, October 15
      WEDNESDAY 10.15 Alejandro Escovedo Fine Line Music Cafe With a résumé casually littered with a seminal punk band... More >>
  • Blue Worm breaks ground with 10 years in local music biz
    Brett Johnson celebrates a long local life in Minnesota rock 'n' roll
    Wednesday, October 08
    As a lifelong, self-taught musician, Brett Johnson knows a thing or two about the inner workings of the music business. In addition to founding... More >>
  • No Direction from Home
    They may know how to navigate Western Scandinavia, but Maps of Norway can't explain how they came to be
    Wednesday, October 08
    It's a chilly night on wrought-iron chairs. Under an unseasonable parasol, Maps of Norway and their pints of beer accumulate sheaths of frost.... More >>
  • The Songs We Can't Escape
    Wednesday, October 08
    BUSINESS LADY"Trick Boots" Okay, I'm sold: I believe that the protagonist really believes that by harnessing heretofore untapped mental powers,... More >>
  • Stereolab and more
    Wednesday, October 08
      WEDNESDAY 10.8 Silver Jews Triple Rock Social Club Watching lead Silver Jew David Berman cycle through phases over the past 10-plus... More >>
  • You'll remember your first time with the Virgins
    Black Kids and Beatrix*JAR join the NYC pop group in the 7th St. Entry
    Wednesday, October 01
    The Virgins may be a touch inexperienced, but in this case, naiveté proves to be an asset. Their self-titled debut, released this past... More >>
  • Fall CD Review Roundup
    Military Special, Kristoff Krane, and Sleeping in the Aviary stand out amid a flurry of releases
    Wednesday, October 01
    Part of working as a music critic in the land of 10,000 bands means keeping up with the new releases that pour into my inbox and off the edge of... More >>
  • The Songs We Can't Escape
    Wednesday, October 01
    T.I. feat. JAY-Z, KANYE WEST, & LIL WAYNE"Swagger Like Us" Oh, why not recycle an M.I.A. utterance for the four hottest spitters in the world?... More >>
  • Common Market: Tobacco Road
    Wednesday, October 01
    Going down that old Tobacco Road to explore weighty issues of religion, self-worth, history, and socioeconomics, all under the framework of the... More >>
  • My Morning Jacket and more
    Wednesday, October 01
      WEDNESDAY 10.1 Liam Finn 7th St. Entry New Zealander Liam Finn undeniably has inherited the art of crafting insidiously clever pop... More >>
  • One-woman band Patches and Gretchen releases first disc
    Songstress (and sister to Aimee Mann) pays her own homage to Dylan
    Wednesday, September 24
    Gretchen Seichrist is a winsome, redheaded bossy-pants of a girl with a thing for Bob Dylan. A really, really, really big thing for Bob Dylan.... More >>
  • Kings of Leon: Only by the Night
    Wednesday, September 24
    Anyone who has followed the exploits of the Followill clan could see it coming. Maybe it was playing stadiums with U2, or the fact that they... More >>
  • The Songs We Can't Escape
    Wednesday, September 24
    DEERHOOF "The Tears and Music of Love" The opening rhythm and tone hints, weakly, at that of "Footloose." Then a few bars pass and, yeah, it's... More >>
  • Sigur Rós and more
    Wednesday, September 24
      WEDNESDAY 9.24 High Places Triple Rock Social Club The hype machine has run amok in High Places' hometown of Brooklyn, New York. It... More >>
  • Quirky locals Economy Team release debut album
    Also, they've begun a search for the world's first gear-toting groupie
    Wednesday, September 17
    Staring out from behind glass eyes and stale fur, mounted zebra and wildebeest heads hang eerily over the members of Economy Team as they pose... More >>
  • Hey Mr. DJ
    The monthly series Last of the Record Buyers brings producers out of their bedrooms and into the limelight
    Wednesday, September 17
    In the middle of the stage, tangles of plugs and cords and wiring extend from a couple of separate power strips. These hook into mixers,... More >>
  • Jeremy Messersmith: The Silver City
    Wednesday, September 17
    At the Franklin Avenue station the train doors part. A harp-accompanied falsetto voice and angelic choir welcome us to heavenly Suburbia, the... More >>

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Broward - Palm Beach

Swedish metal act Opeth storms Revolution on Monday

By the ripe old age of 7, Opeth leader Mikael Åkerfeldt already considered himself a... More >>

Dallas

The Butthole Surfers Are Older, But Not Necessarily Wiser

Classic lineup is back together, and that's about all that remains the same
At 50 years old, Gibby Haynes, the man whose acid-fueled on- and off-stage exploits are the... More >>

Denver

The Black Angels are psyched about the 13th Floor Elevators

The Black Angels are a trip to see in concert. The last time they played the Bluebird, they... More >>

Houston

Northern Soul: Portugal. The Man

Straight outta Sarah Palin country
No one would blame John Baldwin Gourley if he never listened to oldies again. That's all the... More >>

Kansas City

Broken Social Scene ropes in Land of Talk, Feist and others for its collective indie-rock chaos.

At the turn of the 21st century, few predicted the overwhelming influence that Canadians would... More >>

Miami

New World Symphony Opens Its Season with Stravinsky

The Lincoln Theatre will be alive with the sound of the Russian bad boy's music.
The "punk composer" of his generation, Beethoven garnered that reputation mostly because of... More >>

Phoenix

Giantkiller: A David Versus Goliath Rematch with the Majors?

Epic is a word that frequently punctuates Larry Elyea's conversation. Not enough times to... More >>

San Francisco

The Maverick MC, the Studio Mess, and the Sturdy Indie Label

The 2008 local music landscape in three parts.
Okay, we get it. The economy is in rapid decline. The major labels are in rapid decline. And,... More >>

St. Louis

Circle of Friends: Broken Social Scene ropes in Land of Talk and others for its collective indie-rock chaos

At the turn of the 21st century, few predicted the overwhelming influence that Canadian music... More >>

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