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Dinosaur Jr. @ First Avenue
November 20, 2009 – 10:59 am | No Comment

The Amherst trio had towers of amps stacked up all over the stage, including one that was pointed directly towards front man J Mascis, in case his monitors weren’t providing him enough of his own guitar sound. And not having enough sound has never really been a problem for the group, and it certainly wasn’t on this evening as the band tore through a fiery 90 minute set that spanned the band’s entire career.

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Local News: Pelican, Tori Amos & “Planet Earth”
July 24, 2007 – 8:00 am | 2 Comments

Pelican are set to return to the Triple Rock Social Club on August 23. (Brooklyn Vegan)
Tori Amos will be returning to Minneapolis November 7. (Spinner)
“The album’s cameo appearances by Wendy & Lisa and Sheila E. …

Chamillionaire “Mix Tape Messiah 3″ Review
July 23, 2007 – 11:00 am | No Comment

Chamillionaire returns with his latest mix tape, Mix Tape Messiah 3. In typical mix tape fashion he delivers over twenty tracks with some hits, some misses and some unnecessary skits. One of the …

Local News: This Week’s Concert Highlights
July 23, 2007 – 8:00 am | One Comment

This week’s concert highlights:
Monday July 23
Jimmy Eat World @ Fine Line (6:00)
The Plastic Constellations @ Loring Park (7:00)
Tuesday July 24
St. Vincent @ 7th St. Entry (9:00)
Cary Brothers @ Varsity Theater (7:00)
Gwar @ Myth (1:00)
Wednesday July …

Copycat “Knowing the Rhythm is Right” Video
July 22, 2007 – 10:00 am | No Comment

What still stands as one of my favorite mashups of the year, Copycat’s “Knowing the Rhythm is Right” has received tribute by way of music video, created by a somewhat anonymous fan. Just as …

New Max & Igor Cavalera Project: Inflikted
July 21, 2007 – 11:10 am | One Comment

Former Sepultura drummer Igor Cavalera and his brother Max (Soulfly, ex-Sepultura) recently rectified their differences, speaking for the first time in roughly a decade. The brothers last recorded an album together on Sepultura’s 1996 …

Pitchfork Music Festival: Mashups, Polaroids, Recaps, Videos and More
July 20, 2007 – 12:15 pm | No Comment

A week ago today the 2007 Pitchfork Music Festival kicked off in Chicago with a performance with three fantastic acts, each performing one of their most heralded albums; Slint with Spiderland, GZA with Liquid Swords …

Bloc Party on Spinner’s The Interface
July 20, 2007 – 11:15 am | No Comment

Earlier this week Spinner released an acoustic set performed in its studio by Kele Okereke and Russell Lissack of Bloc Party. The duo performed somber renditions from both its recent release A Weekend in …

Local News: Great Northern, Travis, Maximo Park, Devendra Banhart, Emmys & Cradle of Filth
July 20, 2007 – 8:00 am | No Comment

Greg Swan recalls Tuesday night’s 7th Street Entry show, “Great Northern’s audacious approach to songwriting — varied time signatures, minor and dissonant chords, magnetic lyrical concepts — explodes live on-stage like delicious, melting ear candy …

Interpol on Spinner’s Sessions
July 19, 2007 – 2:12 pm | 2 Comments

Interpol recently stopped by the Spinner to record a set for Sessions. The group performed “The Heinrich Maneuver” and “Mammoth” from its recent Our Love to Admire along with “Evil” and “Obstacle 1″ from …

Spoon on The Late Show
July 19, 2007 – 12:14 pm | 3 Comments

Spoon’s Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga has been heralded as one of the best albums of the year and last week the band performed “The Underdog” on The Late Show with David Letterman. Capitalizing …

Common Feat. Lily Allen “Driving Me Wild”
July 19, 2007 – 10:35 am | One Comment

Last week a rough live version of the track surfaced, but thanks to Nah Right the studio cut of “Driving Me Wild” from Common’s forthcoming Finding Forever has found light.  Lily Allen contributes with her …

Local News: Subhumans UK, Of Montreal & More Commentary on “Planet Earth”
July 19, 2007 – 8:00 am | No Comment

Classic punk outfit Subhumans UK will be hitting the Triple Rock Social Club on August 8. (Brooklyn Vegan)
Of Montreal will be returning to town in October, playing First Avenue. (Brooklyn Vegan)
At least 2.8 million …