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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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Breaking News: Minneapolis Loves Prince
July 7, 2007 – 1:45 pm | No Comment

The line-up for Prince’s First Avenue show began Friday afternoon at roughly 2pm from what I was told and has only grown to the point of about 900 people at this point in time (1:20 …

Prince to Play Three Shows 07/07/2007
July 6, 2007 – 8:00 am | 4 Comments

I received an interesting email yesterday from Ross Raihala, pop music critic for St. Paul’s Pioneer Press. It read as follows:
“To celebrate 7/7/07 and Prince’s three shows on Saturday night, I’m doing a special …

Tortoise @ Cedar Cultural Center
July 4, 2007 – 11:12 am | 2 Comments
Tortoise @ Cedar Cultural Center

If the members of Tortoise retained anything from their kindergarten days, it is that it’s always polite to share. The band demonstrated as much in their latest tour stop at the Cedar.

Medicative Rhetoric: Eyedea and Abilities
July 2, 2007 – 4:33 pm | No Comment

Eyedea and Abilities hit the battle scene in 1997, a couple of high school friends from Minneapolis. A decade later they have been to the top, their most notable victories coming in 1999 and 2000 …