It is not considerably hard to categorize Turbo Fruits as something similar to last year’s sensation Be Your Own PET, especially so considering their sounds are both vibrantly based in a lighter, southern-whipped style of …

Stopping by the Spinner offices, Tegan and Sara played four songs during their studio session. Afterward responding to a question regarding The White Stripes’ cover of their “Walking With a Ghost” it was divulged …

Following last week’s Minnesota State Zoo performance Son Volt stopped by Minnesota Public Radio, performing a studio set. (The Current)
Rob van Alstyne recalls of Sunday night’s Mouthful of Bees show at the 7th Street Entry, …

Citing a conversation he had recently, Gorilla vs. Bear concluded of the new video, “This stuff is tailor-made for those of us that grew up on cheesy, over-the-top, early ’80s TV music.” I agree …

Chromewaves recently dismissed dismissing the latest Editors’ track, “As a faux music critic, it would make my life much easier if I were able to, in good conscience, dismiss them as Interpol knock-offs and go …

You Ain’t No Picasso has posted a few photos from Tapes ‘n Tapes’ Lollapalooza performance; also included, a video of one of the band’s new songs. (You Ain’t No Picasso)
Indie rock darlings Shout Out …

When not making Frank Miller-esque videos with Timbaland The Hives apparently spent a bit of time recording a few tracks of their own, this time around for the follow up to 2004’s mediocre Tyrannosaurus Hives …

Monday August 13
T.I. @ Myth (Audio)
Tuesday August 14
The Umbrellas @ 7th St. Entry (Audio)
Marilyn Manson & Slayer @ Xcel Energy Center (Audio)
Reel Big Fish & Less Than Jake @ Myth (Audio)
Thursday August 16
Killarmy @ Foundation …

Kicking off the show with “a bit of national rag” Power of Country opened up with a rousing bluegrass introduction before singer Jim Goad (aka Big Red Goad) stepped on stage at First Avenue, promptly …

This past weekend I looped the mezmerizingly lazy video for Devendra Banhart’s “Seahorse” over and over thanks to Gorilla vs. Bear’s post last Friday. The video, concluding after some eight minutes, bounds about all over …

Late last month Spinner debuted the latest Klaxons video for “Magick,” one of the most sporadic tracks on the fantastic Myths of the Near Future. Theme: ultraviolet ooze sprays from the eyes of the …

Liars‘ first listen suggests itself to be an entirely disjointed piece, far more so than the highly credited Drum’s Not Dead. Even at its most devastatingly choppy, as with “Leather Prowler,” the …