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Also: (Black Lips @ 7th St. Entry) (Black Lips on Spinner’s The Interface)

Fine Line Music Cafe: 7:00 doors $20 18+ SOLD OUT
The Kooks: (Official) (MySpace) (Wikipedia)
The Morning Benders: (Official) (MySpace)

Perhaps better known as emcee Cresent Moon, Moon Casselle threw a curveball at the indie-rap community back in 2005 by playing a series of acoustic folk shows along with his wife, Channy. Their love …

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Also: (“Homecoming” Video) (Kanye West @ The 50th Annual Grammy Awards)

First Avenue: 8:00 doors $22 18+
The Breeders: (Official) (MySpace) (Wikipedia)
The Montana Boys: (Official) (MySpace)

Photo coverage of M83 at the Triple Rock Social Club (05/28/2008).

Afternoon Records describes Haley Bonar’s new album as “like a Cormac McCarthy short story: simple on the intake, but revealing universal truths with a powerful emotional impact as it sinks in.” Never mind that …

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7th St. Entry: 8:00 doors $6 18+
“Baby Guts CD Release Show”
Baby Guts: (Official) (MySpace)
Baby Guts “Staple Gun” (mp3)
The Chambermaids: (Official) (MySpace)
The Chambermaids “Park” (mp3)
The Sleaze: (MySpace)
The Vignettes: (MySpace)

Tricky performs “Council Estate” and “Puppy Toy” on the May 5 episode of Later… with Jools Holland.

Approach Influenza as a series which serves to help give insight as to where music is born; these are the thoughts, influences and the inspirations directly from the mind of the artists. In this edition …

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Also: (Black Kids on Later with Jools Holland)