When it comes to Midwest hip hop, the mainstream tends to focus on Chicago (Kanye, Common, Lupe, etc.) and the underground tends to focus on Minneapolis (Atmosphere, Brother Ali, etc.). All too often lost …

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First Avenue: 5:00 door $25
Dark Lotus: (MySpace) (Wikipedia)
Haystak: (MySpace) (Wikipedia)
Wolfpac: (Official) (MySpace) (Wikipedia)

I’ve been meaning to give it up (way harder than Bama & Michy, mind you) for quite some time to a site called Jake And Amir – the duo’s (almost) daily clips have helped to …

Al Green “Lay It Down (06/05/2008)” (mp3)
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Also: (Al Green on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno)

7th St. Entry: 9:00 doors $6
“A Night in the Box CD Release Party”
A Night in the Box: (MySpace)
A Night in the Box “Write a Letter” (mp3)
Plastic Chord: (MySpace)
Bitch n’ Brown: (MySpace)

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Funny or Die – Official Site

The Hood Internet vs. Chicago (zip)
The Hood Internet: (Official) (MySpace)

“I weighed in on dapgate over at XXL just now. My theory is that Obama’s handlers probably suggested that he stop just short of putting his mouth on his wife on stage, because this is …

Epic: 10:00 doors 18+
A man that should need no introduction, Flash is one of the faces on hip hop’s Mt. Rushmore. While some legends coast by on their reputation, Flash (a Rock & Roll …

From the lilting vocal harmonies of “Sun it Rises” to the final desperate cries of “Oliver James,” it is immediately apparent that Fleet Foxes’ first full length album is going to be one of the …

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