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Kitten Forever: (MySpace)
MC/VL: (MySpace)
Hangun Man: (MySpace)
Tough Tough Skin: (Official) (MySpace)

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Dragon Fli Empire: (Official) (MySpace)
Also: (Cadence Weapon “Real Estate” Video)

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Gospel Gossip: (Official) (MySpace)
Gospel Gossip “Revolutions in Physic” (mp3)
Gospel Gossip “Shadows are Bent” (mp3)
First Communion Afterparty: (MySpace)
Alpha Consumer: (MySpace)
Margaret Lane: (MySpace)

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Yer Cronies

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Beck: (Official) (MySpace) (Wikipedia)
Also: (Beck “Modern Guilt” Video) (Beck on the Late Show with David Letterman 2008) (Beck “Orphans” Video) (Beck “Gamma Ray” Video)

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I first heard Suzanne Vallie’s singing at Minneapolis’s 331 Club, where Chris DeLine and I were having an impromptu site meeting over beers. Sitting in a back booth, chatting with Chris about the future of the blog, I remember a clear voice ringing through the club, cutting through the din like a knife through smoke. [...]

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(MySpace) (Wikipedia)
Also: (The Top 5 Music Videos Featuring Puppets)

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(Official) (MySpace) (Wikipedia Site)
Also: (Portishead “The Rip” Video) (Portishead on Later with Jools Holland) (“Machine Gun” Video) (Portishead “Third” Review)

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(Official) (MySpace) (Wikipedia)
Also: (Radiohead “Weird Fishes/Arpeggi” Video) (Radiohead “Reckoner” Video) (Radiohead “House of Cards” Video) (Radiohead “All I Need” Video)

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Ludacris feat. T-Pain “One More Drink (11/26/2008)” (mp3)
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Also: (Ludacris “Theater of the Mind” Review)

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Jake One feat. Freeway & Brother Ali “The Truth” (mp3)
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Also: (Brother Ali Kicks Tour Off with New Track) (Brother Ali “Take Me Home” Video”) (Brother Ali @ First Avenue 06/08/2007)

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If only the Killers could be as big and important as they seem to think they are. The band, who rode the coattails of the new wave revival of the mid 2000’s to fortune and fame, now seem to feel like they are somehow spokesmen for someone. Their first album, Hot Fuss, was all pop [...]

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Also: (Radiohead “Reckoner” Video) (Radiohead “House of Cards” Video) (Radiohead “All I Need” Video) (Radiohead on Late Night with Conan O’Brien)

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I get the feeling that a lot of people still don’t realize that the Twin Cities spoken-word scene is one of the strongest in the country—from our arts programs to our organizations to our slam teams to our youth—Minneapolis and St. Paul are doing some amazing work (Full disclosure: I’m the 2008 Minneapolis poetry slam [...]

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The Killers “Human (11/24/2008)” (mp3)
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Also: (The Killers “Day & Age” Review) (The Killers on SNL) (The Killers on SNL 2)

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Kanye West “Heartless (11/25/2008)” (mp3)
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Also: (Kanye West “808s & Heartbreak” Review) (Kanye West on the Late Show with David Letterman) (Kanye West @ 2008 American Music Awards)

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