Canadian rapper Shad (Shadrach Kabango) exploded on the scene recently with both Polaris Music Prize and Juno Award nomnations for his sophomore effort The Old Prince (technically released last year but just getting on most …

Portland based band-to-watch The Shaky Hands are coming to the 7th Street Entry on the night before Halloween to open for The Acorn. Already in the midst of a cross country tour, bassist Mayhaw Hoons …

Jolie Holland

It is often difficult to gain a balanced perspective on an album after reading a single summary of the music. Bias can tilt the review, as can personal taste, history and just about everything else …

Minneapolis Hip Hop five piece The Blend took to the stage on Friday night to support the release of their debut album, Losing the Game. I was in attendance, though several opening bands of varying …

There are two types of bands: those who are unabashedly ambitious, and those who pretend not to be. TV on the Radio fall into the former category: not only do they want to be the …

Military Special

Birdmonster
The 7th Street Entry is a venue built specifically, it seems, for loud, sweaty rock shows. The intimacy (and, frankly, the grunginess of the place) lends itself nicely to dissonant, thunderous rock shows where you …

Two years after the fantastic Springtime Can Kill You, Jolie Holland is back with a new album, The Living and the Dead, released through Anti records. Where Springtime saw Holland giving her warbling Alto …

TV on the Radio

Suzanne Vallie

Crescent Moon Is In Big Trouble