Triple Rock Social Club: Wednesday, May 28 – 9:00 $14 21+
Devouring M83’s recently released Saturdays = Youth involves little effort, its twelve tracks electing to browse through the last twenty some years of ambient while …

The Blind Shake

With some questioning the impact of the band’s success on its craft and others simply enjoying the fact there would be a release this year, the album has been eagerly anticipated on all counts. Here are four reactions, four impressions, four takes on Death Cab For Cutie’s Narrow Stairs.

Station 4: Tuesday, May 20 – 5:00 doors $20
The presence of the symphonic metal giants in Arch Enemy playing a small club is awesome enough, add to that mammoth Dark Tranquility, a potato, some …

Never heard of The Cops? You will. The Seattle punk/garage band is a rising star in a small but burgeoning revival taking place across the country; mixing political ethos with deadly guitar thrashing, …

Margot & The Nuclear So and So’s

Diverting from the model presented by Ghosts I-IV released in March, that being listen to a sample for free – but pay if you’d like an expansive version of the set, The Slip was offered …

Turf Club: Monday, May 12 – 9:00 $8 21+
In preparation for the band’s forthcoming sophomore release, Animal!, Margot & the Nuclear So and So’s will be taking the stage at St. Paul’s Turf Club as …

Widely adored for its diverse range and erratic structure The Odd Couple has also drawn criticism for attempting to hide beneath a shroud of artistic overreachings and blatant inconsistencies. Here are four reactions, four …

7th St. Entry: Monday, May 5 – 8:00 doors $10 18+
Not to rehash what I’ve said in other outlets, but I can’t avoid it. I am looking forward to seeing The Little Ones at …

Opening the show with Swedish sleaze rockers Vains of Jenna and closing with English death metal band Cradle of Filth, the Viva La Bands tour covered extracts from this world and beyond—the unearthly Gwar playing middle spot and entirely gorging its audience with hedonism and irreverence.