Today it was announced that Vita.mn would be producing a New Year’s Eve party at The Loft above Barfly. What’s so special about The Spirit of ‘09-branded party, you ask? Here’s a taste of the lineup:
DJ sets from New York City’s disco revolutionary and gay icon Hercules and Love Affair, Atlanta-bred wunderkind DJ and producer [...]
William Elliott Whitmore is set to spend the month of January traveling from the snowy east to sunnier climes as his tour with City and Colour makes its way from Detroit on January 9th to finish in Los Angeles on January 28. Whitmore’s ANTI- Records debut Animals in the Dark comes out the following month [...]
[by Matt Brown]
Darren Hayman’s knack for verbalizing the trials and traumas of lower-middle Britain is well documented. As the driving force behind 1990’s indie outfit Hefner he grew a cult and enthusiastic following that hung on his every acerbic turn of phrase and whom took a great amount of pride from supporting a band rubbing [...]
Twin Cities News:
— Britney’s coming to Minneapolis, playing the Target Center in April.
— Pack the clown masks and grab the kids, Slipknot’s coming back to town.
— City Pages recaps last week’s Aids Wolf show at The Entry.
— Glasvegas is coming to town, playing the Varsity in April.
— In case you missed it, we’re is presenting [...]
[by Josh Keller]
I fear you, my darkness, the debut EP from the Minneapolis based group Lookbook is a study in contrasts and is a strangely beautiful album that has very dark undertones. The duo is comprised of former Digitata singer Maggie Morrison on vocals and Grant Cutler from various local bands doing the music. The [...]
Culture Bully presents Yo! Majesty and Natalie Stewart of Floetry at the Triple Rock Social Club Feb. 2, 2009.
01/15/2009 Autin, TX Mohawk
01/16/2009 Denton, TX Haileys
01/17/2009 Houston, TX Walters
01/18/2009 New Orleans, LA Parish
01/21/2009 Miami, FL White Room
01/22/2009 Atlanta, GA Apache
01/23/2009 Raleigh, NC Brewery
01/24/2009 Washington DC Black Cat
01/25/2009 Philadelphia, PA M Room
01/27/2009 New York, NY Highline [...]
Kid Dakota by Cameron Wittig
Twin Cities News:
— Rift reviews Die off Songbird by Maps of Norway.
— Empty’s Tapes posted Saturday night’s Dragons Power Up! show.
— The 757’s have started posting a few new tracks from the band’s upcoming release on their MySpace.
— The Wake reviews Solid Gold’s Bodies of Water.
— City Pages profiles the Fuck [...]
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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[by Jon Behm]
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 [...]
Ludacris feat. T-Pain “One More Drink (11/26/2008)” (mp3)
Ludacris: (Official) (MySpace) (Wikipedia)
Ludacris “Theater of the Mind” (album)
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Also: (Ludacris “Theater of the Mind” Review) (Chingy & Ludacris on the Late Show with David Letterman)
Jake One feat. Freeway & Brother Ali “The Truth” (mp3)
Jake One “White Van Music” (album)
Jake One: (Official) (MySpace) (Wikipedia)
Also: (Brother Ali Kicks Tour Off with New Track) (Brother Ali “Take Me Home” Video”) (Brother Ali @ First Avenue 06/08/2007)
[by Josh Keller]
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 [...]
The Killers “Human (11/24/2008)” (mp3)
The Killers: (Official) (MySpace) (Wikipedia)
The Killers “Day & Age” (album)
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Also: (The Killers “Day & Age” Review) (The Killers on SNL) (The Killers on SNL 2)
Kanye West “Heartless (11/25/2008)” (mp3)
Kanye West: (Official) (MySpace) (Wikipedia)
Kanye West “808s & Heartbreak” (album)
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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) (Kanye West “Heartless” Video) (Estelle & Kanye West @ MTV Europe Music Awards)
Twin Cities News:
— MN Daily interviews Lucy Michelle and the Velvet Lapelles.
— The Daily also runs down a list of some of the TC’s “best” indie labels.
— How Was The Show interviews Ed Ackerson.
— Duluth’s Trampled By Turtles are hittin’ the road.
— Both Calexico and Sebastien Grainger stopped by The Current recently, playing studio sessions.
— [...]
Kanye West “Love Lockdown (11/24/2008)” (mp3)
Kanye West: (Official) (MySpace) (Wikipedia)
Kanye West “808s & Heartbreak” (album)
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Also: (Kanye West “808s & Heartbreak” Review) (Kanye West @ 2008 American Music Awards) (Kanye West “Heartless” Video) (Kanye West @ 2008 MTV Europe Music Awards) (Estelle & Kanye West @ MTV Europe Music Awards)
Tom Morello: The Nightwatchman “Whatever It Takes (11/24/2008)” (mp3)
Tom Morello: (Official) (MySpace) (Wikipedia)
Tom Morello “The Fabled City” (album)
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Also: (Rage Against The Machine, Queens of the Stone Age & The Coup @ Alpine Valley Music Theatre 08/24/2007) (Zach de la Rocha & Tom Morello: “And Now What?” - CIW Protest)
[by Jon Behm]
Thanks to Gorilla vs. Bear, I have had a copy of Fight Bite’s excellent single “Swissexlover” floating around my computer for what seems like forever now. Every so often my shuffled playlist lands on that gem of a dream pop song, and I frustrate myself by frantically trying to buy the rest of [...]
[photo: Jon Behm]
Twin Cities News:
— Cake in 15 recaps Cloud Cult’s show at the Whole.
— Haley Bonar has just announced two MN dates: Nov. 28 @ Duluth’s Teatro Zuccone and Nov. 29 @ the Cedar.
— City Pages has a slideshow of AC/DC’s show @ The Xcel.
— How Was The Show reviews the Western Fifth CD [...]
[by Kyle "El Guante" Myhre]
So if press releases and interviews are to be believed, Theater of the Mind is supposed to be a cinematic concept album, a journey through the characters and situations running amok in Ludacris’ boundless imagination, an album with not guests, but “co-stars.” Ludacris is attempting to provide the soundtrack for a [...]
