Two new videos from local (or semi-local) acts made their debut over the weekend. One for No Bird Sing’s “Devil Trombones” (via Cake in 15) and another for a new track from Slug & Murs’ forthcoming Aesop Rock-produced tribute to Rosie Perez, “Get Cake.”

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Prior to Rain Machine’s performance at the Entry this past Friday night, Kyp Malone and his crew performed a studio session at The Current. Whiskey For The Holy Ghost has a review of the show & CB has some additional video footage of the band’s performance.

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—Guante will be hitting the road with Junkyard Empire and E.G. Bailey as the Verbal Graffiti Tour this fall/winter. For a taste of Guante’s forthcoming album with Big Cats!, check out CB’s premiere of some new material from the disc here.

—If you happen to be tuning into KFAI (90.3 in Minneapolis, 106.7 in St. Paul) right about now (9:00-11:00 central), you might happen to catch a studio performance by the Pines. The band will be hosting a CD release show for the new album Tremolo this Friday at the Cedar Cultural Center.

—Sufjan Stevens will make an appearance at the October 29 screening of The BQE at Minneapolis’ Southern Theater.

—Brother Ali was recently interviewed by Grounded TV.

—Parasites & Sycophants features new music from Anders Ponders.

—Joseph Arthur will be playing a pair of solo shows at the Bryant Lake Bowl this coming November 28.

—Late last week Pitchfork reviewed “True To Form” from Lookbook’s latest release Wild At Heart.

—Posted on Culture Bully over the weekend: an interview with local MC Sketch Tha Cataclysm, photos of BruteHeart’s CD release show at the Hex, shots of Broken Social Scene/Stars’ Amy Millan at the Turf Club & the next three parts of Private Dancer’s tour vlog.