The Go! Team
First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN
Oct. 28, 2005
There was no question that the “Power [was] ON!” at the legendary First Avenue nightclub Friday night as The Go! Team rocked out, rapped and then dance-party-assaulted an all ages crowd of Twin City fans.
Playing mostly from their unrivaled, Mercury Prize-nominated debut, Thunder, Lightning, Strike, the Go! Team […]

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Sabrosa Purr
Music From the Violet Room
Available: October 4, 2005
Label: Dangerbird Records
The scant reviews and background to be found online for this group all tout echos of Pink Floyd, Secret Machines and Nirvana, but when listening to Sabrosa Purr’s new EP, Music From the Violet Room, I hear two influences even stronger: Filter frontman Richard Patrick’s […]

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Tonight:
The Go! Team at First Avenue. Tickets are still available. Don’t miss it.

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Iron Maiden
Numbers from the Beast:
An All Star Salute to Iron Maiden
Available: October 11, 2005
Label: Restless Records
Celebrating their 30th anniversary this year, Iron Maiden has authorized this new tribute album featuring 11 classics reworked by their metal contemporaries and apprentices - complete with another stellar cover featuring Eddie, the zombie who has graced the artwork […]

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45 Grave
Only the Good Die Young
Available: October 11, 2005
Label: Restless Records
Is this 1988 or did Megadeath really help hell freeze over?
I wasn’t old enough to party it up in L.A. in ‘88, so 45 Grave’s re-release of their concert at Raji’s club in Hollywood that July will have to do. And the album underpromises and […]

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Metric
Ascot Room, Quest Club
October 22, 2005
Saturday’s Metric show in the curious Ascot Room turned out the crowd I complained about staying home exactly a week ago.

An amalgamation of emo-d out geeks, gay couples, chick rockers and yuppies bounced along as the group ran through the set of tracks from 2003’s Old World Underground and the […]

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Aerosmith’s
Rockin’ The Joint
(Live At The Hard Rock Hotel Las Vegas)
[Live DualDisc]
Label: Sony
Available: October 25, 2005
I came of age to Aerosmith’s Get a Grip, the superhit album boasting five hit singles (Livin’ on the Edge, Crazy, Cryin’, Eat the Rich, Walk This Way). I wore this CD out and bought another. But Rockin’ The Joint […]

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The Mars Volta
Scabdates (advance track links)
On November 8th, The Mars Volta will release the live full-length album Scabdates. The album is said to capture the band’s explosive live performance, which isn’t possible, but it’s worth a try. After this year’s successful Frances the Mute and the unrivaled Deloused in the Comatorium debut, let’s […]

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The Sun
October 13, 2005
Ascot Room, Minneapolis, MN
I have never been so disappointed in the Minneapolis music scene. Last night The Sun and Apollo Sunshine played at The Quest’s Ascot Room to a paying crowd of 2 people. Across the street at the Club 3 Degrees, more than 150 people were jammed into the door. Son […]

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Tarantula A.D.
Book of Sand
Label: Kemado Records
Available: November 1, 2005
In a rustic lodge on an isolated island off the coast of Washington state, Tarantula A.D. set out to record their new album amidst a somber fog. Meanwhile, the rest of us went on with our hectic lives, jobs, families and everyday problems. For those few weeks, […]

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