L.A.’s Giant Drag, Chicago’s Ok Go and opener She Wants Revenge take the stage at the mighty Ascot Room at the Quest Club tonight. Again, ambiguous start time - doors at 6:30 p.m.
The Quest’s Web site is still down (going on 9 weeks now) and calls to the club all day were not returned. […]

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I do three things: work, listen to music and go to concerts.
So I rarely get to the theater or rent movies. Unfortunately, I’ve been renting a bunch of b-level movies via Blockbuster.com lately, and while I’m no movie critic, here’s a recap for those of you keeping score at home:

Watched CRASH last […]

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World Leader Pretend
Quest Club’s Ascot Room
Minneapolis, MN
November 7, 2005
When thinking of the New Orleans music scene, obligatory thoughts of jazz come to mind from Louis Armstrong to Dr. John. Perhaps funeral dirges during the day partnered with beaded drunken party music at night. Enter World Leader Pretend, a misunderstood N.O.-based who escaped to Harlem to […]

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The Mars Volta
Scabdates
Label: Universal
Available: November 8, 2005
The Mars Volta will release the live full-length album Scabdates tomorrow November 8th, but why wait until then to check it out?
Whole album streams are brought to you with blessings from the monkeys:
Real: Click here — Windows: Click here

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TONIGHT in Mpls:
World Leader Pretend
Quest Club Ascot Room
Billed as “America’s response to Coldplay,” World Leader Pretend take the stage at The Quest Club’s Ascot Room in downtown Minneapolis. Doors at 5 p.m. Show at 6 p.m. Update: I’m told by band mgmt WLP will take the stage at 8 p.m. (EARLY!).
The album is pretty great […]

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Trey Anastasio
November 2, 2005
Orpheum Theater
Minneapolis, MN
Sailing guitar solos, elaborate stage setup, balloons, hazy smoke and a grinning Trey Anastasio glad to be back before a crowd of adoring jam-lovers.
The kickoff of Trey’s tour promoting his new album Shine, Orpheum Theater in downtown Minneapolis found itself transformed into hippie central with $6 Heinkens and secondhand […]

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Trey Anastasio
Shine
Available: November 1, 2005
Label: Sony
He’s what Clapton became when he left Cream. He’s a master on stage. But If I were Trey: once I sobered up from recording my second official solo release, Shine, I’d rename it to Radio Friendly.

Let’s just say that I miss Phish. I’ve been to lots of Phish shows, made […]

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