Radiohead prides itself in being different that other U.K. groups. They are open in their resentment of greedy capitalists, don’t conform to typical venues for typical fees, hate George Bush, won’t perform their first hit single (”Creep”) and have never been a big fan of music labels and other constrictive entities.
So one can’t be […]

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In case you missed it on Monday, here’s a YouTube clip of Diablo Cody’s interview on Letterman Monday night. I actually remembered to watch it and couldn’t believe how much Letterman loved her book, Candy Girl, (he put a “Dave’s Book Club” sticker on it) and waxed poetic over her story. And she really held […]

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Capital Sons
Self-titled
Buy your girlfriend a ring. Do it. And if you don’t heed my advice, don’t take her to a Capital Sons show. The quartet’s new self-titled EP oozes out seven tight tracks of poplacious wonder, and I guarantee after one listen she’ll be at every CS show, hanging out backstage and trying to make […]

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Middlepicker
Brings The Nasty
Label: Royalty, Etc.
From the remnants of local group Grickle-Grass comes Kyle Kosieracki’s Middlepicker and their re-released album, Brings the Nasty, on the Royalty, Etc. label. While the group is currently back in the studio working on a new album, their label is giving Nasty a good media push, and I’m glad.
Middlepicker’s sound […]

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Space Camp
Royalty, Etc.
Label: Royalty, Etc.
Available: April 15, 2006
Space Camp’s first album “If You Find The Old Beat Play It” (IYFTOBPI) was released in 2003 to wide local acclaim. Two years later, Royalty, Etc. signed the group and re-released the album on our label under the same name. It charted at #8 on Radio K and […]

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Irving
Death in the Garden Blood in the Flowers
Label: Eenie Meenie Records
Available: April 4
Aiming for a different sound from their two previous Cali-pop records, Irving took their earlier Beach Boys/Beatles sound and mixed it with the Kinks, the Byrds and some later year Who to give us Death in the Garden Blood in the Flowers.
Overall, […]

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The Curious City
Modey Lemon
Label: Birdman Records
Buy at iTunes Music Store
Free MP3 Track Download “Bucket of Butterflies” (MP3, 192kbps)

Free Cocaine
The Dwarves
Label: Greedy Media
Buy at iTunes Music Store
Free MP3 Download “Free Cocaine” (MP3, 192kbps)

Building the Bass Castle Vol. I
Voltage
Label: Flameshovel Records
Buy at iTunes Music Store
Free MP3 Download “04” (MP3, 192kbps)

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Just heard that indie-rock vets Built to Spill cancelled their entire tour - due to Doug Martsch’s detached retina.
The band’s You in Reverse is out April 11. You can stream a new track from that album, “Conventional Wisdom,” here (Win).
The group was to play First Avenue on April 11 and 12. No word yet […]

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If you’re a musician and have ever found yourself without any bandmates and felt like maybe you’d just create your own band, that’s what California loser Jason Vance did in 1996. But he made the robots too smart, they rose up, renamed and enslaved him and have forced him to tour for 10 years now […]

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Dream Theater
State Theatre
Minneapolis, MN
March 17, 2006
Dream Theater played two full sets and a long encore at the State Theater in Minneapolis last night, and the pioneering prog rockers showed why after 20 years they’re bigger and more revered than ever. Read on…

After a medley video showing photos highlights from each era (and hairstyles), the group […]

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