Nice Peter
Live at the Fine Line
Nice Peter’s back with a new full length CD, and this one’s as special as the short bus you rode in grade school. It was recorded at Minneapolis’ own Fine Line Music Café on April 8, 2006, and it has two oldies but goodies from Songs for Moms (our review) […]

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Frog Eyes
The Golden River
Label: Absolutely Kosher
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the Scattered PAGES
This Is Where The Story Ends
Label: Three Ring Records
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The Frauds
The Frauds
Label: High Wire Music
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Irving just didn’t care it was Monday and the Triple Rock Social Club was near empty. They blew through song after song from their new album, Death in the Garden Blood on the Flowers (review), and some oldies in their Cali-pop meets Beatles Brit rock style. They were good, especially when the full band (even […]

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I’ve been going to concerts with some regularity for approximately a decade now, and since moving to the music-rich Twin Cities, the number of shows per month has increased exponentially.
I’m also noting a marked hearing loss, which can only be attributed to continual exposure to (literally) ear-splitting amps, feedback and heart-pounding bass. As these […]

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Danielson
Ships
Label: Secretly Canadian
In Stores: May 9
Regardless of the religious undertones (if up for discussion) about the group, Danielson continues to churn out unique music akin to Sufjan Stevens’ projects (who actually sits in on oboe, flutes, whistles and glock), except these albums are even more electrifying and fascinating after multiple listens, and the live shows […]

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The Envy Corps
I Will Write You Love Letters If You Tell Me To EP
The Envy Corps, the up and coming Iowa-based indie band, is quickly and quietly growing into an unstoppable Midwest monster too big for its britches - a point further proven by their latest EP, I Will Write You Love Letters If You […]

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Elefant
The Black Magic Show
Label: Kemado
In stores: April 18
Man, Pitchfork hated this album. Somehow they got their hands on it in early February and just blasted it as throw-away 80s nostalgia rock. I was really disappointed, as I have really enjoyed listening to the Elefant’s 2003 disc, Sunlight Makes Me Paranoid a few times a month […]

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Vicious Aloysius
Cavell
Combining the big guitar sound from the alternative 90s with vocals, harmonica and arrangement from the 70s and a giant bucket of soulful art rock, Minneapolis group Vicious Aloysius (“allo-wish-us”) have managed to create a sound all of their own, and that’s more than evident on their debut album, Cavell.
The group features Keith Nystrom’s […]

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The Fever
In the City of Sleep
Label: Label: Kemado
In stores: April 25
Partnering the imaginative personality of Mr. Bungle, the drone and groan of Black Heart Procession, the orchestration of Meatloaf, circus side show of Cursive’s The Ugly Organ and a veritable jukebox of influences comes The Fever and their second album, In the City of Sleep. […]

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Hard Fi released details of their first live DVD today - due out May 8th. Filmed at London Astoria in ‘05, In Operation will have 13 tracks — every track from their debut album, plus a new song and a cover of White Stripes hit, “Seven Nation Army.”
To whet your appetite, here are some fun […]

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