Roger Waters
June 30, 2007
Xcel Energy Center
Saint Paul, MN
Fog filled the lobbies and outer hallways of the acoustic marvel we call Xcel Energy Center prior to the Roger Waters solo show this week, making it difficult for ushers to locate seats and inebriated fans to locate munchies.
Roger Waters appeared onstage first, wearing a black […]

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Tool
June 26, 2007
Xcel Energy Center
Saint Paul, MN
Kicking off with “Jambi,” the second track from their newest album (10,000 Days), Los Angeles-based band Tool snatched up the 14,000 fans jammed into the acoustic marvel known as St. Paul’s Xcel Energy Center and didn’t stop pounding on us for nearly two hours.

Frontman Maynard James Keenan […]

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Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly
The Chronicles of a Bohemian Teenager
Label: Atlantic / Wea
We always respect those soft-spoken singers who can open their month and just belt it out. U.K. singer-songwriter Sam Duckworth is one of those. But what keeps us from pigeon-holing his Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly project into the droll emo category is […]

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Today many U.S. Internet radio listeners find nothing but silence on their favorite internet radio stations as webcasters protest the proposed sharp rise in royalty fees critics say could force hundreds of online stations to close.
We love the concept of Internet radio. What a wonderful way to get around Clear Channel’s licensed monopoly and staunch […]

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Spiritual Mansions
Give Us Your Hearts
Label: Afternoon Records
Who says cutesy rock doesn’t pop?
Minneapolis group Spiritual Mansions aren’t afraid to cheese it up a bit on their debut EP, Give Us Your Hearts. Piano-based lovelorn sap literally drips from our speakers as singer-songwriter Ryan Harris does his best to attract the ladies back to his crib for […]

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Against Me!, who played a rockin’ Minneapolis show last month, will release their new album,  New Wave, on July 10th. The follow-up to 2005’s Searching For A Former Clarity was produced by Butch Vig (Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins).
New Wave will be available on CD, a Special Edition CD/DVD, 180 gram yellow vinyl and digital download.
To celebrate […]

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Sir Salvatore
Those Men Are Not Astronauts
Label: Self-released
San Francisco rock group Sir Salvatore are in no way affiliated with the NASA space program, the international space station or the broken Hubble Telescope.
They are not interested in pushing the boundaries of anti-gravity, wearing diapers during cross country trips or probing black holes.
Who are these self-made maestros? These […]

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Marc Broussard
S.O.S. Save Our Soul
Label: Vanguard Records
Release Date: June 26, 2007
In the follow-up to his debut album, Louisiana’s bayou soul singer Marc Broussard isn’t worried about all that sophomore pressure that comes after a critically-acclaimed breakthrough LP.
Rather, S.O.S. Save Our Soul showcases Broussard’s love for and talent with uplifting soul music from the kings: Allen […]

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Music For Animals
s/t
Label: Three Ring Records
It’s absolutely refreshing to get a CD in the mail from San Francisco that isn’t all puppy cats and happy rats bathed in basic pop power chords and waves of adolescent reverb.
With that said, the four dudes in Music for Animals have prepared a carnivore’s feast in the form of […]

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Senses Fail and From Autumn to Ashes are playing a string of your dates together this month on the Zumiez Couch Tour.
Here’s the good news — it’s FREE and coming to the Minneapolis area Saturday, June 23. And who doesn’t love a free rock show in a mall parking lot?
Senses Fail are still touring on […]

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