Rob Zombie
Zombie Live
Label: Geffen Records
Rob Zombie knows how to throw a rock show party. We’ve seen both Ozzy and Zombie multiple times indoors and out — including their Merry Mayhem Tour tour together back in 2001 when Ozzy broke his leg but still toured (that was pre-MTV’s Osbournes… before Ozzy was more a laughingstock than […]

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Lester

Lester, featuring group leader David Krejci, Icy Shores drummer Nick Larsen, bassist Rus Kos and Guitarzan, played their CD Release Show at Minneapolis’ Hexagon Bar Thursday.

It may have taken an intense family shake-up to jar Krejci’s songwriting and performance skills back into action, but rusty these skills are not. The crowd of about 40 were […]

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Stook!
When the Needle Hits the Wax
Release Date: October 26, 2007
Label: Draw Fire Records
We first told you about Stook! (aka Josh Stuckey) back in February 2006.
Since then, Stook! has experienced a huge liftoff of popularity in the Twin Cities, in large part to his signature sound, guy next door persona and candy-loving posts across local message […]

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Dan Israel
Turning
Label: Eclectone Records
We don’t throw this reference around lightly…Minneapolis songwriter Dan Israel is simply the best homage to Dylan’s home state singer-songwriter heritage we can offer - and he’s damned good, to boot.
Don’t get sucked into the politics behind such an assertion. Instead, listen to some tracks, read up on this guy and go […]

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Lester
Hide of Frankenstein
David Krejci is an experimental Minneapolis songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and all-around tortured soul whom you may know from his Reverend Strychn Trio and Cleophone projects.
However, unlike the dark, droning textures, and instrumental atmospheric sounds of the Cleophone recordings, his new project — Lester — is a rock band, which relies on more traditional guitar, […]

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Oslo
The Rise and Fall of Love and Hate
Release Date: October 23, 2007
Label: Six Feet Music Group
Today, Los Angeles-based band Oslo unfurled their sophomore release, The Rise and Fall of Love and Hate, upon the masses.
Brooding, moody and dripping in 80’s alt rock, most of the album relies too heavily on repeated power chords
“Things Fall […]

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Soft
Gone Faded
Release Date: October 23, 2007
Label: academy fight song records
We’ve got a hard-on for soft. Reminiscent of a dreamy, estrogen-riddled Filter (circa ” Take A Picture”), these New York shoegazers know a thing or two about sweeping reverb and la la lyrics.
From their full-length debut, Gone Faded, we recommend track “Great Spirit,” which boasts more […]

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Minneapolis industrial outfit Thosquanta have released a remix of last summer’s album, Lovelife, from artists including Caustic, Dissociate, Endless Blue, GNP, OBCT and Word Clock. It’s called Young, Rich & Out of Control, and you can download it for FREE. Be warned the zip file here is 80 mb.
Thosquanta : Young, Rich & Out of […]

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Magnet
The Simple Life
Label: Filter U.S.
We’re hopscotching clouds in the Kingdom of Caring. Later, you’ll find us pedaling down the cobblestone path outside the Land Without Feelings.
What’s gotten into us? We’ve been listening to Norway’s Magnet, and his fourth album, The Simple Life — we are tooootally chill, man.
Except for a Bob Marley cover (”She’s Gone”), […]

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Well, although we’ve never mentioned them once, we’ve been outed by a commenter for preferring the likes of groups like Of Montreal better than mindless crotch rock like Alter Bridge. We suppose they’re correct.
In that case, may we recommend MGMT, who are currently touring with Of Montreal.
MGMT would never recycle big pop rock hooks for […]

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