UK New Universal Republic band Your Vegas have released a track of their forthcoming debut, A Town And Two Cities, which hits stores April 22nd.
A cross between Coldplay and The Killers, I’m guessing everything you hear stays in Your Vegas.
Your Vegas : “In My Head” (mp3)

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Trees are crops. I have a friend who hates it when I say it, but it’s true. Cut down a tree, replant a tree, wait 25 years, cut it down — repeat. But if a tree falls in the woods with 30 loggers and a TV camera around, can you win a prize?
The first ever […]

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Sunny Day Sets Fire’s Stranger Remix EP is not a Sunny Day Real Estate remix album. I just assumed, which was stupid, but you can understand why.
So after I got over that initial disappointment, I really did give the album a chance and can recommend it.
Group members hail from Italy, Hong Kong, UK and Canada, […]

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Saturday’s Royalty, Etc. 2nd Anniversary bash at Minneapolis warehouse venue Sound Gallery was packed. By the time Parts for All Makes took the makeshift stage, the majority of the crowd was drunk, loud and/or in line for the bathroom.
Fantastic night, and congrats to Ty Morse (pictured above with Collapsticator) and company for tackling the 2 […]

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The Afters release their new album, Never Going Back to OK, this Tuesday, Feb. 26.
What’s really pushing the group these days is their MySpace Girl video.

“ “MySpace Girl” tells the real-life story of how The Afters bassist used the popular social networking site to covertly gather intelligence about a young woman he admired from afar […]

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State Bird’s sophomore collab between Coby Hartzler and Jared Riblet, Mostly Ghostly, is a frenzied indie-folk masterpiece.
I really like this album, but it’s short short short — 35 minutes. Seems like I hit PLAY, and then it’s over.
State Bird : “The Golden Glowing Mask” (mp3)
The frantic call and response, energetic clapping and horn charts make […]

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The Stone Arch Festival of the Arts is now taking band applications for their outdoor festival June 14/15, 2008.
Over 100,000 people attended last year’s festival, and this year features five (5!) performance stages showcasing local and regional acts. Definitely a key venue for your band to get local and regional recognition this summer.
Last year’s bands […]

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Minneapolis Saint Paul has a thriving, vibrant music scene. It’s not a secret if you’re paying attention.
Compelling, talented bands aren’t hard to seek out any day of the week in the metro area. Area clubs are accessible to the 18+ set and most shows pull a fair to SRO crowd on a given weekend.
Adding to […]

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Downtown Harvest 
Golden Dragon
Philly band Downtown Harvest are calling their sound “comic-book punk rock” and draw influence from funk, hip-hop and grunge.
A veritable party in a box, Golden Dragon goes from sublime soiree “Killer Queen Bee” to the zombie freakout “Napier” to the postmodern spacejam “Slow Dive” to the horn-laden swing track “Four Hundo.”
I love […]

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Thanks to Twitter and my inability to be satisfied (there is no off position on the genius switch, people), WCCO-TV (CBS) in Minneapolis now has a breaking news Twitter feed.
WCCO reporter Jason DeRusha, whom I met via Twitter, then met in real life (once) and have continued to develop a relationship with, helped me out […]

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