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Local hip-hop artists plan floating concert on the Mississippi River

Sam Beam and Co. scrounge deeper into indie soundscape to tell their spooky tales.

Venerable post-punkers Les Savy Fav prove they're reunited, and it feels so good.

The brother half of indie rock band Brother and Sister releases its first album as Ice Rod

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Californian twosome Pinback delivers the same old story with the same great sound.

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