The Minnesota Daily

Reality: An uncomfortable enjoyment

by Keri Carlson
Published September 15, 2005

Xiu Xiu's new album might hurt your ears and heal your head

Band finds unity in difference

by Jenna Ross
Published September 15, 2005

It's Saturday night on fraternity row.More than 60 people are gathered in front of Delta Kappa Epsilon. They are drinking from red plastic cups.

A five-carat album

by Keri Carlson
Published September 8, 2005

Kanye West's 'Late Registration' arrives right on time

Beats from the basement

by Keri Carlson
Published September 8, 2005

Grant Cutler's solo music project Tom Hanks pushes students to polish their steps

Turbonegro Bringing rock from the future

Published September 8, 2005

OK, the introduction to the first song on this record is awesome because Stephen Hawking is in it, talking in that weird modulated voice, and then there is this metallic riff of vigor and a bunch of weird...

Death Cab for Cutie creates more of the same

Published September 8, 2005

Don't blame Death Cab for Cutie for getting watered down over the past few years. They are pigeonholed by people like me. We think Death Cab is a group of whiney softies looking for the nearest college...

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club: Harleys do not an album make

Published September 8, 2005

I am more rock 'n' roll than the Black Rebel Motorcycle Club. And I don't drive a motorcycle. Black rebels? No. This band is a bunch of white posers, and their new album, "Howl," is a blueprint of blase...

Bands new release takes on religion

by Keri Carlson
Published August 17, 2005

Some songs are not fully thought out, but so-called trash rockers take on Bible believers in 'Jesus Chryst'

‘City of God’ might just be the city of dance

by Keri Carlson
Published August 3, 2005

'Rio Baile Funk: Favela Booty Beats' bursts with energy from the impoverished outskirts of Rio De Janeiro

Common’s back!

by Keri Carlson
Published July 27, 2005

MC finally returns to the streets and his roots with "Be"

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