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Cut Copy will get you dancing like a robot from 1984.

Cut Copy: Just a right-click away

by Joe Kellen
Published June 25, 2014
Cut Copy’s multi-genre barrage may have been unplanned, but their stadium-sized energy is not.
Angie Oase of the band Pennyroyal poses with her bike on Sunday. Pennyroyal will be playing at Twin Cities Pride on June 28th. In addition, Oase plans on riding her bike with Dykes on Bikes, a lesbian motorcycle club, during the parade at Pride.

The pride of Pennyroyal

by Joe Kellen
Published June 25, 2014
Both Pride organizers and performers agree: Live music is at the heart of the festival.
Local psychedelic rock band Crimes outside of their rehearsal space in Minneapolis on Thursday.

Crime wave

by Grant Tillery
Published June 25, 2014
Crimes keeps psych rock barely within the law’s confines
George Clarke of Deafheaven performs at Triple Rock in Minneapolis on Monday.

Concert review: Deafheaven at the Triple Rock Social Club

by Cody Nelson
Published June 24, 2014

Deafheaven frontman George Clarke locked hands with nearly everyone at the front of a sold-out crowd Monday night at the Triple Rock. From the start of the band's five-track, hour-long set, he only broke...

Spider John Koerner at the Book House Sunday

by Spencer Doar
Published June 22, 2014

It’s Sunday.  If you’re absolutely sick of USA vs. Portugal World Cup fervor, maybe a little nostalgia nugget is just what the doctor ordered.  From 5 – 8 p.m. tonight, the...

Robin Thicke – “Paula”

by Grant Tillery
Published June 21, 2014

Robin Thicke’s latest album, “Paula,” is a pathetic ploy to coax his estranged wife Paula Patton back into his embrace.  Primed for release July 1st, Thicke dropped the tracklist...

Festival-goers sit on the edges of the crowd to listen to Caveman's afternoon set on the first day of Bonnaroo Thursday. The festival experience isn't all rainbows, though.

Footprints on the moon: the Bonnaroo universe

by Joe Kellen
Published June 18, 2014
A&E trekked down to Manchester, Tenn., to one of the world’s largest music festivals, Bonnaroo.
Rapper Lizzo's 2013 release "Lizzobangers" was just that — a bangin' example of Lizzo's swagger.

L to the I to the Z Z O

by Grant Tillery
Published June 18, 2014
Lizzo’s rhymes and stage presence put her on the fast track to stardom.
Mac DeMarco eschews perfection in the name of rockin'.

The Mac daddy

by Grant Tillery
Published June 18, 2014
Mac DeMarco’s exercises in imperfection have quickly raised his profile.

“Alternative” radio — an unnecessary evil

by Grant Tillery
Published June 17, 2014

What Minneapolis doesn’t need is another “alternative” radio station. The recent advent of Alt 93.3 is a sad reminder that some consumers buy into a meaningless phrase that promotes watered-down...

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