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Mod Sun reps locks larger than your nearest smithy.

Mod Sun raps fast and oozes positivity

by Zach Simon
Published April 17, 2014
The Minnesota native will open for Mac Miller at Spring Jam’s headlining concert.
Six-piece Minneapolis band Black Diet rehearse in Minneapolis on Tuesday night. Black Diet is celebrating the release of their first album, "Find Your Tambourine," on Saturday at the Hymie's Record Store Day Block Party.

Out of the void

by Jackie Renzetti
Published April 17, 2014
Black Diet to debut first album and headline Hymies’ Record Store Day Block Party
Jose James rebels against jazz nomenclature.

José James rebels against “jazz”

by Grant Tillery
Published April 17, 2014
José James proves modern jazz transcends its constricting definition

Rock the Garden lineup announced

by Spencer Doar
Published April 16, 2014

The lineup for Rock the Garden was announced on Tuesday.  This is the first time the Walker Art Center and the Current are toying with two days of music.  The sponsors are going bigger and better...

Riff Raff performs, Tuesday evening at First Avenue's Mainroom.

Concert review: Riff Raff at First Ave

by Grant Tillery
Published April 16, 2014

Riff Raff is not a musician.  You can’t call someone whose songs are droll and monotone yet recherché and danceable a musician.  He’s definitely a provocateur, and a...

Speedy Ortiz blazing a trail to the 7th Street Entry

by Zach Simon
Published April 15, 2014

Speedy Ortiz is a hard band to catch, not only in their fast-paced fret work, but also as they busily zip cross country from one show to the next. These hard-rocking Bay Staters are making 7th Street Entry...

Be Thankful For What You Got

by Grant Tillery
Published April 11, 2014

You’ve definitely heard the hazy percussion before, and the lyrics “You may not drive a great big Cadillac/Gangsta white walls, TV antennas in the back” definitely ring a bell. ...

A career out of serendipity

by Jackie Renzetti
Published April 10, 2014
The Coathangers’ drive and humor persist
Indie rock legend Dean Wareham stops by the Turf Club on Saturday.

Dean of the students

by Grant Tillery
Published April 10, 2014
A&E catches up with indie rock progenitor Dean Wareham
The Persuasions have the dynamic duo on their side: talent and charm.

No backing band necessary

by Joe Kellen
Published April 10, 2014
They may not have invented it, but the Persuasions have kept a cappella alive for nearly five decades.

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