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Jaime Carrera at a local Mexican market in Minneapolis on Monday. Carrera will be performing at the International Noise Conference at the Hexagon Bar on June 6.

Noise in da ‘hood

by Spencer Doar
Published June 5, 2013
The Minneapolis International Noise Conference aims for diverse eccentricity this year.

Summer block parties in the Twin Cities

by Joseph Kleinschmidt
Published May 29, 2013
Festivus for the rest-of-us: Find the best of the local acts and big names outdoors in A&E’s 2013 guide to summer block parties.
Claps, a local Dark Wave, Post-Punk band play a dark, minimalistic style of synth pop music that is comparable to acts such as New Order and Cold Cave.

CLAPS won’t leave the basement

by Joseph Kleinschmidt
Published May 29, 2013
The synth trio CLAPS details their origins in new wave, the benefits of house shows and breaking down the barriers of electronic music.
Snoop Dogg performs live at Soundset on Sunday, May 26, 2013, at Canterbury Park.

Soundset 2013 rehashed

by Spencer Doar
Published May 27, 2013
A mixture of bangin’, high-fallutin’ and pop hip-hop made a dreary day in Shakopee worth the muddy extremities.

Before “The Voice” with Nicholas David

by Shannon Ryan
Published May 9, 2013
Alt-soul singer Nicholas David discusses his origins in the music scene.

METZ means nothing

by Joseph Kleinschmidt
Published May 9, 2013
Drummer Hayden Menzies of the Toronto-based punk band reveals the story behind the group’s debut album cover and the name METZ.

Nickatina addiction

by Spencer Doar
Published May 9, 2013
Long-time Bay-area rapper Andre Nickatina aims to keep it simple.
Freeman Ryan, Decarlo Jackson, Devante Jackson, and Zosha Warpeha of the PipJazz Youth All-Stars group play together on Tuesday, May 7, 2013, at the Dakota Jazz Club. A fundraiser for the Twin Cities Mobile Jazz Project will be hosted at the Dakota Jazz club from 4-7pm Thursday.

Local musicians put jazz on wheels

by Joe Kellen
Published May 9, 2013
Ex-Vice President of MCA Records Andre Fischer seeks to educate and invigorate the metro with the Twin Cities Mobile Jazz Project.

A trip to “Maraqopa” with Damien Jurado

by Shannon Ryan
Published May 7, 2013
Exploring urban-folk musician Damien Jurado’s ineffable dream turned latest album, “Maraqopa.”
In addition to writing music, Colleen Green occasionally draws a comic centered around a cartoon version of herself smoking weed.

Green machine

by Joseph Kleinschmidt
Published May 2, 2013
Colleen Green lives frugally via her lo-fi, portable grunge-pop act.

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