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Music

Pop-drunk love

by Joseph Kleinschmidt
Published November 13, 2012
Stephin Merritt of The Magnetic Fields reveals his booze-inspired songwriting techniques and the secrets to his synthesizer.
Second-year orchestral conducting doctoral candidate Sergey Bogza conducts the University Symphony Orchestra in playing Tchaikovsky's "Violin Concerto in D major" on Friday in Ferguson Hall. Bogza said he came to Minnesota because of the reputation of its two largest orchestras.

Lockouts a ‘big loss’ for U students

by Emma Nelson
Published November 12, 2012
The Twin Cities’ orchestra lockouts are hurting the U’s music programs.
Andy McCormick, left, Karen Majewicz, left center, Ryan Billig, center, and Chris Hepola of Dreamland Faces rehearse in their studio space in the Seward neighborhood on Wednesday. The band will be performing at the Hennepin County Library in Minneapolis on Thursday.

The sounds of silence

by Joseph Kleinschmidt
Published November 8, 2012
Screw the talkies, Dreamland Faces scores music for silent keystone comedies.

Sweeter than honey

by Spencer Doar
Published November 1, 2012
Treble is not brewing in the mind of Lorin Ashton, the man behind Bassnectar.
Sneakers and work by local artists adorn the walls of STUDIiYO23 in Uptown. The high end sneaker shop is one-third art gallery and also occasionally serves as a performance space.

Lace ‘em up

by Spencer Doar
Published November 1, 2012
Local entrepreneur kicks Twin Cities Sneaker.Art Xchange into action.

Minnesota Musicians Vote No

by Leah Garaas
Published October 30, 2012
Local artists make use of their mics to speak out against marriage inequality and voter repression.
Grimes plays a sold out show at the Varsity Theater Monday night.

Review: Grimes at the Varsity Theater

by Lucy Nieboer
Published October 23, 2012
The sold-out show lacked major energy.
Professor Mark Pedelty has published his third book, “Ecomusicology: Rock, Folk, and the Environment” and still finds time to play in a band called The Hypoxic Punks.

Professor sees greener musical pastures

by Joseph Kleinschmidt
Published October 18, 2012
A University professor writes in a new book that music and the environment go hand-in-hand.

What in the jackalope?!

by Spencer Doar
Published October 15, 2012
Frontman Andrew Wyatt sheds light on Miike Snow’s new efforts.

The Replacements return, with two replacements

by Ashley Goetz
Published October 13, 2012

  After a twenty-one year hiatus (perhaps six years, depending on how you look at it—two tracks were released in 2006 to accompany a best-of release), Stereogum reports that The Replacements...

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