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Music

Album Review: “Eclipsing“ by Dream Boat

by Shannon Ryan
Published December 4, 2012
The band’s debut LP “Eclipsing” is composed of dreamy music bathed in equal parts candy and noir.
"Dirty Baby" presents a melding of the works of artist Ed Ruscha, poet David Breskin and musician Nels Cline without a beatnik playing the bongos, as Breskin explained. Here they stand by a few barbecues for some reason.

Parental control

by Joseph Kleinschmidt
Published November 29, 2012
“Dirty Baby,” the offspring of a Wilco guitarist, a poet and an iconic pop artist strives to be a “loveable mutt” of a performance — not some purebred golden retriever.
Alan Sparhawk met his future wife and Low collaborator Mimi Parker at the age of nine and began composing music at age 13.

Lowdown

by Joseph Kleinschmidt
Published November 21, 2012
Alan Sparhawk gives the lowdown on working with Jeff Tweedy and white guys singing about their feelings.

Energy transfusion

by Spencer Doar
Published November 15, 2012
Soul searching pushed Kinetix off their rock trajectory back to their funkier roots.
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Q & A: Aimee Mann

by Lucy Nieboer
Published November 15, 2012
A&E talked with the indie world’s most charming singer-songwriter.

Testing his metal

by Spencer Doar
Published November 13, 2012
Brendon Small dishes about the success of “Metalocalypse” and Dethklok’s tour.

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.
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.

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