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The indie rock quintet Clap Your Hands Say Yeah brags fans including David Bowie and David Byrne.

Fancy Claps

by Joseph Kleinschmidt
Published December 1, 2011
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah regroup after a brief hiatus with tighter production and a more expansive sound on their third album, “Hysterical.”
Hank III will moan the blues, country, metal and who knows what else tonight at First Ave.

Runnin’ with the devil

by Mark Brenden
Published November 29, 2011
Hank Williams III comes to First Ave.
Chris Mars, Bob Stinson, Paul Westerberg and Tommy Stinson formed The Replacements in 1979. Rolling Stone named the band's third and fourth studio records, "Let it Be" and "Tim," among of the greatest albums of all time.

Kids do follow: The Replacements Tribute at First Avenue

by Joseph Kleinschmidt
Published November 23, 2011
Local musicians follow in the footsteps of local punk rock legends The Replacements in a tribute to the band Friday night at First Avenue.

Building pop from the ground up

by Joseph Kleinschmidt
Published November 22, 2011
Cameron Bird, lead singer of Australian band Architecture in Helsinki, explains why place is so important to his music and pop’s ultimate power. His band will headline a concert at Macalester College on Tuesday evening.
The Suburbs were named one of the most influential Minnesota musical acts of the twentieth century by The Star Tribune.

Suburban sprawl

by Joseph Kleinschmidt
Published November 17, 2011
Minneapolis punk pioneers The Suburbs talk new music after more than twenty years and uniting amidst guitarist Bruce Allen‘s death.
Hip hop performing artist Aquafresh will be featured during the Hip Hop For Hunger food drive benefit happening Nov. 17th in the Cabooze Music Club at 9 p.m.

And you don’t stop, for hunger.

by Sarah Harper
Published November 17, 2011
Local hip hop artist Aquafresh will pump up a charitable crowd for Joell Ortiz at tonight’s “Hip Hop for Hunger” concert.

First rate Mates

by Sally Hedberg
Published November 17, 2011
Indie duo Mates of State continue to spread good, synth pop vibes on their new album “Mountaintops.”
Doomtree's Big Blowout

Doomtree’s Big Blowout

by Raghav Mehta
Published November 17, 2011
The premiere rap group of the Midwest make their triumphant return with their sophomore LP “No Kings” and a seven-day Doomtree Blowout at First Avenue.

Album review: “Take Care” by Drake

by Sally Hedberg
Published November 15, 2011
Drizzy’s back with a new air of complexity and another rockin’ record.
Review: tUnE-yArDs at First Avenue

Review: tUnE-yArDs at First Avenue

by Joseph Kleinschmidt
Published November 13, 2011
Merrill Garbus and her merry band of musicians brought down the house with tUnE-yArDs’ biggest show of their tour yet.

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