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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...

Todd Barry - 25th Anniversary In Comedy Show - The Bell House, Brooklyn - December 19, 2012

Todd Barry wings it

Published April 15, 2014
Todd Barry’s sardonic wit and low-energy charm lends itself to fully improvised sets on the final stretch of his “Crowd Work Tour.”
Some must-have makeup products are worth splurging on, but others are a chance to save.

Makeup: when to save and when to splurge

by Melanie Richtman
Published April 15, 2014
Back away from the $35 lipstick.

Review: Phantogram at First Ave

by Grant Tillery
Published April 14, 2014

Phantogram understands the power of spectacle.  Their shows are equally visual affairs and musical experiences, employing a multitude of strobe patterns, ranging from blinding white lines moving up...

Quirky courses offered at the University of Minnesota

by Jackie Renzetti
Published April 13, 2014

While part of attending college entails narrowing down a major and taking classes with some focus, you’re never required to give up miscellaneous goals such as improving weather prediction or perfecting...

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. ...

Video games for a cause

by Zach Simon
Published April 10, 2014
A small, competitive video game community creates more than mindless, explosive fun

Twin Cities shopping destinations

by Melanie Richtman
Published April 10, 2014
Step up your style game by shopping at some local stores.
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

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