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N.C.’s Annuals on why they chose a Bob Ross painting for their new LP’s cover art:
“The way that Bob made his paintings, and the way he paints in particular, is pretty similar to the way that our band makes a record. Bob Ross starts his paintings with simple little smudges and blotches...
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Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave, is set to release the solo album, The Fabled City, September 30th, 2008 via Epic Records.
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From the press release: Fuck Buttons are back with a new single and tour in hand. Coming out September 8th, the Colours Move single will be available digitally as well as a 12″ disc. They are also about to embark on a tour in the US and UK supporting Mogwai, along with some headlining shows [....
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Gigwise has The 50 Greatest Band Logos of All Time, and it’s worth perusing… ‘ Above are the handful that really stand out to me. You can see the rest here.
Two band logos I would have included (make their list, however) are:
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Local Minneapolis group and Ian Anderson project One for the Team celebrate their sophomore album, Build It Up, out today on The Militia Group. Stream tracks at their MySpace. Here’s a live one from their recent stop in my old stomping grounds… One of the Team has all-ages and 21+ CD release...
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Metallica is touring in support of their tenth studio album, Death Magnetic, which will be released globally on Friday, September 12th.
You’ll see from the dates below they seem to be blatantly skipping Minnesota. I’ll take this to mean they promise not to sue any Minnesotan fans for the...
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From Smashing Magazine:
Album cover art is often considered to be one of the “extincted” fields in modern graphics design. In times when digital copies are cheaper and quicker to get, album covers have somehow lost their importance as less and less customers actually buy CDs and LPs in the stores. That...
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Lollapalooza Live Webcast Schedule
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I used to be a HUGE Our Lady Peace fan. Naveed, Clumsy, Happiness Is Not a Fish You Can Catch and Spiritual Machines have all been called favorites. I’ve driven 500 miles multiple times to see the band live. But I couldn’t get into Gravity. The band lost founding guitarist Mike Turner (creative...
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Jars of Clay played a sweet Christmas show here in the Twin Cities (my first JOC show), and I was super impressed. The group have a new EP, Closer, coming out on August 5 and will tour through Minneapolis, playing Target Center on October 10. Here’s the first single… Closer - Jars of Clay
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Today eMusiclaunched a full site redesign incorporating a whole big bunch of social media tools. From the release: Beginning today, eMusic customers will not only see album information and tracklisting on the page, they will see imported content from YouTube, Flickr and Wikipedia for the artist whose...
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Today marks the US debut of Black Kids new album, Partie Traumatic. Stream the entire album here.
If you missed their Minneapolis gig in May, well..you suck. Try Letterman on Thursday.
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Terry McBride, CEO of Nettwerk Music Group CEO Terry McBride loves him some Yoga. In fact, he loves it so much, he’s re-launching Nutone Records with a fix on “music from the realm of devotional chant, world beat and beyond…a new genre within today’s musical landscape.”...
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The first “official” record by the entire Doomtree crew — a self-titled monster boasting 21 tracks and featuring all nine members of Minneapolis’ own hip-hop collective — comes out July 29. The CD Release Party is set for Friday, August 1 with I Self Devine and Kill the...
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Reunited pop/rock group Sixpence None The Richer is prepping for first Christmas album, The Dawn of Grace, to be released Oct. 14th, but they’re sharing “Angels We Have Heard on High” now.
Because you know, it’s 10 p.m. in Minneapolis right now, and it’s still 80 degrees...