AltWeeklies Wire
Dessa Ventures Toward Experimental Pop With 'A Badly Broken Code'new
For many in the local scene, the mention of Dessa's name conjures up a few well-tread facts: She's a literary agent, commended in the same breath for her talents in writing and rapping; she's the only woman in a rap crew of nine, and something of a team leader for the business model behind Doomtree.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Andrea Swensson |
01-20-2010 |
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Tags: A Badly Broken Code, Dessa
Paul Westerberg Releases a New Online-only Concept Albumnew
The songs themselves—or the segments of the track that could be divvied up as songs, given that nothing on 49:00 is separated or labeled—are, for the most part, straightforward and representative of Westerberg's songwriting style.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Andrea Myers |
08-13-2008 |
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Vicious Vicious Breaks Hearts on 'Parade'new
The third release by this sweet-and-vicious side project, in which Appelwick seduces with wingmen Adrian Suarez (on bass) and Heath Henjum (on drums), makes no promises about what will happen when the sun rises and last night's glitter gets swept into the dustbin.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Sarah Askari |
09-27-2007 |
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Tags: parade, Vicious Vicious
Brenda Weiler’s New Album Shows Grief After Her Sister’s Suicidenew
Yet End the Rain isn't a bummer. It's quiet and powerful, sometimes relentlessly so, but Weiler's voice is incurably, delightfully hopeful and girlish.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Sarah Askari |
09-13-2007 |
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Tags: Brenda Weiler, End the Rain
Interpol is Deadly Seriousnew
Interpol's third album contains not a single misfire, with songs as emotionally devastating as getting dumped and fired in the same afternoon.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Ben Westhoff |
08-15-2007 |
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Tags: Interpol, Our Love To Admire
Minnesota Majornew
Deepening an idea that clicked in many people's minds the moment Peter Buck's mandolin kicked in on the Replacements' "I Will Dare" 23 years ago, TBT's third album of post-bluegrass feels immense.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Peter S. Scholtes |
02-15-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Trampled by Turtles, Trouble
Sound and 'Fury'new
After a three-year pause, Clipse deliver a demented punchline.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Nate Patrin |
01-04-2007 |
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Tags: Clipse, Hell Hath No Fury
Dark Starnew
The new Deftones album is as black and beautiful as the cosmos itself.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Molly Priesmeyer |
12-14-2006 |
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Tags: Deftones, Saturday Night Wrist
Unisex Gutterpunk Retchnew
This self-released album is a throwback to the hasty, short, and brutish hardcore of the Reagan years and the first Bush presidency.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Sarah Askari |
12-08-2006 |
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Sin City Simulacrumnew
With a synth and a wink, the Killers pay tribute to their hometown.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Melissa Maerz |
11-03-2006 |
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Tags: Sam's Town, The Killers
Was the Job of Jester Already Taken?new
If it weren't for their obnoxious singer and idiotic lyrics, Kings of Leon might be--well, hard to say--pretty tolerable?
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Dylan Hicks |
03-04-2005 |
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