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The Sword at Mill City Nights, Minneapolis (9 March 2014)

The Sword w/ Big Business and O’ Brother at Mill City Nights, Minneapolis (9 March 2014) concert review

JohnC@weheartmusic.com March 15, 2014

Austin, TX bred The Sword headlined the evening with a 75 min. set of no-frills, so-called stoner doom metal… that inexplicably began with the intro music of Jay-Z’s ’99 Problems’. The four-piece is out in support of its fourth and latest effort, Apocryphon (Razor and Tie), with song titles not out of place in a Tolkien novel or as an episode name on Game of Thrones. While the newer songs embrace more of a classic hard rock sound (think early Sabbath), they fit seamlessly within the context of the older, darker material.

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We Were Promised Jetpacks at Triple Rock Social Club, Minneapolis (28 Feb 2014)

We Were Promised Jetpacks w/ Honeyblood, Triple Rock Social Club, Minneapolis (28 Feb 2014) concert review

JohnC@weheartmusic.com March 5, 2014

Edinburgh’s We Were Promised Jetpacks is currently bringing their headlong, sonic wall of alt-rock back to the States, in promotion of their latest release, a live album entitled E Rey-Live in Philadelphia (FatCat Records), as well as is debuting new, untitled songs from their upcoming studio album.

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