June 19, 2026

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Frank Black

The Current’s 20th Anniversary Celebration, feat. Frank Black performing Teenager of the Year

Thaddeus-WHM January 25, 2025

Frank Black Setlist Czar Ten Percenter Whatever Happened to Pong? Thalassocracy (I Want to Live...

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Jamie xx at Armory (18 Jan 2025)

Jamie xx at the Armory (01-18-25)

dave@weheartmusic.com January 19, 2025

As an arctic blast poured into the Twin Cities in the form of a polar vortex, a propulsive beat of electronic dance music provided a welcome counter to the plummeting temperature outside. The person behind the mixers and turntables? James Thomas Smith, better known as Jamie xx. One has to appreciate the stage name for it is a nod to the band he helped form with a group of London classmates in 2005: the xx.

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The Pipettes at 7th Street Entry (08 June 2007)

Flashback: The Pipettes at 7th Street Entry (08 June 2007)

vusleeper January 10, 2025

You know I have a thing for British bands, so I was all over The Pipettes when they first appeared on my radar in 2006. They were just so different at the time, singing old girl-pop and doo-wop sound from the 60s. They were three girls, and they were perfect. My favorite is, of course, Rosay. She would later go on to try a solo act as Rose Elinor Dougall.

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Flashback: Voxtrot at Triple Rock Social Club (05 June 2007)

vusleeper January 5, 2025

The only time I saw Voxtrot, it was on their tour with Au Revoir Simone, who I saw with Peter, Bjorn & John at First Avenue on 09 May 2007. Heather from Au Revoir Simone came on stage to sing the girl part in “Young Folks.” I thought the Au Revoir Simone girls were so handsome.

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