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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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The Belle Game

Minneapolis Music Guide: February 24 – March 2, 2014

vusleeper February 19, 2014

Here is a guide of some Minneapolis (and St Paul!) shows NEXT week: February 24-March 2. The Belle Game, Glasvegas, CHAPPO, Russian Circles, We Were Promised Jetpacks, Aaron & The Sea, Gardens & Villa

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Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks at the Cedar, Minneapolis (02/18/14)

Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks at the Cedar, Minneapolis (02/18/14)

vusleeper February 19, 2014

"I gotta do what I gotta do," exclaimed Stephen Malkmus at last night's Cedar Cultural Center in Minneapolis. Malkmus, and his band, The Jicks, are currently out on tour in support of their latest album Wig Out at Jagbags, out now on Matador Records.

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Arctic Monkeys show in 2007. Photo by Steve

Flashback: Arctic Monkeys at First Ave, Minneapolis (05/07/2007)

vusleeper February 12, 2014

First Avenue turned into a venerable hotbox last evening, with the Arctic Monkeys playing their first ever Minneapolis show at the sold out and muggy club.(But that didn’t stop Elvis Costello from getting in-he was perched on the dj deck for the entire set, applauding and enjoying the show-he’s playing the Myth tonight.) And what a show it was. I have to admit, I was quite knackered from a long solo drive from Milwaukee that afternoon, and didn’t have a lot of energy going into the show, but that all changed as soon as the four lads from Sheffield took the stage. From that point on, First Ave was a powder keg of energy and high voltage rock n’ roll.

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