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alt-J – An Awesome Wave

weheartmusic August 28, 2012

UK art rockers, alt-J are certainly no strangers to the awkward task of assigning context to obscure subjects. The quartet met at Leeds University in 2007 as students of English Lit and Fine Art. Rather than pursue the steady income guaranteed from an art degree, they began creating music together under the moniker Daljit Dhaliwal (creepily, a real-life person), later adopting alt-J* as their permanent nom de plume.

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Archers of Loaf at 400 Bar, Minneapolis (08/25/12)

Archers of Loaf at the 400 Bar 8/25/12 or How I Learned to Stop Complaining and Love That Sweet Ear Pain

weheartmusic August 27, 2012

Saturday evening’s gig proved to be a lesson in endurance for those ill-equipped to withstand the intense blast of sounds forced out of the 400 Bar’s meaty speakers. Chapel Hill, North Carolina’s Archers of Loaf, beloved elder statesman of 90s indie rock, are definitely not known for their delicate sensibilities. Luckily, it didn’t take folks long to forget all about their exposed eardrums and get swept up in AOL’s dizzying and passionate performance.

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The Royal Concept

Triple Threat at the Triple Rock

vusleeper August 23, 2012

Here are a three bands playing at the Triple Rock Social Club in Minneapolis.
The venue was championed as "Best Rock Venue" of 2011. Certainly not a venue that I would put in my top five… but I can understand that the City Pages didn't want to place the same venue in the #1 spot year after year.

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Jonathan Richman at the Cedar Cultural Center, Minneapolis (06/03/12)

Jonathan Richman at the Cedar Cultural Center, Minneapolis (06/03/12)

weheartmusic June 5, 2012

Jonathan Richman has the kind of rock ‘n roll holiness reserved for someone like Leonard Cohen. But where Cohen is all hushed poetic passages and melancholy overtures, Richman inspires the kind of reaction that could only be found in a Baptist church on a Sunday morning. Dressed in yoga pants and slippers, with a long-sleeved green shirt over a black and white striped shirt, Richman padded across the Cedar Cultural Center’s stage looking like a Parisian street corner balladeer, his arms wide open ready to embrace the entire audience. An excited young fan near the front held up a glittery and feathered sign (“Jonathan, be my little dinosaur”) and Richman pointed at it and smiled and then patted his chest in gratitude as the entire room erupted in applause.

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