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LCD Soundsystem documentary gets one-night engagement at theaters nationwide // Local Newswire

by Eric Thurm May 30, 2012

The film will only begin to heal a nation’s sorrow at not snagging those concert tickets.
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The A.V. Club guide to the best under-the-radar summer songs // Roll Call

by Cory Casciato, Marah Eakin, Marcus Gilmer, Steven Moore, Ben Munson, and John Semley May 29, 2012

These cuts might not be “Call Me Maybe,” but they can still rock out a barbecue just right.
New technology hopes to make football safe from head trauma, but can it? // Jock Itch

by Tony Libera May 25, 2012

Warren Moon seems to think so. The former Vikings quarterback is now repping the Xenith helmet, which is supposed to precent debilitating head trauma.
Rusty Quarters Arcade needs $3,000 (or 12,000 quarters) to stay in business // Local Newswire

by Marcus Michalik May 24, 2012

You can’t count on nostalgia to pay the bills.
Stone Arch Bridge Festival announces additions to lineup // Just Announced

by Tony Wagner May 24, 2012

Despite the death of founder Ira Heilicher last summer, the Stone Arch Bridge Festival is soldiering on.
Prince’s Purple Rain added to the Library Of Congress’ National Recording Registry // Local Newswire

by Marcus Michalik May 23, 2012

Now in its 10th year, the National Recording Registry of the Library Of Congress unveiled the 25 sound recordings that make up the class of 201.
Los Straitjackets’ headgear, Lil Wayne’s warnings, and four other wrestling tributes from musicians // Roll Call

by Reyan Ali May 23, 2012

Ever since word got out that pro wrestling was not, in fact, legitimate competition, the performance art has been pushed further and further into the gray outskirts of American pop culture. Considering that wrestling's not an actual sport, ESPN and Sp...
Our Vikings Stadium wish list // High Five

by Marcus Gilmer and Jason Zabel May 21, 2012

After years of debate and threats of moving the team, the Vikings will finally have a new stadium. They’d better not mess it up.

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May 30
- Mary Mack Acme Comedy Company, 8 p.m.
  Mary Mack is the kind of comedian who has to inform the audience that she ...
- The Early November, The Wonder Years, The Swellers, and Young Statues Varsity Theater, 6:30 p.m.
  The band name chosen by Philly pop-punkers The Wonder Years says it all. Signed to ...
May 31
- Iggy Azalea, BdotCroc, and Lioness Fine Line Music Cafe, 8 p.m.
  Aussie rapper Amethyst Amelia Kelly (a.k.a. Iggy Azalea) started gaining traction in 2011 ...
- Holyoke, Brett Saxon, and Nallo Triple Rock Social Club, 8 p.m.
  After putting his Minneapolis-based folk act on hiatus for a year for a job that ...
- Mystery Train, The Sights, Rat Catcher, and Diver Dress Turf Club, 9 p.m.
  Energetic St. Paul Americana punk four-piece Mystery Train are pretty great at shouting in harmony ...
Jun 01
- Get Gone, Poverty Hash, and The Evening Rig 7th Street Entry, 8 p.m.
  Minneapolis rock ’n’ roll band Get Gone makes loud classic-rock songs. The band’s sound ...
- Sovereign Sect Cabooze, 10 p.m.
  Fargo, North Dakota’s Sovereign Sect is not the first musical group that promises to ...
- Heavy Metal The Trylon, 7 p.m.
  Years before touring animation fests and Adult Swim, Gerald Potterton’s Heavy Metal defined and ...
Jun 02
- Feist and The Low Anthem Minnesota Zoo, 7 p.m.
  Anyone who has been following Feist since she started kicking up dirt with Broken Social ...
- Penguin Prison, Class Actress, and Enola Gay 7th Street Entry, 8 p.m.
  2011 went down as the year that female musicians wrestled vintage synth textures and inward-looking ...
- Langhorne Slim Triple Rock Social Club, 8 p.m.
  It’s hard to tell if Langhorne Slim has much more substance or originality than ...
Jun 03
- Jonathan Richman, Tommy Larkins, and The Prizefighters Cedar Cultural Center, 7 p.m.
  Since his days fronting The Modern Lovers, Jonathan Richman has maintained a wide-eyed innocence, whether ...
- Roger Waters Xcel Energy Center, 8 p.m.
  After founding bassist, singer, and songwriter Roger Waters left Pink Floyd in 1985, he sued ...
- Grand Old Day Grand Avenue, 9 a.m.
  Every single thing about Grand Old Day is wonderful. You drink beer with people’s ...
Jun 04
- Ron Pope, Josiah Leming, and If Eye May 400 Bar, 8 p.m.
  Ron Pope’s overtly emotive style of songwriting belongs somewhere in a bin with the ...
- Mewithoutyou, Buried Beds, and Imaginary Cities Triple Rock Social Club, 7 p.m.
  Philadelphia’s Mewithoutyou often comes off like a vociferous street preacher in the world of ...
Jun 05
- Ramona Falls and The Darcys 7th Street Entry, 8 p.m.
  As a member of the Portland trio Menomena, Brent Knopf is used to engineering a ...
- Scott H. Biram and Lydia Loveless 400 Bar, 9 p.m.
  Austin’s Scott H. Biram has been a critical darling for some time now, picking ...
- Ashley Gold 331 Club, 9:30 p.m.
  In one sense, Twin Cities singer-songwriter Ashley Gold is refreshing. She doesn’t pander to ...

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.@LocalCurrent launches new live show, and it's free http://t.co/8GzyjZxN
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African American Museum in Minneapolis previews this Saturday http://t.co/JoXu4JKu
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The A.V. Club guide to the best under-the-radar summer songs http://t.co/PtwLKXM8
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Jock Itch: New technology hopes to make football safe from head trauma, but can it? http://t.co/q3TKfeqn
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Rusty Quarters Arcade needs $3,000 (or 12,000 quarters) to stay in business http://t.co/JksycLxe
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.@StoneArch_Fest announces additions to lineup http://t.co/wjtc0wV6
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Prince's #PurpleRain added to the Library Of Congress' National Recording Registry http://t.co/fLLhGVvh
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Justin Bieber announces big boy tour, with a stop in Minneapolis http://t.co/AUb7u1Hb
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