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Music : Kiss merchandise for hearth, home, and the hereafter
Music : Interview The Mountain Goats' John Darnielle looks to the future
Music : Interview Grumpy transmissions from Future Of The Left
Music : Interview Sean Tillman's back to grin and bare it as Har Mar Superstar
Music : Interview Fleet Foxes' J. Tillman on medieval-couplet riddles and other elusive truths

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Music : Mark Mallman, Suicide Commandos, Jeremy Messersmith on new Beatles tribute comp

Nov, 06 - 1:43 p.m.
Music : Just Announced Tickets on sale this week

Nov, 06 - 12:23 p.m.
Music : Just Announced Eric Benet, Mint Condition show canceled

Nov, 06 - 11:55 a.m.
Music : Owl City and the history of chart-topping Minnesota songs

Nov, 05 - 9:29 a.m.
Music : Rybak declares Nov. 7 "Suicide Commandos Day" in Minneapolis

Nov, 04 - 2:57 p.m.
Music : Cloud Cult reissuing out-of-print albums as expanded double-disc set

Nov, 04 - 2:03 p.m.
Music : Motion City Soundtrack's My Dinosaur Life gets a release date

Nov, 04 - 12:39 p.m.
Music : Interview The Sounds keep new wave revived

Nov, 04 - 12:00 a.m.
Music : Interview Meta interview: They Might Be Giants' John Flansburgh reflects on 3 decades of interviews

Nov, 03 - 12:00 a.m.
Books : Interview Eric Dregni takes a bite out of Italy

Nov, 02 - 12:00 a.m.
Music : Tragically Hip cancels St. Paul, Denver shows

Nov, 01 - 5:00 p.m.
Music : Just Announced Tickets on sale this week

Oct, 30 - 2:33 p.m.
Music : The Hawaii Show toasts Uptown Bar with hair-metal

Oct, 30 - 1:23 p.m.
Music : The unauthorized revival of Ben Folds

Oct, 30 - 12:00 a.m.
Music : Interview DJ Tiesto doesn't lament the death of vinyl

Oct, 30 - 12:00 a.m.

a.v. picks

No picks today, but still plenty to do! View the full calendar.

Nov 07
- The Mountain Goats and Final Fantasy Cedar Cultural Center, 8 p.m.
  The Mountain Goats’ John Darnielle hasn’t been gifted with a great voice or a ...
  
  The Louvre And The Masterpiece Minneapolis Institute Of Arts, 10 a.m.
  
  Frank Capra Series: American Madness The Trylon, 7 p.m.
Nov 08
- The Black Heart Procession and Bellini 400 Bar, 9 p.m.
  On the new Six, pity party-starter The Black Heart Procession remains proudly, powerfully dolorous. While ...
  
  Jewish Series: 2 Or 3 Things I Know About Him Oak Street Cinema, 7:30 p.m.
  
  Valient Thorr, Architects, Impaler, and Spacewolf Triple Rock Social Club, 8 p.m.
Nov 09
- Art Brut and Surfer Blood Triple Rock Social Club, 8 p.m.
  Art Brut frontman Eddie Argos came up spitting acidic observations like a post-punk Ray Davies ...
  
  White Rabbits and Glass Ghost Cedar Cultural Center, 7:30 p.m.
  
  Elijah's Wake, A Visual Poem Open Eye Figure Theater, 7:30 p.m.
Nov 10
- Mount Eerie, Tara Jane O'Neil, and Lucy Michelle And The Velvet Lapelles Bedlam Theater, 5 p.m.
  Phil Elverum is Mount Eerie, not to be confused necessarily with his earlier project The ...
  
  JagerCon Sci-Fi Tuesdays: Westworld Clubhouse Jäger, 10 p.m.
  
  Books And Bars Bryant-Lake Bowl, 7 p.m.
Nov 11
- Faith Healer Guthrie Theater, 7:30 p.m.
  He hasn't taken the stage as an actor for 20 years, but Guthrie Artistic ...
  
  Ruined Mixed Blood Theater, 7:30 p.m.
  
  Dirty Projectors and tUnE-YaRdS Cedar Cultural Center, 7 p.m.
Nov 12
- Bobcat Goldthwait Acme Comedy Company, 8 p.m.
  Along with Gilbert Gottfried and Emo Philips, Bobcat Goldthwait was one of the '80s comics ...
  
  Digable Planets, Yoni, Jon Wayne And The Pain, Omar Bliss, and Mark Joseph Project Cabooze, 9 p.m.
  
  Judith Koll-Healey University Of Minnesota - Coffman Union Bookstore, 4 p.m.
Nov 13
- Ray LaMontagne State Theatre, 7:30 p.m.
  Yes, “talented” vocalists are a dime a dozen, and most get shrink-wrapped in disposable packages ...
  
  Jerry Seinfeld Orpheum Theatre, 7 p.m.
  
  The Graduate Uptown Theatre, 11:45 p.m.

Full Twin Cities Calendar »

Music: Interview

The Sounds keep new wave revived

"English is a more universal language and a more useful one. It’s more interesting for forming cool sentences and not sounding too corny." -

Music: Inventory

6 supergroups as pants-wetting as Monsters Of Folk

Why hire some two-bit session bass player when you can have Waylon Jennings? -

Books: Interview

Eric Dregni takes a bite out of Italy

His new book covers two years of Italian life and all the cheese, pork, and government bureaucracy that comes with it. -

Twin Cities features : Weekend Agenda

Nov. 6-8: Paramore, The Mountain Goats, Steely Dan

film: new releases

	we said	you said
The Boys Are Back	C+	-
Earth Days	B	-
A Serious Man	A-	B+
Whip It	C+	B-
The Invention Of Lying	B	B-
Zombieland	B+	B+
Capitalism: A Love Story	C+	B+
Pandorum	D+	D+
No Impact Man	B+	-
Fame	B	B+

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this week

Kiss merchandise for hearth, home, and the hereafter -

Interview: The Mountain Goats' John Darnielle looks to the future -

Interview: Grumpy transmissions from Future Of The Left -

Interview: Sean Tillman's back to grin and bare it as Har Mar Superstar -

Interview: Fleet Foxes' J. Tillman on medieval-couplet riddles and other elusive truths -

updates

a.v. picks

Music: Interview

The Sounds keep new wave revived

Music: Inventory

6 supergroups as pants-wetting as Monsters Of Folk

Books: Interview

Eric Dregni takes a bite out of Italy

Twin Cities features : Weekend Agenda

Nov. 6-8: Paramore, The Mountain Goats, Steely Dan

film: new releases

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