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Dan Deacon’s Upcoming Release: Bromst

Joshua | January 6, 2009

Starting out 2009 right, Baltimore’s Dan Deacon is gearing up for a couple of releases in the early part of the new year.  The new LP, Bromst, is set to drop March 24, as well as a split 12″ release with fellow B-more band Adventure.  Here’s a track from Bromst:

MP3:  Dan Deacon - “Get Older”

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Video://El Guante | Eclipse Records | St. Paul [01.02.09]

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El Guante is one of Minneapolis’ best up and coming hip hop artists. He is a jack of all trades: poet, MC, activist, and blogger. His activism can be seen in his lyrics and his passion for bettering the Twin Cities community through art.

He stopped to play at Eclipse Records last Friday with a full backing band and Big Cats! laying down the beat with his computer and the Bass. Check out a snippet of his performance shot by Above the Fold below:

  • MP3: El Guante - Ink
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Review: The Alpha Centauri - Lavarocks

Justin | January 5, 2009

There is so much going on in The Alpha Centauri’s Lavarocks that it’s almost overwhelming. This Minneapolis-based quartet has crafted a heavily produced album with rhythms that make your head snap along with soaring ambience that soothes. The vocal responsibilities bounce to and fro Lance Conrod and Linnea Mohn, and the interplay between the male and female vocals is beautifully constructed—a few Postal Service songs come to mind. Their attention to detail is remarkable, their subtlety clever and poignant. Boys and Girls is an engaging duet with sporadic, although precisely calculated, electronics dancing across the audio spectrum. Holy Smoke breaks character—predominantly being an acoustic track—and it serves as a crucial escape from the intricacy from the rest of the album. The lyrical concept of the album is one of heartbreak and psychological trauma. The male vocals are impressive in terms of range and accuracy although a nasally delivery peaks through at certain points, taking a bit away from the otherwise brilliant performance.
By Santos Ramos

The group opened for Starfucker earlier this fall on a short tour that hit the Entry. The album does not have a set release date yet, but was tentatively slated for this month. With the intricacy and beauty of Lavarocks; The Alpha Centauri may be Minneapolis’ bright star in 2009. (Plus, anyone with a trombone in an experimental indie band is a friend of ours.)

  • MP3: The Alpha Centauri - Boys and Girls
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Buffetlibre Rewinds to the 80’s

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We’ve talked about BuffetLibre’s Rewind project a few times now, but we just wanted to give a shout because the tracklisting is complete now at a whopping 85 cover tracks all reaching back to 80’s classics. Here are a few of our favorites or check out the full list HERE

  • MP3: Little Boots - Love Kills (Buffetlibre vs. Sidechains Remix) (Freddie Mercury Cover)
  • Starfucker - Girls Just Wanna Have Fun (Cyndi Lauper Cover)
  • The Old Believers - Naive Melody (Talking Heads Cover)
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Dead Man’s Bones (Feat. Ryan Gosling) Live Video with Children’s Choir

Justin | January 2, 2009

Thanks to celeb gossip resources we had been hearing grumblings of Ryan Gosling’s musical endeavors. Now, his project Dead Man’s Bones have released a live video for their song called In the Room Where You Sleep featuring the Silverlake Conservatory of Music Children’s choir. The song is actually very interesting and the children’s choir adds an amazing element. Check it out:

  • MP3: Dead Man’s Bones - In the Room Where You Sleep (Live Feat. Silverlake Conservatory of Music Children’s Choir)
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Big Cats! and El Guante Tonight | Eclipse Records | St. Paul

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Big Cats!, Minneapolis’ best up and coming beat maker is performing tonight in St. Paul at Eclipse Records with El Guante, Minneapolis’ best up and coming MC. There have been promises of new material being performed from the duo tonight. The show is a CD release for MC Harv. It should be a great show, but music starts early (7 p.m.) so plan accordingly! See you there!

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‘The Spirit of ‘09′ Tonight | Loft | Minneapolis

Justin | December 31, 2008

The Twin Cities’ culture gurus vita.mn is hosting Minneapolis’ best New Years Eve party tonight at Loft over Barfly. Above the Fold favorites Solid Gold and Le Castle Vania are featured performers during the party. The night will also feature DJ sets from world turntable champion DJ Klever and ’08’s indie firestorm, Hercules and Love Affair.

Tickets are available at Vital Culture

Don’t miss out on the best way to ring in the new year in the Twin Cities! We’ll see you there!

  • MP3: Hercules and Love Affair - Blind (Hotline Remix)
  • Le Castle Vania - Zero Machine
  • Hollywood Holt - Caked Up (Klever Remix)

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Happy Holidays!

Justin | December 24, 2008

Signing off for a few days…..hope your holidays are enjoyable!

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Holiday Gifts From Bacardi B-Live and Discobelle

Joshua | December 23, 2008


The Twelves - B-Live Rio Films ‘Louco Por Musica’ from Bacardi B-Live on Vimeo.

Being that the holidays are all about giving (or something like that), Discobelle and Bacardi B-Live felt it was only proper to dole out some killer remixes to spread the holiday cheer. Brought together by BB-L, The Twelves and Cicada not only rocked the BB-L party, but also rocked a couple of remixed tracks of each other’s work… Thanks to Discobelle we have them for you.

  • MP3: Cicada’s - Metropolis (The Twelves’ B-Live Rio rmx)
  • MP3: The Twelves - Be My Crush (Cicada’s B-Live Rio rmx)
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Review: Kill Memory Crash - Of Fire

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It has been three years since Kill Memory Crash has had a full release with Ghostly International. They were nice enough to send over their recently released EP titled Of Fire last week. The lead track Ever Experienced sounds like it would be perfectly fit for a futuristic vampire film based in the dark ruins of New York, or maybe their hometown Chicago would fit better. The electric grind at the base of the song mixed with its dim, concentrated vocals give it the darkness that paints the aforementioned scene. The group taps into their industrial, rock roots in Hell on Wheels. They use an array of abstract noises to fill out the rock based track. Hit + Run was featured on Ghostly Swim, this spring’s release that combined Ghostly International and Adult Swim. This track is high in intensity and may be the most repeat friendly on the album. Of Fire has an ability to turn intensity into a captivating 25 minutes and will likely be the most out of the box album you have liked in a long time.

Purchase the album HERE

  • MP3: Kill Memory Crash - Ever Experienced
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