Indie mainstays Death Cab for Cutie swung through the Twin Cities on Wednesday night. They played a set that featured a good mix of songs from their last three albums.

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Solid Gold is Minneapolis’ most buzzed about band, which was proven on Friday when they absolutely packed the Turf Club in St. Paul wall to wall. The group played an energized set that had the whole crowd moving. Check out the band playing their single ‘Get Over It’ below, but I recommend going to the actual page and watching it in higher quality.

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Rage Frontman, Zack De La Rocha works his way into the crowd at the RNC event

Photos by Justin Andert

It has been a whirlwind here at Above the Fold since about 6:45 p.m. last evening. We posted our exclusive full video of Rage Against the Machine’s unplugged/in crowd/impromptu performance and speeches. Now we have more coverage for you.

Rage discusses which song to perform acapella in crowd

Here are seperate videos shot by our very own Joshua Sidney for each song the band played:

Rage Against the Machine – Bulls on Parade (Acapella Live at RNC Event 09.02.08)

Rage Against the Machine – Killing in the Name Of (Acapella Live at RNC Event 09.02.08)

Rage Against the Machine – Full Performance at RNC event on Minnesota State Capitol lawn 09.02.08

The band is playing a sold out show tonight in Minneapolis at the Target Center, barring any police barricades. Something tells me we might see some more of this:

Here are the audio files of the performance last night:

• MP3: Rage Against the Machine – Full Acapella Performance Live at RNC [09.02.08]
• Rage Against the Machine – Bulls on Parade (Acapella Live at RNC 09.02.08)
• Rage Against the Machine – Killing in the Name Of (Acapella Live at RNC 09.02.08)

Rage Against the Machine RNC – 09.02.08 (Performs Acapella in Crowd) by Joshua Sidney of Above the Fold is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.

Last night Above the Fold hung out with Private Dancer. For status and integrity sake, we were lucky enough that Private Dancer is actually one of Minneapolis’ best up and coming punk/dance band. The St. Paul based group celebrated the release of their new album Trouble Eyes at the Turf Club in St. Paul on Saturday night. Twin Cities favorite Vampire Hands was on hand (no pun intended) as well to help Private Dancer celebrate. Check out the happenings:

• MP3: Vampire Hands – Paradise Knife Fights
  

• Private Dancer – Ain’t Leavin’ No More

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