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YOWLER (solo)

Maryn Jones’ debut cassette as Yowler is a slow-burning collection of creeping poetry: images of rising tides, blue waves, and layers of ice eerily serve as the serene backdrop on…

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Tickets on sale this week: July 31, 2015

TUE8/11 Atomic Lights Final Show… For Now Turf Club NOW Buy Tickets THU8/13 Tongue Party | Black Sam Malone Turf Club NOW Buy Tickets SUN8/30 Beak NastyThe World Is Real…

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The Shackletons

The Shackletons are a rock band from Minneapolis, circa 2014, composed of brothers Colin Campbell (guitar/vocals), Cameron Campbell (bass/backing vocals), and Evan Campbell (drums/misc screaming). Local radio station The Current…

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Pokey LaFarge

After crisscrossing the nation for the last half-decade looking for a home, Pokey LaFarge found himself in Mid-Coast Maine. Upon arriving, the Illinois-born singer/songwriter/actor pursued a major life change, working…

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Circuit des Yeux

Before the pandemic cast its weather of mourning on the world, and before she began weaving together her sixth album as Circuit des Yeux, -io, Haley Fohr found herself grieving a…

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CHON

On their self-titled third album, CHON find themselves at the confluence of a great push and pull. Since forming in 2008 in San Diego, the trio — guitarists Mario Camarena…

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The Depot’s Sixth Annual Diamond Dog™ Eating Contest

Jul 4, 2015

First Avenue and City Pages are proud to present the sixth annual Diamond Dog™ Eating Contest on Saturday, July 4, 2015 at The Depot Tavern. The fast and furious competition of iron stomachs…

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Swimsuit Area

This Minneapolis party-ready five-piece brings together an unabashedly weird instrument setup by self-admitted weirdos. Swimsuit Area has postpunk pop sensibilities fused with industrial dissonance and no-wave abrasiveness fronted by Rebecca’s…

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The Suffers

There is a contagious and combustible energy every time the eight-piece wonder-band The Suffers steps on the scene. NPR’s Bob Boilen attributes the band’s allure to their “Soul, straight from…

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CHRISTOPHER ELLIS

Christopher Lamour Ellis was born the youngest male progeny to “The Godfather of Jamaican Rocksteady”, the late Alton Ellis. Talented in his own right, the soulful 28 year-old Roots Reggae,…