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Column: Jimmy Buffett plays concert in Paradise
A sign in Gulf Shores last weekend read “What would Jimmy Buffett do? Throw a party at the oil slick.
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Interview: The Liars’ Angus Andrew
Few bands can mirror Liars’ uncanny penchant for converging catchy melodies with experimental arrangements.
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Music Interview: The Liars’ Angus Andrew
Talking on the phone, Angus Andrew sounds like an author. The lanky singer for the experimental art-noise band Liars is terrifically eloquent, but it’s not just the way he talks—Andrew thinks like an author, too.
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New Orleans law enforcement ordering French Quarter street musicians to honor 8 p.m. curfew
When the members of To Be Continued Brass Band took to the streets of the infamous New Orleans French Quarter on June 15, they didn’t expect to be ordered to stop playing their jazz tunes.
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Music Interview: Eyedea of Eyedea & Abilities
In 2000, a 17-year-old Twin Cities-based MC by the name of Eyedea bewildered hip-hop heads everywhere after being crowned the freestyle champion of the HBO -televised Blaze Battle hosted by rap pioneer KRS-One .
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Inteview: “Cyrus” Directors Jay And Mark Duplass
On Jan. 28, the Sundance Film Festival sent eight filmmakers, movies in tow, to eight different theaters across the country. The film festival publicized “Sundance USA” as an event to bring the country together for a celebration of cinema and discourse.
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Music Interview: Nikki Monninger of Silversun Pickups
The unavoidable comparison that Silversun Pickups is constantly faced with is to that of the once adored ‘90s alternative rock outfit, The Smashing Pumpkins.
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Column: Twilight… Bad Movies, Good Music
June 29 was a very special night, one whose significance had not been matched since November 20, 2009. June 29 was celebrated in megaplexes and small rural movie houses all over the world. June 29 was touted in public by preteen girls, and in private by the older and male populations.
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Music Feature: Minneapolis Punks Birthday Suits
Minneapolis is home to its fair share of face-melting acts, but few among them can match the raw, Ark of the Covenant-like power of punk rock duo Birthday Suits.