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in Album ReviewBaggage: Life In Misophonia [Album Review]
“A good frequency is everything to me.” What is Misophonia? If you do a quick google search you will find this excerpt from WebMD: “Misophonia is a disorder in which certain sounds trigger emotional or physiological responses that some might perceive as unreasonable given the circumstance. Those who have misophonia might describe it as when a sound “drives […] More
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Taking Back Sunday: Two Decades Under the Influence at First Avenue
1550 forever-young emo kids packed First Avenue’s Mainroom on Saturday night. It’s the 20th-anniversary celebration of one of the staple bands of the scene; Taking Back Sunday. The tour is a fun concept. The first half of the set is their debut album Tell All Your Friends. A coin toss determines whether the second half […] More
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My Chemical Romance Singer, Gerard Way Creator of Hit Netflix Series “The Umbrella Academy”
Listening to punk-rock when I was younger made me an outcast on the edges of my high school social circle. I was one of the few who went against the grain and listened to bands like Yellowcard, Blink 182, Thursday, and My Chemical Romance (MCR). I didn’t realize that doing so would get me looked […] More
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Mineral and Tancred play for a packed Turf Club
Mineral became an enigma of the underground scene during the second wave emo in the late 90s through the 2000s. Not to be confused with the emo pop rock of eyeliner-clad Fall Out Boy & My Chemical Romance, Mineral blew us away with fast strumming, punk drumming, and slightly grungy yet melodic vocals over loud/quiet […] More
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Sunday Night at The Entry: Niiice. and Bruise Violet Kick Some Tasty Jams
Sunday night brought thousands of people to the legendary corner of 1st Avenue & 7th Street in Downtown Minneapolis for a multitude of reasons. Some were simply passing by, celebrating the news that the Timberwolves had finally fired their awful GM/Coach Tom Thibodeau after their game with the Los Angeles Lakers at Target Center. Many were […] More
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Panic! At The Disco Kick Off Pray for The Wicked Tour In Minneapolis
FEATURED PHOTO BY SARA FISH It’s January of 2014 during a snow storm. Las Vegas based band Panic! At The Disco have sold out Skyway Theater and are riding high on the release of their 4th studio album Too Weird To Live, Too Rare To Die! A couple of years later Brendon Urie and company […] More
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Paramore Make the Best Out of Hard Times at The Armory
Featured Photo by Sara Fish After striking gold with their most recent album After Laughter, Hayley Williams and company brought Tour 5 to a near sold-out crowd at The Armory in Minneapolis. With them were alternative rockers Foster The People and Los Angeles based instrumentalist Jay Som. This was my very first time attending a show […] More
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Band of the Month: niiice.
With a name like niiice., one could think that the local emo/punk band pulled their name from the classic Minnesotan stereotype. In actuality, Roddie Gadeberg, the vocals and rhythm guitar of the quartet, drove past the billboard that inspired the name in North Dakota. And for a self-described nice, weird and dorky band, the stylized […] More
