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Rift Magazine The issue # 23 of the Twin Cities based music magazine <RIFT>'
( March 2007 ) includes Mouthful of Bees, The Deaf, Aviette . . .
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TC Electropunk
The volume 3 collection of Twin Cities Electropunk bands is now
available with their Dec. 2006 release which includes the bands
Avenpitch, Uber Cool Kung Fool, Thosquanta, Mach Fox, OBCT, MSRP and
many more. The collection is available for download at their website
along with volume 2 and volume 1 . . .
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Ticket to Ride The
latest novel by Graham Sclater is now available from UK publisher Flame
Books. Graham spent much of the 60’s living and working as a musician
in Hamburg playing with luminaries such as Jimi Hendrix, Elton John and
many more. Ticket to Ride follows the exploits of a naïve under
aged five-piece group from the south west of England as they make their
futile search for success in 60’s Germany. Although they set out to
follow in the path of the Beatles, they soon fall deep intothe world
that their contemporaries were fortunate enough to escape. . . .
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MMA The
26th annual Minnesota Music Awards will be at First Avenue in Downtown
Mpls on sunday Oct 1st with a number of bands including The Getup
Johns, Zibra Zibra, Haly Bonar, Birthday Suits, The Alarmist, White
Light Riot. Doors at 6pm , 18+ $12 at the door. . . .
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The Stoneroller The issue # 21 of the Twin Cities based music magazine The Stoneroller
( Sept 2006 ) includes The Black Widows, Silent Keep, On the Rocks . . .
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Mpls Oktoberfest In
the Twin Cities along the Mississppi River at St Anthony Main on
Saturday, Sept. 16 2006 from noon to 9pm will come together a festive
event modeled after the original Oktoberfest in Munich, Germany with
the rock band 'Stock Car Named Desire' playing in the evening . .
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Minneapolis Mayhem 3 The
third Minneapolis Mayhem Metal Festival is coming to the Twin Cities
and set for Aug 25 and 26 at Star Central with the bands Tankard,
Hirax, Usurper, Avenger of Blood, Under Eden . . . .
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Sound Unseen
The 7th annual Sound Unseen
( Aug 16 - 24 ) in Mpls, Minnesota includes First Avenue Hayday, a
showing of concert footage at the Riverview Theater on Wed. Aug 16
which will include the bands The Replacements, Husker Du, Babes in
Toyland, Trip Shakespeare, The Cows, Soul Asylum, Curtis A, Blue Hippos
and many more . . .
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Riverview Theater
Facecage In
July 2006, out of Iowa The band Facecage releases their third album
with Corey Taylor's new midwest independent label Great Mouth
Records . . . .
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Newpalooza 3 Camping
outdoor festival coming July 28th and 29th in Black River Falls, Wisc
with the bands 3 Pill Morning, Sick of Sarah, Pasty White, Serotone,
Likwid Blu, Swampp Gass . . . .
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Shiny Toy Guns Out of California, Shiny Toy Guns is going on a British tour to England and Scotland from July 11th to the 22nd . . . .
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Electronic Music Festival Coming Saturday, July 8th in Burnsville, MN is an All Ages Festival called MN (Pan) Electronic Music Festival . . . .
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Art A Whirl Coming
May 19, 20, 21 is the 2006 Art A Whirl festivities in the NE Mpls area
the public can tour the studios and galleries around the NE Mpls artist
community. Music will also be active in the area with bands at Gallery
13 and Club Underground on all three days and at Grumpy's NE on
Saturday the 20th . . . .
NEMAA Gallery 13 Club Underground Dixie Chicks Parody In
the Twin Cities the comedy mind of Nel Harrison has been working on a
parody of the Dixie Chicks 'Not Ready to Make Nice' . . . . .
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ISC 2005 Winners The
International Songwriting Competition has announced their 2005 winners
on April 3rd, 2006. The Grand Prize winners are Catie Curtis and Mark
Erelli of Boston, MA for their song 'People Look Around' which deals
with the impact of Hurricane Katrina. . . . .
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Find Your Own Way
Marcus Brox Ideas in Mpls is having a film premiere for their Twin
Cities scene documentary at the Varsity Theater on March 9th, 2006 . .
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TC Muzique
The cable program in the Twin Cities has providing exposure to a
number of bands since 1988. With their studio program on Thursday night
on MTN ch 17 and additional programs appearing on MTN ch 16 late
Saturday night along with a Sunday afternoon show on MCN ch 6. .
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