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  Jeff Mangum

  By Dylan Hicks | Wed, February 01, 2012

  Jeff Mangum is the idolized former leader of Neutral Milk Hotel. His peak and premature swan song, 1998's In the Aeroplane Over the Sea, most closely resembles New Zealand's Tall Dwarfs, Martin Carthy, and the group's Elephant 6 compatriots, but i... More >

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  Lenny Kravitz

  By Erik Thompson | Wed, February 01, 2012

  Lenny Kravitz's current fan base is far different from those who followed him when he broke onto the music scene in the late '80s. He traded in the soulful, socially conscious songs of his early days for radio-friendly stadium anthems that catapul... More >

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  Ryan Adams

  By Erik Thompson | Wed, December 07, 2011

  Ryan Adams sure has a tumultuous live history with Minneapolis. It seems that for every memorable, mesmerizing performance he has put on here (the Orpheum in 2002, the State in '04, and the Cedar in '07), he counters with an equally forgettable, d... More >

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  Wilco

  By Ian Traas | Wed, November 30, 2011

  Wilco is a little like baseball—you probably know the rules, but the diehard fans see skill and nuance that are impossible to convey to the casual crowd. Jeff Tweedy and company have become a full-blown American institution, and their fans are tra... More >

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  The Civil Wars

  By Rick Mason | Wed, November 09, 2011

  The conflict at the core of the Civil Wars' debut, Barton Hollow, is an obsessive yearning for what's just out of reach, usually revolving around love that's doomed, slipping away, unattainable, or fundamentally debilitating. The songs of the Wars... More >

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  SuperMacguyver

  | Tue, April 21, 2009

  I saw Andrew Bird perform here and it was quite an experience. The theater is beautiful and the acoustics are quite good. I sat in the lower balcony and everything sounded perfect.

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