Echo & The Bunnymen with Innaway at Fine Line Music Café on 11/26/05

By: David de Young
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Echo and the Bunnymen at the Fine Line - Photo by David de Young Saturday night at the Fine Line in Minneapolis, a shoulder to shoulder crew of Echo & The Bunnymen fans got pretty much the same set as most towns have been getting on this tour. The band, formed by Ian McCulloch and Will Sergeant, who played their first gig i...

Super Furry Animals at Fine Line Music Café on 11/21/05

By: Cyn Collins
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Super Furry Animals at the Fine Line - Photo by David de Young Introducing a radical new vision: No more imperial colonial bastards No more romantic comedies This is a fanfare introduction To a high powered, purposeful theme. --from “Laser Beam,” Love Kraft, Super Furry Animals Super Furry Animals live shows are futuristic, full-body, ...

Kingsbury Manx at 7th Street Entry on 11/11/05

By: Andrea Swensson
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The Kingsbury Manx - Publicity Photo I have seen a number of bands recently who are receiving less attention than they deserve, but the oversight of the Chapel Hill, North Carolina quartet Kingsbury Manx has been the most blatent. Their show at the 7th Street Entry was so sparsely populated that when the Manx finished their se...

The Magic Numbers with David Kitt at The Quest Club on 11/11/05

By: David de Young
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Angela Gannon (left) and Romeo Stodart (right) of The Magic Numbers at the Ascot Room - Photo by David de Young A larger turnout might have been expected when The Magic Numbers played the Ascot Room Friday, considering this was the band's first visit to the Twin Cities. They have arguably released one of the best albums ...

Flickerstick at Star Central on 11/10/05

By: Sean Sauder
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Flickerstick - Publicity Photo Say what you will about reality television, but VH1's Bands On The Run helped The Denton, Texas band Flickerstick gain a small but loyal national following they may not otherwise have had. In a perfect world they'd be enjoying a lot more success, but in today’s music business a band that writes th...

The Sun at The Varsity Theater on 11/10/05

By: David de Young
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Chris Burney of the Sun at the Varsity Theater - Photo by David de Young It took me a while to actually listen to the new disc from the Sun after it came in the mail a couple months ago. I was quick to note the red sticker on the cover: “Warning! This is not a CD. This is the world’s first DVD album.” What that transl...

Statistics with Little Brazil at Big Vs on 10/28/05

By: Jim Brunzell III
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Statistics performing at Big V's - Photo by Jim Brunzell III (click for larger version) Bassist Dan Maxwell and drummer Oliver Morgan were already in their places, taking healthy sips from their drinks when Denver Dalley, the towering 6’3 singer/guitarist for Omaha, Nebraska’s Statistics stepped on stage at Big V&r...

The Go! Team at First Avenue on 10/28/05

By: Cyn Collins
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Photo by Martijn Middel. See Martijn's gallery of photos from a show at Vera, Groningen in the Netherlands in September. “Listening to [debut Thunder, Lightning, Strike] is like looking on bemusedly while an enthusiastic, but tipsy, friend plays you snatches of his favourite r...

Liz Phair at First Avenue on 10/27/05

By: Sean Sauder
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Liz Phair in a recent photo on her website If you’ve been reading the music magazines lately, you probably realize it isn't "cool" to like Liz Phair anymore. Admittedly, her latest album, Somebody's Miracle contains only a few songs I like, and even those rank nowhere near her best work (with the possible exception of "La...

Ben Folds at First Avenue on 10/25/05

By: Andrea Swensson
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Ben Folds - Photo from his website I'd been waiting for Ben Folds to come to Minneapolis and rock my world like he did Tuesday evening at First Avenue for a long, long time. I have a certain spot in my heart carved out for men like Ben Folds, the sensitive yet irreverent songwriter who can wail on the piano better than many a snobby ...