Storyhill with Mighty Fairly at Minnesota Museum of American Art on 8/21/08

By: David de Young
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Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-style-parent:""; font-size:10.0pt;"Times New Roman";} Storyhill in the MMAA cafeteria - Photo by Stacy Schwartz I’ve been playing musical catch-up lately, seeing bands which I have...

Scorpions at Myth Nightclub on 8/8/08

By: Sean Sauder
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Scorpions - Photo from myspace.com/officialscorpions In the school of rock, legendary German rockers Scorpions are a required course. I immensely enjoyed a Judas Priest concert I attended last week, but compared to the show Scorpions put on at Myth on Friday night, last week’s show seemed like it was lacking in the energy and enthusiasm the band broug...

The Ting Tings w/ Solid Gold at The Varsity Theater on 8/4/08

By: David de Young
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Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-style-parent:""; font-size:10.0pt;"Times New Roman";}    Katie White of the Ting Tings - Photo by David de Young In July 2007, England’s The Ting Tings credited the...

Judas Priest at Myth Nightclub on 8/2/08

By: Sean Sauder
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Judas Priest - Promo Photo from judaspriest.com Legendary British heavy metal pioneers, Judas Priest, tore up the stage at Myth on Saturday night. The band performed at the nightclub in Maplewood on a day off from the Metal Masters Tour, which also features Heaven and Hell, Testament and Motorhead. That tour is not coming to the ...

Testament at Epic on 7/31/08

By: Sean Sauder
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Testament - Photo from testamentlegions.com Bay area thrashers, Testament, made a highly anticipated stop at Epic in Minneapolis on an off day from the Metal Masters Tour, which also features Heaven And Hell (can’t we just call them Black Sabbath?), Judas Priest and Motorhead. That tour is not coming to the Twin Cities, but with the exception of Heaven And Hell (who played here ...

The Go! Team at First Avenue on 7/30/08

By: Amber Schadewald
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After their live performance Wednesday night, it’s incredibly obvious why The Go! Team incorporates such bold punctuation in their name—they are wickedly fun!!! (Take note of the triple exclamation). Loud and jumpy, happy and busy, the British dance band kept things alive during their 14-song set, setting the bar nearly unreachable for headliner CSS.   Combining hip-hop vocals, ‘70s jams, horns, heavy percussion and cut...

Yeasayer at Urban Outfitters on 7/30/08

By: Carl Atiya Swanson
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Yeasayer - Photo by Steve Cohen There is a sort of winking complicity involved in such corporate/rock marriages as the Yaris FreeYrRadio shows. It’s not on the scale of betrayal of Woodstock ’99 (unless you have a world view plagued by moral absolutism) but there is a discomfort that, well, just about everyone is aware. Yeasayer gets a pay-day, The Current gets to promote ...

Jimmy Eat World at First Avenue on 7/7/08

By: Will McClain
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Jimmy Eat World - Photo from Purevolume.com When Jimmy Eat World took the stage at First Avenue Monday night, it was to a different crowd than the ones they played for in their formative years of the early ‘90s—a dramatically different one, even, than they met when the national scene began to show them love in the early days of this millennium.   Musically, the pop-punk purveyors ran lean and ...

The Dodos at Triple Rock Social Club on 7/7/08

By: Carl Atiya Swanson
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The Dodos - Photo by Stacy Schwartz It seems almost pointless to add to the snowball of glowing reviews for The Dodos. The San Francisco duo’s Visiter release garnered an 8.5 rating from Pitchfork and an avalanche of good press has followed their herculean 2008 touring schedule. It would be pointless if they weren’t working so hard, and if they weren’t so goddamn goo...

Drive-By Truckers at First Avenue on 7/3/08

By: Will McClain
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Drive-By Truckers - Photo by Alexa Jones The Drive-By Truckers want you to know they’re not just some Southern-rock novelty act. With album titles like Southern Rock Opera and The Dirty South—not to mention their moniker—the Truckers had much to prove to the uninitiated when they ambled into town Wednesday in support of their latest effort, Brighter Than Creation&rsqu...