New Direction turns tide
Q and A with co-owner of thriving all-ages venue
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Soulful roots run deep on Night Sweats’ debut
There’s a deep satisfaction I take in the fact that Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats’ self-titled debut comes courtesy of the revitalized Stax…
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Q&A with guitarist Jack Semple
Canadian blues virtuoso Jack Semple is one of Friday’s Fargo Blues Festival headliners.
Read NowPainting the town blue
Painting the town blue
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No limits
Fargo country band Redline talks WE Fest, Windbreak, social media and more
Read NowHave we reached critical Mac?
Mac DeMarco, the indie world’s most charming crooner, has claimed more lost hours of my slumber than I am willing to admit ...
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Wilco just wants to have fun
Surprise release of “Star Wars” finds band at their loosest
Read NowgodheadSilo reunites for Ralph’sFargo punk legends return to the stage
On Saturday, July 25, godheadSilo will perform their first show since 1998 in commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the closing of Ralph’s Corner…
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Eaux boy!
In 2008, Justin Vernon was known best, if at all, for the icy falsetto that blew through “For Emma, Forever Ago.”
Read NowOh Hell Yeah: Clap Your Hands Say Yeah celebrates the 10th anniversary of its landmark debut
In 2005, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah released its eponymous debut album to an immediate flurry of praise, largely from fawning music bloggers.
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Grace Potter’s ‘Magical Midnight Roadshow’
Vermont rock ‘n’ roller Grace Potter is going solo. Sort of.
Read NowWho is Lydia Loveless?
It seems that things are only looking up for Lydia Loveless.
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The best overlooked albums of 2015, so far
As the second half of 2015 unfolds with the early promise of new albums from Tame Impala, Beach House and Mac DeMarco ...
Read NowModest Mouse added to the Bluestem Concert Series lineup
Tickets on sale Friday, July 17, 2015, at 11 a.m.
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Little music show on the prairie
No need to leave the house on Friday nights in July to enjoy and support quality local music. Just turn to channel 13 ...
Read NowBells, whistles and good vibrations on “Key Change”
“The most modern thing I can do in 2015 is make music with my bare hands.” That’s the explanation that multi-instrumentalist Dominic Salole gives...
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5 upcoming must-see concerts
5 upcoming must-see concerts
Read NowGood vibes abound on ambitious, collaboration-heavy “Surf”
“Surf” is sure to go down as one of 2015’s quintessential hip-hop releases
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Veeder fever: North Dakotan singer-songwriter releases Nashville-produced record
...this new record is Americana magic.
Read NowCleveland unplugs for front-porch reverie on “Oh Man, Cover the Ground”
Billed as “12 songs about dark rooms, water, wind, stoned afternoons, sun in your eyes, sex, hair, snacks, death, & the beach,” Shana Cleveland’s…
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‘Mutilator Defeated’ a triumph of consistence for Thee Oh Sees
In a musical landscape ever-hungry for the Next Big Thing, artistic consistence is a severely underappreciated quality.
Read NowThe Weather Station stays loyal to folk tradition
Lindeman’s third full-length, “Loyalty,” is a sublime song cycle with lyrical baggage far heavier than her avian voice lets on.
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The scoop on Spoon
Bassist Rob Pope, also of the The Get Up Kids, discusses new record and tour
Read NowQ&A with Monica Martin of Phox
Q&A with Monica Martin of Phox
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