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February 18, 2012

It's hard to believe it's already been 13 years since Dr. Dog first started making music. Once considered an extremely underground act playing shows to support their "Easy Beat" album, their first for a record label in the early aughts, they've since gone on to tour alongside The Spinto Band, My Morning Jacket and The Raconteurs.

Dr. Dog performs in The Current studio

Dr. Dog performs in The Current studio

Mark Wheat and Dr. Dog • Feb 18, 2012

It's hard to believe it's already been 13 years since Dr. Dog first started making music. Once considered an extremely underground act playing shows to support their "Easy Beat" album, their first for a record label in the early aughts, they've since gone on to tour alongside The Spinto Band, My Morning Jacket and The Raconteurs.

Charles Bradley performs live in The Current studio

Charles Bradley performs live in The Current studio

Mary Lucia and Charles Bradley • Feb 17, 2012

Often known as "The Screaming Eagle of Soul," soul and R&B singer Charles Bradley has been playing music all his life, but it wasn't until he moved back to his hometown of Brooklyn, New York at the age of 51 after years working as a cook that he began aggressively pursuing his career in music and eventually landing on Daptone Records alongside Sharon Jones and the Budos Band.

Heartless Bastards performs in The Current studio

Heartless Bastards performs in The Current studio

Barb Abney and Heartless Bastards • Feb 17, 2012

Heartless Bastards encapsulates that all too classic story of the small Midwest band who quickly found an audience and rose to prominence. In their case, it was a hard-hitting approach to blues rock and frontwoman Erika Wennerstrom's lyricism which got them their accolades. The niche in music they helped to fill in the early aughts hasn't lost its importance - Heartless Bastards is still on the forefront of a scene which seems to be exploding in popularity.

YourClassical

Wiping Out Thousands win over the Entry opening for YACHT

Andrea Swensson • Feb 17, 2012

What a way to ring in a 21st birthday. It’s not every day that the opening act on a three-band bill (and the only local band in the lineup, to boot) gets such a reaction from the crowd that they’re asked to play a mini-encore. But that’s just what happened last night, as Wiping Out…

YourClassical

Friday Five: A. Wolf extends her Claws, Atmosphere drops new student-made video

Andrea Swensson • Feb 17, 2012

Local music notes from the week of February 13-17

YourClassical

Song of the Day: Now, Now

Jon Schober • Feb 17, 2012

Read about and download their new track "Thread"

YourClassical

Prince rumors abound in advance of Revolution reunion gig

Andrea Swensson • Feb 16, 2012

Iconic Twin Cities band will perform at First Avenue Sunday night

Neal and Leandra "A Hundred Years From Now"

Neal and Leandra "A Hundred Years From Now"

Neal and Leandra and Mike Pengra • Feb 15, 2012

Neal and Leandra perform material from "A Hundred Years From Now" on Radio Heartland

YourClassical

Polica’s CD-release show heavy on new material from the group

Andrea Swensson • Feb 15, 2012

I don’t know about you, but I’m starting to max out my Polica attention span — between features on MPR’s All Things Considered, their cover story in this week’s City Pages, and last night’s very buzzed-about, very sold-out release show at First Avenue, it’s all starting to blur together a bit. So with that in…

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MaLLy premieres new Free on the 15th track ‘Once We’re Kings’

Andrea Swensson • Feb 15, 2012

New full-length album due out in May

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