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November 08, 2013

Arcade Fire's Reflektor is our CD of the Week and the lead single remains at the top of the chart. Others were probably scared to take it from them after seeing Win Butler of the band pull "a Kanye" at the YouTube Awards Show last weekend.

The Chart Show: 'Reflektor' Repeater

The Chart Show: 'Reflektor' Repeater

Mark Wheat • Nov 8, 2013

Arcade Fire's Reflektor is our CD of the Week and the lead single remains at the top of the chart. Others were probably scared to take it from them after seeing Win Butler of the band pull "a Kanye" at the YouTube Awards Show last weekend.

Watch Polica perform live at the 9:30 Club in D.C.

Watch Polica perform live at the 9:30 Club in D.C.

Polica • Nov 7, 2013

Watch Polica perform live at the 9:30 Club in Washington D.C. on November 6, 2013.

9:30 Coffee Break: Madchester

9:30 Coffee Break: Madchester

Nov 7, 2013

We're going to need your help to put together a set of music from the Madchester scene. What do you think we should play?

Weekend Arts Roundup: Three New Stage Productions

Weekend Arts Roundup: Three New Stage Productions

Marianne Combs • Nov 7, 2013

Marianne Combs joins Steve Seel and Jill Riley to talk about three new stage productions in Minneapolis: Driving Miss Daisy, An Outopia for Pigeons and Enter the R.T. Rybak.

GRRRL PRTY, Icehouse, and our increasingly fluid local hip-hop community

GRRRL PRTY, Icehouse, and our increasingly fluid local hip-hop community

Andrea Swensson • Nov 7, 2013

At first blush Nicollet Avenue’s new live music hotspot, Icehouse, seems like an unlikely space for a rap show. If you get there before doors open you’ll find the place brimming with foodie patrons quietly sipping bourbon cocktails and sharing decadent small plates. But on the first Wednesday night of the month, as the dinner…

R.E.M.’s ‘Green’ at 25: Still surprising, still winning

R.E.M.’s ‘Green’ at 25: Still surprising, still winning

Jay Gabler • Nov 7, 2013

When I started college at Boston University in 1993, my roommate often played a mix tape he’d made for his girlfriend featuring “their” songs. It included the Star Wars theme, the Bodeans’ “Still the Night,” and R.E.M.’s “You Are the Everything.” When my roommate’s girlfriend visited and demonstrated that her front teeth were false implants that…

Deltron 3030 - Melding Of The Minds

Deltron 3030 - Melding Of The Minds

Jon Schober • Nov 7, 2013

Deltron 3030 - Melding Of The Minds, from the new album "Event 2."

Local Gig List: November 6-10

Local Gig List: November 6-10

Andrea Swensson • Nov 6, 2013

  Wednesday, November 6 GRRRL PRTY EP-Release Show Icehouse, Minneapolis 9 p.m., $6, 21+ For their third in a monthly residency at Icehouse, rap crew GRRRL PRTY (who placed third in this year’s Picked to Click poll, and whose MC Lizzo also snagged first place in the same poll) will celebrate the release of their…

9:30 Coffee Break: International Saxophone Day

9:30 Coffee Break: International Saxophone Day

Nov 6, 2013

As you may know, we love our "fake holidays" here on The Morning Show. Today happens to be one we can really get behind though -- it's International Saxophone Day!

Eating and Drinking with The Splendid Table's Lynne Rossetto Kasper: Fall Vegetables

Eating and Drinking with The Splendid Table's Lynne Rossetto Kasper: Fall Vegetables

Nov 6, 2013

Today, Lynne spoke to The Morning Show's Steve Seel and Jill Riley about Fall vegetables. She shares her secret to cooking dry beans and other favorites as the weather turns colder.

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