Blog: Minneapolis Fucking Rocks

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Matt Costa hits our fair city this Thursday in support of his self-titled and fourth full-length album. Costa will perform at the Triple Rock and he's toting along fellow Californians The Blank Tapes . For your chance to win a pair of tickets to the show email laura@minneapolisfuckingrocks. com and tell us which outdoor festival(s) you are super stoked for this spring/summer. Matt Costa's new self-titled album is available now via Brushfire Records . Matt Costa [...]

Photo credit: Liz Devine Portland transplants Sallie Ford & The Sound Outside hit Minneapolis on Monday evening supporting fellow west coast resident Thao & The Get Down Stay Down . This show is going to rock. Ford and her crew are fresh off the Partisan Records release of the sophomore album, Untamed Beast . Equipped with mega attitude and killer guitar licks, Untamed Beast is a powerful collection of unpredictable post-punk-rock-and-roll-kiss-m y-ass jams. MFR caught [...]

• Sallie Ford & The Sound Outside - They Told Me

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Local Natives, sweethearts of Southern California, braved March in Minneapolis last Saturday to bring us an incredible sold out show in the First Avenue Mainroom. They are tight, they are entertaining, and when watching them perform it’s hard to believe that the band has only been around for about five years. They started the party with “You And I”, the lead track off of the new and rather exploratory album, Hummingbird . The band had the anticipation factor down-it took a few songs to really get into a groove but when they got there [...]

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The new LP from Daft Punk , Random Access Memories , will be out on 5/1 via Daft Life Limited. Who's amped?

Photo: Zoran Orlic Saturday night’s sold out show at St. Paul’s Fitzgerald Theater marked a monumental occasion for Duluth-natives, Low . The performance came stacked with the sweet-sounding addition of friends and extended Duluth family-Dave Carroll, Ryan Young and Tim Sauxhog of Trampled by Turtles . This Current Session at the Fitz celebrated Low’s 20th year together as a band and the release of their 10th full-length album, The Invisible Way , earlier this month. After an introduction by The Current’s Mark Wheat, the Minnesota [...]

Photo: Tara Mrachek Photo: Tara Mrachek Photo: Tara Mrachek Photo: Tara Mrachek Photo: Tara Mrachek Photo: Tara Mrachek MFR & Radio K present Starfucker w/ Blackbird Blackbird Friday, March 22 2013 Varsity Theater

[MFR Presents] Today is the day folks! We are oh so excited to present Portland dancemasters Starfucker tonight at the Varsity Theater. Tell your friends, tell your neighbors, tell your grandma, tell your nearest friendly postal worker-it's going to be a doozy. Need a little pregame? Listen to the new album, Miracle Mile , in it's entirety right here . You're welcome. MFR & Radio K present Starfucker w/ Blackbird Blackbird Friday, March 22 2013 [...]

California sweethearts Local Natives hit First Avenue for a sold out show tomorrow night. The band is touring in support of the new album, Hummingbird , which was co-produced by The National's Aaron Dessner. Local Natives may look and sound a bit different than they did in 2009-working with a producer for the first time, experimenting with new sounds, and sans one band member-but you better believe they are still badass. MFR spoke with Kelcey Ayer of LN ahead of the show. He talked about how the new album [...]

Heza , the new album from Generationals , is out 4/2 via Polyvinyl Records. The band hits Minneapolis 5/6 at the 7th Street Entry.

Photo credit: Tyler Kohlhoff [MFR Presents] MFR is proud to present Portland's own Starfucker at the Varsity Theater this Friday! We are giving away one final pair of tickets for you to party with us at the show. To enter hit up laura@minneapolisfuckingrocks. com with your answer to the following question- and if you haven't heard the new album, Miracle Mile , get on it. What is your favorite piece of Starfucker album art? [...]

Photo by Catharine Maloney MFR caught up with Dave Hartley of Nightlands as he set sail across the US in support of Oak Island , the sophomore album that hit the streets 1/22 via Secretly Canadian. Hartley talked about balancing multiple acts, science in music, and writing about basketball. Check it out below and catch Nightlands tonight at the Cedar with Denmark outfit Efterklang. How did you balance your schedule while touring with The War on Drugs and producing Oak Island for Nightlands? [...]

The new LP from James Blake , Overgrown , will be out on 4/8 via Universal Republic Records.

• James Blake - Digital Lion

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[MFR Presents] MFR & Radio K present Portland faves Starfucker at the Varsity on Friday, March 22! If you want a pair of tickets to dance all night with some fine folks and a vinyl copy of the new album, Miracle Mile , email laura@minneapolisfuckingrocks. com with your answer to the following question: Which dance move is worse: The Sprinkler or The Running Man? The winner will be selected on Sunday evening. Good luck! [...]

Animal Collective returns to Minneapolis next Monday, March 18 for a sold out show in the First Avenue Mainroom. AC, made up of Avey Tare, Panda Bear, Geologist, and Deakin, are touring in the wake of the group's tenth full length album, Centipede Hz , released last fall. The new album is pretty exciting; it's the first studio album to feature all four members since 2007's Strawberry Jam . MFR spoke with Brian Weitz (Geologist) of AC ahead of the show. He had interesting thoughts on creating Centipede Hz after [...]

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