April 9, 2009: Big Quarters & Blackalicious

Twin Cities News:
-- Going to be in Evanston, Illinois next week? Check out Tapes 'n Tapes when the band plays Northwestern University on the 16th.
-- Grampall Jookabox will be teaming with Dosh for a new 7".
-- The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review interviews Cloud Cult's Craig Minowa.
-- MN Daily interviews Big Quarters.
-- Sound Verite' and Mind Inversion profile Halloween, Alaska.
-- Blackalicious, Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin, Japanther & Lucy Michelle and the Velvet Lapelles = Macalester College Springfest 2009.
-- TC Daily Planet reviews Sarah Oberland's A Girl Needs Space.
-- Now even your grandma has something to look forward to this (late) summer: Aerosmith & ZZ Top will play the Xcel in September.
-- Paste interviews Bob Mould. (via)
-- Spinner and the Smoking Section look at Prince's new obsession, while Idolator counts down Prince's greatest protégés.
-- Culture Bully has reviews of Morrissey at the State Theatre and Glasvegas at the Varsity. TC Decider also has a review of Glasvegas' show.

Local Concert Highlights:
-- AIDS Wolf, Gay Beast & Unicorn Basement @ Big V's
AIDS Wolf: (Official) (MySpace) (Wikipedia)
Gay Beast: (MySpace)
Unicorn Basement: (MySpace)
-- The Drones & Little Man @ 400 Bar
The Drones: (Official) (MySpace) (Wikipedia)
Little Man: (Official) (MySpace)

Daily Audio Downloads:
-- 311 "Hey You" (mp3)
(MySpace)
-- Audion "I Am The Car" (mp3)
(MySpace)
-- Deleted Scenes "Ithaca (AutoRock remix)" (mp3)
(MySpace)
-- Osborne "Fire" (mp3)
(MySpace)
-- Scripts 'n Screwz "Big City Lights" (mp3)
-- Scripts 'n Screwz "Fairy Tale" (mp3)
(MySpace)
-- Snowglobe "Get It On" (mp3)
(MySpace)
-- Tiga "Shoes" (mp3)
(MySpace)