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St. Vincent at the Walker Art Center

​Those of you who didn't get a chance to see St. Vincent's entrancing sold-out performances at the Walker in October (and even those of you who did) now have another opportunity to see Annie Clark and company bring the songs of Strange Mercy to life, as St. Vincent have just announced a stop at First Avenue's Mainroom on May 12. In addition to her ever-increasing back catalog of stirring songs, Clark just covered Pearl Jam's "Black" on Saturday night at the Bowery Ballroom in New York as part of the roving Portlandia Tour in support of the IFC sketch comedy show.


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​The good folks at Hymie's Vintage Records are showing their support to the grieving Levy family, and anyone who struggles with mental illness, by donating half of their sales today (Wednesday) to Four Winds Saratoga, the mental health treatment hospital in Daniel's hometown of Sarasota Springs, N.Y. The benevolent treatment facility is where the Levy family requested that all donations in Daniel's memory be made, and Hymie's owners Laura and Dave Hoenack are certainly doing what they can to show support to the Levy family during this difficult time.

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​If you ever find yourself thinking, 'I wonder what Bob Dylan was up to on this date in 1972,' then software creators This Day In Music Apps definitely have the product for you. They have just put together a 'This Day In Bob Dylan' iPad/iPhone app which documents famous events from the musicians storied career throughout a 366-day calendar, while also featuring extensive song notes and random bits of Dylan-related trivia and quiz questions. More >>

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The Flaming Lips at SoundTown

​If anyone can pull off this mad concoction it's the Flaming Lips. As if their idiosyncratic sound and the unhinged musical themes of their past albums wasn't enough, the Lips have now recruited a talented batch of disparate special guests to work with them on their new record. In addition to the already announced collaborations with Yoko Ono, Nick Cave, Neon Indian, and Edward Sharpe, you can now add Bon Iver to that impressive roster of musical guest stars who are planning on working with the Lips on their forthcoming record.


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​Earlier today, the concert tour industry trade publication Pollstar announced their listing of the world's Top 100 Club Venues for 2011. Three Minneapolis clubs made the worldwide list, with First Avenue ranking 6th, the neighboring 7th St. Entry finishing 82nd, and the Cabooze coming in 94th. The yearly rankings are based on total 2011 ticket sales for clubs and venues throughout the world.

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​Justin Vernon and Bon Iver had one hell of a year in 2011. Bon Iver's sophomore album is widely considered the best album of the year, the group played well-received, sold-out shows all over the world (including a memorable two-night stand at the Orpheum Theatre), and capped it all off with four Grammy nominations, including Record of the Year and Song of the Year. You can now add SNL musical guest and record label founder to Vernon and Bon Iver's growing list of accomplishments.

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​After quite a bit of speculation (and many customary fake announcements), the lineup for the Coachella Music and Arts Festival was released yesterday, with the Black Keys, Radiohead, and Dr. Dre & Snoop Dogg serving as the headliners. The massive music festival, held each spring on the Empire Polo Club grounds in Indio, California, is trying something a bit different this year, and expanding the festivities to two consecutive weekends, April 13-15 and 20-22, with the same lineup repeated over both sets of dates. Whether that will be too much of a good thing for both the concertgoers and the bands themselves remains to be seen, but with a lineup as strong, top to bottom, as Coachella, who wouldn't want the chance to see all of that twice? More >>

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​Who knew that Adele would be the (temporary) savior of the music industry? Buoyed by the 5.82 million copies of Adele's 21 sold in America this past year, album sales for 2011 in the U.S. rose for the first time since 2004. While physical CD sales fell six percent during the year, a huge increase in digital sales strengthened the industry figures, as a 20 percent surge in digital album downloads led to 103.1 million albums being purchased digitally. But perhaps the most gratifying figure to come out of the year-end sales numbers was the continued increase of vinyl sales, as 3.9 million records were sold in '11, up drastically from the 2.8 million sold in '10.

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​Not only can local pro hoops fans finally rejoice that the lengthy NBA strike has at long last been settled, and the restocked and recharged (but still substandard, apparently) Minnesota Timberwolves can decisively take to the court again. But they can also take some pride in knowing that local legends the Original 7ven (aka The Time) have partnered with Fox Sports Net to help kickoff the festive start to the basketball season.

The venerable Minneapolis group's energetic new tune "#Trendin" will accompany hoop highlights and game recaps featured on the station throughout the season, lending some decidedly Twin Cities funk flavor to clips of Kevin Love's rim rattling dunks and Ricky Rubio's stylish no-look passes.

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​Just last week for our Year in Music issue, we here at Gimme Nosie headquarters were reflecting on some of the year's overnight successes among up-and-coming Twin Cities bands. The most obvious of those, of course, have been Howler--signed to London's Rough Trade before even releasing an album--and Polica, who already played CMJ and toured with Clap Your Hands Say Yeah.

Now it looks like we can add another band to that list: Night Moves.
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