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Staff Contributed Album, Media, & Concert Reviews

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Dark Is the Way, Light Is a Place
Album Review
After receiving Anberlin’s debut album “Blueprints for the Black Market” back in 2003, I remember...
Dave Giumara
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Night and Day
Album Review
Lately, I have been what some might call negative. I have a disdain towards many new artists that I...
Dave Giumara
Yukon Blonde, Audra Mae
Concert Review
With age comes maturity and practice makes perfect. While that can’t be said for everything, Good...
Matt Zimmerman
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We Don't Stand a Chance
Album Review
Remember when major labels were signing crops upon crops of new bands that nobody had ever heard of...
Dave Giumara
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Perfect As We Are
Album Review
Portland, Oregon technical rock group Ugly Colors got their start some years ago under the moniker...
Andrew Martin
Passion Pit, Mayer Hawthorne, Bear Hands
Concert Review
Sunday's sold out Passion Pit show at Minneapolis' historic First Avenue is another prime example...
Liz Jones
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The Future of Our History
Album Review
These days, indie reviewers seem to pick up on bands so quickly that there is hardly a window of...
Dave Giumara
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Between The Sounds
Album Review
There is an interesting trend going on with independent alternative music that seems to have caught...
Dave Giumara
The Temper Trap, The Kissaway Trail
Concert Review
It may have something to do with the conventional Midwestern mien or the even less tangible idea of...
Liz Jones
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Three Colors
Album Review
Walk Harbor City is treading into only their second year as a band but proving to be wiser than...
Matt Zimmerman
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The Winter of Mixed Drinks
Album Review
My commentary on Frightened Rabbit's newest album "The Winter of Mixed Drinks" could read like my...
Liz Jones
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The Forecast
Album Review
I’ll admit it: I was never that impressed with The Forecast.  They always seemed to be Victory...
Andrew Martin
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My Dinosaur Life
Album Review
At times, Motion City Soundtrack gets a bad rep. Maybe it is because they write infectiously catchy...
Dave Giumara
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I Was Trying To Describe You To Someone
Album Review
When “…Is Dead” was released, it became apparent that this group of underground heroes was on their...
Andrew Martin
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They Can't Hurt You If You Don't Believe In Them
Album Review
Post Harbor's album art, depicting an array of vast, dreary mountains framed around a white border...
Andrew Martin