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Riot Grrrl Reissues
Via pitchfork.com
Jul 2012
In honor of its 25th anniversary, Bikini Kill is reissuing past albums and unreleased demos via their own label, Bikini Kill Records. They’ll also be sharing zines, practice tapes, flyers, and other ephemera from their touring and recording history.
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tUnE-yArDs on the Thames
Via aroomforlondon.co.uk
Jul 2012
Fresh off last month’s Rock the Garden gig, Merrill Garbus, aka tUnE-yArDs, is in the UK for a Wednesday night performance in A Room for London, a Fiona Banner–designed one-room “boat” facing the Thames. The concert will be webcast live.
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Glass Flashmob
Via npr.org
Jul 2012
To celebrate composer Philip Glass’ 75th birthday, NPR Music partnered with Glass to turn parts of his 1997 3-D digital opera Monsters of Grace into a work for vocalists: 200 showed up to sing the work in a “flash choir” in Times Square.
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Cage Talks
Via nytimes.com
Jul 2012
New York’s Symphony Space will host a series of talks inspired by John Cage. Based on Cage’s own 1989 “multi-layered, thought performance,” each “How to Get Started” event will pair an artist and musician in conversation.
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In My Tribe
Jim Walsh
Jul 2012
A Twin Cities music legend in his own right, Jim Walsh has chronicled the scene in the pages of the Pioneer Press, Rolling Stone, and his own book, The Replacements: All Over But The Shouting, among others. Launching our new series tied to the exhibition This Will Have Been: Art, Love & Politics in the 1980s, he shares his thoughts on Minneapolis-St. Paul during a critical decade.
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Heart of Glass
Via exp.lore.com
Jul 2012
Your Monday morning melody comes to us from mashup artists Daft Beatles. Together at last (and meshing rather well): Blondie’s 1979 single “Heart of Glass” and Philip Glass’ “Violin Concerto II.”
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Speedboat Homage
Via letoilemagazine.com
Jun 2012
Host to bands like Bikini Kill and NOFX and artists such as Frank Gaard, St. Paul’s late Speedboat Gallery, feted at CO Exhibitions this Saturday, captured the ’80s punk spirit—a good parallel to This Will Have Been, our show of the era’s art.
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Rock Recap
Via mnoriginal.org
Jun 2012
Through Friday, MN Original is releasing footage from Rock the Garden 2012 with three segments sharing clips and interviews with Howler, tUnE-yArDs, Doomtree, Trampled by Turtles, and The Hold Steady. Look for them on the Walker Channel as well.
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Peel’s Alphabet
Via theparisreview.org
Jun 2012
Over four months, the first 100 records for each letter of BBC Radio legend John Peel’s alphabetized 26,000-item music collection will be presented online, “replete with their owner’s personally devised catalogue number and, occasionally, remarks.”