Author Archives: areascene

Former Minnesotans The Hold Steady (who never were a band in Minnesota and 4/5ths of whom are actual former residents) have grown up. The band stopped name checking Minnesota street and cities on their just released new record "Stay Positive" … Continue reading →

The biggest and hottest act in punk rock, Jay Reatard, plays the Aquarium on Tuesday. With a recent signing to Matador Records, opening slot on a mostly sold out Black Keys tour, and word spreading on his knack for writing … Continue reading →

Two of the funnest, most prolific and best one man bands have combined for a 6 week summer tour that brings them to Fargo on Friday. Bob Log III (who’s last appearance in town was in 2003 at Ralphs Corner) … Continue reading →

San Francisco’s The Dodos are a band you may not have heard of, but whom you may soon enough. The duo who record for French Kiss Records will be burning up the summer festival scene with a slew of appearances at … Continue reading →

Longtime English born and raised singer songwriter Scout Niblett comes to the Aquarium on Wednesday. She’s been releasing albums since 2001 and currently resides in Portland. She started out putting out records on Secretly Canadian and since has graduated to … Continue reading →

Conventional wisdom would have that an indie rock act signing to a major record label would be such a good thing that would lead to success, girls, mansions and rolls royces. But it doesn’t always work that way. Especially not in the … Continue reading →

All the way back in 1996 and 1997 Local H found fame with songs like "Bound for the Floor", "Eddie Vedder", and "All the Kids Are Right", straightforward catchy heavy rock songs in the post grunge era topped with sardonic … Continue reading →

I don’t know if its because everything’s been done before and people are resorting to borrowing from the past (which sounds different compared to most other things these days) or if these patterns are cyclical and its always bound to come … Continue reading →

Indie rock royalty from Montreal hits the Aquarium tonight as Nick Thornburn (formerly known as Nick Diamonds of The Unicorns) visits town with his project Islands. Islands is a 6 piece band featuring violins, strings, keyboards which produce lush pop melodies. I was … Continue reading →

Comedy and indie rock aren’t a natural to go together. But even hipsters like to laugh. The last few SXSW festivals have featured appearances from Human Giant, Zach Galifianakis, Patton Oswalt and Janeane Garafalo. This year’s festival featured one whole night of … Continue reading →