ARE YOU LOCAL?

Gallery: The Pines, Jeremy Messersmith, Joey Ryan and the Inks, 03/06/10, Mainroom, 7th Street Entry, Photos/Steven Cohen

Last night Ted Leo and The Pharmacists stopped by Jimmy Fallon to totally shred a version of "The Mighty Sparrow" from their new album The Brutalist Bricks. And by new I mean that it's out today! But before you run off to your favorite record store check out this video and click this to make sure you can see all this awesome rock live.

Electric Fetus Benefit, 02/26/10, Mainroom, Photos/Daniel Corrigan

translation: Los Campesinos! are coming to First Avenue.

BASSGASM

http://blogs.citypages.com/gimmenoise/2009/12/dj_esp_bassgasm.php

DERRICK CARTER (Chicago) USA's #1 House DJ
& DJ DIESELBOY & MC MESSINIAN (NYC) USA's #1 Drum & Bass DJ & MC

Featuring:
ATTACK PEOPLE ft. DUSTIN ZAHN & IAN LEHMAN
DJ VASKI (The Dubstep King of the Midwest)
DJ SPREE & MC ADB - USA's #1 Happy Hardcore DJ
SOVIETPANDA - The Twin Cities Biggest Club DJ
DETROIT TECHNO MILITIA ft J.LINDER & DJ SEOUL 4x4 Tag Team DJ Set
DJ ESP (Genius of Fun/White Noise Records)
DJ EASY RIDER (Konkrete Jungle)
TIMEFOG aka JAMES PATRICK (4 Corner Found Sound Ambient Installation)

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Bassgasm, 02/19/10

A MUSICAL SALUTE TO BRUCE ALLEN

Gallery: A Musical Salute To Bruce Allen featuring The Suburbs, The Suicide Commandos, X-Boys, Bruce Allen's Junior High Band, 02/13/10, Mainroom, Photos/Steven Cohen

Matty Lindquist Benefit, 02/12/10, Mainroom, Photos/Daniel Corrigan

Rhymesayers Benefit for Haiti, 02/09/10, Mainroom, Photos/Daniel Corrigan

Holy smokes! I'm still pretty jacked up from the Friday Night Fights at First Avenue. Seeing the Mainroom transformed into a boxing ring was quite the sight and then to fill that ring with some of the Midwest's best boxers! Ouhwee! It was awesome to say the least. 

GIMME SHELTER

Gallery: Gimme Shelter, City Pages Benefit For Haiti, 02/06/10, Zoo Animal, Peter Wolf Crier, Mainroom, Photos/Steven Cohen