*MP3: Condo Fucks - "What Cha Gonna Do About It" Call it clever, call it a stunt, call it what you will, but it is Yo La Tengo after all. Here is the first single from the Condo Fucks (Yo La Tengo) EP that just dropped on Matador yesterday, which will be out on March 24. It's super raw, super hilari...

Download: Women - "Black Rice" Download: Women - "Group Transport Hall" Women MySpace Page Bouncer Fighter MySpace Page (Whitesands/Badlands) In addition to Women and Bouncer Fighter, two fine bands in their own right, be sure to get to the Triple Rock early in order to hear Whitesands/Bandlands. Li...

*MP3: Taylor Swift - "You're Not Sorry" (CSI Remix) Here is CSI's remix of the Taylor Swift hit "You're Not Sorry." I freaking love this crap. (MySpace)...

Friday, March 6, 2009 - Gay Witch Abortion at the 7th St. Entry - 9pm, 18+ (MySpace)- N.A.S.A. w/Mel Gibson and the Pants at the Triple Rock - 9pm, 21+ *MP3: N.A.S.A. - "Spacious Thoughts" - Roma Di Luna at the Turf Club - 9pm, 21+*MP3: Roma di Luna - "The Romance of Wolves" Saturday, March 7, 2009 ...

March 5 Fargo, ND @ The Aquarium 6 Billings, MT @ The Perk7 Missoula, MT @ Badlander w/ Victory Smokes8 Seattle, WA @ The Sunset w/ The Whore Moans9 Olympia, WA @ house show10 Portland, OR @ East End11 Eugene, OR @ The Oak Street Speakeasy12 San Francisco, CA @ The Knockouts w/ The Pets, Pins of Lig...

1. Phoenix - "1901" Download: Phoenix - "1901" The direct cause of Phoenix's recent rise, "1901" makes like a kinder, gentler version New York's dirty millennial noveau-new-wave (The Strokes, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, etc). The elegant, ascending synth-sounds call back to Phoenix's Versilles-based brethren, ...

*MP3: Fucked Up - "No Epiphany" *MP3: Fucked Up - "Twice Born" One of our favorites from 2008, Fucked Up, have announced a set of April tour dates, which include a Minneapolis stop at the Triple Rock. 04/06 Detroit MI Magic Stick 04/08 Minneapolis MN at Triple Rock 04/09 Winnepeg MT Royal Albert Arm...

*MP3: Frightened Rabbit - "Floating In The Forth" *MP3: Frightened Rabbit - "The Greys" O fain I’d keep my hert entire, Fain hain the licht o’ my desire, But ech! the shinin’ streams ascend, And leave me empty at the end. For aince it’s toomed my hert and brain, The thistle needs maun fa’ ...

*MP3: Anni Rossi - "The West Coast" I am very excited to have the always wonderful Anni Rossi here on MFR for next few weeks. She will be sending in exclusive diary entries from her current tour and mix tapes of what she's been listening to in the van. "Friday Feb 7 Played in Long Beach tonight. It ...

If you've seen posts from either Muja Messiah or St. Paul Slim, then you've heard Peter Parker's rant about Twin Cities Hip-Hop. Basically, it goes like this: Parker's mad at people who rag on him for not doing enough to support the scene, when, in fact--and he points to the middling attendance of t...