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		<title>Days of Rae &#124; &#8220;Quiet Profanity&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As someone who can turn his nose up at &#8220;catchy hooks&#8221; I have to admit I am quite impressed by new local minstrels Days of Rae.  Their Quiet Profanity release had me thinking of Mazzy Star, which I can totally appreciate.  But that&#8217;s not to pigeonhole them &#8212; they stand firmly on their own feet [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://lunchofchampions.com/2010/02/days-of-rae-quiet-profanity/</link>
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		<title>A local force to be reckoned with: The Poor Nobodys</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Oh, for the stuff of   dirty fingers around half empty whiskey bottles and one night left on   the town to pine after another saloon girl in stiff chapel boots.         The Poor Nobodys bring it thicker than well water, and if you try a taste you might just want another.
This local seven-piece delivers some of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://lunchofchampions.com/2010/02/the-poor-nobodys/</link>
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		<title>Kristi Michele&#8217;s &#8220;Bric-a-Brac&#8221;</title>
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I met Kristi Michele in person for the first time over the Christmas holiday.  I could tell by her handshake that there was something brewing beneath the surface of her skin.  A fire.
I had heard her music years ago when my sister introduced me to her mySpace page, and I was entranced.  But this was something [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://lunchofchampions.com/2010/01/kristi-micheles-bric-a-brac/</link>
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		<title>Midlake &#124; &#8220;Courage of Others&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I just listened to the new Midlake album, &#8220;Courage of Others&#8221;, and I have to let y&#8217;all know that it is amazing.  From cover-to-cover, it is full of surprises, beautifully-haunting melodies, and spiritual dances.  Thankfully for us cheapskates, you can stream it for free on National Public Radio&#8217;s website.
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		<link>http://lunchofchampions.com/2010/01/midlake-courage-of-others/</link>
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		<title>Falcon Arrow &#124; &#8220;Cryptoscience and Hard Times EP&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Falcon Arrow might be your best intro to  epic instrumental music, if unfamiliar.  What two guys can produce with just a guitar and a drum set has really changed over the past ten years, and the advent of loop pedals has opened a whole new chest of drawers.  Some startlingly beautiful things have emerged.
A local [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://lunchofchampions.com/2010/01/falcon-arrow-cryptoscience-and-hard-times-ep/</link>
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		<title>Adam Svec &#124; &#8220;Rarefaction&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Adam Svec&#8217;s infectiously melodic voice might be the best thing you&#8217;ve never heard, and if you put it off much longer you could end up feeling like a chump next time someone drops his name.
Rarefaction,  Svec&#8217;s second solo release, comes timed perfectly as the bitter winter blows into Minneapolis.  If there was something with which [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://lunchofchampions.com/2010/01/adam-svec-rarefaction/</link>
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		<title>Justin and Tomek &#124; &#8220;I Need to EP&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes there are beautiful things sitting right under my nose that I don&#8217;t notice right away.   Like butterflies and the smell of roses.
The piano-rock duo, Justin and Tomek, living just 5 hours from my apartment in Minneapolis, have succeeded in flying under my nose/radar since their first release in 2004.  No longer!
&#8220;I Need to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://lunchofchampions.com/2010/01/justin-and-tomek-i-need-to-ep/</link>
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		<title>Charlie Van Stee Trio &#124; &#8220;Hemorrhaging Money&#8221;</title>
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The recently-released debut album by the Charlie Van Stee Trio, Hemorrhaging Money, is, quite simply, brilliant. The album has a White Stripes edge to it while also providing a subtle niceness that is reminiscent of Elliot Smith.
The album starts out with a beautiful pop song, “Only Here on the Outside”, which asks more questions than [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://lunchofchampions.com/2010/01/charlie-van-stee-trio-hemorrhaging-money/</link>
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		<title>Megadeth (Nastolgia)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For those of you who are new to this, Megadeth was one of the biggest bands in the world in the mid-1990&#8217;s.  They have since slithered into obscurity.  BUT their sound has aged surprisingly well.  Check out this clip from 1995:
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		<link>http://lunchofchampions.com/2009/12/megadeth-nastolgia/</link>
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		<title>Talking Tree &#124; &#8220;Thursday&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the great joys of playing in a band is that I get to meet other people who play in bands. Over the years, my band has been fortunate to play shows with one of the Twin Cities&#8217; finest indie rock band, Charlie Van Stee Trio (CVS Trio).  Because of those gigs (and post-parties), [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://lunchofchampions.com/2009/12/talking-tree-thursday/</link>
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