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        <title>The Current: Live Performances from Minnesota Public Radio</title>
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			<title>Har Mar Superstar performs in The Current studios</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Owatonna, Minn. isn&#039;t nationally recognized for a lot of things, but it can be proud of its most famous native son - Sean Tillman, a.k.a. Har Mar Superstar. After stints in the noise band Calvin Krime and his own Sean Na Na project, Har Mar&#039;s exploration of R&amp;B and raw sexuality has found him international fame.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:23:02 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>White Denim perform live in The Current studios</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Melding their specific combination of punk, garage rock, and even pop and soul, the Austin, TX trio known as White Denim formed about three and a half years ago when members of two bands, Parque Touch and Peach Train, met and decided to start playing together in 2005.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:20:39 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>They Might Be Giants perform in The Current Studios</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Nearly 30 years into their career together, the Johns of They Might Be Giants - Flansburgh and Linnell - have just released their 14th studio album, the entertaining and educational &quot;Here Comes Science.&quot;
Continuing in their recent vein of children&#039;s music, the album touches on plenty of scientific topics, like paleontology, astronomy and chemistry.]]></description>
			<link>http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2009/11/03/they_might_be_giants-live-performance/?refid=0</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:03:11 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>David Bazan performs live in The Current studios</title>
			<description><![CDATA[After nearly 15 years as a band member and side-project collaborator, David Bazan has finally released his debut solo album, &quot;Curse Your Branches&quot;, on Barsuk Records. Bazan began his songwriting career as a member of Pedro the Lion in 1995, and has since collaborated with Vic Chesnutt, Micah P. Hinson, and many others.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:37:57 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title>Birds of Virginia performs in The Current studios</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Birds of Virginia celebrated the release of their debut album &quot;Trees at Dusk&quot; in October, 2009.]]></description>
			<link>http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2009/10/22/birds_of_virginia/?refid=0</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:35:35 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title>Zoo Animal performs in The Current studios</title>
			<description><![CDATA[A product of rural Minnesota, Holly Newsom leads Zoo Animal with her smooth, alto vocals reminiscent of Cat Power. Joined by Tim Abramson on bass and Thom Burton on drums, Zoo Animal constructs clean rifts and catchy rock.]]></description>
			<link>http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2009/10/15/zoo_animal/?refid=0</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 14:20:01 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title>Rain Machine performs live in The Current studios</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Kyp Malone is a famously prolific musician, and for good reason. In addition to his side project, Iran, and his main band, TV on the Radio, the singer-guitarist has been making solo music since 2000. His current incarnation, Rain Machine, released its self-titled debut this summer on Anti-Records.]]></description>
			<link>http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2009/10/16/rain_machine/?refid=0</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:57:44 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title>Yo La Tengo performs in The Current studio</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Yo La Tengo, which formed in 1984 and has consisted of the same line-up since 1992, stopped by The Current studios in support of their new release, &quot;Popular Songs.&quot;]]></description>
			<link>http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2009/10/07/yo-la-tengo-live-performance/?refid=0</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:22:49 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title>Lookbook performs in The Current studios</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Lookbook started as a side-project for Maggie Morrison and Grant Cutler. Their sound can be described as a sonic mixture of 80s dance music and a sci-fi movie soundtrack.]]></description>
			<link>http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2009/10/06/lookbook/?refid=0</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title>Moby performs live in The Current studios</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Beginning his career in music in the early &#039;80s in a punk band, Moby eventually moved into electronic music in the early &#039;90s and achieved wide-spread success in 1999 with the release of &quot;Play,&quot; an album that eventually sold over ten million albums and won many awards.]]></description>
			<link>http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2009/10/02/moby/?refid=0</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 10:22:49 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title>A Conversation with Brian Eno</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Brian Eno&#039;s career as producer, musician, sonic innovator and experimental artist spans four decades.  He spoke with The Current&#039;s Steve Seel.]]></description>
			<link>http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2009/10/02/conversation-with-brian-eno/?refid=0</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 08:41:47 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title>Sea Wolf performs live in The Current studios</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Sea Wolf&#039;s debut album &quot;Leaves in the River&quot; was released in 2007, which included the well-received song, &quot;You&#039;re A Wolf.&quot; The latest release &quot;White Water, White Bloom&quot; was released in the fall of 2009.]]></description>
			<link>http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2009/09/30/sea_wolf/?refid=0</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:38:56 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title>The Pines perform in The Current Studio</title>
			<description><![CDATA[David Huckfelt and Benson Ramsey started their musical journey in Arizona shortly before moving to Minneapolis to join the ranks of their musical influences. In 2007 the group was signed to Red House Records and have just released their third album, &quot;Tremolo.&quot;]]></description>
			<link>http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2009/09/24/the_pines/?refid=0</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 09:49:49 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title>Jack Penate performs live in The Current studio</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Jack Penate&#039;s music has chamelion-like qualities. His first release &quot;Matinee&quot; had a swinging pop-ska sound while his latest album &quot;Everything Is New&quot; was a 180-degree change and leans more disco.]]></description>
			<link>http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2009/09/26/jack_penate/?refid=0</link>
			<pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2009 15:59:49 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title>Arctic Monkeys perform live in The Current studios</title>
			<description><![CDATA[The Arctic Monkeys won the Mercury Prize in 2006 for their album, &quot;Whatever People Say I Am, That&#039;s What I&#039;m Not&quot; and have continued to rise in popularity ever since.]]></description>
			<link>http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2009/09/25/arctic_monkeys/?refid=0</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 17:30:49 -0500</pubDate>
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