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Electric Fetus - Minneapolis
June 28th - 7:00 p.m.
On Thursday, June 28th at 7:00 pm, Now, Now will play a free set. Following their performance, they'll sign copies of their new CD/LP Saved.
This event is free and open to all ages.
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Thank you from The Electric Fetus...
"A special thank you to our amazing community, customers, industry partners and current and former employees for 50 years of love and support. We wouldn't have been able to do it without everyone's dedication and hard work! A thank you seems inadequate. We are profoundly humbled. Here's to another 50+ years!!" -- The Electric Fetus
The events of the last week have been a testament to the dedication of our staff, music community, vendor partners and amazing customers. Thank you to everyone who joined us for our in-store events, including The Hang Ups, Bobby Z, Andrea Swensson, Slug, Plain Ole Bill, Reneé Austin and her band, Nomothetic and The Carnegies. Special shoutout to our sound man Joe Holland and the staff DJs who curated some fun sets for us on Sunday. Glam Doll Donuts and Naked Juice sweetened the birthday party on Sunday, as did prizes from Rhino Records, KOSS headphones and Sue McLean & Associates' Music in the Zoo...thank you!
Saturday night's party at First Avenue was a blast. We're grateful to First Avenue & the 7th St. Entry and 89.3 The Current for hosting such a fun night. It was an honor to have Real Estate, Habibi, Flamin' Oh's, Last Import, DJ Roy Freedom and host David Campbell in the mainroom. Thank you to Phantom Tails for welcoming the Electric Fetus All-stars to the stage in the 7th St. Entry after their release party.
Thank you to all the artists and community partners who sent us birthday wishes. It was fun sharing those on the big screen at First Avenue and on our social media. We also send our gratitude to Kristi Abbott, Wax Off Design, Cat Eye Design and Brickmania for their creative contributions to our big anniversary. And One Simple Plan, thank you for getting our story out there...the last 10 years with you have rocked.
Last, but never least, a massive thanks to the wonderful customers who made us what we are the last 50 years. Without you, there is no Electric Fetus or thriving music community in Minnesota. All the extra effort made to visit us during this challenging road construction season means everything to us. We're not sure what the next 50 years will bring, but we're all in it together!
(image above by Wax Off Design)
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Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever - Hope Downs - Sub Pop
It's rare that a band's debut album sounds as confident and self-assured as Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever's Hope Downs. To say that the first full-length from the Melbourne quintet improves on their buzz-building EPs from the last few years would be an understatement: the promise those early releases hinted at is fully realized here, with ten songs of urgent, passionate guitar pop that elicit warm memories of bands past, from the Go-Betweens' jangle to the charmingly lo-fi trappings of New Zealand's Flying Nun label. But don't mistake Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever for nostalgists: Hope Downs is the sound of a band finding its own collective voice.
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Arthur Buck - Arthur Buck - New West Records
Sometimes the catalyst for creating great art is simply being in the right place at the right time. For Arthur Buck, the new collaboration between singer-songwriter Joseph Arthur and guitarist Peter Buck, that place was Mexico, and that time was the fall of 2017. Specifically, a little town off the Baja coast named Todos Santos, with the Sierra de la Laguna mountains to the east and the bright blue Pacific stretching out infinitely to the west. It is here that Buck has, for the last several years, held the Todos Santos Music Festival, which he created with his wife, Chloe Johnson, in 2012, shortly after R.E.M. called it a day. Among the many artists who have played the festival is Joseph Arthur, who also happened to leave behind a guitar—a Dobro, specifically—after his last appearance there. And so last year he made the trek down to Todos Santos to pick up the instrument. Which is where he ran into Peter Buck. That was the beginning of Arthur Buck. The creative result of this relationship is a vibrant 11-song collection that captures the spontaneity at the heart of the project—right down to the 1-2-3-4 count off from Buck that opens the record—with sounds and styles meshed together in an easy, almost playful manner. Tchad Blake was brought in to mix the proceedings, and the result is the new Arthur Buck—the result of a shockingly productive burst of inspiration.
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Johnny Marr - Call The Comet - New Voodoo
Recorded with his band in Manchester at Johnny Marr's Crazy Face studios, 'Call The Comet' is the third solo record from the Smith's guitarist and follows 2013's critically acclaimed The Messenger and 2014's Playland; both of which made the UK top 10. "Call The Comet is set in the not-too-distant future" says Marr, "and is mostly concerned with the idea of an alternative society. It's my own magic realism." Songs include Actor Attractor, Walk Into The Sea, Bug and recent live favourite Spiral Cities. "The characters in the songs are searching for a new idealism, although there are some personal songs in there too. It's something that people like me can relate to." Says Marr.
The Gaslight Anthem - The '59 Sound Sessions - Side One Dummy
The Gaslight Anthem and SideOneDummy celebrate 10 years of the seminal album, The '59 Sound. New compilation features rare, unreleased, and alternate takes recorded during The '59 Sound Sessions. Launching a tour in celebration of the 10th anniversary of the album, kicking off May 27th in Washington D.C.
Mike Shinoda - Post Traumatic - Warner Bros
In the months since the passing of Linkin Park vocalist Chester Bennington, Mike Shinoda has immersed himself in art as a way of processing his grief. With no agenda, Shinoda hunkered down alone in his Los Angeles home and began writing, recording, and painting. In January, he released the Post Traumatic EP consisting of three deeply personal songs - each one a powerful, stream-of-consciousness expression of unvarnished grief - accompanied by homemade visuals that Shinoda filmed, painted and edited himself. The response was overwhelmingly positive, with New York Times stating, "The tracks are reverberant electronic dirges; the rhymes, heading into sung choruses, testify to bewilderment, mourning, resentment, self-pity and questions about what to do." Following the EP release, Shinoda continued to create, and the result is Post Traumatic, a transparent and intensely personal album that, despite its title, isn't entirely about grief, though it does start there. "It's a journey out of grief and darkness, not into grief and darkness," Shinoda says. Ultimately, Post Traumatic is an album about healing. The songs, though specific about Shinoda's experience with loss, manage to be universally relatable, thanks to their honesty and heart. "If people have been through something similar, I hope they feel less alone," he says. "If they haven't been through this, I hope they feel grateful."
The Rolling Stones - Studio Albums Vinyl Collection 1971-2016 - UME
‘The Studio Albums Vinyl Collection 1971-2016’ presents this monumental era in Rock N’ Roll history in a highly bespoke, lenticular mounted, limited edition box-set housing the 15 x Studio Albums from Sticky Fingers through Blue & Lonesome in faithful & intricate original packaging replications. Every album has been lovingly remastered & cut at revelatory Half-Speed at Abbey Road Studios from vinyl specific original tape transfers designed to get the very best possible sound from the format. Each album is pressed on heavyweight 180-gram black vinyl, includes a download card for HD digital redemption of the catalogue & includes a numbered certificate of authentication.
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For more information on these and other releases out this week, check out our New Releases charts by week section and don't forget that many of these titles are also available on vinyl.
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Electric Fetus - Minneapolis
Sunday, June 10th is the actual day The Electric Fetus turns 50!
We'd love for you to stop in and visit. There will be free Glam Doll Donuts (one per person please) and coffee, plus we'll have some excellent prize giveaways at noon. Electric Fetus staffers will be spinning records and that's the last day of the storewide sale too (20% off almost everything).
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Part of Electric Fetus' 50th anniversary celebration includes the release of another fun Brickmania LEGO® collaboration. Take home a mini version of your favorite indie record shop with this 76-piece set. Choose your billboards with any of seven sticker choices inside. 49.99 (Free shipping in the U.S.)
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Electric Fetus - Minneapolis & Duluth
June 6-10
Celebrate 50 years of The Electric Fetus during the storewide sale! Almost everything in the store is 20% off June 6th through the 10th.
Sale excludes tickets, tobacco, Mix & Burn CDs and yellow-tagged music already on sale.
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Electric Fetus - Minneapolis
Friday, June 8th - 7:00 p.m.
Make plans to hang out with us during our 50th anniversary sale/celebration as we welcome former Fetus staffer Slug and his pal Plain Ole Bill to the store for a DJ set from 7:00-9:00 p.m. on Friday, June 8th.
This event is free and open to all ages.
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Electric Fetus - Minneapolis
Saturday, June 9th - Noon
On Saturday, June 9th, three local bands will play free sets in the store during our 50th anniversary sale/celebration!
Noon - Reneé Austin
1:30 - Nomothetic
3:00 - The Carnegies
We've enjoyed performances from hundreds of local, national and international artists in our 50 years. Please join us for an afternoon of Minnesota music that Saturday to celebrate our 50th.
This event is free and open to all ages.
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First Avenue - Minneapolis
Saturday, June 9th - 7:00 p.m.
Holy crap...we're turning 50! Celebrate with us at First Avenue!!
Electric Fetus' 50th Anniversary Party featuring Real Estate, Habibi, Flamin' Oh's, Last Import, DJ Roy Freedom and emcee David Campbell. (18+)
Tickets are $20 in advance and go on sale Friday, March 30th at noon, but friends of the Fetus may get in on a presale Wednesday, March 28th from 10am-10pm.
ORDER TICKETS HERE Pre-sale password: FIFTY
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Dave Matthews Band - Come Tomorrow - RCA
Come Tomorrow is the ninth studio album from Dave Matthews Band. The album is their first since 2012's Away from the World.
Dierks Bentley - The Mountain - Capitol Nashville
The Mountain is Dierks Bentley's ninth studio album. The writing process came together quickly when Bentley returned to Telluride a short time later for a retreat with fellow songwriters Natalie Hemby, Luke Dick, Ross Copperman, Jon Randall, Jon Nite and Ashley Gorley. The bulk of the album’s songs, including the title track were written during that week, which Bentley describes as the most inspiring creative experience he’s ever had.
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Sugarland - Bigger - Big Machine Records
GRAMMY® Award-winning pair Jennifer Nettles and Kristian Bush are refreshing their musical visions while staying true to an authentic sound and emotive songwriting that has made Sugarland ubiquitous with Country music duos. The Georgia natives released their first new music in seven years with “Still The Same” setting the tone for their joint venture with Big Machine Records and UMG Nashville. Their highly-anticipated new album BIGGER is released this week.
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Lily Allen - No Shame - Warner Bros
No Shame is Lily Allen's most personal, insightful and fully-formed record to date. It includes lead song "Trigger Bang" featuring Giggs, which The Guardian describes as, "a return to the melancholic pop that made her so intriguing." Working with collaborators Fryars, Mark Ronson, Vampire Weekend's Ezra Koenig, Burna Boy, P2J and Cass Lowe to create No Shame, Lily says her goal was to make an album that is "as truthful as possible." Speaking about the sense of catharsis that came with making the album, she says, "I believe that we as humans work through things by talking about them, and that's what making music is for me. It's sharing things that you hope are going to connect with people, not that are going to connect with algorithms."
The Beach Boys - The Beach Boys With The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Capitol
This album combines the brilliant original vocal harmonies of The Beach Boys’ classics with brand new symphonic arrangements performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, creating a unique and special experience of these 17 iconic songs.
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UPCOMING RELEASES
Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever - Hope Downs - Sub Pop
It's rare that a band's debut album sounds as confident and self-assured as Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever's Hope Downs. To say that the first full-length from the Melbourne quintet improves on their buzz-building EPs from the last few years would be an understatement: the promise those early releases hinted at is fully realized here, with ten songs of urgent, passionate guitar pop that elicit warm memories of bands past, from the Go-Betweens' jangle to the charmingly lo-fi trappings of New Zealand's Flying Nun label. But don't mistake Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever for nostalgists: Hope Downs is the sound of a band finding its own collective voice.
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Arthur Buck - Arthur Buck - New West Records
Sometimes the catalyst for creating great art is simply being in the right place at the right time. For Arthur Buck, the new collaboration between singer-songwriter Joseph Arthur and guitarist Peter Buck, that place was Mexico, and that time was the fall of 2017. Specifically, a little town off the Baja coast named Todos Santos, with the Sierra de la Laguna mountains to the east and the bright blue Pacific stretching out infinitely to the west. It is here that Buck has, for the last several years, held the Todos Santos Music Festival, which he created with his wife, Chloe Johnson, in 2012, shortly after R.E.M. called it a day. Among the many artists who have played the festival is Joseph Arthur, who also happened to leave behind a guitar—a Dobro, specifically—after his last appearance there. And so last year he made the trek down to Todos Santos to pick up the instrument. Which is where he ran into Peter Buck. That was the beginning of Arthur Buck. The creative result of this relationship is a vibrant 11-song collection that captures the spontaneity at the heart of the project—right down to the 1-2-3-4 count off from Buck that opens the record—with sounds and styles meshed together in an easy, almost playful manner. Tchad Blake was brought in to mix the proceedings, and the result is the new Arthur Buck—the result of a shockingly productive burst of inspiration.
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The Rolling Stones - Studio Albums Vinyl Collection 1971-2016 - UME
‘The Studio Albums Vinyl Collection 1971-2016’ presents this monumental era in Rock N’ Roll history in a highly bespoke, lenticular mounted, limited edition box-set housing the 15 x Studio Albums from Sticky Fingers through Blue & Lonesome in faithful & intricate original packaging replications. Every album has been lovingly remastered & cut at revelatory Half-Speed at Abbey Road Studios from vinyl specific original tape transfers designed to get the very best possible sound from the format. Each album is pressed on heavyweight 180-gram black vinyl, includes a download card for HD digital redemption of the catalogue & includes a numbered certificate of authentication.
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For more information on these and other releases out this week, check out our New Releases charts by week section and don't forget that many of these titles are also available on vinyl.
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Electric Fetus - Minneapolis
Thursday, June 7th - 7:00 p.m.
We invite you to this very special event during our 50th anniversary celebration week!
Drummer/producer Bobby ‘Z’ Rivkin will join us for a Q&A, moderated by The Current’s Andrea Swensson, giving us all an introspective look back at his storied career. From his early childhood memories as a budding musician through his continued journey as a member of The Revolution, Bobby Z will talk with Andrea about his music experience on and off the stage as well as the Rivkin family’s contributions to the entertainment industry.
"I am proud to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of The Electric Fetus!
We all know and Prince knew, that the Electric Fetus is the heart & soul of music lovers in our part of the world!
I look forward to sharing my thoughts and words on this special day.” -Z
Andrea Swensson is an author, radio host, and music journalist. Her first book, Got to Be Something Here: The Rise of the Minneapolis Sound was recognized with a 2018 Minnesota Book Award. She hosts a weekly program about the Minnesota music scene, The Local Show, at Minnesota Public Radio’s 89.3 The Current and contributes to the Local Current Blog. Prior to joining MPR, she was the music editor at City Pages, where she founded the AAN AltWeekly Award-winning Gimme Noise music blog.
This event is free and open to all ages.
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Electric Fetus - Minneapolis
Wednesday, June 6th - 8:00 p.m.
We're going to finish the first day of our 50th anniversary sale and celebration with a special in-store performance from The Hang Ups!
Lead by Brian Tighe, The Hang Ups made radiant, melodic guitar pop all through the 1990s and into the aughts. Tighe has rejoined forces with bandmates Jeff Kearns, Chadwick Nelson and Stephen Ittner to record an album of new material to be released on Korda Records in 2019.
This event is free and open to all ages.
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Our web department is working hard to process hundreds of orders right now. Please understand that we are a small department that can't be there 24-7.
Prince - Nothing Compares 2 U purple 7" single:
We started shipping those orders on May 1st. Tracking numbers are being emailed, but we are finding that several of our emails are bouncing back due to a blocking issue with our internet service provider. If you received confirmation of a 5-digit or 6-digit order number and you didn't make multiple orders, you will receive that order. We are getting to order inquiries at websales@electricfetus.com, but keep in mind our bounceback issue. Inquiries made in private Facebook messages are also addressed. https://www.facebook.com/ElectricFetusMPLS/ It's important to note your order number. If you ordered more than one copy, your order will be cut to one copy and partial refunds will be made to those who payed via PayPal. Dealing with the people who have tried to order multiple copies has taken time away from filling orders.
While all this is going on, we are also filling current orders for other merchandise. We do appreciate your patience as we strive for excellent customer service!
Thank you,
The Electric Fetus Web Department
ADDITIONAL NOTE: THE STORE IS ALSO SOLD OUT OF THE PURPLE PRINCE 7" NOTHING COMPARES 2 U SINGLE.
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The new Wrecka Stow t-shirts and hoodies are here!
Officially licensed from Bravado, these black t-shirts and zip hoodies have Wrecka Stow in purple on the front and the Prince symbol in purple on the back.
These are available in the Minneapolis store and online. Online orders of $49+ qualify for free shipping in the U.S.
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Electric Fetus - Minneapolis
May 4-6, 11-13 and 18-20, 2018
We are excited to host the Minneapolis Musical Theatre's unique production of High Fidelity in the store over three weekends in May. This immersive theater experience, where audience members will be inside a real record store with the production surrounding them, is a first for both Minneapolis Musical Theatre and the Electric Fetus. The production is designed as a fun and interactive experience, where audience members will be patrons in the record store, moving throughout the venue and on their feet during the entire performance. There is no traditional theatre seating available. Please note: we do anticipate having limited seating available only for patrons with special accessibility needs. Any patrons with special needs may contact MMT at info@aboutmmt.org.
Performance dates/times:
Friday, May 4th - 9:30 pm
Saturday, May 5th - 8:30 pm
Sunday, May 6th - 7:00 pm
Friday, May 11th - 9:30 pm
Saturday, May 12th - 8:30 pm
Sunday, May 13th - 7:00 pm
Friday, May 18th - 9:30 pm
Saturday, May 19th - 8:30 pm
Sunday, May 20th - 7:00 pm
(We don't have tickets available in the store)
We hope to see you in the aisles for this special production!
More about the story:
When Brooklyn record store owner Rob finds himself unexpectedly dumped, his life takes a music-filled turn toward the introspective. Based on the popular novel by Nick Hornby, High Fidelity follows Rob as he struggles to discover how his relationship went awry, and strives to change his life in order to win back his sweetheart Laura. With memorable characters and a rock-and-roll score, this homage to music geek culture explores love, heartbreak, and the power of the perfect soundtrack.
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