Jens Lekman and Bon Iver On Radio K

Download: Jens Lekman - "It Was A Strange Time In My Life" (via Radio K)
Download: Bon Iver - "Creature Fear" (via Radio K)

Not at the same time, mind you. That would make April Wright's head explode out of pure joy. We certainly don't want that. But both Jens Lekman and MFR Favorite Bon Iver stopped by, at separate times, the Radio K studios to record tracks for their death metal side project Iverlekmanbon.

Wait, that's not right at all.

No, they stopped by to do some live tracks off of their releases Night Falls Over Kortedala and For Emma, Forever Ago, respectively. You can hear one track from each session at the top of the post. For the rest, go here, ye merry gentlemen/women. Thanks to P4K for the tip.

Jens Lekman Official Site
Bon Iver MySpace Page

(Jonathan Graef)

RadioK Battle of the Underage Underground This Sunday

Radio K's 7th annual Battle of the Underage Underground! The Battle of the Underage Underground is a chance for high school musicians from the Twin Cities metro area to duke it out in the First Avenue Mainroom on Sunday June 3rd, 2007.

This event has uncovered such gems as Tiki Obmar, Melodious Owl, The Battle Royale, Linus and the New Renaissance.

This year's battle will be hosted by local duo Brother and Sister!

Here are the seven lucky competitors and their respective MySpace pages so that you may sample their sound:

Little Boxes
Nap Nap
Rivet
Angel Darcourt
Saluting the Rockies
Milk Automat
The Soviet Machines

Doors are at 5:30PM for this ALL AGES event. $5 in advance. $7 at the doors.

For more information, please visit the BUU MySpace page here.

(Ian Anderson)