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Album Review: Low, "Drums and Guns" (Sub Pop)

Low has built a nice career offering up mostly pleasant, melodic songs built on gorgeous, two-part harmonies constructed by principals Alan Sparhawk and Mimi Parker. Low has built a nice career offering up mostly pleasant, melodic songs built on gorgeous, two-part harmonies constructed by principals Alan Sparhawk and Mimi Parker.

Low rebounds from bassist's exit, sets tour plans

Despite bassist Zak Sally's recent departure, Minnesota-bred slowcore standard-bearers Low have mapped out a late-winter tour schedule with a new bassist.

Briefly: Rolling Stones, Iggy Pop, OK Go, Low

The Rolling Stones, who are expected to unveil plans for their 2005/2006 World Tour during a Tuesday (5/10) press conference in New York City, will apparently webcast the announcement.

Review: The Breeders with Low at Congress Theatre, Chicago

CHICAGO--For alt-rock matron Kim Deal, the Breeders always seemed like a family affair. She formed the band as a diversion from her touted-if-troubled Pixies with Boston pal and ex-Throwing Muses guitarist Tanya Donelly. She recruited friends from her hometown of Dayton, Ohio, to participate, and pointedly, when she took the Breeders full-time, her twin sister Kelley was backing her up on guitar.

Duluth's Low travels from the Midwest to the U.K.

Low--perhaps the only band from Duluth, Minn., to make a national indie-level splash--will bring its slow, hypnotic pop from the Midwest to the East, then across the Atlantic, with a few Canadian dates in the mix.