Pitchfork — Photo by Graham Tolbert When motherfucking Prince shows up to your album release party, you're doing something right. According to LOL/OMG, on Friday night, Minneapolis cheese-rock collective Gayngs played debut album Relayted start-to-finish at the ... more info

Rollo & Grady — Dr. Dog Recommended Shows // April 27th – May 2nd Tuesday, April 27th Dr. Dog with Deer Tick @ The Music Box Wednesday, April 28th Blue Jungle / The Bellys / The Uzi Rash @ The Smell Aquaserge / Sister Crayon / Corridor @ Spaceland Thursday,... more info

Stereogum — Recent Minneapolis BTW Gayngs is essentially the project of producer Ryan Olson (above) with Zack Coulter and Adam Hurlburt of Solid Gold, but there are so many extra hands crammed into the hot tub each track it feels more like a community effort. Wh... more info

Stereogum — Minneapolis producer Ryan Olson and Zack Coulter and Adam Hurlburt of Tanlines pals Solid Gold are at the center of Gayngs, but a couple dozen other folks orbit the trio on the debut album Relayted. Olson started the project in his Minnesota bedroom,... more info

5 Acts — Class Actress is opening up for Solid Gold next Tuesday (04/06/2010) at DC9 and I'm giving away a pair of tickets. E-mail me at 5actsblog at gmail dot com with the subject "Journal Of Ardency" if you'd like a chance to win. Contest ends on Sunday nig... more info

Nialler9 — What would Bon Iver sound like if he was involved in group which was directly inspired by 10CC’s ‘I’m Not In Love?’ Wonder no more, as Minneapolis “super-family” Gayngs have made it happen. Started by Ryan Olsen with members of... more info

Guardian Music — This indie collective have taken the pure pop brilliance 10cc's I'm Not in Love as the template for our album of the year so farHometown: Minneapolis.The lineup: Ryan Olson, plus POS, Dessa, Michael Lewis, and various members of, among others, Bon Iv... more info

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Altsounds — After a whirlwind 7-show stint at the acclaimed SXSW festival that set the industry abuzz, *Solid Gold* have just announced the first leg of of their National Spring Tour. Kicking off with a home state show in Morris, MN, and closing with a secr... more info

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