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Minneapolis: November 4 to November 6, 2016

Here are some shows taking place in the Minneapolis/St Paul area from November 4 to November 6, 2016.

Read more Minneapolis Music Guide.

Other shows in the area:

11/04 The Rural Alberta Advantage, with Tiny Deaths, at Turf Club ($20 / Sold Out)

11/04 Culture Club at Treasure Island Resort & Casino ($39)

11/05 Paper Route, with Halfnoise, at Skyway Theatre (Studio B) ($15)

11/05 Blackberry Smoke, with Luke Combs, at First Avenue ($40)

11/05 Hiss Golden Messenger, with Tift Merritt, at Turf Club ($15)

11/06 Trails and Ways, with Kazyak and Astral Samara, at 7th Street Entry ($10)

Read More Dylan LeBlanc Joining Lynn for this show will be Dylan LeBlanc. Tour dates: 11/13/15 Ithaca, NY The Dock 11/14/15 Toronto, ON Horseshoe Tavern 11/16/15 Ann Arbor, MI The Ark …

THE WOOD BROTHERS
at Varsity Theater
Friday, 11/04/16, 7pm ($22.50)
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The Wood Brothers is back in town, this time headlining the Varsity Theater in Dinky Town (Minneapolis). The band’s latest Paradise is out now, but they are currently working on a new studio album, along with a new live album, set for release in 2017.

Special guest Dylan LeBlanc to open.

Tour dates:

11/02/16 Bloomington, IL The Castle Theatre
11/03/16 Chicago, IL Vic Theatre
11/04/16 Minneapolis, MN Varsity Theater
11/05/16 Stoughton, WI Stoughton Opera House
11/06/16 Milwaukee, WI Turner Hall Ballroom
11/09/16 Millvale, PA Mr. Small's Theatre
11/10/16 York, PA Strand-Capitol Perf. Arts Center
11/11/16 Buffalo, NY The Town Ballroom
11/12/16 Cleveland, OH Beachland Ballroom
12/01/16 Austin, TX Emo's
12/02/16 New Braunfels, TX Gruene Hall
12/03/16 Houston, TX White Oak Music Hall
12/04/16 Dallas, TX Granada Theater
12/05/16 Tulsa, OK Cain's Ballroom
12/06/16 Kansas City, MO Knuckleheads
12/09/16 Denver, CO Ogden Theatre
12/10/16 Aspen, CO Belly Up Aspen
12/11/16 Telluride, CO Sheridan Opera House
12/12/16 Salt Lake City, UT The State Room
12/13/16 Jackson, WY Center For The Arts
02/02/17 Philadelphia, PA Union Transfer
02/03/17 Albany, NY Massry Center For The Arts
02/04/17 Portland, ME State Theatre
02/06/17 South Burlington, VT Higher Ground - Ballroom
02/08/17 Somerville, MA Somerville Theatre
02/09/17 Somerville, MA Somerville Theatre
02/10/17 New York, NY Webster Hall
02/11/17 Washington, DC 9:30 Club
02/12/17 Rocky Mount, VA Harvester Performance Center
03/02/17 San Diego, CA Observatory North Park
03/03/17 West Hollywood, CA Troubadour
03/05/17 Santa Cruz, CA Rio Theatre
03/07/17 San Francisco, CA The Fillmore
03/08/17 Chico, CA Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.
03/09/17 Eugene, OR McDonald Theatre
03/10/17 Portland, OR McMenamins Crystal Ballroom
03/11/17 Seattle, WA Moore Theatre
03/12/17 Vancouver, BC Imperial

Read More LANY Lany was the opening act. They are a three piece synth-pop band from Los Angeles with catchy, yet dreamy, pop songs. There were songs where I almost .... Transviolet Opening up the show was Los Angeles' Transviolet, a four-piece pop band featuring singer Sarah McTaggart, guitarist Judah McCarthy, bass player Mike Panek and drummer Jon Garcia. …

LANY
at Fine Line Music Cafe
Saturday, 11/05/16, 6pm ($18 / Sold Out)
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LANY (pronounced Lay-Nee, as in L.A. and N.Y.) is back in Minneapolis this Saturday, November 5th. We’ve been seeing this band multiple times and every time we see them, their fanbase double! It’s amazing how popular they are in Minneapolis, and if you look around in the audience, you’ll see so many signs that reads “ILYSB”.

The band’s new EP Kinda is out now.

Transviolet to open. We caught the pop band in October 2015 and produced one of our favorite photos of that month.

Transviolet’s latest song ‘LA Love’ can be heard on thefader.com... taken from their debut EP last fall. Look for an LP coming soon.

Note start time: this is an early show.

Tour dates:

Oct 30 Toronto, Ontario @ Mod Club
Nov 1 Detroit, MI @ St. Andrews Hall
Nov 3 Chicago, IL @ The Metro
Nov 5 Minneapolis, MN @ Fine Line Music Café
Nov 7 Fayetteville, AR @ George’s Majestic Lounge
Nov 9 Nashville, TN @ Mercy Lounge
Nov 11 Houston, TX @ Warehouse Live
Nov 12 Dallas, TX @ House of Blues
Nov 13 Austin, TX @ Antone’s
Nov 15 Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom
Nov 16 San Diego, CA @ House of Blues
Nov 19 Los Angeles, CA @ The Fonda

Read More Jai Wolf Other DJs on the bill: Jai Wolf and Brasstracks Tour Dates 03/03/16 Urbana, IL Canopy Club 03/04/16 Milwaukee, WI Eagles Ballroom 03/05/16 Minneapolis, MN Skyway Theatre …

JAI WOLF
at First Avenue
Sunday, 11/06/16, 7:30pm ($16)
first-avenue.com

Jai Wolf’s Mom+Pop debut EP Kindred Spirits is due out on November 18th. To help celebrate the signing and release, Jai Wolf will be touring this November.... stopping by First Avenue this Sunday, November 6th.

Norway-bred 19-year-old DJ/producer Jerry Folk and singer/songwriter and producer Khai to open.

Tour dates:

Nov. 2 – Montreal, QC @ Theatre Fairmount
Nov. 3 – Toronto, ON @ Opera House
Nov. 4 – Detroit, MI @ Majestic Theatre
Nov. 5 – Chicago, IL @ Metro
Nov. 6 – Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue
Nov. 10 – Englewood, CO @ Gothic Theatre
Nov. 11 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge
Nov. 12 – Boise, ID @ Knitting Factory
Nov. 16 – Vancouver, BC @ Venue
Nov. 18 – Seattle, WA @ The Showbox
Nov. 19 – Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom
Nov. 23 – Oakland, CA @ Fox Theater
Nov. 25 – Santa Ana, CA @ The Observatory
Nov. 26 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Novo
Nov. 27 – San Diego, CA @ Observatory North
Nov. 30 – Austin, TX @ Vulcan Gas Company
Dec. 1 – Dallas, TX @ Trees
Dec. 2 – Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall
Dec. 3 – New Orleans, LA @ Republic New Orleans
Dec. 4 – Atlanta, GA @ Terminal West
Dec. 7 – Boston, MA @ Paradise
Dec. 8 – Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
Dec. 9 – Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
Dec. 10 – New York, NY @ Terminal 5

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Trails and Ways at the Turf Club, St Paul (24 June 2015)

Trails & Ways Setlist Jacaranda Como Te Vas Say You Will Terezinha Border Crosser Tereza Do You Love Me (?) Taj Mahal (Jorge Ben cover) Downright Say You Will Nunca Skeleton Mtn Tune -- Encore -- Sure Thing (Miguel cover) Vines Waterstrider Setlist Black Blood Redwood Soundless Sea Calliope New Sun Misery (?) Nowhere Now Read More Trails and Ways Oakland's Trails and Ways is currently on tour in support of their debut full length Pathology, which saw release earlier this June 2nd via our favorite label Barsuk Records. …

The bossa nova/indiepop band Trails and Ways made their first visit to the Twin Cities (according to rhythm guitarist/keys Keith Brown) at the Turf Club in St Paul, last night, June 24th. The four-piece band is currently on tour in support of their debut album Pathology, available now on Barsuk Records.

Waterstrider

Oakland's Waterstrider opened the evening with "Black Blood", a rather slow song, but immediately picking up the pace with when Brijean Murphy (the Congas player) joined them on stage for the second song.

The five-piece band (however, a backup singer sixth band member joined them on tour) played plenty of songs from their 2015 album Nowhere Now, including the powerful title track that closed out their 30-min set.

There are two things you need to know about Trails and Ways: (1) Everybody, including the drummer, sings, and (2) they love music and they love playing music. The Oakland band first came to our attention when they did a series of cover lover songs in 2013, particularly a Portuguese version of Frank Ocean's "Lost".

The California band is now on tour in support of their debut full length album Pathology, available on Barsuk Records.

You can tell with the movie projector showing videos and images and live music set, that the band gave careful thoughts in the show's hour long presentation. The films sometime contains scenes of rivers and trees... something that the band admitted that they really love the lush green trees of the Midwest, having just taken the long drive from Wisconsin to Minnesota.

Since we already knew the band can sing in Portuguese, it wasn't a surprise to see that they've included a couple of Spanish-language songs on their set.

Highlight of their show for me was their song finale, "Mtn Tune", featuring a great guitar solo by Hannah Van Loon.

The two-song encore started with the Miguel cover "Sure Thing", and closing with their last song off Pathology called "Vines".

Trails and Ways' Pathology is out now on Barsuk Records.

Remaining tour dates:

06/26/15 Denver, CO Larimer Lounge
06/27/15 Salt Lake City, UT Kilby Court
07/09/15 Portland, OR Bunk Bar
07/10/15 Seattle, WA Sunset Tavern
07/11/15 Vancouver, BC Media Club
07/16/15 Santa Ana, CA Constellation Room
07/17/15 San Diego, CA The Hideout
07/18/15 Fresno, CA Peeve's Public House
07/25/15 San Jose, CA San Pedro Square Market

Trails and Ways at the Turf Club, St Paul (24 June 2015)

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Minneapolis: June 24, 2015

Here are some concerts taking place in the Minneapolis/St Paul area on June 24, 2015.

Read more Minneapolis Music Guide.

Read More Trails and Ways Trails and Ways recently covered Frank Ocean's "Lost", but as a bossa nova version... and in Portuguese. The song is available for download at Soundcloud. …

TRAILS AND WAYS
at Turf Club
Wednesday, 06/24/15, 7:30pm ($8)
Details: turfclub.net

Oakland's Trails and Ways is currently on tour in support of their debut full length Pathology, which saw release earlier this June 2nd via our favorite label Barsuk Records.

See Trails & Ways live in St Paul's Turf Club next week, Wednesday, June 24th.

Five-piece Waterstrider (Scott Brown, Walker Johnson, Brijean Murphy, Nate Salman, and Drew Brown) will be opening the show.

Tour dates:

06/18/15 New York, NY The Mercury Lounge
06/19/15 Boston, MA Red Room
06/20/15 Brooklyn, NY Palisades
06/22/15 Cleveland, OH Beachland Tavern
06/23/15 Chicago, IL Schubas Tavern
06/24/15 Saint Paul, MN Turf Club
06/26/15 Denver, CO Larimer Lounge
06/27/15 Salt Lake City, UT Kilby Court
07/09/15 Portland, OR Bunk Bar
07/10/15 Seattle, WA Sunset Tavern
07/11/15 Vancouver, BC Media Club
07/16/15 Santa Ana, CA Constellation Room
07/17/15 San Diego, CA The Hideout
07/18/15 Fresno, CA Peeve's Public House
07/25/15 San Jose, CA San Pedro Square Market

Read More Caitlin Canty Searingly good Americana. Favourite tracks are Get Up, My Love For You Will Not Fade, The Brightest Day, Enough About Hard Times, Southern Man, I Never, Unknown Legend. Really, it's all stellar stuff. Great songwriting … Romantica I've seen Romantica a few times, but this time, they had help from Black Audience's singer Jayanthi Kyle. They played an Americana/heartland type music, and singer Ben Kyle mentioned that these songs they were playing …

CAITLIN CANTY
at Icehouse
Wednesday, 06/24/15, 8:30pm ($12)
Details: icehousempls.com

American singer/songwriter Caitlin Canty will be in town in Minneapolis' Icehouse next Wednesday, June 24th, in support of her latest Reckless Skyline album, which came out earlier this year, January 20, 2015.

Joining her on tour will be a full backing back, consisting of Billy Conway (Morphine) on drums, Jeremy Moses Curtis (Booker T) on bass, Foucault on guitars and backing vocals, Eric Heywood (Ray LaMontagne's Pariah Dogs, Tift Merritt, The Pretenders) on pedal steel and electric guitars, and Matt Lorenz (Rusty Belle, Chris Smither) on pump organ, banjo, piano and fiddle.

Romantica's singer Ben Kyle set to open the show.

Caitlin Canty Tour Dates:

06/19 – Telluride Bluegrass Festival
06/20 – Telluride Bluegrass Festival
06/21 – Telluride Bluegrass Festival
06/23 – Chicago, IL – Music Means Family Series
06/24 – Minneapolis, MN – Icehouse*
06/25 – Fort Atkinson, WI – Café Carpe
06/26 – Oconomowoc, WI – Three Brothers Farm
06/27 – Lancaster, WI – Three Springs Barn
07/08 – Middlebury On The Green Festival
07/09 – Cambridge, MA – Club Passim
07/10 – Northampton, MA – Iron Horse
07/30 – Hillsdale, NY – Falcon Ridge Folk Festival
08/01 – Hillsdale, NY – Falcon Ridge Folk Festival
08/02 – Waitsfield, VT – Tweed River Music
08/05 – New York, NY – Rockwood Music Hall
08/06 – WBJB Songwriters on the Beach
08/09 – Milford, PA – Milford Music in the Park
08/27 – Ketchum, ID – Town Square Tunes
09/02 – Boise, ID – The Modern
09/05 – Kuna, ID – Hermit Music Festival
09/06 – Stanley, ID – Redfish Lake Lodge

# - w/ Eilen Jewell
* - w/ Hayard Williams

Read More Chastity Belt I first heard "Black Sail", the opening track of this wonderful abum, on NPR's All Songs Considered. The show's hosts had a short discussion about the band's semi-infamous publicity photo (look it up), which clued me … Whatever Forever Local band Whatever Forever opened up the show. The band is a bit of a supergroup, with Howard W. Hamilton III (of Red Pens), Clara Salyer (of Prissy Clerks), Dave Gatchell (of Selby Tigers... which …

CHASTITY BELT
at Triple Rock Social Club
Wednesday, 06/24/15, 7pm ($10)
Details: triplerocksocialclub.com

One of Seattle's most talked-about bands Chastity Belt will be in Minneapolis at the Cedar Cultural Center next Wednesday, June 24, in support of their sophomore album Time to Go Home, out now on Hardly Art.

The all-girls band was previously in town with Pony Time in Rocktober 2013.

Opening up next Wednesday will be two locals The Velveteens and Whatever Forever (former members of Red Pens and Prissy Clerks).

Tour Dates:

06/18/15 Ottawa, ON Various Venues
06/19/15 NXNE Festival
06/19/15 Toronto, ON Horseshoe Tavern
06/19/15 Toronto, ON Smiling Buddha Bar
06/20/15 Lakewood, OH Mahall's 20 Lanes
06/21/15 Detroit, MI UFO Factory
06/24/15 Minneapolis, MN Triple Rock Social Club
06/28/15 Boise, ID Neurolux
07/14/15 Portland, OR Doug Fir Lounge
07/24/15 Seattle, WA Capitol Hill Block Party
07/26/15 Capitol Hill Block Party
10/15/15 London The Victoria, Dalston
10/16/15 London The Lexington
10/17/15 Brighton Hope & Ruin
10/18/15 Sheffield The Harley
10/19/15 Newcastle upon Tyne Think Tank
10/20/15 Glasgow Broadcast
10/22/15 Leeds Brudenell Social Club
11/02/15 Berlin, Germany Monarch

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Cover Lover: Nancy Sinatra, Ane Brun, Joanna Gruesome, Jenny & Tyler, Sabi, Trails & Ways and The Pines

Read More Frank Sinatra "Night and Day" was written by Cole Porter and is part of the Great American Songbook. It was written for the 1932 play Gay Divorce and was featured in the 1934 film adaptation, The Gay Divorcee. …

NANCY SINATRA
nancysinatra.com

Nancy Sinatra will be releasing Shifting Gears this December, her first album in four years.

Sinatra is the daughter of the late Frank Sinatra, and probably is known for a few hits from her time: "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" and "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)" (which was actually a Cher cover, but it's Sinatra version that Quentin Tarantino used in his Kill Bill movie).

Although she's known as a pop singer, the title, Shifting Gears refers to her shifting music genres with this upcoming album. According to Sinatra, "This particular collection of music contains some of the biggest charts and arrangements, as well as the most dynamic vocals, of my career. I'm thrilled to have these songs finally available to the public." She is talking about a number of songs from her past, that she's gone back and re-recorded for the album, including Roberta Flack's "Killing Me Softly With His Song" (although according to Sinatra, she said the song was originally by Lori Lieberman - you can read the well-written and researched Sinatra blog entry) and Neil Diamond's "Holly Holy". You can check out the latter track on USAToday.com:

Read More Tobias Fröberg Side note: fans of Peter, Bjorn and John, look for your friend Peter Moren on three tracks. Ane Brun and Kathryn Williams also make lovely appearances.…

ANE BRUN
anebrun.com

Norwegian-born pop singer-songwriter Ane Brun has released Rareties, on her label, Balloon Ranger label. This is the second collection, following Songs 2003-2013 in May, but this new compilation feature, as the title suggests, rarities and oddities.

According to Brun, "Rarities is a compilation of songs and recordings that have either not been released, or have been released on other compilations or as singles. This is a way to empty our cupboards of recordings that have been lying around, and another way to mark my ten year anniversary as an artist."

The collection includes covers of Beyoncé ("Halo"), Björk ("Joga") and The Beatles ("From Me To You"), among others, see track listing below for full details.

Hear "Halo" now via Soundcloud



Track listing:

CD 1 1. All My Tears 2. Halo (feat. Linnea Olsson) 3. Daring To Love 4. From Me To You 5. Tragedy 6. Ain't No Cure For Love 7. Orphan Girl 8. 1 Thing 9. If I Had A Ribbon Bow 10. It's Alright (Baby's Coming Back) 11. Oh Love (Piano Version)

CD 2: 1. The Opening (Ane Brun & Fleshquartet) 2. Jóga - Live at the Polar Music Prize 2010 3. Falling Down 4. Virvelvind 5. Fly On The Windscreen (Ane Brun & Vince Clarke) 6. Humming One Of Your Songs 2013 7. Crawfish (Ane Brun & Club Killers) 8. Petrified Forest Road 9. She Belongs To Me

Read More Joanna Gruesome Cardiff-based Joanna Gruesome will be in New York for CMJ (see our CMJ Preview). The full CMJ schedule for Joanna Gruesome is listed below. …

JOANNA GRUESOME
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Joanna Gruesome, not to be confused with Joanna Newsom (they must really dislike her?), recently covered Galaxie 500's "Tugboat" - which is the B-Side to their Sugarcrush single, out November 18th, from Slumberland Records.

According to the press release, the band previously played the cover song at their show at CMJ's Music Marathon last month.

As for me, I've previously heard the "original" band Dean & Britta play Galaxie 500 songs at Bathysphere: A Psychonautical Voyage earlier this year, and yes, they did play "Tugboat" live. Also, a little trivia, but Britta is the singing voice of JEM (that girl band cartoon).

Hear Joanna Gruesome's cover song on Soundcloud.



The Cardiff-based noisepop band's debut album Weird Sister is out now on Fortuna POP! (Europe) and Slumberland (USA) .

Read More Jenny & Tyler Jenny & Tyler are a husband-wife duo, currently based out of Nashville, Tennessee. The "soul-grass" (soul/bluegrass) songwriters recently announced they are on tour in support of Sara Groves & Bebo Norman. . …

JENNY & TYLER
jennyandtyler.com

For Freedom - A Covers EP is the latest release from Jenny & Tyler. All proceeds from the sale of the EP will benefit organizations that fight human trafficking. They encourage you to share the EP with your friends (after you purchase it), and they hope you share it on FB and other social media.

Artists on their covers EP includes Smashing Pumpkins, Cranberries, Postal Service, Simon & Garfunkel, etc.

1. Tonight, Tonight (feat. Levi Weaver) by The Smashing Pumpkins
2. The Scientist by Coldplay
3. Dreams (feat. JJ Heller) by The Cranberries
4. We Will Become Silhouettes by The Postal Service
5. The Sound of Silence by Simon and Garfunkel
6. What A Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong
7. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For (feat. Sara Groves) by U2

The duo is currently out on tour:

11/22 Kennett Square, PA
11/23 Newark, DE
12/06 Furman University, Greenville, SC
12/19 Austin, TX
12/20 Georgetown, TX

SABI
trailsandways.com

Sabi (previously in The Bangz) recently released her moody version of Fleetwood Mac's "Dreams", which, I think is taken from the mixtape 0 to 60: Love Sounds album. Hear the song on Soundcloud.

The 11-track mixtape, hosted by Power 106's Yesi Oritz and DJ Carisma, will feature these tracks:

1. Intro (ft. Yesi Ortiz and DJ Carisma) (Prod. Ryan McDermott)
2. Cali Love (ft. Tyga) (Prod. Mark Feist)
3. Love Sounds (Prod. Ryan McDermott)
4. Better Than This (Prod. Mark Feist)
5. Hollywood Romance (Prod. Ryan McDermott, Co-Prod. The Arsenals)
6. 24K (Prod. Jonas Jeberg)
7. Both of Us (ft. Ryan McDermott) (Prod. Ryan McDermott, Co-Prod. Mike McTaggart)
8. The Change (Prod. The Costars)
9. Body Language (Prod. Mark Feist)
10. Dreams (Cover) (Prod. Ryan McDermott)
11. Cali Love [Remix] (ft. Tyga) (Prod. Ryan McDermott)

TRAILS AND WAYS
trailsandways.com

Trails and Ways recently covered Frank Ocean's "Lost", but as a bossa nova version... and in Portuguese. The song is available for download at Soundcloud.



If you don't listen to pop music, Frank Ocean is a singer/rapper from New Orleans. He's probably more famous for writing some songs for Brandy, Justin Bieber and John Legend. Ocean is currently in OFWGKTA (aka Odd Future).

As for Trails and Ways, I think they are from Oakland, California (but apparently knows Portuguese). Regarding the cover, I believe it's the first in a series of cover songs. Their EP called Trilingual is out now, via Non•Market.

THE PINES
thepinesmusic.com

Just to set the record straight, The Pines, that I'm familiar with, are a UK duo, consisting of Pamela Berry (singer of Black Tambourine, as well as Glo-Worm, and others...) and Joe Brooker (from The Foxgloves).

With that said, there is another band called The Pines, from Minneapolis. They're described as "gothic indie-folk", and founded by David Huckfelt and Benson Ramsey when they met in Arizona. I believe, according the press release, for this particular Highwaymen cover song, they have two singers, Erik Koskinen and Dave Simonett (of Trampled By Turtles), for this particular song.

"Highwayman" is out now on Red House Records.

The band is currently on tour:

11/15/13 Detroit Lakes, MN - Caravan du Nord, Holmes Theater 6p
11/22/13 Minneapolis, MN - Cedar Cultural Center w/Dave Simonett
11/23/13 Minneapolis, MN - Cedar Cultural Center w/Dave More
12/06/13 Kansas City, MO - Knuckleheads
12/07/13 Fairfield, IA - Cafe Paradiso
12/08/13 Omaha, NE - The Slowdown
12/18/13 Chicago, IL - City Winery
01/18/14 Lake City, MN - Oak Center General Store
01/24/14 Hayward, WI - Park Theater

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