Semisonic News

 
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Reunion happening 'by chance'
Minneapolis Star Tribune
The stars -- and schedules -- aligned for Semisonic. The group, including John Munson, left, and Dan Wilson, will perform Saturday. The word is out, ticket sales are blooming, the weather forecast looks promising and the opening band is pretty warm and ...


 
GT says farewell to 29 grads
Estherville Daily News
From the song "Closing Times"" by Semisonic; there class colors are purple and black, and their class flower is a white carnation dipped in purple with sparkles. The concert choir sang "Walk a Little Slower My Friend" which brought tears to many ...


 
Minneapolis Star Tribune
The Big Gigs: Live music options for May 18-24
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Riemenschneider Semisonic, those "Closing Time" hitmakers, are reuniting for another hometown charity gig -- the sixth annual OLL Blast, a fundraiser for Our Lady of the Lake Catholic School in Mound. Semisonic frontman/guitarist Dan Wilson has been ...

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Popdust
Adele's “Someone Like You” Was Actually A Demo
Popdust
That's by far the biggest treat in this PopMatters interview with Semisonic's Dan Wilson, who co-wrote and played piano on 21's “Someone Like You.” The whole thing's well worth reading–it goesw into his other collaborations, which include country ...


 
The Atlantic
The Bee Gees Are Disco Icons, but Robin Gibb Was Pure Pop
The Atlantic
... he could have become someone like Linda Perry, who had a few hits with 4 Non Blondes in the alt-'90s before finding new life as a songwriter for Pink; or Dan Wilson, former frontman of Semisonic ("Closing Time"), and now co-author of Grammy winners ...

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Graettinger-Terril To Graduate 29
Emmetsburg News
The classmates have chosen their class motto from the song "Closing Time" by Semisonic: "Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end." Their class colors are black and purple, and their class flower is a white carnation dipped in purple ...


 
Sara Watkins' "Sun Midnight Sun" burns brilliantly
Chicago Tribune
The other outside choice is the single penned by Semisonic-leader-turned-Adele-tunesmith Dan Wilson, "If It Pleases You," a seven-minute mid-tempo rock & roll ballad of emotional realization that might be subtitled "Codependent No More.

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