Email Author Danny Sigelman
It happens like clockwork every year. With spring in the Twin Cities comes bales of new music from local musical denizens. It makes sense that those long winter months holed up in basements and practi... More >>
Meshuggah With Baroness First Avenue, Minneapolis Sunday, May 13, 2012 As if to warm up the new First Avenue sound system for the impending sonic assault, strains from the track "Obisidan" helped bra... More >>
You'd have to have been under a rock or had your nose buried in some book to not notice the flurry of activity surrounding Minneapolis music vet and now writer Dylan Hicks. With his newest band the To... More >>
Mother's Day comes a couple days early this year for freaks and fans of Frank Zappa. The Cedar Cultural Center hosts the Grandmothers of Invention making a stop on their current tour. The show will in... More >>
Related:Bon Iver's Sean Carey on Hoyas and why he didn't get a GrammyThe Walker Art Center has been on fire with amazing music this year and it ain't all just about Rock the Garden. In fact for those ... More >>
Minnesota's own Mason Jennings is featured in the latest episode of Audio-Files, a program about music that comes from Brigham Young University in Utah. With a slight spiritual focus the episode works... More >>
Related:Lookbook parting waysNew local band LaLiberte stands to make an impact based on the recently posted demo for a track called "Kelis" just dropped via their bandcamp page. LaLiberte features Mag... More >>
It's been almost four years since the Twin Cities lost its grandfather of all things metal, Earl Root. He died of lymphoma, which he had battled like a true metal warrior for 10 years. Since then his... More >>
Malamanya are probably the only Cuban son band in Minneapolis, which—along with the growing scene of freak folkers and Tin Pan Alley-style... More >>
Preceding festival season is festival announcement season, and we're certainly in the thick of that now. Last week the River's Edge Festival was announced, and yesterday came the lineup info for for ... More >>
AnvilStation 4, St. PaulWednesday, February 22, 2012There was a a heavy amount of enthusiasm when legendary Canadian power metal trio, Anvil finally hit the stage last night at Station 4 in Saint Paul... More >>
Last year, Prince & the Revolution drummer Robert Rivkin, AKA Bobby Z was hospitalized after suffering a heart attack, and his survival was uncertain. After a year of rehabilitation, Z is healthy,... More >>
The local band the Cloak Ox had a ripping 2011. After all, they won last year's City Pages "Picked To Click" by a landslide as one of the most promising band's from our fair State. As any reader of Gi... More >>
When describing the new video for his band, Fairfax, AK's singer/songwriter Pat Dougherty sounds more like a humble musician than a salesman, "I think selling music is a pretty cold process but music ... More >>
What a pleasant surprise it was to see this brand new song and video from Minneapolis singer/songwriter Dylan Hicks last week. For one thing it's been far too long to have heard anything new from the ... More >>
Martha Reeves and the VandellasJanuary 11, 2012Dakota Jazz ClubAs we pulled up for another night of amazing music at the Dakota Jazz Club the cab in front of us came to an abrupt stop. "Wow! that's M... More >>
