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Ten Second Film Festival: Party after the fireworks

Fri Jul 3, 12:05 PM

What's more American than 10 seconds of celebrity? More >>

Gimme News Weekly Wrap-Up: June 26-July 2

Fri Jul 3, 12:00 PM

Music Box Theatre re-opens its doors, City on the Make stream new album & next week's best new releases. More >>

Review: Femi Kuti and King Sunny Ade at the Minnesota Zoo

Fri Jul 3, 11:00 AM

Two Nigerian musical legacies shared the stage at the Zoo Thursday night. More >>

Freeloader Friday: July 3-5

Fri Jul 3, 10:46 AM

Celebrate freedom in America. More >>

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  • City on the Make keep pushing with latest and best album, Keep This on Fire
    Members all work or worked at the Dakota Jazz Club
    By Andrea Swensson
    Wednesday, July 01
    There's something irresistible about how difficult it is to label City on the Make's music, and it's part of what makes their latest album, Keep... More >>
  • Michael Jackson: A Eulogy
    Remembering the world's greatest artistic influence
    By David Hansen
    Wednesday, July 01
    The story ends here. What began in poverty ends in unknowable wealth. What began in a crowded, working-class home in a crowded, working-class... More >>
  • Digitata: Art Work Pays
    By Carl Atiya Swanson
    Wednesday, July 01
    With nine songs in 30 minutes, Digitata's new release, Art Work Pays, is billed as an EP, but feels something like a 85-minute feature... More >>
  • Gospel Gossip: Dreamland
    By Carl Atiya Swanson
    Wednesday, July 01
    It might seem strange to call a band that plays live shows full of thrashing energy subtle, but Gospel Gossip's new EP, Dreamland, is full of... More >>
  • The Songs We Can't Escape
    By Ray Cummings
    Wednesday, July 01
    WILCO"Black Bull Nova" Does titling a record Wilco (The Album) qualify as a shark-jump for these Chicago dad-rockers? Dunno, but "Nova" reflects... More >>
  • Judas Priest, the Roots, and more
    Wednesday, July 01
    THURSDAY 7.2 The Roots First Avenue As far as Jimmy Fallon is concerned, the Roots are the best band in late-night. Though he's a tad... More >>
  • 5ingles
    The Songs We Can't Escape
    By Ray Cummings
    Wednesday, June 24
    "Overjoyed" Not a Stevie Wonder cover. Here at 5ingles HQ, we've been awaiting a follow-up to this Elephant 6 crew's 2001 debut for almost a... More >>
  • Idle Hands pick up speed with local radio's blessing
    The Hearts We Broke on the Way to the Show makes long-awaited debut this month
    By Andrea Swensson
    Wednesday, June 24
    Fans of 89.3 the Current will undoubtedly be familiar with the Idle Hands, even if they don't recognize the band by name—their new single,... More >>
  • CRITICS' PICKS
    Shellac, Rancid, Digitata, and more
    Wednesday, June 24
    THURSDAY 6.25 Shellac Varsity Theater Shellac's Varsity Theater performance will be a welcome-home show for Todd Trainer, drummer for the... More >>
  • Vieux Farka Touré is living definition of "cultural hybrid"
    New album Fondo highlights Touré's time on the road
    By Jessica Steinhoff
    Wednesday, June 24
    Vieux Farka Touré is the living definition of "cultural hybrid." He spent part of his youth in a rural town in northeast Mali, another... More >>
  • New Orleans jazz man Allen Toussaint talks hurricanes, new album
    Toussaint, 71, to play Twin Cities Jazz Festival this summer
    By Rick Mason
    Wednesday, June 17
    A renaissance man of New Orleans music, Allen Toussaint is directly responsible for dozens of iconic songs that helped define the quirky... More >>
  • Jendeen and her Wolverines dwell weekly in Hell
    New Wednesday gig finds band at Hell's Kitchen downtown
    By Max Ross
    Wednesday, June 17
    The Wolverines are at once one band and several bands. Since they started playing together in the 1970s, they've undergone a number of changes... More >>
  • The Songs We Can't Escape
    By Ray Cummings
    Wednesday, June 17
    JIM JONES feat. RON BROWZ & JUELZ SANTANA"Pop Champagne" Champagne has more than enough celebratory supporters by now, doesn't it? I'm not... More >>
  • Eric Clapton, the Offspring, and more
    Wednesday, June 17
    THURSDAY 6.18 Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood Xcel Energy Center In 1969, Eric Clapton was already well established as a guitar... More >>
  • Red Pens don't run dry on Reasons
    Howard Hamilton III and Laura Bennett are the ultimate DIYers
    By Michelle Leon
    Wednesday, June 10
    In a south Minneapolis apartment filled with only the very best thrift-store scores (including a dazzling glass grape collection), its walls... More >>
  • Doomtree's Cecil Otter finds his voice apart from the rap pack
    Sage Francis' label picks up Otter's 2008 release, Rebel Yellow
    By Kathryn Savage
    Wednesday, June 10
    Five years ago, Kyle Smith, known throughout the Twin Cities as Doomtree's MC/producer Cecil Otter, started working on a solo album. Walking... More >>
  • Jay Epstein with Bill Carrothers & Anthony Cox: Easy Company
    By Rick Mason
    Wednesday, June 10
    The company may be easy, but the ideas are complex and the playing especially cerebral on this luminous summit of three of the smartest players... More >>
  • Toki Wright: A Different Mirror
    By Peter S. Scholtes
    Wednesday, June 10
    Toki Wright's reputation as an all-around good egg in Minnesota rap hasn't necessarily helped his career: For years his prominence as promoter... More >>
  • The Songs We Can't Escape
    By Ray Cummings
    Wednesday, June 10
    THE BLACK EYED PEAS"Boom Boom Pow" This song is the anti-"We Made You" in how it, like, accurately embodies much of the pop zeitgeist: Autotune... More >>
  • Metric, PJ Harvey, Tower of Power, and more
    Wednesday, June 10
    WEDNESDAY 6.10 The Levon Helm Band Fitzgerald Theater Levon Helm once sang and played drums and mandolin for a certain quintet that was so... More >>

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Cold Front

Local act Opus Finis is heading a national revival of dark, minimal electronic music.
By Jonathan Garrett
"It's not full of sunshine." Fixing his gaze out of the window, Carlos Oni could well be... More >>

Dallas

Salvation and Victory In Michael Jackson's Flings With Dallas

By Robert Wilonsky
Michael Jackson's Dallas ties are scant, save the obvious concert dates throughout a career cut... More >>

Denver

These Latinas may rock, but Girl In a Coma isn't making Latin rock

By Phil Freeman
Though the band seemed to rocket out of nowhere with its 2007 debut, Both Before I'm Gone, San... More >>

Houston

Zin Balance

The Third Ward's favorite son produces his most important album to date.
By Shea Serrano
Peace. And then blessings. No matter how innocuous the message that needs to be relayed,... More >>

Kansas City

Electro-poppers London Transit aim to sell high with their Digital Kid

By Richard Gintowt
Buy low, sell high. That's the refrain sung by Kansas City's London Transit on its song... More >>

Miami

Opus Finis Brings a Cold Front to Miami

The local act heads up a national revival of dark, minimal electronic music.
By Jonathan Garrett
"It's not full of sunshine." Fixing his gaze out the window, Carlos Oni could very well be... More >>

Phoenix

The Heartless Are Hitting Their Stride

By Wilson, Kelly
Since their debut in 2004, The Heartless have gone through more members than Jay-Z goes through... More >>

San Francisco

Dirty Projectors continue to rise above

By Doug Wallen
The new Dirty Projectors record, Bitte Orca, sounds as if mastermind David Longstreth took... More >>

Seattle

Blurred Vision

The Round celebrates more than four years of fusing music and visual art.
By Sara Brickner
"There are two voices in the mind of every artist," painter and Round co-founder Scott Erickson... More >>

St. Louis

Drone Henge: Ambient drone-metal band Sunn O))) makes a rare live appearance in St. Louis

By Paul Friswold
Greg Anderson laughs a great deal. He chuckles while talking about wearing ceremonial robes, he... More >>

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