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Korda Records hits all the right notes

By Erik Thompson

Launching a record label in today's capricious musical climate is a risky move. For new Minneapolis "label cooperative" Korda Records, it was a decision rooted in friendship, but also business... More >>
Midway Felix flies solo

By Natalie Gallagher

After a 15-year run with Heiruspecs, rapper Midway Felix is on the precipice of something new: a solo career. Sitting in a dark corner of an uptown bar, the local legend smiles disarmingly as he... More >>
Remembering Leah Rule

By Reed Fischer

Leah Marie Strom Rule, a longtime manager at the Turf Club, passed on the morning of December 21 after a nearly two-year struggle with cancer of unknown primary (CUP) — or as she referred... More >>
Guante + Killstreak, Turf Club's Blowout, and more

Guante + Killstreak 7th St. Entry, Wednesday 1.2 Guante gnashes his well-spoken teeth at the status quo on his 2012 collaboration with Big Cats, You Better Weaponize. On "The Invisible... More >>
MN Original leaps forward

By Erik Thompson

Solid Gold sit at the center of a 6,500-square-foot sound stage surrounded by swinging neon lights. It's a Wednesday afternoon in November, and a team of Twin Cities Public Television camera... More >>
Har Mar Superstar, Brute Heart, Soul Asylum, and more

Absolutely Cuckoo: Minnesota covers the 69 Love Songs First Avenue, Saturday 12.29 Absolutely Cuckoo is a statewide ode to the quick-witted New York band the Magnetic Fields and their 1999... More >>
Greg Grease grows up, smooths out

By Jack Spencer

"The album, for me, is my life and observing other people — either making the right decision because they know it's right, or making the wrong decision because it's the easier way out."... More >>
Grant Cutler on “The End of the World”

By Jeff Gage

"When I was younger, I used to like to get that kind of attention. You know: be the frontman, get onstage, be out schmoozing with everybody," Grant Cutler says as he makes some French press in... More >>
Heiruspecs Holiday Classic, Concrete Blonde, and more

Heiruspecs Holiday Classic Icehouse, Saturday 12.22 Twin Cities hip-hop collective Heiruspecs plan to unwrap new material with a cast of local cameos at their seventh annual Holiday Classic.... More >>
Best Minnesota albums of 2012

The musical landscape of Minnesota was a rich one in 2012. Some even called it a golden one. Here, City Pages music contributors sum up the year's 10 best releases. All Eyes Shelf Life All Eyes... More >>