Amy Carlson

Huh? Whazzat? Contact!

Why the first rush of discovering new music is often the deepest

Everybody Wins

Polls and punditry for the best new bands in town

Picked to Click XII

Hail the Conquering Heroes: Polls and Praise for This Year's Best New Artists

Picked to Click

The 11th Annual City Pages New Music Poll

Sound Check

Sound Check

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Astronaut Wife, decembers architects, and the Foxfire factor: The 2000 City Pages New Music Poll

A Power of Ten

Slug's love bug, Kat Bjelland's exorcism, Dave Pirner's throbbing shins: Ten years of local music served on ten great platters.

Scene Not Heard

Computer wizards leave their bedrooms, rappers reach the stage, and the Mason Jennings Band creates the bar buzz of the decade. In the ninth annual City Pages New Music Poll, 60 local music fans pick the bands that made the biggest noise.

Over the Counter

Staffed by DJs and rockers, indie record stores are selling a scene

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It's an odd, autonomous, anomalous year for the 1998 City Pages New Music Poll.

PICKED TO CLICK PART 7: It's New to You!

The 1997 City Pages New Music Poll
Moon's Over Minneapolis: Brother Sun Sister Moon rise in the north