Andrew Broder

The Cloak Ox raising money for record at Nick and Eddie this Friday

​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 Gimme Noise can attest, we've covered them extensively as they maintain their status as one of the ... More >>

Weekend Checklist: Howler, Allstar Weekend, Friends Like These, Farewell Milwaukee

​Paraskavedekatriaphobia - the fear of Friday the 13th, but don't let that stop you from going out and seeing good shows this weekend!

Cecil Otter's Blowout night at the Entry, 12/8/11

Photo by B FRESH​BY ALLEGRA OXBOROUGH Six years ago I was barely 18, just old enough to legally attend the first Blowout. I went alone, in my home-stenciled hand-painted Doomtree shirt, and firmly held my position front and center for the whole show.

Halloween, Alaska

Photo by B FRESH​BY ALLEGRA OXBOROUGH Six years ago I was barely 18, just old enough to legally attend the first Blowout. I went alone, in my home-stenciled hand-painted Doomtree shirt, and firmly held my position front and center for the whole show.

Picked to Click 2011

The Cloak Ox, Night Moves, and more

The Cloak Ox prepare for release show at Loring Theater Friday night

​As they prepare for their first recorded release since they revved up their new band, the Cloak Ox are in the midst of a freakin' onslaught of media blitz this week.

'Minnesota Remembers Vic Chestnutt' coming this November, listen to a track here

​Each year, it seems like at least one compilation is released that vies for a spot in the top local records of that year. For the past two years, the Minnesota Beatle Project has landed in the top Minnesota albums section of our Year in Music issue, and this November a new compilation that pays t ... More >>

50 cool facts about the Minnesota music scene

Here's a not-so-secret fact about Minnesota music: People love to talk about how much they love the scene here. Musicians from both out-of-state and the Twin Cities have gone out of their way to pen odes to our town and its vibrant community, from Atmosphere to Lucinda Williams Tom Waits to Mark Ma ... More >>

The Cloak Ox unveil new video, 'Prison'

​The time has come people. The kids from the Cloak Ox have been making a steady impact on the Twin Cities music scene since we first started losing our shit about them late last year. They've taken shape on the stage and, more recently, in the studio, and the band is getting ready to release t ... More >>

Red Stag Block Party lineup and set times

Photos by Stacy SchwartzPeter Wolf Crier​As we mentioned last month, the Red Stag Block Party in Northeast booked a particularly strong lineup this year that has a little something for nearly every kind of local music fan. In addition to breakout duo Peter Wolf Crier, who are getting ready to hit ... More >>

The Cloak Ox release three tracks, plan debut EP

​Cool news from the Totally Gross National Product camp today: The Minneapolis label is getting ready to release the debut EP from Andrew Broder's newest project the Cloak Ox, and the band has already posted three of the EP's six tracks on the web as a preview.

DJ Shadow, Fleet Foxes, the Suburbs, and more

​Cool news from the Totally Gross National Product camp today: The Minneapolis label is getting ready to release the debut EP from Andrew Broder's newest project the Cloak Ox, and the band has already posted three of the EP's six tracks on the web as a preview.

Red Stag Block Party, Bastille Day Block Party lineups announced

Photo by B FRESHMike Mictlan performs at next month's Red Stag Block Party​Hot on the heels of the Pizza Luce Block Party lineup, we were greeted with a couple more free summer concert lineups this morning: The Bastille Day Block Party, which will be in Uptown on Sunday, July 17, and the Red S ... More >>

The Cloak Ox, H.U.N.X., Red Pens, Tender Meat, and a bathtub-bound seal

​I'm not sure how to put this without sounding strange, so I'm just going to say it.

Andrew Broder launches 'Broderbeatcast' podcast

Photo by Nick Vlcek​While it's no secret we are big fans of Andrew Broder here at City Pages we still have a hard time keeping up with the crafty South Minneapolis cat. Since last summer he has played and toured the planet with Oakland's Why?, and also collaborated on a graphic novel with Alan Mo ... More >>

Permalesque

Photo by Nick Vlcek​While it's no secret we are big fans of Andrew Broder here at City Pages we still have a hard time keeping up with the crafty South Minneapolis cat. Since last summer he has played and toured the planet with Oakland's Why?, and also collaborated on a graphic novel with Alan Mo ... More >>

Andrew Broder talks about his new band, the Cloak Ox

​"An ox is a castrated bull, trained to work..."Andrew Broder, Martin Dosh, Jeremy Ylvisaker, and Mark Erickson are now the Cloak Ox, a new band. Where to start? Not with "super group" -- an overused word in general but especially in the Twin Cities over the past year. Certainly not by describing ... More >>

Dosh

​"An ox is a castrated bull, trained to work..."Andrew Broder, Martin Dosh, Jeremy Ylvisaker, and Mark Erickson are now the Cloak Ox, a new band. Where to start? Not with "super group" -- an overused word in general but especially in the Twin Cities over the past year. Certainly not by describing ... More >>

Dosh and Why? improv set at the Clown Lounge tonight

​Missed seeing Why? in the Mainroom on Saturday night? Here's a chance to catch them in a much more intimate and introspective setting, jamming with Dosh tonight for an improv set in the Turf Club's Clown Lounge. With Fog's Mark Erickson and Andrew Broder recently joining Why? on tour, chances are ... More >>

Andrew Broder's Crook & Flail releases 'Unearthing' mix

​Andrew Broder, who's featured in this week's print edition of City Pages has, along with his partner in Crook and Flail, Adam Drucker, put together a new 45-minute mix highlighting some of the musical influences that inspired the soundtrack they created for the upcoming graphic novel collabor ... More >>

Andrew Broder of Fog finds new work

The former frontman-turned-solo artist plays with Why? this weekend

6 Questions: Retribution Gospel Choir's Alan Sparhawk

RGC return to Minneapolis to play the Triple Rock this weekend.

Retribution Gospel Choir

RGC return to Minneapolis to play the Triple Rock this weekend.

Dre Day, Bassgasm, and more

RGC return to Minneapolis to play the Triple Rock this weekend.

DJ Andrew Broder

RGC return to Minneapolis to play the Triple Rock this weekend.

Sole and the Skyrider Band

RGC return to Minneapolis to play the Triple Rock this weekend.

Gimme News Weekly Wrap-Up: Feb.6-12, 2009

Highlights from the past week including Lykke Li & Tapes 'n Tapes and next week's new releases

Andrew Broder goes three for three

In hockey, we call it a hat trick-- three weeks, three free albums. Fog's ambient virtuoso tries out the new music model.

Jan. 28, 2009: The Boss, Black Blondie, Tapes 'n Tapes & Gastro Non Grata

Sole snags Dosh, Fog for remix LP

Twin Cities musicians kick off a week of RNC protests

With the convention days away, the Turf Club rocks for change

Musicians sound off at the convention

As the RNC descends, local and national musicians arise

Flyer of the Week: Rock Out for Epilepsy

As the RNC descends, local and national musicians arise

Save the date: Obama benefit show, August 27

As the RNC descends, local and national musicians arise

Dosh's World

Electronic one-man band Martin Dosh steps out of the background and into the spotlight

The Year in Music 2007

Electronic one-man band Martin Dosh steps out of the background and into the spotlight

Tinkerer, Tailor, Ditherer, Sailor

Andrew Broder joins a rock band (it used to be his)

Fog: 10th Avenue Freakout

Andrew Broder joins a rock band (it used to be his)

Feeling Minnesota

The 10 (or 28) best local albums of 2004

Where Records Go To Die

Scavenging used albums and mutilating forgotten vinyl with avant-turntablist Christian Marclay

He's The DJ, I'm The Free Jazz Saxophonist

Andrew Broder and George Cartwright make a quiet noise

Something In The Basement

Andrew Broder's subterranean squall reaches up to shake street-level fans

The Soundtrack of Our Lives

The Best Albums in the World Ever!! Okay, Maybe Just in This Town, Circa 2003

Flipping the Bird

With sparrows squawking in the distance, Fog subverts new-age music for the old-soul set

Andrew Broder: Modern Hits EP

With sparrows squawking in the distance, Fog subverts new-age music for the old-soul set

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We sent a team of trained researchers and documentarians into the wilds of the Twin Cities in search of music in its native habitat. Here are the field notes from Friday, February 15--the day that would not end.

The Year in Music

The Sound of Music, 2001: Our Favorite Things

Turn, Turn, Turn

Andrew Broder has gone from punk rocker to Life Sucks Die crew member to house-party DJ to turntable scientist to Picked to Click poll topper. What comes next?

Picked to Click

The 11th Annual City Pages New Music Poll