Ann Nesby

Pearl Studio in Northeast run by pair of young brothers

The Hollanders also launching a label

Artists of the Year, Northeast's Pearl Studio featured in this week's City Pages

Photo by Emily UtnePearl Studio owners Zach and Noah Hollander​With the year-end review season in full swing, this week marks the publication of our annual Artists of the Year issue, which pays tribute to 15 local and national artists whose voices rose above the din in 2011. 

Grammy nominations: Do we care?

How many local music fans will tune in to this year's Grammys?

She Bop

It Didn't Start with Babes in Toyland: A Short and Eccentric History of Women in Local Music, 1931-Present

Too Close, Too Far

Still better known nationally than locally, Next remain the quintessential Minnesota R&B group

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.

Ebony and Ebony

Mint Condition and Sounds of Blackness trace soul's tributaries to the cusp of the mainstreamMint Condition and Sounds of Blackness trace soul's tributaries to the cusp of the mainstream

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

Local Traffic: Slow & Go

Into the Future