Basilica Block Party

Concert promoter Sue McLean has died

Sue McLean, an independent Twin Cities concert promoter, passed Friday afternoon after a battle with cancer. Any regular show-goer in the region has attended countless shows booked by McLean over the past four decades. McLean is responsible for booking the Basilica Block Party since it began in 1995 ... More >>

Basilica Block Party 2013 lineup

The Basilica Block Party returns to downtown Minneapolis in July. That seems so far away today, but it's coming. Today, Cities 97 is rolling out the lineup for the two-day fest, and it's a mix of bands you probably could've seen perform a decade ago (Matchbox Twenty) and newer fare (Father John Mist ... More >>

The Lumineers to get Saturday Night Live bump, more Mumford & Sons comparisons

Ever since the Lumineers' hit song "Ho Hey" started showing up on airwaves in late December 2011, it's like you can't go anywhere without hearing it being blasted from somebody's headphones or store speakers. Locally, you can hear this juggernaut song on the Current, Cities 97, and KDWB, and pr ... More >>

KDWB's Jingle Ball at Xcel Energy Center, 12/4/12

KDWB's Jingle Ball With Psy, Train, Ed Sheeran, One Republic, Owl City, Cher Lloyd, Ellie Goulding, and Conor MaynardXcel Energy Center, St. PaulTuesday, December 4, 2012If a venue hands out earplugs as you are walking in, make sure you take them and use them. With as many screaming tweens as there ... More >>

Aby Wolf talks records ahead of A. Wolf & Her Claws vinyl release party tonight

See Also: Aby Wolf bares claws, drops single Aby Wolf and Her Claws' experimentation pays off In this digital age of MP3s, BitTorrents, and Soundcloud files, music fans have consistently sought out a more personalized, intimate engagement with the songs and albums that move them, which is one of th ... More >>

SoundTown and Minnesota's music festival fatigue

See Also:SoundTown 2012 has been canceledSoundTown 2012 statement: Ticket threshold wasn't metSoundTown 2011: A first-ever adventure in SomersetIt's been almost a week now since word broke out that the SoundTown Music and Camping Festival is cancelled this year, just two short weeks before the gates ... More >>

SoundTown 2012 has been canceled

See Also:SoundTown 2012 statement: Ticket threshold wasn't metSoundTown 2011: A first-ever adventure in SomersetSoundTown 2012 lineup: Jane's Addiction, Florence the Machine, & moreMore cancellation news coming across today: SoundTown 2012 is indeed not happening, and artists are starting to s ... More >>

Weekend Checklist: Basilica Block Party, 311, Blitzen Trapper, Warped Tour

The Basilica Block Party marks the beginning of July and the end of weeks of promotion for presenting radio station Cities 97, who bring soft-rocker Mat Kearney and Train on Friday and alt-country group The Avett Brothers on Saturday night. 311 will be swinging through Minneapolis on their national ... More >>

The Lumineers on Craigslist, Denver, and Basilica Block Party

See Also:Basilica Block Party 2012 lineupThe Avett Brothers' Seth Avett on Rick Rubin, political fans, and the band's legacyThe Lumineers have recently exploded onto the indie music scene, seemingly popping up out of nowhere (well, Denver, Colorado, to be exact) and giving fans some irresistible tra ... More >>

Prissy Clerks and Gimme Noise go shopping at Treehouse Records (INTERVIEW)

See Also: Basilica Block Party 2012 lineupThe Avett Brothers' Seth Avett on Rick Rubin, political fans, and the band's legacy The Lumineers on Craigslist, Denver, and Basilica Block PartyGimme Noise wants to help our Twin Cities musicians push this envelope of rock 'n' roll shit-shooting, and it's s ... More >>

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The Avett Brothers' Seth Avett on Rick Rubin, political fans, and the band's legacy

See Also:Basilica Block Party 2012 lineupThe Avett Brothers are knuckle-scraping live performers, clever songwriters, and Southern charmers. Their record company wants you to know they'll unveil the highly anticipated The Carpenter, another carefully constructed affair with producer Rick Rubin, this ... More >>

Spoon's Britt Daniel forms Divine Fits, shows Minneapolis some love

See Also:Spoon makes Twin Cities go "Ga Ga" on two-night stand at First AvenueHandsome Furs at the Triple Rock, 07/27/11Over the years, it has become quite obvious that Minneapolis has a lot of love for both Spoon and Handsome Furs. Both bands (as well as Dan Boeckner's former group, Wolf Parade) ha ... More >>

Basilica Block Party 2012 lineup

Related:Rock the Garden Festival 2012 lineupRiver's Edge Music Festival 2012 at Harriet Island lineupWilco's Minnesota dates: Rochester and Duluth and that's itToday, the lineup will be announced for the 2012 Basilica Block Party. As Cities 97 reveals each of the acts scheduled to perform, we will u ... More >>

Local musicians rally against gay marriage ban at the Varsity Thursday

People often don't want their favorite artists to talk about politics: Look at the Dixie Chicks. Despite this, Shayna Melgaard, the house manager at the Varsity Theater, and local singer-songwriter David Booth came up with the idea to hold an event to rally against the proposed gay marriage ban, whi ... More >>

Wilco's Minnesota dates: Rochester and Duluth (so far)

Related:Wilco at the State Theatre, 12/6/11Slideshow: Wilco at The State Theatre Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy has no interest in falling into predictable patterns. Watch him smoke a cigarette out of his bellybutton in I Am Trying to Break Your Heart, the 2002 documentary about the band, if you don't b ... More >>

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Basilica Block Party

"Say NO to the Basilica Block Party" Facebook page comes down

Steve CohenYou don't get to 15,000 RSVPs without making a few enemies.​Just as suddenly as it appeared, the "Say NO to the Basilica Block Party" Facebook page has disappeared. The event garnered tons of media attention, had 15,000 RSVPs, and forced the Archdiocese to address the controversy. ... More >>

Basilica Block Party performers Hunting Club offer statement on recent controversy

​The Basilica Block Party has been at the center of an online debate over gay rights this month, as protestors are urging a boycott of the two-day music festival because of the Catholic Archdiocese's strong stance against gay marriage.

Basilica Block Party boycotted over Church's gay marriage opposition

Steve CohenThe block party gets sucked into the marriage debate.​We've got more than 16 months to go before Minnesotans vote on whether to make gay marriage unconstitutional. But the battle lines are already being drawn, and they're showing up in some surprising places. Like this year's Basi ... More >>

Basilica Block party fleshes out lineup with the Jayhawks, Citizen Cope

Photo by Steve CohenThe Jayhawks' Mark Olson and Marc Perlman at the Basilica Block Party in 2009​This morning, Cities 97 filled in a few gaps on the schedule for this summer's Basilica Block Party, which was mostly revealed during an extended broadcast last Thursday. In addition to adding Citizen ... More >>

Basilica Block Party 2011 lineup: David Gray, Ray LaMontagne, Lissie, Drive-By Truckers

Photo by Tony NelsonFans at the 2010 Basilica Block Party​Yesterday, we joked that if we were going to keep reporting a new summer festival lineup each day until the weather improved -- and hey, waddya know, it's working! Yesterday evening, Cities 97 revealed the lineup for its annual two-night Ba ... More >>

Basilica Block Party's food goes upscale

Steve CohenGive it up for the Barrio taco truck!​This weekend's Basilica Block Party begins tonight with a strong music lineup that includes Weezer and Spoon, but fans of good eating also won't be disappointed. As Bridgette Reinsmoen reports in this week's edition of Twin Cities Eater, City Pa ... More >>

Schitty Weezer at the Fine Line

​Weezer at the Fine Line? Don't flip out just yet, it's a cover band. Schitty Weezer, the Radiohead cover band What's That, and Smashed Pumpkins will converge to cover all the classics next Wednesday night, just a few days after the real Weezer perform at the Basilica Block Party. Think they're as ... More >>

Lifetime Fitness triathlon will choke off parkways Saturday

Photo: marksteelenzThe Lifetime Fitness triathlon's coming to town​You have been warned: Hoards of skinny people in Lycra will invade large chunks of Southwest Minneapolis on Saturday morning, and you are best advised to steer clear -- unless, of course, you want to gawk and worry about whethe ... More >>

Best of Hot Dish: July 5-9

JelleS'/flickrThank you, Chick-fil-A!​Hot Dishers, we hope your week has been filled with sunshine, puppies, and ice cream treats. So much is going on around the Cities that it's hard to know what to do first: The Basilica Block Party is this weekend, St. Paul has the Dragon Festival, World Cup ma ... More >>

The Jayhawks prepare for big weekend at First Avenue

Photo by Steve CohenThe Jayhawks, rehearsing at Gary Louris's home yesterday​It's an historic weekend for the Jayhawks, who are preparing to play four Twin Cities shows in a row with a lineup that has only played in the United States once in the last 15 years. On the heels of last summer's extraor ... More >>

The Jayhawks planning three-night stand at First Ave

Photo by Steve Cohen​Anyone who made it out to the Basilica Block Party last summer to catch the Jayhawks reunion show can attest that there was something otherworldly at play when founding members Gary Louris and Mark Olson sang their old songs together again. It had been 14 years since the two f ... More >>

Memory Lanes announces block party lineup

Photo by France Barbeau​Between the Basilica Block Party announcement last week, the Current and the Walker's Rock the Garden announcement this afternoon, and now this schedule for the Memory Lanes Block Party, we're starting to feel like this warm weather might really be here to stay. The Memory ... More >>

Basilica Block Party lineup announced (mostly)

​The Basilica Block Party announced most of their lineup late yesterday afternoon, and though there are still a couple of holes to fill in it's looking great so far. Weezer will headline on Friday night along with Spoon, who will return to town after playing back-to-back sold-out shows at First Av ... More >>

Lollapalooza 2010 lineup announced

​After a series of Wheel of Fortune/word puzzle guessing games, Chicago summer fest Lollapalooza has officially revealed its 2010 lineup. With the 10,000 Lakes Festival on hiatus this year and Rothbury in Michigan canceled, Lolla is one of the closest large-scale festivals for Twin Cities music fa ... More >>

The Year in Music: P.O.S., Solid Gold, and Owl City break through

Losses include the Suburbs' Bruce Allen, Dinkytowner, and Myth

August 10, 2009: Bob Dylan & the Sounds

Bob Dylan to release Christmas album, Bob Mould to play Hüsker Dü songs at ATP & the Sounds announce First Avenue date.

July 15, 2009: The 757s & Meat Puppets

Meat Puppets photos, McNally's hip hop diploma program & local album reviews.

July 2, 2009: Soul Asylum & Gospel Gossip

Matt and Kim announce Triple Rock gig, MPR interviews Dave Pirner & photos of P.O.S. in the UK.

Basilica Block Party announces set times

Start planning for next weekend's big block party.

Jayhawks flock together to rock Basilica block party

Summer Guide: Events

Gimme News Weekly Wrap-Up: March 27-April 2

Jayhawks reunite for Basilica Block Party, Rock the Garden line-up announced & next week's best new releases.

April 2, 2009: Bloc Party & Atmosphere

Prince sales numbers, Bloc Party re-schedules First Avenue date & Black Blondie reviewed.

7th St. Entry hosts screening party for Hold Steady live DVD

Head down to the Entry Monday for an exclusive screening of "A Positive Rage."

The Jayhawks to reunite at the Basilica Block Party

The Jayhawks will play their first full-blown Minneapolis reunion show on July 10.

The Hot Dish Preview: 7/4/08

Dumb Ambition

The slick power pop of the Wannabe Hasbeens

117 Is The Magic Number

St. Paul cheesecake baker Muddy Paws aims for world supremacy, one flavor at a time

Paint by Numbers

An alternative art party in northeast Minneapolis? Must be a rave.

Live Fest, Die Young

Celebrating the Fourth with the wild, the innocent, and the impeccably attired

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