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Prince & Bon Iver visit Blue Ivy Carter on Saturday Night Live

Justin "Vernon" Timberlake.​Call this the skit from this weekend's Saturday Night Live that they expected would end up on the blogs. In it, the power couple of Beyonce and Jay-Z are receiving guests to visit their newborn Blue Ivy Carter. Portrayed by various members of the cast, LL Cool J, Nicki ... More >>

Beyoncé's 'Party' video stars Minnesotan designers Coco & Breezy

Screen grab via LOL/OMG​Ok, so no one can ever really star in a Beyoncé video besides Beyoncé herself (even guest J. Cole has to share most of his screentime with the bodacious leading lady), but Minnesotan accessory designers Coco & Breezy, who left Minnesota recently to work it in New York ... More >>

Cards on the table: Four songs for the bipartisan debt showdown

​So this is kind of a weird time to be alive, when the President and the Republican Congressional leaders and the Democratic Congressional leaders are doing these press-conference showdowns where each faction is offer gentile smack-talk about the other factions, apparently en route to achieving a ... More >>

Beyoncé plays a sexy, gyrating bride in 'Best Thing I Never Had'

​Beyoncé just dropped a new video for power ballad "Best Thing I Never Had," which amazingly starts with a commercial for Beyoncé before proceeding into a music video about Beyoncé, and it was enough to scrape any remaining traces of disappointment from my brain lingering from Wednesday night's ... More >>

Adele will make up missed First Ave gig at the Xcel

​Talk about an upgrade. After postponing two separate appearances at First Avenue's Mainroom last month due to a bout of laryngitis that has kept her off the road for weeks, Adele has announced a make-up date for the Twin Cities: But rather than returning to honor her gig in the 1,800-capacity Mai ... More >>

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​Talk about an upgrade. After postponing two separate appearances at First Avenue's Mainroom last month due to a bout of laryngitis that has kept her off the road for weeks, Adele has announced a make-up date for the Twin Cities: But rather than returning to honor her gig in the 1,800-capacity Mai ... More >>

Kanye West & friends send out their best Christmas wishes

​And just like that, Kanye West's long, strange art-rap journey of a year winds down with a Christmas posse cut, of all things - a Christmas posse cut that leaks, then is hoisted for sale on iTunes, then is issued as the final, long-delayed piece of the canny/self-aggrandizing G.O.O.D. Fridays puz ... More >>

Beyonce's perfume commercial: Too hot for TV?

​We begin at the base of a perfume bottle, its diamond-cut girth giving way to a more cylindrical, skyscraper-like shape, a deep cognac-red yielding to light-beer amber; suddenly, just like that, we're contemplating the bottle's top. A feminine hand removes it, uncorking the bottle and triggering ... More >>

Beyonce Knowles is (probably) pregnant

​Those of you who were wondering if and when Beyonce Knowles and Jay-Z would ever pull a J.Lo/Marc Anthony and collaborate on a full-length album? You folks can keep right on wondering about that while the rest of us figure out how to digest the (alleged) news that the first couple of urban pop ar ... More >>

Kanye West's top three recent leaks

​In case you've been living inside of a Louis Vuitton handbag, Kanye West is kind of back. In a big way. As in, making himself totally unavoidable. Everywhere you turn, there he is again: popping up as an animated character on The Cleveland Show, closing out the Video Music Awards in the most bomb ... More >>

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​In case you've been living inside of a Louis Vuitton handbag, Kanye West is kind of back. In a big way. As in, making himself totally unavoidable. Everywhere you turn, there he is again: popping up as an animated character on The Cleveland Show, closing out the Video Music Awards in the most bomb ... More >>

The Songs We Can't Escape

​In case you've been living inside of a Louis Vuitton handbag, Kanye West is kind of back. In a big way. As in, making himself totally unavoidable. Everywhere you turn, there he is again: popping up as an animated character on The Cleveland Show, closing out the Video Music Awards in the most bomb ... More >>

Beyonce hires Fox 9 anchor and local artist Robyne Robinson to create custom jewelry

The queen of pop must have excellent taste in jewelry.

Lady Gaga to descend on St. Paul August 30

Gaga announces a 31-date tour.

Grammy nominations: Do we care?

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

Mashups of the Week: Spice Girls & "Fleetwood Mashed"

"Fleetwood Mashed," team9, Oasis vs. Beyonce, and the unfortunate return of the Spice Girls.

Xcel rate hike won't pay for fancy trips, Beyonce concert tix

If your electricity bill went up, you'd like to assume it is because it costs more to create the same amount of power than it did the year before. Not so.

Gimme News Weekly Wrap-Up: July 17-23

Beyonce thrills at the Target Center, Mark Mallman releases new music video & next week's best new releases.

Beyonce at the Target Center: She said

At one point Beyonce somersaulted over the audience in a trapeze before being lowered onto a stage in the center of the room. Spectacle!

Beyonce at the Target Center: He said

Excuse me. I seem to have had something stuck in my eye for the last 3 hours.

Shahs!

10 of you were there. This means that 658,990 of you missed one of the most spellbinding local shows in weeks.

July 16, 2009: P.O.S. & Toki Wright

Dan Auerbach, the Mountain Goats and Final Fantasy announce TC dates & P.O.S. releases new video.

BEYONCE TONIGHT OMG!

Yeah, we're a little excited for tonight's show.

Free Energy tonight at Triple Rock

The prodigal sons return-- ex-Hockey Night members come back with a new label and a new sound.

Beyoncé

The prodigal sons return-- ex-Hockey Night members come back with a new label and a new sound.

Beyoncé, Old 97's, Sonic Youth, and more

The prodigal sons return-- ex-Hockey Night members come back with a new label and a new sound.

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The Songs We Can't Escape

T-Wolves so awful, you'll be more entertained by the fans

So you're sitting in the torture chamber that is the Target Center. How do you make the time fly by? Check out the weirdos and hotties sitting in the seats.

Katy Perry

So you're sitting in the torture chamber that is the Target Center. How do you make the time fly by? Check out the weirdos and hotties sitting in the seats.

The Dance of Beyonce and Crunch

If you like Crunch then you better put a ring on him...

Too Much Love seeks to slay you this V-Day (singles friendly!)

TML says you can take your excess love and shove it. It's time to burn up the dancefloor.

CP in D.C.: A diary from the Obama inauguration

Emily Kaiser heads to D.C. to experience firsthand one of the most historic events in recent memory

D.C. Day Two: Celebrities love America, concert style

Inaugural Bike Valet

Minnesota Mixtape 2008

Every year I make mix CDs of my favorite tracks, with one song per artist per disc. Here's the '08 edition, local and national. It's all from 2008 unless otherwise specified, but there are a few oldies. At the bottom are my year-end lists, because I know you needed more of those. Happy holidays! MN ... More >>

The Songs We Can't Escape

Every year I make mix CDs of my favorite tracks, with one song per artist per disc. Here's the '08 edition, local and national. It's all from 2008 unless otherwise specified, but there are a few oldies. At the bottom are my year-end lists, because I know you needed more of those. Happy holidays! MN ... More >>

Ballet of the Dolls: Nutcracker?! (not so) Suite

Every year I make mix CDs of my favorite tracks, with one song per artist per disc. Here's the '08 edition, local and national. It's all from 2008 unless otherwise specified, but there are a few oldies. At the bottom are my year-end lists, because I know you needed more of those. Happy holidays! MN ... More >>

The 757s

Every year I make mix CDs of my favorite tracks, with one song per artist per disc. Here's the '08 edition, local and national. It's all from 2008 unless otherwise specified, but there are a few oldies. At the bottom are my year-end lists, because I know you needed more of those. Happy holidays! MN ... More >>

Breakfast of Champions: 12/12

Every year I make mix CDs of my favorite tracks, with one song per artist per disc. Here's the '08 edition, local and national. It's all from 2008 unless otherwise specified, but there are a few oldies. At the bottom are my year-end lists, because I know you needed more of those. Happy holidays! MN ... More >>

I'm Givin' You a Beyonce-gasm

Every year I make mix CDs of my favorite tracks, with one song per artist per disc. Here's the '08 edition, local and national. It's all from 2008 unless otherwise specified, but there are a few oldies. At the bottom are my year-end lists, because I know you needed more of those. Happy holidays! MN ... More >>

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The songs we can't escape

La Sista: Majestad Negroide

The songs we can't escape

CSS: Cansei De Ser Sexy

The songs we can't escape

Beyoncé, "Check on Me"; T-Pain, "I'm N Luv (Wit a Stripper)"

The songs we can't escape

The bad and the ugly

The songs we can't escape

Celebrities Falling Down: Video Edition

The songs we can't escape

I Was a Teenage Rock Star

The songs we can't escape

Super Furry Animals: Phantom Power

The songs we can't escape

Artists Of The Year

From escapist entertainment to aesthetic ecstasy: Twenty-nine writers script valentines to twelve months of culture