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Top 10 must-see Minnesota music videos this week

Local Frames is a weekly column spotlighting the best new music videos featuring musicians and directors with Minnesota ties. This week we lead off with another uplifting video from inspirational signer/songwriter Zach Sobiech. "Sandcastles" is a collaborative duet with Sammy Brown that only adds t ... More >>

Gotye gushes about Prince, Katy Perry jabs Bon Iver at 2013 Grammys

Aside from an actual victory by the Minnesota-based Okee Dokee Brothers, the 2013 Grammys had a few other moments to amuse Midwestern music fans. The main one, of course, was an appearance by Prince. For those who didn't watch the entire, dragging mess of a hashtag-obsessed show hosted by LL Cool J, ... More >>

Twin Cities Year in Music 2012

From P.O.S. to Prince to Polica, 2012 was a golden year in Minnesota music

Local Frames: New videos from Mike Mictlan, Lucy Michelle & the Velvet Lapelles, Brother Ali, and more

As the Twin Cities music scene grows, more and more artists are creating music that demands our attention. Combine the music with talented filmmakers locally and beyond, and you have a fruitful mix of distinct skills that generates more locally connected music videos than ever before. While it's im ... More >>

Marijuana Deathsquads' Tamper. Disable. Destroy. mixtape is here! (Download)

See Also:Slideshow: Totally Gross National Party 2012Marijuana Deathsquads releasing new mixtape at 3rd annual Totally Gross National PartyMarijuana Deathsquads "Pink Dust/Sex Accident" video (PREMIERE)Producer extraordinaire Ryan Olson's Marijuana Deathsquads is a crew of pals with mics and laptops ... More >>

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Bon Iver announces remix contest

See Also:Bon Iver erotic fan fiction hits TumblrBon Iver's Justin Vernon designs shoe for KeepBon Iver at the Orpheum Theatre, 09/06/11Bon Iver's richly evocative, Grammy-winning album, Bon Iver, Bon Iver, was a bit of a divisive release in certain music circles. But no matter how you feel about the ... More >>

Bon Iver book Radio City Music Hall residency, unveil Bjork cover

Bon Iver have been on quite a never-ending trek since they played the Orpheum Theatre back in September. And Justin Vernon and company are definitely a different band now -- at least in terms of public perception and recognition. Long-time supporters won't be surprised that their Grammy-winning mate ... More >>

Bass Drum of Death, Destroyer, Kelly Rowland, and more

Bon Iver's Justin Vernon designs shoe for Keep

Unlike Justin Vernon's collaborator Kanye West's $350 (and rare as all hell) Air Yeezy 2, the Bon Iver signature shoe is a more-affordable one. Say hello to the fishbone-emblazoned "The Ramos," developed for Los Angeles-based shoe company Keep. Your cats will love the salmon hue!Following an Animal ... More >>

Feist takes Twitter questions, talks Red Rocks and Bon Iver ahead of her show at the Zoo

The music of Leslie Feist is expansive. For a woman whose unique alt-pop vocals exploded into the music world with 2007's The Reminder (and, consequently, the worldwide domination of her hit single "1234"), Feist holds no allegiance to a concrete formula of songwriting. After a four-year hiatus, ... More >>

Q&A: Feist on a Bon Iver softball rivalry, honoring Jim Henson, and Feistodon

The "1234" singer speaks ahead of Minnesota Zoo show

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Bon Iver's Sean Carey on Hoyas and why he didn't get a Grammy

Related:Bon Iver's Justin Vernon and Astronautalis form band, record albumBon Iver wins two Grammys, and "Bonny Bear" is bornSean Carey has been a key component of Bon Iver's live presence for years. In addition to being the drummer and backing vocalist for Justin Vernon's band, the Eau Claire-based ... More >>

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 >>

Polica's "Amongster" video depicts sex in the woods

​No question about it: This has definitely been Polica's week. The quartet already had a buzz going for it like no one else in the Twin Cities, and then they sold out the First Avenue Mainroom for their Give You the Ghost release party and, the following day, were featured on the cover of our very ... More >>

Bon Iver "kind of said 'f*ck you' a little bit" to the Grammys

​The real reason that Bon Iver won't be performing during the Grammy Awards on February 12 has nothing to do with an ugly poster and a dusty promotional commercial. According to newly announced Sasquatch headliner and this weekend's Saturday Night Live musical guest Justin Vernon, the communicatio ... More >>

The Bon Iver Grammys commercial is not in Kansas anymore

​Add another annoying item to the list of things Justin Vernon had nothing to do with leading up to the February 12 Grammy Awards. First, there was this treacherous ice sculpture of a poster, and now there's a 30-second ad trumpeting Bon Iver's involvement the We Are Music campaign yet again, feat ... More >>

Cocktail history, Art Shanty Project: Freeloader Friday

​ Despite the cold, this weekend is filled with tons of free stuff to do. For example, after taking a year off the Art Shanty Project is returning to Medicine Lake with shanties offering fashion, live music, sports, family activities, and more each Saturday and Sunday through early February. Looki ... More >>

Radiohead, The Black Keys, Dr. Dre & Snoop Dogg to headline Coachella

​After quite a bit of speculation (and many customary fake announcements), the lineup for the Coachella Music and Arts Festival was released yesterday, with the Black Keys, Radiohead, and Dr. Dre & Snoop Dogg serving as the headliners. The massive music festival, held each spring on the Emp ... More >>

Adele helps U.S. album sales increase for the first time since 2004

​Who knew that Adele would be the (temporary) savior of the music industry? Buoyed by the 5.82 million copies of Adele's 21 sold in America this past year, album sales for 2011 in the U.S. rose for the first time since 2004. While physical CD sales fell six percent during the year, a huge incre ... More >>

Twin Cities Year in Music 2011

Howler, Astronautalis, Pink Mink, and more

Megafaun, Doug Paisley

The Rosebuds' Kelly Crisp on the new record, 'Loud Planes Fly Low'

Courtesy of The Rosebuds​Since 2003, North Carolina's the Rosebuds have traveled through a wide variety of sounds over five full-length albums. The duo and their rotating cast of backing musicians got started after Ivan Howard and Kelly Crisp married, and shortly thereafter, indie powerhouse l ... More >>

Watch: Girl Talk whips the crowd into a frenzy at Iowa's 80/35 Festival

This past weekend, the 80/35 Music Festival brought headlining acts like Girl Talk, Yelawolf, and Okkervil River to Des Moines, Iowa for two days of fun in the sun. If you missed the fest, we have photos of some of the headliners along with locals Pink Mink in our 80/35 slideshow, and today we are a ... More >>

Mint Condition perform "Walk On" for Jimmy Fallon

​Bon Iver may be invading every inch of our Twitter feed right now, but Justin Vernon and his band weren't the only area artists to appear on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon this week. On Monday night, Minneapolis-based R&B group Mint Condition brought their smooth jams and dapper fashion sense t ... More >>

Justin Vernon covers Bonnie Raitt, gets interviewed by Jimmy Fallon

Photo by D.L. Anderson​It's not often that Jimmy Fallon invites his musical guest to sit down for an interview prior to their performance on his late-night show, but the fact that he brought on Bon Iver's Justin Vernon to do just that is even more proof of how massive the release of his sophomore ... More >>

Gayngs at Coachella, Nikki Sixx phones it in at the Fitz, and more notes from the weekend

Photos by Denis Jeong Plaster​April is continuing to roar by us at a steady clip, and this past weekend our local scene was so bustling that we had to export some of our musicians out to Indio, California before the whole town overflowed.

Bon Iver set to release new record in June

Photo by Ben ClarkJustin Vernon performing with DeYarmond Edison at SXSW​Justin Vernon has kept mostly quiet about his next Bon Iver record until this week, focusing his energy on his side projects (Gayngs, the recent DeYarmond Edison reunion), and -- oh yeah, collaborating with one of the most fa ... More >>

Volcano Choir announces rare Twin Cities show

​Let's face it: Justin Vernon is a busy guy. In addition to laying down the tracks for his new Bon Iver record, he's also recently spent some time chilling with Kanye and helping him record his 2010 smash, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, brought his side project, Volcano Choir, to Japan for a t ... More >>

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Justin Vernon of Bon Iver on Kanye West

​Quite a few revelations abound in this fascinating in-depth report on the vibe in Kanye West's Hawaii studio during the creation of his just-released My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. Seriously. We can't stop chuckling about the rules Ye tacked up on the studio walls, including "No Tweeting" and ... More >>

Kanye West flips Bon Iver's 'Woods' into modern classic of epic proportions

​Let's not get it twisted. Bon Iver's "Woods" is an amazing, mesmerizing song, a sort of Daft-Punk-gone-acapella existentialist mediation on loneliness and self-doubt that deftly exploits repetition and Autotune to make a gothic, isolationist point about how every man is, ultimately, an island.

Gayngs go acoustic with 'Eye in the Sky'

​Perhaps as a fuck-you to the blogs who decried their George Michael cover as uninspired and overtly ironic, or perhaps just as another display of the overwhelming talent of its collaborators, Gayngs dropped a new (in every sense of the word) video of four of its members covering the Alan Parsons ... More >>

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Kanye West calls in Bon Iver: Hawaii 5-OMG

image by: Matt Bardins​"I called [Vernon] and we ended up becoming like really good friends, playing basketball together everyday, and going into the back studio and just record his parts," West told Rolling Stone. "He's similar to me, like where he just does shit just so people would be like, ... More >>

Gayngs, "The Last Prom on Earth" exclusive

Photo by Graham TolbertGayng-leader Ryan Olson​Ladies and gentleman, welcome to Gayngs week. Surely, by now, you've heard about the 24-person collaboration that is Gayngs, which comprises producer Ryan Olson with members of Bon Iver, Solid Gold, P.O.S, Lookbook, Megafaun, the Rosebuds, Leisure Bir ... More >>

Gayngs CD-release show details announced

The supergroup, featuring members of Bon Iver, the Rosebuds, Megafaun, Solid Gold, P.O.S, and many more will take over First Ave on May 14.

Bowerbirds give heartfelt performance at the Varsity

The band's strength truly lies in their subtlety, with melodies often just an afterthought to mood, and those considerable talents were on full display last evening.

Bowerbirds, Megafaun

Feb. 16, 2009: Bonar on Daytrotter & Monotonix

P.O.S. tops Billboard chart, the Hopefuls tour dates, St. Paul Slim on B96 & Haley Bonar records Daytrotter session

Doomtree, Solid Gold, and Vampire Hands deftly dot Minneapolis's music timeline in '08

Crack open our Twin Cities Local Music Yearbook and reminisce on an effed-up year

Picked to Click 2008

Jeff Hanson's third album keeps him moving forward

The low-profile local is prepared to make a splash nationally

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Lightning on the Green: Rock the Garden marries music and art

Mr. Iver, a Moment of Your Time

Scoring an interview with Bon Iver's Justin Vernon is so simple a child could do it

Artists of the Year

We identify the most interesting, influential and inimitable artists of 2007.