Brian Eno

The Walker: Low's set was one of the best Rock the Garden moments ever

The Twin Cities music community needs a jolt every so often, and it came over the weekend via Low's performance at Rock the Garden. In a set defying their more traditional recent material, including this year's fascinating The Invisible Way, the 20-year vets leaned heavily on their slower, contempla ... More >>

Perfume Genius at the Cedar Cultural Center, 4/11/12

Perfume GeniusWith Parenthetical GirlsCedar Cultural Center, MinneapolisWednesday, April 11, 2012Mike Hadreas (Perfume Genius) is a performer who looks considerably anxious to be facing an audience from a stage. And that's because he is. The Seattle-based musician is the first to admit that it's an ... More >>

Critics' Picks: Seun Kuti, Perfume Genius, Cults, and more

Seun Kuti & Egypt 80

Merce Cunningham Dance Company: Farewell Tour

CANT finds common ground between Grizzly Bear and Twin Shadow

​With so many independent labels releasing so much music these days, it's not as easy as it once was to associate the name of a label with a certain aesthetic or rely on a label's name to determine the quality of music being distributed. But for whatever reason, I've found myself returning again a ... More >>

Best National Albums of 2010

​As 2010 winds to a close, many of us here at Gimme Noise have been hard at work drafting up as many lists as humanly possible. Rather than create on unified list of the national albums that we loved this year, we thought it more appropriate to post each of our individual picks for the best albums ... More >>

Best Twin Cities albums of 2010

Dessa, BNLX, Kristoff Krane, and more

13 tangentially magical songs to celebrate Harry Potter's return

​The umpteenth movie in the Harry Potter series is being released today. I love these movies -- other than filling me with a sense of profound jealousy, they're the best movies to cozy up and fall asleep to in the history of ever. Pure fantasy candy, buttressed by an oddly not-terribly-threatening ... More >>

A modest proposal for putting faded pop stars out to pasture

​Phil Collins is marginally famous for being the drummer/singer for Genesis, a UK outfit initially known for immersive prog-rock epics like Trespass and Selling England By The Pound, until they sold out and went commercial. He is slightly more well-known for contributing to Disney film soundtracks ... More >>

Lil Wayne to record whenever "logistically possible" upon release from prison

​Yesterday, Rolling Stone reported that upon his release from Rikers Prison this Thursday, Lil Wayne will record on the private plane flying him home. After that story hit the wires, undisclosed sources filled Gimme Noise in on some of the other transient locations - all of which are presentl ... More >>

Phoenix

Brian Eno celebrated tonight at Kings Wine Bar

Jake Rudh and Steve Seel will co-DJ at tonight's "Music for Restaurants."

New Year's Eve 2010 concert guide

The best of the best music events for December 31.

Eye of the Great Protector

Conversation Piece: Brian Eno and Jon Hassell

Conversation Piece: Brian Eno and Jon Hassell

David Byrne live benefit EP

David Byrne has a wonderful four-song EP for download benefiting Amnesty International highlighted by an amazing live version of My Life in the Bush of Ghosts' "Help Me Somebody," converting a song based on samples to a live vocal jam. There's also a superior version of "One Fine Day," from his stil ... More >>

Batsheva Dance Company: Shalosh (Three)

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.

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 >>

Coldplay

David Byrne

Stereolab and more

Sigur Rós and more

The first three Indiana Jones movies top this week's pop culture picks

No Age: Weirdo Rippers

U2: You Don't Have to Go It Alone mixtape

Audio Rorschach

Askeleton's Knol Tate comments on the soundtrack to his life

Don't Cry For Me, Argentina

Rapping with TV star-turned-underground musician Juana Molina

Mallman on Moog

Brian Eno: Another Day on Earth

Still More MN Faves

Sex, Death, and the Struggle to Stay Awake

Making whoopee at the Jungle and Off-Leash Area

Everything merges with the night

Brian Eno's ambient reissues turn on, tune in, fade out

The Tables Have Turned

Meet Janek Schaefer, master manipulator of the wheels of steel

Fra Lippo Lippi: The Early Years and The Best of Fra Lippo Lippi

Seiichi Yamamoto: Crown of Fuzzy Groove

The Top 40 You've Never Heard Of

Minneapolis hosts a marathon of Avant-Garde music

Rainy Days and Mondays

The Great Depression are like the weather

Weeping In Fits and Starts: Blue Funnel World

All That Glitter Allows

Drop Your Shorts

Bit player: Beth Orton's new EP makes a statement in 24:49.

Ousia: Why Is That a Four?

Portastatic, The Nature of Sap

WORLD MUSIC '96

Record Roundup

Record Roundup

Psychedelic Radio Shack

Born in Louisiana, the Elephant 6 collective herald a new rock underground.

Let's Get Lost

As part of Brian Eno's Passengers, U2 get a chance to escape themselves.