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Twin Cities New Year's Eve live music guide to good decisions

Ah, New Year's Eve. The biggest party night of the year -- and arguably the biggest headache. So many spots, so little time. Planning your NYE is on the same level as devising a tactical strategy for tax evasion or creating a really sick Halloween costume. How can you guarantee you won't end up in s ... More >>

Best Twin Cities concerts 2012: Staff lists

Here are the raw lists from many of City Pages' contributing writers and photograghers for the finest shows they attended this year. Hint: It's all over the place!See Also:Best Twin Cities concerts 201250 Awesome Concert Photos from 2012Best Twin Cities songs 2012: Staff lists Best Twin Cities album ... More >>

Twin Cities musicians on Christmas music at its best and worst

Each December, you can bet your bough of holly that if a retail space has a PA system, it will pause its cheaply licensed Muzak in favor of Christmas' more expensive, but consumer-enabling, catalogue. Radio stations will cease regular programming for weeks, often witnessing an increase in listenersh ... More >>

Weekend Checklist: Bruce Springsteen, Communist Daughter, Actual Wolf

Election season is over...and so is this week! First Avenue is hosting Pert Near Sandstone this Friday in the Mainroom while Picked to Click finalist, Actual Wolf plays a set at the Harriet Brewing Company. Communist Daughter takes a brief stop from their tour to play a show at the Amsterdam, Saturd ... More >>

Gaslight Anthem's Brian Fallon: You can't write a record for radio

Punk rock outfit the Gaslight Anthem has been around for half a decade, and in that time, they've churned out three full-length records, earning them a cult following and some pretty big-name fans (you can count Bruce Springsteen), but not a whole lot of radio air. Now, with the band's fourth LP, Ha ... More >>

Where We're Born at Nimbus Theatre

Characters trapped in a Springsteen song

Dream Crusher leads Concert to Defeat the Marriage Amendment lineup

​A stellar group of local musicians have put together a show at Hell's Kitchen on March 30 to help raise money and awareness for Minnesotans United For All Families, a wide-ranging alliance of community and business leaders throughout the state who are working to defeat an amendment on the bal ... More >>

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Frank Turner & the Sleeping Souls

Pawlenty books Playboy-endorsed folk-rockers, Auto-Tuned Christians for Ames Straw Poll

SONICFLOOd: Probably not Pawlenty's first choice for Ames.​Tim Pawlenty has booked two musical acts for the Republican Straw Poll in Ames next weekend: The Nadas and SONICFLOOd. As you might guess, his choices aren't exactly about the music. Otherwise he'd have probably booked Lady Gaga and B ... More >>

Clarence Clemons suffers stroke

​Clarence Clemons, the spirited saxophonist who has held down a prominent spot in Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band since the early '70s, has suffered a stroke. The AP is reporting that someone close to Clemons confirmed the stroke but currently does not have any additional information about Clemo ... More >>

Jon Stewart dominates O'Reilly in debate over Common's White House appearance

Jon Stewart says to himself: "Wow."​This past week, the White House "came under fire" - another word for the national conversation being dominated by our very loud conservative media, led by the Fox News machine - for inviting the world's least-controversial (oftentimes boring!) rapper, Common, to ... More >>

Eight songs for Earth Day

​What is it about environmentalism that ruins songwriters' abilities to express themselves subtly and poetically? There are some cheesy-ass Earth Day songs out there. Luckily, none of them made it onto this list. In honor of Earth Day, here's a list of some songs that remind us to be kind to ... More >>

Twins and Timberwolves players pick their entrance music: What's yours?

A few personal favorites herein.

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The Swell Season at First Avenue, 07/25/10

Photos by Tony Nelson​The Swell SeasonJuly 25, 2010First AvenueThe Swell Season, still buoyed by their Oscar win for Best Original Song in 2008 and the success of their recent album Strict Joy, have played the Hollywood Bowl and Radio City Music Hall in 2010, selling out both of the venerable (and ... More >>

Max Weinberg Big Band

Five for February: Country acts comin' our way

Nepotism and lady beer guts: three acts to see if you've got nothin' better goin', and two not to miss.

Rosanne Cash

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Gaslight Anthem, Lookbook, Tapes 'n Tapes, and more

Willie's Guitars celebrates 20th anniversary with special guests

Members of Los Lobos, Joe Ely, Phil Solem, and Mayor Chris Coleman turned out for the event.

The Songs We Can't Escape

Gospel Gossip tonight in Loring Park

The former Picked to Click finalists play a free show tonight before a screening of Cool Hand Luke.

May 13, 2009: The Boss & Muzzle of Bees

Summer Music and Movie series announced & Bob Dylan and Sick of Sarah release new music videos.

TweeCap: Living vicariously through Twitter's Springsteen fans

A tweet-by-tweet replay of Monday night's performance by the Boss.

Prince to release three CDs through Target

A trio of new albums, two of his own and one by protege Bria Valente, will be released March 29.

The Songs We Can't Escape

Matthew Ryan

John Swardson: Working-class hero

His manly but sensitive songs remind some of Bruce Springsteen

Shapiro & Smith Dance: Next Step

My Top 20 music videos of all time

What's $elling

Top Ten Albums This Week at Down in the Valley

Breakfast of Champions: 11/6

WHAT'$ $ELLING

Top Ten Movers This Week at the Electric Fetus

Sagebrush & Spaghetti

The Man with the Golden Ears

John Hammond had impeccable taste in music—and rarely hesitated to say so

6/26: Morning Communique

An Interview with John Fogerty

Guess your present: Music edition

Dance with me

Clem Snide: End of Love

Cities 527

Rock gets rolled into federal campaign guidelines

Brand New Heavies

Surf rock, metal, and shoulder-length hair: First Avenue's class of 2003

Greatest Hits, 2002

Hit That Perfect Phrase Boy

Austin City Unlimited

Artists Of The Year

Working for the Man This season, television rediscovers the proletariat.

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