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Cheap Trick

  • Blogs

    March 26, 2012

    Aerosmith's Global Warming tour launches in Minneapolis

    ​Aerosmith will begin its 18-date summer tour this June at Target Center. Dubbed the Global Warming tour, the seminal Boston band will bring Cheap Trick along for the North American dates that carry between mid-June and early August."The old Aerosmith is back with a new vengeance and we will kick ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 7, 2012

    Stillwater doesn't want another Lumberjack Days fiasco

    ​It sounds like Stillwater is still recovering from a Lumberjack Days hangover. At a City Council meeting Tuesday, local businessmen proposed an alternative to the now-defunct summer Lumberjack Days festival, which would be called "Stillwater River Days." But amid still-pending investigations in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 1, 2012

    Hackensaw Boys to play the Cabooze tonight

    ​A band that has over the years collaborated with folks who'd later appear in Old Crow Medicine Show and Modest Mouse, and has also backed the late Charlie Louvin on a nationwide tour, tonight the excellent Hackensaw Boys will be appearing at the Cabooze in Minneapolis.

  • Blogs

    February 22, 2012

    Stillwater's Lumberjack Days terminated by City Council

    The most anticipated Lumberjack-themed event in Minnesota has been cancelled. That's right: Lumberjack Days, the annual Stillwater tradition that has hosted bands like Lynyrd Skynyrd, Cheap Trick, and Smash Mouth over the years, was terminated by a unanimous City Council vote Tuesday. According ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2011

    Top 10 sibling acts in country music history

    ​On this day in country music history - July 14, 1973 - Phil Everly threw a dang old fit, smashing his guitar after performing the song, "('Till) I Kissed You" and walking off the stage, effectively breaking up the Everly Brothers while performing at Buena Park, California's Knott's Berry Farm ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2011

    Charlie Louvin, country legend, passes at 83

    ​Consider the Everly Brothers, consider the Delmores and of course, the Louvins; it seems near impossible to replicate the hauntingly close vocal harmonies of sibling singing duos. In this respect, and with consideration of their skin-prickling Baptist-influenced songs warning against the si ... More >>

  • Music

    August 18, 2010

    Autolux, Blondie, Nordeast Music Festival, and more

    ​Consider the Everly Brothers, consider the Delmores and of course, the Louvins; it seems near impossible to replicate the hauntingly close vocal harmonies of sibling singing duos. In this respect, and with consideration of their skin-prickling Baptist-influenced songs warning against the si ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 11, 2010

    Cheap Trick, Blondie

    ​Consider the Everly Brothers, consider the Delmores and of course, the Louvins; it seems near impossible to replicate the hauntingly close vocal harmonies of sibling singing duos. In this respect, and with consideration of their skin-prickling Baptist-influenced songs warning against the si ... More >>

  • Music

    June 30, 2010

    Tad Kubler on Hold Steady's home

    Do they claim Minnesota or Brooklyn?

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2010

    Visqueen and the Softrocks rock rock rock the Triple Rock

    Tigger Lunney​Here's what you don't know about Seattle's Visqueen: Their pedigree is as storied as anyone in their hometown, which, like the Twin Cities, still feels like a creative boiler where everyone knows each other no matter how big they've gotten. In the nearly ten years of Visqueen's ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 31, 2010

    First Avenue adds a restaurant, revamps its VIP Room for 40th annivesary

    A preview of Greg Gossel's mural in First Ave's Record Room​First Avenue turns 40 years old this weekend, and over the years it has undergone plenty of changes and faced numerous challenges--outside competition, a changing music economy, change of owners, and the evolving face of downtown Minneapo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 20, 2009

    Def Leppard cancels fall tour

    After a death in a member's family, Def Leppard regretfully canceled their November 6th show at the Xcel Energy Center, along with all their fall U.S. dates.

  • Calendar

    July 15, 2009

    Rock Fest

    After a death in a member's family, Def Leppard regretfully canceled their November 6th show at the Xcel Energy Center, along with all their fall U.S. dates.

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2009

    Tinted Windows announce their spring debut

    90s nostalgists take heart: Hanson and Smashing Pumpkins at last find an excuse to collaborate.

  • Calendar

    March 5, 2008

    Holmes Brothers

    90s nostalgists take heart: Hanson and Smashing Pumpkins at last find an excuse to collaborate.

  • Music

    July 18, 2007

    Kwang: For What It's Worth

    90s nostalgists take heart: Hanson and Smashing Pumpkins at last find an excuse to collaborate.

  • Unknown

    May 16, 2007

    Here are the week's best releases from the pop culture universe

    90s nostalgists take heart: Hanson and Smashing Pumpkins at last find an excuse to collaborate.

  • Music

    November 15, 2006

    The Slats: Boom Patrol

    90s nostalgists take heart: Hanson and Smashing Pumpkins at last find an excuse to collaborate.

  • Blogs

    October 22, 2006

    R.I.P. Runaways drummer Sandy West

    90s nostalgists take heart: Hanson and Smashing Pumpkins at last find an excuse to collaborate.

  • News

    December 14, 2005

    Local Music Yearbook '05

    Rappers were hot. Smokers were cold. Rockers were on Myspace. And sometime after the last Katrina benefit, we wrote it all down for you.

  • Blogs

    October 12, 2005

    It's good to see you back in a bar band, baby

    Rappers were hot. Smokers were cold. Rockers were on Myspace. And sometime after the last Katrina benefit, we wrote it all down for you.

  • Columns

    July 6, 2005

    The Autograph Man

    What ever happened to Buddy Holly's fishing license?

  • Music

    February 23, 2005

    The Critic has Left the Building--Oops, She's Back, She Forgot her Keys

    Random Minnesota memories and a reluctant farewell

  • Columns

    August 4, 2004

    The Boston Tea Ceremony

    Kerry's gambit: If you can't say anything nice

  • News

    December 17, 2003

    The Soundtrack of Our Lives

    The Best Albums in the World Ever!! Okay, Maybe Just in This Town, Circa 2003

  • Music

    July 23, 2003

    Rock Bottom

    After grieving over a friend's suicide, Toys That Kill kick some life back into punk

  • Arts

    January 8, 2003

    The Year In Film

    Three movie critics pick 21 favorites (and only one in common) from 2002.

  • Music

    September 4, 2002

    The Rakes' Progress

    A local band doesn't need debauchery to be rock 'n' roll

  • Music

    July 4, 2001

    Ted Leo/Pharmacists: The Tyranny of Distance

    A local band doesn't need debauchery to be rock 'n' roll

  • Music

    March 7, 2001

    Spend the Surplus

    Savor the superfluity of Flipp and DJ Boogie

  • Music

    August 16, 2000

    The Glands: The Glands

    Savor the superfluity of Flipp and DJ Boogie

  • News

    July 26, 2000

    The Heart of the Heartland

    Aquatennial hits Minneapolis where we live

  • Arts

    September 22, 1999

    You're Not Invited

    Secret shows. Corporate gigs. Blind Dates. Why is it becoming harder for the public to get a piece of the rock?

  • Music

    August 25, 1999

    Sound Check

    Secret shows. Corporate gigs. Blind Dates. Why is it becoming harder for the public to get a piece of the rock?

  • Music

    March 10, 1999

    Fantasma Remixes and Cornelius

    Secret shows. Corporate gigs. Blind Dates. Why is it becoming harder for the public to get a piece of the rock?

  • Arts

    November 4, 1998

    From Flannel to Glitter

    Yanni rocks the keyboards--and other odd tales from the Twin Cities' glam-rock scene

  • Music

    July 29, 1998

    The Red Telephone: The Red Telephone

    Yanni rocks the keyboards--and other odd tales from the Twin Cities' glam-rock scene

  • News

    June 10, 1998

    Band Stand

    35 concerts to soundtrack your summer.

  • Movies

    April 8, 1998

    Manufacturing Comedy

    Cheap tricks and free advertising: Phil Knight and Michael Moore in The Big One.

  • News

    July 23, 1997

    The Bar at the Edge of the World

    Four years ago Lee's Liquor Lounge was just another dying neighborhood bar. Then this guy Nate calls the owner, Louie, and the place turns into--well, no one is quite sure what. But there's nowhere else like it.

  • Music

    June 11, 1997

    Love Thang

    The Cutest Band in America?: Boston's Papas Fritas

  • Music

    April 16, 1997

    Benefits & Gigs

    The Cutest Band in America?: Boston's Papas Fritas

  • Movies

    March 6, 1996

    Class of '81

    The Cutest Band in America?: Boston's Papas Fritas

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