Chris Osgood

Love is the Law Concert with the Suburbs, 5/14/13

Love is the Law ConcertWith the Suburbs, Gay Men's Chorus, Jack Brass Band, P.O.S., Zoo Animal, and Hookers $ BlowEcolab Plaza, St. PaulTuesday, May 14, 2013"Life is like a summer's evening," a lyric from the Suburbs' Tuesday performance proved to the second-most memorable statement of the night. Af ... More >>

Soul Asylum's Dave Pirner on jazz, Slim Dunlap, and Bill O'Reilly

See Also:*Cover Story: Soul Asylum's Dave Pirner on Delayed Reaction and all that jazz*Soul Asylum: Promo Photos and Outtakes*Soul Asylum's Dan Murphy thinks the band is making the best music it's ever made--and wonders if it's worth it anymoreDave Pirner has happily been a New Orleans resident for ... More >>

Top 20 best Minnesota musicians: The complete list

​Related:Minneapolis music scene named second-best in the U.S.Minnesotans need to remember to exhale sometimes -- especially fresh on the heels of being ranked as the number two music scene in the country. Shouldn't it be enough to simply enjoy a rich history of quality musicians blossoming from f ... More >>

Top 20 best Minnesota musicians: #20-11

​Minnesotans need to remember to exhale sometimes -- especially fresh on the heels of being ranked as the number two music scene in the country. Shouldn't it be enough to simply enjoy a rich history of quality musicians blossoming from fertile local soil? For those times that worrying that people ... More >>

The Current's 7th birthday party at First Avenue, 1/28/12

​The Current's 7th Birthday Party, Day 2With Polica, Suicide Commandos, Sims, and Haley BonarFirst Avenue, MinneapolisSaturday, January 28, 2012View a slideshow from the concert here and coverage of night one here.Was it arrogant of the Current to think that a two-night birthday was appropriate? W ... More >>

Minnesota History Center's '9 Nights of Music' canceled tonight, Mill City Live in limbo due to government shutdown

​The effects of the government's failure are still rolling out this week, as Governor Mark Dayton and the GOP continue their contentious budget negotiations today and Minnesota enters its fourth day of statewide shutdown. The Minnesota History Center has announced that tonight's "9 Nights of Music ... More >>

Mill City Live will showcase 'Minnesota Legends' for 2011 season

​The Mill City Live series, which presents bands in the stunning setting of the Mill City Ruin, is getting ready to kick off its first event of 2011 next Thursday, July 7. This season, Mill City invited guest curator Jim Walsh to help them book a lineup of "Minnesota Legends" that span five decade ... More >>

The Suburbs and the Suicide Commandos at First Avenue, 11/19/10

​You can't talk about the history of the Minnesota music scene without both The Suburbs and The Suicide Commandos coming up within mere minutes. Bands from here made it big before and after them, but they represent the beginning of Minneapolis's "Golden Age" and Friday night -- the first of a two- ... More >>

The Minnesota State Fair deep fries The Week in Food.

Nikki MillerFire on a stick is good. Deep-fried candy bars on a stick are better. ​The Great Minnesota Get Together returns this week, and with everyone stretching their stomachs, digging out their fat pants, and shotgunning 2% in preparation for the all-the-milk-you-can-drink stand, it's hard to ... More >>

The Current prepping all-local playlist for Saturday

​The Current is preparing for a 24-block of all-local music this Saturday, May 15 from midnight to midnight, which they are dubbing "Minnesota Music Day." The station will present three separate specialty shows with all-local programming in addition to inviting hosts Bill DeVille, Mac Wilson, Stev ... More >>

Suburbs guitarist Bruce C. Allen dead at 54

Allen will be missed by many in the local community.

RT Rybak declares Saturday "Suicide Commandos Day"

How will you celebrate?

Suicide Commandos

The Popstream: The Suicide Commandos, "Burn It Down"

A little something to remind us why Minnesota shouldn't be a national laughingstock.

Wild acquire Marc-Andre Bergeron from Ducks for third round pick

David Campbell: Mr. Blue Sky

MN Rock and Country Hall of Fame tonight and tomorrow

Mn SAT Answers and Winners

MN SAT

The great Minnesota brain freeze: 82 chances to cheat with Google and win valuable prizes!

The Minnesota Music Awards at First Avenue

Family Man

Karl Mueller, 1963-2005

Family Man

Three Tracks, Echo, and a Bunch of Hungry Teenagers

A short tour of some of the Twin Cities' historic recording studios

Minnesota's Fifty Greatest Hits

The greatest Minnesota-made records of all time

Going Mobile

How cruising the western suburbs can lead to a great rock band, and other secrets from a Jeep tour of the Twin Cities with the Hold Steady's Craig Finn

Wide World of Whine

Controversial documentary 'Mondovino' just might drive you to drink

First Love

The legendary bands. The terrifying toilets. An oral history that goes so far behind the music it will leave you at a gun range beneath the stage.

Suburban Renewal

Or more to the point, who are the Suburbs?

Young Spuds in a Longhorn Daze

The Suburbs, the Replacements, Soul Asylum--Twin/Tone Records

Minneapolis label's proprietor, Paul Stark, is making a play for the future

Open 'Til Close

D'Or to Door: Punk pioneer Terry Katzman and Garage D'Or Records prepare to relocate after more than a decade on Nicollet Avenue.

All Shook Down

Shhh: Alabama transplant Marlee MacLeod's laments in major keys kicked off Noiseless '98.

Suicide Notes