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  • Blogs

    April 19, 2012

    Rush's Clockwork Angels Tour: Minneapolis in September

    Prog rock pioneers Rush head out on the road this year in support of their 20th(!) album, Clockwork Angels. Their North American tour runs between early September and early December, and includes a stop at Target Center in the early going.The song to justify this never-ending touring, recording, and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 12, 2012

    One Direction return to Minnesota on 2013 U.S. tour

    Just so we're all caught up, One Direction is a British boy band. They are an extremely popular British boy band who got a springboard from the talent competition The X-Factor. So popular, in fact, that they can fill New York's Madison Square Garden with little more than a couple of grins from their ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 14, 2012

    Marilyn Manson's U.S. tour dates unveiled, show at the Brick in May

    ​The mysterious Marilyn Manson has emerged with a fresh U.S. tour in support of the forthcoming eighth album, Born Villain. This is the first Minneapolis show for the band since 2009's stop at the State Theatre. It also adds to the slate of concerts that includes the Shins, Jane's Addiction, and I ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 23, 2012

    St. Vincent rebukes crowd during Pearl Jam cover, adds First Ave. show

    ​Those of you who didn't get a chance to see St. Vincent's entrancing sold-out performances at the Walker in October (and even those of you who did) now have another opportunity to see Annie Clark and company bring the songs of Strange Mercy to life, as St. Vincent have just announced a stop a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 17, 2012

    Craig Finn's debut solo album 'Clear Heart Full Eyes' is streaming in advance of its release date

    ​Thankfully, Clear Heart Full Eyes, the debut solo album from the Hold Steady frontman Craig Finn, doesn't signify a fracture between him and his regular bandmates. It just represents a temporary musical diversion for Finn from the wild, late-night hi-jinks that are prominently featured in his ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 11, 2012

    Jane's Addiction announce local show at the Brick, a new Minneapolis nightclub

    ​Those of you who saw Jane's Addiction's tour announcement yesterday probably asked the same question that many other local residents did when they saw the venue listed next to the Minneapolis date on March 19th -- What the hell is the Brick? It turns out that the Brick is a new Minneapolis ro ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2011

    Craig Finn solo tour coming to the Triple Rock on February 4

    Photo by Stacy Schwartz​With a release date pinned down for his first solo album (due out January 24), Craig Finn is embarking on a short solo tour this winter -- including a stop in Minneapolis at the Triple Rock on February 4.

  • Blogs

    July 12, 2011

    The Suburbs' Chan Poling talks '80s nostalgia, the New Standards, and the possibility of a new album

    Photo by Alexa JonesChan Poling at last year's "Musical Salute to Bruce Allen" at First Avenue​Gimme Noise contributor P.F. Wilson spoke to Chan Poling as part of a print preview of the Suburbs' gig this Friday night with the Suicide Commandos; what follows is the entire transcript of P.F.'s conve ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2011

    Olivia Tremor Control coming to the Varsity on September 12

    ​Athens-based indie rock forerunners and psych-pop purveyors Olivia Tremor Control re-emerged last fall with their first track in over a decade, "North Term Reality," and it was enough to spark the interest of fans of the early-'90s experimental rock band and spurn more recording projects and a pr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 24, 2011

    Dada Trash Collage releases new 7-inch and reveals east coast dates

    Looking At The Ground cover art​Dada Trash Collage was nothing short of prolific in 2010. After releasing a Rain War EP and the full-lengths Neighbors and Cool Waves Bad Days the recent Twin Cities expat has continued his insane level of productivity in 2011 by unleashing a brand new 7-inch with B ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 13, 2011

    Minneapolis dogs 7th worst in U.S. for attacking mail carriers

    garlandcannonYour mail carrier doesn't want to see this.​All winter long, Minneapolis mail carriers slog through snow drifts. In the summer they're bombarded by the State Bird (not that one, this one). And all year long they have to worry about mean-ass dogs tearing a chunk of meat out of thei ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 5, 2011

    Soundset Series: Rhymesayers staples Brother Ali, Blueprint, Grieves & Budo, more

    Brother Ali​Back before Soundset became the annual festival it is today, there was a Rhymesayers-hosted event by the same name that took over, and consistently sold out, the First Ave Mainroom every Wednesday, housing some of the big names on the company roster as well as visiting acts. The festi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2011

    Sade reveals Minneapolis date: August 9 at the Target Center with John Legend

    ​Reclusive singer Sade is slowly revealing all of the dates for her forthcoming tour, and today she announced via Facebook that she will stop in Minneapolis on Tuesday, August 9 for a show at the Target Center with opener John Legend.

  • Blogs

    February 15, 2011

    Atmosphere announce 21-date 'Family Tour'

    Photo by Dan Monick​With their seventh full-length album, The Family Sign, due out April 12, Atmosphere have announced a 21-date 'Family Tour' that will kick off April 20 in Colombus. The tour doesn't include any local dates just yet (the group will complete their five-date loop of the outer areas ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 28, 2011

    We Are the Willows tour diary, Vol. 10

    ​The Blacksheep Cafe in Springfield, Illinois is one of the shpookiest places I've played.  It's all boarded up on the outside and is all graffitti'ed up on the inside.  It's like shredder's lair  If it weren't for Kirk and Dustin's tunes being so nice I would have been shakin' in m ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2011

    NKOTBSB coming to Target Center July 15

    NKOTBSB on Ryan Seacrest/Dick Clark's New Year's show.​Didn't get enough of the New Kids On the Block and the Backstreet Boys on ABC's New Year's Eve show last weekend? Well, you're in luck: The two groups of pre-Bieber heartthrobs announced they're adding a Target Center tour date on July 15 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2011

    We Are the Willows kick off tour at the Varsity tomorrow night

    ​It's only been two months since Peter Michael Miller of We Are the Willows wrapped up his solo tour across the East Coast, and he's already itching to get back in the van for another stint on the road. We Are the Willows will play a tour kick-off show tomorrow night (Thursday, January 6) at the V ... More >>

  • Music

    November 24, 2010

    5ingles

    ​It's only been two months since Peter Michael Miller of We Are the Willows wrapped up his solo tour across the East Coast, and he's already itching to get back in the van for another stint on the road. We Are the Willows will play a tour kick-off show tomorrow night (Thursday, January 6) at the V ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 9, 2010

    We Are the Willows tour diary, Vol. 8

    ​So, the last part of the trip was a bit rag-tag.  That is to say, the shows were set up pretty last minute and were kind of at random places.  Like in Lexington, Kentucky I played the reception for a play called Marx In Soho in which Karl Marx comes back from some kind of afterlife (wei ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 9, 2010

    Twin Cities way more relaxed than the rest of America

    Photo: MuladProof that Twin Citians know how to relax.​We do stress out over things here on the tundra. Look at the Vikings, for crying out loud. Or Michele Bachmann. And don't even get us started on the fact that we have yet another election recount with national import on our hands. But com ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 8, 2010

    Somali gangs in Minneapolis accused of running sex-traffic ring

    ​The Somali community, already dealing with some of its members' alleged links to the al-Shabaab terrorist group, now has some more bad news. More than twenty Somalis said to be members of one of a trio of gangs have been arrested in Minneapolis, St. Paul and the surrounding suburbs on inters ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 13, 2010

    We Are the Willows tour diary, Vol. 6

    Photos by Peter Michael Miller​The last couple weeks have sorta been like one weird vacation.  I haven't played a ton of shows, and I think I've found myself on the beach about three times.  I've been at a drug abuse awareness festival.  I saw all the sights in Washington, D.C.  ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 29, 2010

    Minneapolis declared one of the safest cities for kids in America

    Photo: Jim CrockerMinneapolis, where your kids are safe.​Sleep easy, Minneapolis parents. Your children are bedding down in one of the safest cities in the United States. Underwriters Laboratories, the outfit that bestows that little "UL" symbol on everything from light bulbs to lasers, says s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 17, 2010

    St. Paul is a "Hotbed Of Sex." Minneapolis? Not as much

    Photo: mistergoletaSex: It's what they're doing in St. Paul.​When it comes to being a "Hotbed of Sex," St. Paul comes out on top of Minneapolis. But is that really where it wants to be? The criteria for the ranking in the latest edition of Men's Health magazine included condom sales, birth ra ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 14, 2010

    Bill Clinton raking in campaign cash for Mark Dayton

    Clinton parachutes in tonight to help Dayton raise campaign cash.​Mark Dayton has written himself some pretty big checks during his campaign for the governor's office, so he's probably pretty happy to have former President Bill Clinton in town tonight to help raise some cash from other people' ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 25, 2010

    Bedbugs infest Minneapolis: The creepy facts

    Image via WikipediaBed bugs: Snuggle up to one in Minneapolis​In news that may give you hives, Minneapolis is the 15th most bed bug-infested city in the country. That's the word from Terminix, which based its rankings on the volume of calls to its bug assassins this year.

  • Blogs

    June 23, 2010

    Minneapolis is not the "Manliest City" in America

    Photo: GoldbergGetting our man on​Damn. We're not as manly as Milwaukee, so we'll let you notch one up there, cheese heads. But Minneapolis still broke the Top 20 in Sperling's annual "America's Manliest Cities" survey. The biggest hunk of American manhood can evidently be found in Nashville, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 20, 2010

    R.T. Rybak and Barack Obama discuss combating Somali radicals

    Obama and Rybak discussed ways to combat radicalization of Somali youth​Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak joined Newark, N.J., Mayor Cory Booker and Columbus, Ohio, Mayor Michael Coleman at a White House meeting on Tuesday to talk about coping with terrorist groups recruiting people on American soi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 30, 2010

    Black Blondie tour kick-off show tonight

    ​Black Blondie are preparing to embark on a tour that will take them through the Southeast corner of the country this month, and to ensure a proper send-off they will be playing a hometown kick-off show tonight at the XYandZ Gallery (3258 Minnehaha Ave. S.) with DJ Turtleneck. Tonight's show is $5 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 2, 2010

    Vampire Hands and Daughters of the Sun announce 7-inch and spring tour

    Photo by Nikki Miller​Two popular local psych rock bands, Vampire Hands and Daughters of the Sun, are preparing to leave on a massive month and a half tour of the US. The two bands are also getting ready to release a split 7-inch (preview the first track on the Modern Radio site), which will drop ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2010

    Lookbook, One For the Team plan tours

    Lookbook will sweep the East Coast, while OFTT is donating tour proceeds to the Red Cross for Haiti relief.

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2009

    Brother Ali announces new album, release show

    His new record, Us, will hit stores September 22.

  • Blogs

    November 18, 2008

    Deerhunter walks tall, falls hard

    deerhunter.jpgNine Inch Nails' new BFFs turn the Triple Rock into a pedal party.

  • Blogs

    October 27, 2008

    Cub Goes Green

    deerhunter.jpgNine Inch Nails' new BFFs turn the Triple Rock into a pedal party.

  • Blogs

    October 15, 2008

    More bang for your buck in the Twin Cities

    deerhunter.jpgNine Inch Nails' new BFFs turn the Triple Rock into a pedal party.

  • Music

    April 16, 2008

    RJD2 keeps 'em guessing

    Year after year, the DJ delivers

  • Feature

    December 12, 2007

    Winter Guide: New Vikings, Old Times

    The Primordial Indie Rock of Times New Viking

  • Blogs

    January 3, 2007
  • Blogs

    July 19, 2005

    7/19 Morning Communique

    The Primordial Indie Rock of Times New Viking

  • Music

    July 7, 2004

    VA: Eccentric Soul: The Capsoul Label

    The Primordial Indie Rock of Times New Viking

  • Music

    June 23, 2004

    The Stunning: Split 7" single with the Means

    The Primordial Indie Rock of Times New Viking

  • Arts

    February 11, 2004

    Mo Money, Mo Problems

    If Malik “Mo-Man” Mohamed really is a rising Somali rap star, why doesn’t anyone know where he is?

  • Arts

    December 25, 2002

    Once Upon a Time in America

    Vince Leo Turns three generations of his Italian family into a national photo album

  • Music

    September 25, 2002

    Ghost World

    RJD2 creates spy flick cinemascapes for strip mall fugitives

  • Arts

    April 24, 2002

    A World Without Tutus

    Civic boosters are proud of the Twin Cities' theaters, orchestras, museums, and literary centers. so what happened to the ballet?

  • Feature

    August 1, 1999

    Menarche

    A journey with our daughters

  • Sports

    May 19, 1999

    All Work and No Play

    After months of negotiations, the Minnesota Lynx enter their first season with a union, a contract, and a princely $25,000 minimum salary

  • Feature

    August 1, 1998

    Person: Molly Rolfsmeier

    After months of negotiations, the Minnesota Lynx enter their first season with a union, a contract, and a princely $25,000 minimum salary

  • News

    March 25, 1998

    Shuttering Slyder Central

    With no room for a drive-thru, White Castle says it can't turn a profit on its tiny outlet at 36th and Lake in Minneapolis. The store at Lake and Blaisdell might be next.

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