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5 possible surprises at tonight's Prince show

Prince's shows tonight at the Dakota, his last of these "open rehearsal" concerts, are advertised on the Dakota's website with four simple words (and extra punctuation): "Surprise!! (don't miss this!)." These shows sold out in scant minutes and there was almost a Pavlovian willingness to fork over l ... More >>

Jane's Addiction at the Brick, 3/19/12

​By Rob ShererJane's AddictionWith Black Box RevelationThe Brick, Minneapolis Monday, March 19, 2012View a slideshow from the concert here. Growing pains were on display last night as a new concert venue in Minneapolis made its debut and familiar faces from Los Angeles kept the party going. Th ... More >>

JoAnna James on LA: 'A good place to go to get your ass kicked'

Photo by Kii Arens​If you're like me, you can grow weary of singer/songwriters. Besides maybe a handful, each one seems as replaceable as the next, strumming lazily the same chords you've heard hundreds of times, laying out the same feelings every one has like it's some sort of inner-struggle gos ... More >>

The Week That Was: P4K knights Kanye, Black-Eyed Peas at Super Bowl

​Holiday weeks are hell on columns like this one. Not because nothing happens, but because nobody's around to report on what's happening. In any event, here's what we were able to find out about what went down while we were hanging Christmas lights, getting sick, and stuffing ourselves full of tur ... More >>

The New New Newlywed Game

MTV attacks family values—one marriage at a time

She Bop

It Didn't Start with Babes in Toyland: A Short and Eccentric History of Women in Local Music, 1931-Present

Merry Christmas, Suckers!

Five crappy best-ofs, one preachy live disc, and a partridge in a pear tree

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