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Dave Pirner

  • Blogs

    January 2, 2013

    89.3 the Current's 8th birthday party 2013 lineup

    Now that the year is new, it's time again for 89.3 the Current to herald its lengthening life with a weekend of shows at First Avenue. The tastemaking radio station has revealed the lineup for the two-day bash being held January 18-19. The wunderkind John Mark Nelson, who finished tied for third in ... More >>

  • Music

    December 26, 2012

    Har Mar Superstar, Brute Heart, Soul Asylum, and more

    Now that the year is new, it's time again for 89.3 the Current to herald its lengthening life with a weekend of shows at First Avenue. The tastemaking radio station has revealed the lineup for the two-day bash being held January 18-19. The wunderkind John Mark Nelson, who finished tied for third in ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 26, 2012

    Soul Asylum

    Now that the year is new, it's time again for 89.3 the Current to herald its lengthening life with a weekend of shows at First Avenue. The tastemaking radio station has revealed the lineup for the two-day bash being held January 18-19. The wunderkind John Mark Nelson, who finished tied for third in ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 24, 2012

    MN Musicians Vote No!

    Now that the year is new, it's time again for 89.3 the Current to herald its lengthening life with a weekend of shows at First Avenue. The tastemaking radio station has revealed the lineup for the two-day bash being held January 18-19. The wunderkind John Mark Nelson, who finished tied for third in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 9, 2012

    Soul Asylum guitarist Dan Murphy leaves the band

    Founding Soul Asylum guitarist Dan Murphy has announced his exit from Soul Asylum after three decades with the band. Earlier this week, he issued a statement on the group's website to make his departure official. "I have decided that I will no longer be touring or recording with the band, effective ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 5, 2012

    Ritz Theater hosting Put a Rock On It benefit tonight

    As with any given weekend in the Twin Cities, there are a ton of great shows happening over the next few days. But one of the gigs with the best cause behind it is happening tonight at the Ritz Theater, as the Put A Rock On It: A Concert for the Freedom to Marry benefit is set to start at 7 p.m. A ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 2, 2012

    MN Musicians Vote No! benefit at Triple Rock: Dave Pirner, Dillinger Four, & more

    With Election Day just over a month away, many us are probably growing tired of the endless stream of campaign commercials and relentless sloganeering ringing out from most media outlets. But one of the definite advantages of any election year are the special Benefit Concerts which bring together ta ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 23, 2012

    Soul Asylum at First Avenue, 7/20/12

    See Also:Slideshow: Soul Asylum at First Avenue 7/20/12Soul Asylum's Dave Pirner on Delayed Reaction and all that jazzSoul AsylumFirst Avenue, MinneapolisJuly 20, 2012With the tragedy in Aurora still weighing heavy on the hearts and minds of those assembled at First Avenue Friday night, you could h ... More >>

  • Music

    July 18, 2012

    Soul Asylum's Dave Pirner on Delayed Reaction and all that jazz

    Release shows at 7th St. Entry and First Avenue

  • Blogs

    July 18, 2012

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2012

    Weekend Checklist: Rock the Garden, Jimmy Cliff, Aerosmith, The Weeknd

    Rock the Garden may be sold out, but there's still plenty of music that can be heard outdoors this weekend with the Stone Arch Bridge Festival returning after not possibly happening. Jimmy Cliff will be rocking the MN Zoo while up-and-coming Stephen Kellogg and the Sixers bring their Americana flavo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 14, 2012

    St. Vincent cancels Friday Wits appearance, Steven Page fills in

    Related:David Byrne and St. Vincent to launch U.S. tour in MinneapolisDue to an "international travel schedule," St. Vincent has canceled her performance Friday at the Fitzgerald Theater as part of the Wits series.Earlier today, it was announced that the artist (real name: Annie Clark) would be maki ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 28, 2012

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    March 19, 2012

    Five Minnesota albums deserving of a 33 1/3 book

    ​The 33 1/3 pitches are open again! For music obsessives, this long-running series of short books devoted to iconic albums has been a great resource for amusement and exhaustive reporting. Two personal favorites from the series are Carl Wilson's tome about Celine Dion's Let's Talk About Love and C ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2011

    Black Box Revelation with Machine 22 at the Entry, 11/14/11

    Photos by Mike MinehartMachine 22​Black Box Revelation with Machine 22, Porcupine and DetourNovember 14, 20117th St. Entry, MinneapolisI arrived during of Porcupines from LaCrosse, Wisconsin, one of my favorite bands I've recently discovered. One of my favorite songs, "Rooftops" from their 7" spli ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 7, 2011

    Concrete and Grass Lowertown Music Festival

    Photos by Mike MinehartMachine 22​Black Box Revelation with Machine 22, Porcupine and DetourNovember 14, 20117th St. Entry, MinneapolisI arrived during of Porcupines from LaCrosse, Wisconsin, one of my favorite bands I've recently discovered. One of my favorite songs, "Rooftops" from their 7" spli ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 6, 2011

    Soul Asylum finishing up first new album since 2006, tentatively titled 'Rough Air'

    Photo by Steve CohenDave Pirner singing at Tommy Stinson's solo show at First Avenue this past May​Though Soul Asylum have continued to gig sporadically in the Twin Cities (and Dave Pirner has taken up a part-time job smashing guitars at his bass player's solo gigs), it's been five years since the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 23, 2011

    Tommy Stinson at First Avenue, 5/20/11

    Photos by Steve Cohen​Tommy StinsonMay 20, 2011First Avenue, MinneapolisThese are strange times we're living in, so the modest turnout at Friday night's Tommy Stinson show shouldn't have come as a surprise. But scanning the Mainroom this weekend, it was hard not to think back to last fall's Replac ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 23, 2011

    Titus Andronicus and Craig Finn cover the Replacements' "Kids Don't Follow"

    ​Last night, the biggest indie scenesplosion ever rattled the Bowery Ballroom in Manhatten as contemporary bands like tUnE-yArDs, St. Vincent, Ted Leo gathered to pay homage to Michael Azerrad's 2001 book Our Band Could Be Your Life on its 10-year anniversary. Among the highlights posted on Pitchf ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 7, 2011

    Grant Hart Benefit Show lineup announced

    ​A few weeks ago Grant Hart announced via Twitter a benefit show to help him through the extremely rough patch of a house fire, where he lost some pretty precious stuff -- his equipment, most notably. Initially attached was a Dave Pirner solo set, and a show from The Magnolias. Now we have the ful ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 24, 2011

    Grant Hart benefit planned at First Avenue with Dave Pirner, the Magnolias

    ​Grant Hart suffered a hard blow last month when he lost many of his belongings in a house fire, including his favorite guitar. Today via his Twitter account, Hart announced a benefit show at First Avenue next month which will help him to recoup some of his losses. The main act on the March 12 bil ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 20, 2010

    Soul Asylum at First Avenue, 12/17/10

    Photos by Nick Wosika​Soul AsylumDecember 17, 2010First Avenue, MinneapolisIt felt like the early '90s at First Avenue again, as a packed crowd awaited the highly anticipated first show by Soul Asylum at the venue since last December. Mysterious percussion and tool noises came from behind the scre ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 16, 2010

    First Avenue's 40th Birthday Party, 12/15/10

    Photos by Tony Nelson​First Avenue's 40 Birthday PartyDecember 15, 2010First Avenue's Mainroom & 7th St. EntryNow that is how you throw a birthday party. On a night meant to honor some of the bands and the people who have made the Twin Cities music scene what it is and those that will see it i ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 8, 2010

    Soul Asylum

    Photos by Tony Nelson​First Avenue's 40 Birthday PartyDecember 15, 2010First Avenue's Mainroom & 7th St. EntryNow that is how you throw a birthday party. On a night meant to honor some of the bands and the people who have made the Twin Cities music scene what it is and those that will see it i ... More >>

  • Music

    November 24, 2010

    The Minnesota Historical Society preserves local music history

    See Prince's Purple Rain suit and the original First Avenue light board

  • Blogs

    July 2, 2009

    July 2, 2009: Soul Asylum & Gospel Gossip

    Matt and Kim announce Triple Rock gig, MPR interviews Dave Pirner & photos of P.O.S. in the UK.

  • Feature

    March 19, 2008

    Sex, Drugs, & Awesome Hair

    The glamtacular history of 1980s heavy metal in the Twin Cities

  • Blogs

    December 24, 2007

    Over The Weekend: 12/24

    The glamtacular history of 1980s heavy metal in the Twin Cities

  • Music

    August 8, 2007

    Patti Smith covers Dylan to Cobain

    The glamtacular history of 1980s heavy metal in the Twin Cities

  • Music

    October 18, 2006

    Destination Anywhere

    The Hold Steady come down, burn out, and blow up

  • Unknown

    July 5, 2006

    The Special This Evening is Roast Sacred Cow

    The Hold Steady come down, burn out, and blow up

  • 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 25, 2005

    Soul Asylum's return to the stage

    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 20, 2005

    Spotted: The synergy of local rock aristocracy

    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

    September 9, 2005

    Katrina benefit concert news

    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

    October 20, 2004

    Let's Go Crazy

    For a rocker

  • Columns

    May 26, 2004

    Ooh La La

    Local rocker starts the fight of his life--with a party

  • Music

    December 25, 2002

    It's Not Easy Being Greene

    The life and times of Minneapolis's sexiest violinist

  • Music

    December 18, 2002

    A Local Music Yearbook

    Two cities, twelve months, a million reasons to rock!

  • Music

    July 24, 2002

    City of New Orleans

    Two cities, twelve months, a million reasons to rock!

  • Arts

    January 2, 2002

    The Year in Music

    The Sound of Music, 2001: Our Favorite Things

  • Music

    October 11, 2000

    All That Glitters

    Black Gold, a jumbled mess of a greatest-hits collection, reveals the contradictions at the core of Soul Asylum

  • Music

    October 4, 2000

    Everyday Person

    Victoria Williams continues to celebrate the small facets of life on a grand scale

  • News

    December 29, 1999

    A Power of Ten

    Slug's love bug, Kat Bjelland's exorcism, Dave Pirner's throbbing shins: Ten years of local music served on ten great platters.

  • News

    August 4, 1999

    Young Spuds in a Longhorn Daze

    Slug's love bug, Kat Bjelland's exorcism, Dave Pirner's throbbing shins: Ten years of local music served on ten great platters.

  • Arts

    March 10, 1999

    The Mason Jennings Line

    Between folk and punk, enigma and sensation, is 23-year-old singer-songwriter Mason Jennings

  • Music

    February 3, 1999

    Society of the Spectacle

    Rocking The Body at the Target Center; teenage kicks at the Ave.

  • Music

    May 6, 1998

    Soul Asylum's Candy from a Stranger

    Columbia recording artists Soul Asylum have a new record.

  • Music

    June 11, 1997

    ODDS & ENDS

    Ridin' Out the Karma: Walt Mink's Candice Belanoff and John Kimbrough

  • News

    June 4, 1997

    The Princes Of 'Sota Pop- THE HANG UPS

    With a sophomore record finally in the stores, a single in the hit film Chasing Amy, and their first real tour underway, the agoraphobic Hang Ups may finally get their due

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