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The best concerts in the Twin Cities this week: February 13-19

Valentines Day week has arrived! Whether you plan on celebrating Valentines Day with a special someone, alone, or with your multiple cats, be sure to check out Lucy Michelle & The Velvet Lapelles' Greatest Valentines Mixtape show at the Cedar Cultural Center. On Friday synth-pop band Usonia rele ... More >>

The art of love songs and breakup songs for Valentine's Day

This past Christmas, Gimme Noise asked a handful of local musicians to help us make sense of a holiday where the accompanying songbook seemed to be guided by all things commercial. Valentines Day has those talking points a bit reversed.There's no magical tradition built around Valentine's Day. Many ... More >>

The All-Time Greatest Valentine's Day Mix with Lucy Michelle & the Velvet Lapelles

Free Energy at the Turf Club, 1/26/13

Free EnergyTurf Club, St. PaulSaturday, January 26, 2013Saturday night's sold-out Free Energy show at Turf Club indicates that there are still plenty of feverish locals who can only be cured by more cowbell. It seems like a calculated decision by the band to start every show they play with cowbell ... More >>

Local critics, Gimme Noise included, converged on the Local Show

It's most opinionated time of the year. Thus, 89.3 the Current's studios opened up for a few gatekeepers from the Twin Cities music media to air out the wares they've been pushing all year long once again before moving onto the 2013 models. This is the Critics Pick edition.In an episode that aired S ... More >>

A Tribute to the Replacements

Who's the Nate Silver of Picked to Click 2012?

Many among us have heard the name Nate Silver a lot in recent weeks leading up to the U.S. Presidential Election. He's the number-cruncher who very closely predicted which state's Electoral College votes would go for Barack Obama and which would end up in Mitt Romney's paws. Googling "Nate Silver ma ... More >>

Don't forget to listen to the Replacements' "Election Day"

The Twin Cities music community is filled with partisanship. Just think about how many arguments exist when it comes to the pressing issues like Mumford vs. Dawes, the Current's David Campbell bearded vs. clean-shaven, and Hot Cheetos vs. Takis. These things matter!While we heard a lot over the week ... More >>

Gabriel Douglas on Infinite Campus benefit, upcoming album

If you're in the mood for a stellar local lineup, and you'd like to know your cover charge is going to a good cause, Blaine-based Infinite Campus Foundation is putting on a benefit concert called Revel Ed. This'll raise funds for their education-related charity programs, which coordinate drives for ... More >>

Justin Vernon ponders walking away from Bon Iver, Radio City show streaming

This was a memorable weekend for our border neighbor folk act Bon Iver. Justin Vernon's band just spent a recent four-night swing performing at Radio City Music Hall in New York -- and if there's not a live album somewhere lurking within all of that, we'll eat our Gimme Noise sunglasses.Also of note ... More >>

P.O.S., Peter Wolf Crier highlight McNally Smith's Sound Bite music series lineup

See Also: P.O.S. debuts "Bumper" video via City of Music Peter Wolf Crier experiment on Garden of Arms David Byrne to hold How Music Works discussion at McNally Smith in September As schoolkids across the state head back to class this week, McNally Smith College of Music gives their students (and l ... More >>

Mary Lucia on tonight's Rock for Pussy IX, David Bowie, and "Cat People"

The best thing about Rock for Pussy is obviously that the charity event, now entering its ninth installment tonight, provides funds for local forlorn cats and kittens in need of a helping paw. But not far behind is that the event, organized by the Current's Mary Lucia and a team of musicians, has su ... More >>

The Current's 7 years of good luck: Dessa, Mary Lucia & more weigh in

​The Current, located at 89.3 on the FM dial, is far from just another a radio station. Over the past seven years, it has transformed into somewhat of a Twin Cities institution, offering an alternative to the redundancy of commercial radio while also acting as a musical rite of passage for up- ... More >>

Critics' Picks: Solid Gold, John Lennon tribute, Ryan Adams, and more

The 32nd Annual John Lennon Tribute & Minnesota Beatle Project Release Show

The Hold Steady's Craig Finn and Tad Kubler cover the 'Mats "Within Your Reach"

​Craig Finn sure has been busy lately. In addition to putting the finishing touches on his first solo album, the "Friday Night Lights" inspired, Clear Heart Full Eyes, and plotting a subsequent solo tour, he and guitarist Tad Kubler took part in a Replacement's tribute show Wednesday night at ... More >>

Listen: Picked to Click and Gimme Noise on the Current

​Ok, ok, we'll admit it, we've been a little Picked to Click-heavy 'round these parts lately. But our best-new-bands poll happens to be the largest music issue we have the joy of putting out each year, so you'll have to understand our over-eagerness. It's like our Thanksgiving! And what a feast it ... More >>

First Avenue planning Replacements tribute night centered around 'Sorry Ma'

​In what's now become a yearly tradition, First Avenue will host another Replacements tribute night on the day after Thanksgiving, Friday, November 25, in both the Mainroom and 7th St. Entry.

Eyedea dedication ceremony planned for this Sunday in St. Paul

​It's hard to believe that an entire year has passed since we lost Micheal Larsen, a.k.a Eyedea. This Sunday, October 16, marks the one-year anniversary of Larsen's death, and to mark the occasion his mother has organized a dedication ceremony and concert in St. Paul's Cherokee Park, where she say ... More >>

The Cloak Ox prepare for release show at Loring Theater Friday night

​As they prepare for their first recorded release since they revved up their new band, the Cloak Ox are in the midst of a freakin' onslaught of media blitz this week.

With the Current's ratings reportedly 'soaring,' what does that mean for Minnesota music?

Photo by Jayme Halbritter for City PagesThe Current's program manager Jim McGuinn​Though this won't come as a surprise to anyone who's seen a Current-sponsored show sell out in a heartflutter or watched them dominate the "indie" music scene in the Twin Cities, a recent report has shown that the st ... More >>

Rock for Pussy 8 at First Avenue, 6/10/11

Photos by Erik Hess​Rebel Rebel: Rock for Pussy 8June 10, 2011First Avenue, MinneapolisNow in its eighth go-round, the annual David Bowie tribute-meets-cat shelter fundraiser Rock for Pussy has become one of the most predictably fun nights in local music, as shown by the large turnout and vibrant ... More >>

Rock for Pussy 8 unites Bowie fans and cat people tonight at First Avenue

Yes, that's a pile of kittens​There are cat lovers, and then there are CAT LOVERS. Crazy cat people from all across the cat insanity spectrum will be gathering at First Avenue tonight for the annual Rock for Pussy charity event, which invites local musicians to perform covers of David Bowie songs ... More >>

Atmosphere's 'The Family Sign' drops today, plus new video with cameo from Brother Ali

Photo by Dan Monick​Well the day is finally upon us. Atmosphere's latest, The Family Sign fills the record store bins and lands itself on your turntable today.

Best New Bands Of 2010 Showcase at First Avenue, 01/26/2011

Photos by Tony NelsonArzu Gokcen of Pink Mink​Best New Bands of 2010 Showcase (The Goondas, The Jahhawks, Pink Mink, Hastings 3000, BNLX, Phantom Tails, BadNraD, and Grant Cutler and the Gorgeous Lords)January 26, 2011First Avenue Judging by the talent and diversity of the acts, as well as the bou ... More >>

Best New Bands Showcase lineup announced

Image courtesy of first-avenue.com ​Halloween '91 Storm Redux looming, late this afternoon on "Off the Record" Radio K announced the lineup for this year's "Best New Bands" showcase at First Avenue. In what has become an annual tradition, seven of the best new artists have been selected to p ... 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 >>

Lucy Michelle and the Velvet Lapelles are in Big Trouble

Flyer of the Week: Lucy Michelle is in Big Trouble

Featuring Cusack, of course.

Best New Bands of 2009: Video interviews from the First Ave showcase

Come with us as we journey through the dark corners of the club and talk to the bands featured in this year's lineup.

The Year in Music: P.O.S., Solid Gold, and Owl City break through

Losses include the Suburbs' Bruce Allen, Dinkytowner, and Myth

Thanksgiving weekend concert guide

Your guide to the best shows happening over the extended weekend.

Gimme News Weekly Wrap-Up: June 12-18

New Mark Mallman, Pixies returning to the TC (sort of), Atmosphere announces summer tour & next week's best new releases.

Videos: Big Trouble with David Campbell and Aby Wolf

Watch the highlight reel from last Friday's show at the Turf Club.

Rebel Rebel: Rock for Pussy VI

City Pages and the 757s visit the Current

Listen to yesterday's episode of the Local Show, featuring the 757s and yours truly.

Rock for Pussy VI announced

Rebel, rebel. It's time for another David Bowie tribute show!

MPR's The Local Show changes hands

The Current's local program is expanding to two hours with its new host, David Campbell.

Homegrown Wake Celebrates More Than 10 Years of Music

The Year in Music 2007

Mr. Blue Sky

Local Music’s Most Optimistic Fan Joins the Current

David Campbell: Mr. Blue Sky

Homegrown is Homeless

Two Hundred Twenty-Four Ballots...and No Hanging Chads!

Picked to Click Pollsters cast their votes

Tell Us What You Really Think...

Picked to Click Voters spew forth their most vehement opinions about the local music scene

Picked to Click

To those who have recently begun to rock, we salute you

Get on the bus to the Minnesota Music Awards

Everybody Wins

Polls and punditry for the best new bands in town

Minnesotan Idol

Three Picked-to-Click talents face the music from a panel of judges

Picked to Click XII

Hail the Conquering Heroes: Polls and Praise for This Year's Best New Artists