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May 25, 2012
Truthbetold on Tribe & Big Cats! next record, Soundset strategy
By Mike MaddenRelated:How Rhymesayers set up the Soundset FestivalOne of the groups set to make their Soundset debut this year, the duo of the Tribe and Big Cats! was born out of a somewhat unlikely relationship. MC Chris "Truthbetold" Hooks spent parts of his youth in Chicago's south side and began ... More >>
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May 21, 2012
4th annual Lyn-Lake Festival, 5/20/12
4th Annual Lyn-Lake Festival Lyndale Avenue South at 29th Street South, Minneapolis May 20, 2012 Slideshow: Lyn-Lake Street Festival 2012The day started off a little rocky on Sunday at the 4th Annual Lyn-Lake Street Festival as Koo Koo Kanga Roo had their set pushed back 40 minutes or so due to the ... More >>
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May 18, 2012
The Cranberries cancel Brick show, Dolores O'Riordan is ill
Related:The Cranberries' Dolores O'Riordan: The extended interviewIrish rock group the Cranberries pulled out of their show at the Brick Thursday evening in Minneapolis only a few minutes before they were scheduled to perform.The cancellation comes because lead singer Dolores O'Riordan has reportedl ... More >>
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May 8, 2012
Top 10 Minnesota brands with most Facebook likes
The Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal just released its annual list of the Minnesota brands with the top 10 Facebook likes. In the social media age, Facebook likes are a good proxy for evaluating where brands stand with their customers. Sure, dollars and cents they aren't, but a strong social me ... More >>
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April 6, 2012
Gene Farris at Honey: Win tickets now
Chicago-based house music DJ/producer Gene Farris returns this weekend to the city he used to call home to properly send up the dancefloor. Tonight's show marks the April installment of the popular "House Proud" monthly at Honey, and we've got two pair of tickets to give away now.
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April 4, 2012
Katy Perry's "Firework" used to promote legalizing bottle rockets in Minnesota
Minnesota Rep. John Kriesel may be retiring from the local Legislature, but he's trying to go out with a resounding bang. The Cottage Grove Republican has chosen an unlikely source for inspiration in his quest to legalize bottle rockets and certain more powerful fireworks in the state, and it's the ... More >>
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March 27, 2012
Mary Franson introduces bill blocking employers from asking for social media passwords
Mary Franson has caused us to shake our heads a couple times already this month -- first when she compared food stamp recipients to wild animals, then again when she outed herself as a careless driver to "scoop" the Strib's Jon Tevlin.But today, instead of shaking our heads at her, we're nodding ... More >>
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March 26, 2012
Soul Asylum back with Delayed Reaction in July
Soul Asylum will release its first album in six years this July, Delayed Reaction. This will be the tenth studio release from the group, and its first with 429 Records, a label that appears to be highly motivated to snap up bands that hit commercial paydirt in the mid-'90s. The group's new labelm ... More >>
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March 22, 2012
Fire at Cadette drummer's house takes friend's life
Beth Cullen, drummer for fierce all-female rock act Cadette, lost a friend and many possessions in a fire at her home in south Minneapolis Wednesday morning. Cullen was home at the time of the blaze. An as-yet-unnamed man was killed, and another woman was hospitalized and was listed in critical c ... More >>
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March 21, 2012
The Brick: We are already working on changes
Read more:Jane's Addiction fans criticize the Brick, form "The Brick MN Sucks" siteJane's Addiction at the Brick, 3/19/12Monday evening's Jane's Addiction show at Minneapolis' new Warehouse District venue the Brick was marred by a ton of problems for those who attended. Social networks exploded T ... More >>
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March 13, 2012
I Self Devine drops another free mixtape, video
The third out of a total of four mixtapes preceding I Self Devine's sophomore album was made available recently, along with another video, directed by Dave Wilson. This is the last free mix available from the Culture Series, as number four will come along with a pre-order of the album The So ... More >>
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March 12, 2012
Alert: SXSW coverage ahead
You don't have to spend much time at South By Southwest to know that nearly every building gets used as a music venue during the annual music festival. And starting Thursday, writers and photographers from the music blogs of the Village Voice Media empire plan to go to as many of them as we possi ... More >>
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March 7, 2012
ACLU sues Minnewaska schools after student punished for teacher-bashing Facebook post
The ACLU has filed a federal lawsuit against Minnewaska Area Schools for alleged violations of a 12-year-old female student's constitutional rights.In one string of incidents, the girl was repeatedly disciplined after posting on Facebook that she "hated" a teacher who had been "mean" to her. She ... More >>
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March 6, 2012
Dream Crusher leads Concert to Defeat the Marriage Amendment lineup
A stellar group of local musicians have put together a show at Hell's Kitchen on March 30 to help raise money and awareness for Minnesotans United For All Families, a wide-ranging alliance of community and business leaders throughout the state who are working to defeat an amendment on the bal ... More >>
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March 4, 2012
Lindsay Lohan disses Minnesota hip-hop radio on Saturday Night Live?
Lindsay Lohan dons a conrnrow wig in a Saturday Night Live skit about a fictional B108 hip-hop radio station based in Shakopee, Minnesota. Alhough it's a concept delivered with plenty of amusing local color -- anyone who remembers waiting expectantly in their youth for school closings to be annou ... More >>
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February 28, 2012
Retribution Gospel Choir releases free EP (DOWNLOAD)
Retribution Gospel Choir, the more-strummy side project of Low's Alan Sparhawk, has released a new EP. Titled The Revolution -- not a Prince thing -- the four tracks gather some great vintage rock replete with cowbell, sassy guitar licks, and some full-on shredding. And it occurs all in the span ... More >>
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February 27, 2012
Bon Iver's "Towers" video has towers in it
The video for Bon Iver's "Towers" is strikingly similar to the "Holocene" clip. There's nature, there's cinematography, and there's white people dressed in rugged clothing out of an Orvis catalog. For the already converted, this is another sweeping example of the sweeping power of the sweeping Gr ... More >>
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February 24, 2012
The Velveteens on crushes, influences and air guitar
The VelveteensYou know those dreamy beach parties you see in movies, but never get invited to? The kind with a clambake, a bonfire, and ladies in capri pants dancing wildly, 60s-style? Well, that's exactly the way the band the Velveteens sound: young and kitten-soft, with sweet scratchy vocals a ... More >>
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February 23, 2012
Night Moves members say goodbye to Flying Dorito Brothers on Friday (INTERVIEW)
Facebook.comConsidering the pretty-boy charlatanism that dominates Nashville these days, it's hard to say with a straight face that country music is making a resurgence. More country heads of this generation have decided to reach back to the good ol' days, when heartbreak had machismo and white l ... More >>
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February 23, 2012
Ricky Rubio and the Timberwolves sing 'N Sync's "Tearin' Up My Heart"
"I know this song. I know. I like it."Just as Minnesota Wild prospects shouldn't be Foo Fighters critics, we warn you to approach this clip of the Minnesota Timberwolves doing 'N Sync's Tearin' Up My Heart" with a bit of caution. First of all, you'll probably end up singing along with the tender ... More >>
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February 21, 2012
Twin Cities rap mixtape roundup, Vol. 9
Now that Megaupload has gone under and Kim Dotcom and Swizz Beats, perhaps two of the most ridiculous men in America, are fugitives holed up in the mountains in a 78 day standoff with the CIA, we're simply going to be streaming this month's mixtape. You can still download individual tracks below. ... More >>
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February 21, 2012
Mastodon, Cranberries, fun. among new Brick show additions
At a certain point, the novelty of emerging Warehouse District concert venue the Brick adding new concerts will wear off -- we think. At least after March 15, we'll be able to see what this 2,000-capacity space is all about. Until then, the AEG Live-piloted stage continues to reveal new events in ... More >>
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February 21, 2012
Ex-Replacement Slim Dunlap in hospital after stroke
Our thoughts are with the family and friends of area musician Bob "Slim" Dunlap, who is at Hennepin County Medical Center following a serious stroke and a fall. The 60-year-old former First Avenue employee played guitar for the Replacements on the band's last three albums, and launched a solo car ... More >>
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February 19, 2012
Prince & Bon Iver visit Blue Ivy Carter on Saturday Night Live
Justin "Vernon" Timberlake.Call this the skit from this weekend's Saturday Night Live that they expected would end up on the blogs. In it, the power couple of Beyonce and Jay-Z are receiving guests to visit their newborn Blue Ivy Carter. Portrayed by various members of the cast, LL Cool J, Nicki ... More >>
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February 15, 2012
Bon Iver curses, but Bonny Bear is deadly (VIDEO)
Not Bon Iver, and don't you forget it.The confusion over how to pronounce and spell Bon Iver was recently a phenomenon confined to nothing close to the mainstream press. After Justin "fuck you, Grammys" Vernon's band picked up a couple of the awards on Sunday, things got heavier and meme-ier. One ... More >>
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February 3, 2012
Small Minneapolis company plays large role in Facebook's IPO
Minneapolis/St. Paul Business JournalChris Meyer's small Mpls company served as a case study in Facebook's IPO.In Facebook's IPO, CM Photographics, a small Minneapolis wedding photography company, served as a case study of how advertising on the social network can benefit mom-and-pop businesses. ... More >>
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February 2, 2012
Rep. Tony Cornish crime bill: a noose and gallows
Sally Jo SorensenA crime bill everyone can get behind?Republican State Representative Tony Cornish unveiled his crime bill to DFL colleagues yesterday. The "bill," revealed in an email to "All DFL representatives," features a photo of two nooses and a gallows -- and that's all. Cornish's Fac ... More >>
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February 1, 2012
2012 Twin Cities Hip-Hop Awards winners & some suggestions for next year
If you haven't heard by now, the Twin Cities Hip-Hop Awards recently celebrated its sixth year. What started out as a simple MySpace poll back in 2007 had turned into a semi-respectable affair -- often selling out venues filled with local heads connecting and having a good time -- but times hav ... More >>
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January 31, 2012
Now, Now release Dead Oaks EP, tour with the Naked and Famous
Photo By Mike VorrasiAfter recently signing with Chris Walla's Trans Records, local trio Now, Now have released their first new batch of songs today with the digital EP Dead Oaks. The catchy but fleeting "Dead Oaks" has been floating around since we reported on the band's signing to Walla's lab ... More >>
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January 31, 2012
The 802 Tour's luxurious experience hits the Walker in March
On March 22 and 23, a collective of young, folk-rooted composers who were drinking buddies back in Vermont will perform at the Walker's William and Nadine McGuire Theater. If you read that sentence and a certain level of pretentious cultural superiority didn't come to mind, go back and read it ag ... More >>
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January 27, 2012
T.Q.D. drops new album Taketh Away at Hell's Kitchen
After taking some time away from music last year, T.Q.D. of the Background Noise Crew sat down and wrote his latest album Taketh Away in under a month. "I don't like to work on things slowly. My attitude is, let's get it done," says The Quiet Dude. "I've never made an album this fast. I know what ... More >>
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January 25, 2012
Bloodnstuff play Best New Bands showcase tonight, need help finishing their debut record
Local noise-rock duo Bloodnstuff (or Blood&stuff?) are not only gearing up to play tonight's Best New Bands showcase at First Avenue, but they are also feverishly trying to put the finishing touches on their highly anticipated debut album. Singer/guitarist Ed Holmberg and drummer Dylan Gou ... More >>
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October 21, 2011
Picked to Click 2011: Sample audio and video of the winners
While we went to great depths describing each of our Picked to Click finalists in this week's issue, nothing can really replace the process of actually listening to their music. Below, you'll find videos and sound clips from all 13 of our 2011 Picked to Click winners, plus links to each band ... More >>
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August 8, 2011
Sade ticket giveaway: Last chance to win tickets before tomorrow's show
Photo by Todd OwyoungSade at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis last FridaySubdued and sultry soul singer Sade has spent the last couple of decades out of the limelight, which makes the positive reviews of her recent reunion shows with her eponymous band seem all the sweeter. When Sade played St. ... More >>
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August 1, 2011
I-35W Bridge collapse survivor Mercedes Gorden shares recovery photos
"Jake and Mercedes doing home therapy after her fallIt was 4 years ago today our lives changed forever," DJ Jake Rudh wrote on his Facebook wall this morning. "Here are pics from August 1st, 2007 and the months that followed. She continues to be the strongest woman I know." That woman is his wif ... More >>
Restaurants
July 27, 2011
Gastro Truck, Barrio, Hola Arepa, and more
Food trucks bring new eats to the street
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July 13, 2011
State shutdown suspends MillerCoors sales
No more Miller Lite?If you love the MGD, you better stock up while you can. The state shutdown is temporarily shutting down the sale of MillerCoors products in Minnesota. According to state officials, the brewing conglomerate failed to renew its license before the shutdown began. They have been t ... More >>
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June 22, 2011
Basilica Block Party performers Hunting Club offer statement on recent controversy
The Basilica Block Party has been at the center of an online debate over gay rights this month, as protestors are urging a boycott of the two-day music festival because of the Catholic Archdiocese's strong stance against gay marriage.
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May 18, 2011
Exposed: Voyeurism, Surveillance, and the Camera since 1870
The Basilica Block Party has been at the center of an online debate over gay rights this month, as protestors are urging a boycott of the two-day music festival because of the Catholic Archdiocese's strong stance against gay marriage.
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May 13, 2011
Celebrate good times in the Best of Hot Dish: May 9-13, 2011
One reason to party...Much rejoicing has come to the land of Minnesota--perhaps because winter is finally over or maybe due to the fact that there is a wealth of good food news to groove on. As you look back on this fine week, tornado warnings not withstanding, the Hot Dish would like to help you ... More >>
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April 27, 2011
Kimberly Yeong Sil Hull to be memorialized by fellow cyclists tonight
Photo: Facebook.Hull was just weeks away from graduating at the U of M.In the wake of a 25-year-old bicyclist's death, hundreds of fellow bikers plan to participate in a 17-mile remembrance ride tonight around Dinkytown. The memorial bike ride has become somewhat of a tradition in the Twin C ... More >>
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April 20, 2011
Timothy Noirjean hacks into women's Facebook accounts and posts private pictures to porn site
FacebookThis isn't one of Noirjean's victims, but the internet is still a terrible place.You can crank your Facebook privacy settings as high as you want, but it won't do any good if someone gets access to your account. Let that happen, and you might soon find yourself staring at your private ... More >>
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February 15, 2011
Bassgasm 3 set times announced
Headlining DJ Reid Speed from LA The third installment of ESP Woody McBride's rave-in-a-club circus is upon us, set to rattle downtown Minneapolis for 9 hours straight this Friday with 60 DJs of both local and national acclaim and stretching First Avenue to five stages instead of three. Sponsore ... More >>
Blogs
January 31, 2011
Smack Shack lobster boil a roiling success
It's like Maine in MinnesotaA word of advice for a lobster boil: Surrender your dignity and strap on your bib, because it's gonna be a messy night. It's not often the opportunity for a full-on lobster boil with all the trimmings presents itself in our landlocked region. And it's even more unlikel ... More >>
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December 15, 2010
Snow shovelers descend on TCF Bank Stadium: Photo of the day
Photo: FacebookLike a plague of locusts.The Vikings and the University of Minnesota put out the call a little while ago for paid volunteers to start shoveling snow out of TCF Bank Stadium ahead of Monday night's Vikings-Bears match. And as you can see from the photo below, a plague of snow sh ... More >>
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November 22, 2010
U of M student's Facebook picture used in faux nudies
Christophercarfi, Flickr.Internet pervs catch up with modern technologyA University of Minnesota student began receiving some unsavory phone calls and text messages earlier this year from creepy men who liked her nude photos. This was unpleasant news to the U of M sophomore, who says she ne ... More >>
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November 11, 2010
Youtee Pour ID'd as teenager who died at Grand Rios
Image via Youtee Pour R.I.P./FacebookYoutee PourWe now know the name of the teenager who died at the Grand Rios water park in Brooklyn Park over the weekend. But we still don't know how or why. Seventeen-year-old Youtee Pour, of Champlin, Minn., was pulled unconscious from the bottom of the ... More >>
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September 26, 2010
Kitty Cat Klub fire? Dispelling the rumors
Photo by Playatta"My DJ set is on fiiiiire!" local DJ and videographer 00000001 a.k.a. Nico Demonte wrote on his Facebook wall around 11 p.m. last night. "Fire at the Kitty Cat Klub!"
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September 10, 2010
"America's Favorite Park" is Lily the black bear's home
Via Lily The Back Bear/FacebookLily the black bear, and her cub, HopeWe'll admit we're not too familiar with Bear Head Lake State Park near Ely. But Lily, the black bear who became an international sensation after she gave birth live on the Internet, knows the park like the back of her paw. ... More >>
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September 7, 2010
Tripp Emmer: It's not the drinking, it's the shaming
There has been a lot of chatter about City Pages' decision last week to publish The Facebook Photos Tom Emmer Doesn't Want You to See.Even though 20-year-old Tripp Emmer appears in the Republican gubernatorial candidate's first campaign commercial, and is a paid campaign staffer making $310 a ... More >>
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