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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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

The Velveteens on crushes, influences and air guitar

The Velveteens​You 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 >>

Night Moves members say goodbye to Flying Dorito Brothers on Friday (INTERVIEW)

Facebook.com​Considering 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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

Now, Now release Dead Oaks EP, tour with the Naked and Famous

Photo By Mike Vorrasi​After 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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

Sade ticket giveaway: Last chance to win tickets before tomorrow's show

Photo by Todd OwyoungSade at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis last Friday​Subdued 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 >>

I-35W Bridge collapse survivor Mercedes Gorden shares recovery photos

"Jake and Mercedes doing home therapy after her fall​It 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 >>

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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 >>

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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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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

Smack Shack lobster boil a roiling success

It's like Maine in Minnesota​A 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 >>

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 >>

U of M student's Facebook picture used in faux nudies

Christophercarfi, Flickr.Internet pervs catch up with modern technology​A 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 >>

Youtee Pour ID'd as teenager who died at Grand Rios

Image via Youtee Pour R.I.P./FacebookYoutee Pour​We 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 >>

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!"  

"America's Favorite Park" is Lily the black bear's home

Via Lily The Back Bear/FacebookLily the black bear, and her cub, Hope​We'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 >>

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 >>

Gaea the vaginal beaver vandalized

Image via FacebookGaea and Deborah Davis​It appears the prudes may have struck again: Gaea the vaginal beaver has been defaced. Someone has painted a vertical black stripe on the sculpture, one of 10 beaver sculptures on display throughout Bemidji.

Anne Rice quits church, blaming Bradlee Dean, among others [UPDATED]

Image via FacebookRice quits Christ's followers​Updated: "You'd like the UCC, Anne Rice" launches on Facebook. Details after the jump. Anne Rice, arguably the modern-day mother of America's obsession with all things vampire, made big news a decade ago when she converted to Christianity. Now s ... More >>

Girl uses iPod and Facebook to report assault as it happened

Raymond Ernest Cesmat is charged with two counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct​While our senators scratch their heads over Facebook privacy and safety worries, a 12-year-old girl from South St. Paul just stepped up to show us adults how to use the technology the right way. She used a ... More >>

Amy Klobuchar wants a Facebook panic button [UPDATED]

Amy Klobuchar wants a kids' panic button on Facebook​Updated: Facebook issues a public response to Klobuchar (after the jump). First Sen. Al Franken took off on Facebook for its privacy -- or lack thereof -- policy. Now our senior senator, Amy Klobuchar, has the 800-pound gorilla of a social ... More >>

Timothy Hansen charged as a terrorist for talking smack about a cop on Facebook

​What you put on Facebook can come back to bite you, and that goes double if what you put on Facebook is trash-talk directed at police officers.After 25-year-old Timothy Hansen Jr. of St. Peter was ticketed in April for driving his dirt-bike without a license, he turned to his Facebook page to blo ... More >>

Bonus Lookbook ticket giveaway

​On Tuesday, we awarded one of our faithful Gimme Noise Twitter followers with a pair of tickets to tomorrow night's Lookbook show in the Mainroom. Today, we've got another pair to give away, this time via our relatively new Facebook page: Gimme Noise on FacebookTo enter, simply head to our Gimme ... More >>

Al Franken targets Facebook privacy

Via Al Franken's Facebook page​It sounds reasonable enough: Facebook ought to keep your personal information private by default. But that's not what happens anymore. Facebook now shares your personal information with third-party vendors by default. And it now stores some data indefinitely. ( ... More >>

U of M-Duluth Facebook racism 'horrendous and despicable'

​Not only were two University of Minnesota-Duluth white women students trading racist filth on Facebook about a third student, who is black, without her knowledge. But in the process of running down the girl because of her race, they flaunted their total ignorance of basic English. Another stu ... More >>