Haley Bonar

The best Twin Cities concerts: 5/1-5/7

The first week of May begins with an exciting lineup. James Blake returns to First Avenue's Mainroom Wednesday while Veils rock the 7th Street Entry. Electric boy/girl duos Purity Ring and Crystal Castles play First Avenue Thursday and Sunday. Minnesota's local member of Cult Records (Julian Casabla ... More >>

Gramma's Boyfriend: We just show up and barf all over

It's almost closing time at the Roller Garden in St. Louis Park. A disco ball overhead spins, flashing colors around the room, where banners with snowflakes and valentines on them hang from the high, arched ceiling. There's a big, green dinosaur standing in the far corner, and as the DJ switches thr ... More >>

Caravan du Nord 2012 tour lineup and schedule

Eight Minnesota cities flung to the far corners of the state will host the second-annual Caravan du Nord shows this fall. Last fall, Low, Trampled by Turtles, members of Doomtree, Lucy Michelle and the Velvet Lapelles, Heiruspecs, and many more were among the acts visiting smaller communities outsid ... More >>

Rock The Vine 3 at the Saint Croix Vineyards, 6/09/12

Rock The Vine 3Featuring Halloween, Alaska, Solid Gold, White Light Riot, and Haley BonarSaint Croix Vineyards, Stillwater, MinnesotaJune 9, 2012Sometimes, it's just nice to get out of the city. Rock The Vine 3 was set in the picturesque grounds of the Saint Croix Vineyards in Stillwater, and treate ... More >>

Weekend Checklist: Freedy Johnston, Social Distortion, Florence and the Machine, Haley Bonar

This weekend in music is a throwback with Freedy Johnston in St. Paul and Social Distortion across town with a sold-out show. The rest of the heavy-hitters are also performing on Friday with Haley Bonar co-headlining with Peter Wolf Crier, while Rogue Valley performs a free show at the U of M, and r ... More >>

Minnesota's Best Albums of 2011

Low, Doomtree, Brute Heart top best local releases

The New Standards issue holiday album to coincide with annual Fitzgerald shows

​If you've tuned into the Current at all this week, there's a good chance you've heard about this weekend's back-to-back New Standards Holiday Shows at the Fitzgerald Theater, the group's annual star-studded performances of jazz-inspired covers and holiday sing-alongs. This year, in honor of their ... More >>

Picked to Click 2011

The Cloak Ox, Night Moves, and more

Music & Movies in Loring Park kickoff moved indoors due to weather

Photo by Louisa Podlich​With severe weather hitting the metro area, the Walker Art Center has decided to move its inaugural 2011 Music & Movies night in Loring Park indoors to the Walker Cinema, which unfortunately only fits about 330 people (the recurring night usually draws over 1,000). Acco ... More >>

Gramma's Boyfriend perform for City of Music

​People of the internet, meet Gramma's Boyfriend: frantic and frenetic, this budding new punk band is a far cry from the lush singer-songwriter fare normally offered up by Haley Bonar. But Bonar has never been one to let her music fit squarely into one category, and her new side project -- which f ... More >>

Gramma's Boyfriend gets feral and freaky for new video taping

​For next week's City of Music video, MPLS.TV and Dan Huiting opted to feature a very different side of Haley Bonar's musical persona by filming a song with her punk rock side project Gramma's Boyfriend. Dan Huiting tells us how it went down:

Haley Bonar at the Cedar Cultural Center, 4/22/11

Photos by Nick Wosika​April 22, 2011 Cedar Cultural Center Minneapolis Minneapolis could not be happier to have Haley Bonar back in town after her stint in Portland--that much was evident by the warm crowd that had assembled for Bonar's CD release show at the Cedar Cultural Center on Friday n ... More >>

Haley Bonar moves back to Minneapolis

Bonar created the stellar Golder in Portland

Haley Bonar performs for City of Music

Photo by Louisa Podlich​We're grateful to be able to claim Haley Bonar as a Twin Cities resident once again after her year-long stint in Portland, and this week will be a full-on celebration of all things Haley around town. Pick up a copy of City Pages this Wednesday (which will also happen t ... More >>

Alexi Murdoch at the Cedar, 2/23/11

Photos by Denis Jeong Plaster​Alexi Murdoch and Haley BonarFebruary 23, 2011Cedar Cultural Center, MinneapolisThe heavily anticipated Alexi Murdoch show at the Cedar Cultural Center was everything that everyone had hoped for, and then some. The show started at a leisurely hour for a Wednesday nigh ... More >>

Love-cars reuniting for 'Rent Party!' at the Turf tonight

​It all makes sense. For those wondering how local musicians like James Diers, Haley Bonar, Jeremy Ylvisaker, JT Bates, Jake Hanson, and Mike Lewis find the time to spawn so many amazing, collaborative projects, the answer is simple: They all share a practice space. And unfortunately, that practic ... More >>

Haley Bonar

Haley Bonar, B.B. King, Dawes, and more

Nordeast Music Festival

Teenage Grandpa playing Cafe Maude tomorrow

​Haley Bonar broke our hearts last year when she announced that she was moving to Portland, Oregon, and we couldn't be more excited about her return to the Twin Cities this summer -- especially because it means she's around to pick up last-minute gigs like tomorrow night's performance at Cafe Maud ... More >>

The Lower 48

Afternoon Records is having a fire sale

​ Whether or not you agree with Afternoon Records (for whatever reason), it's hard to argue getting cheap music. And don't start with that Rapidshare nonsense. I know we all do it. Not the point. Afternoon is offering four different packages, and depending on which you choose you could be getting ... More >>

Rock the Cradle

Electric Fetus's top 10: Haley Bonar and Wookiefoot

A children's album and hippie rap? We need to talk, Minneapolis.

Haley Bonar and Skoal Kodiak: A Tale of Two Cities

While Haley Bonar enchanted the Cedar, Skoal Kodiak turned the Turf Club into a fierce ground war. Gimme Noise reviews them both.

Haley Bonar speaks to Gimme Noise

At the release show of her new children's album Sing With Me, the local songwriter cut Gimme Noise some time to talk about grown up things.

Ian Anderson talks about his new book, Here Come the Regulars

Ian Anderson's spoke to Gimme Noise about his highly approachable primer to success in the music industry, now available to order through his label's website.

Haley Bonar, Jeremy Messersmith perform live at the Fair

Live audio and video courtesy of the Current.

Mischke Mix: Thursday, August 27

Local songs spun on today's Mischke broadcast.

Haley Bonar moves to Portland, Oregon

After a farewell show over the weekend at the Walker, the songsmith packs a steamer trunk for the Pacific Northwest.

Weekend Checklist: Blind Shake, D4, and Eye of the Great Protector

July 3-5.

Fantastic Fourth

Mischke Mix: Friday, May 8

Local songs spun on today's Mischke broadcast.

Mischke Mix: Monday, April 20

On today's show, Mischke played a selection of songs about local streets.

Feb. 16, 2009: Bonar on Daytrotter & Monotonix

P.O.S. tops Billboard chart, the Hopefuls tour dates, St. Paul Slim on B96 & Haley Bonar records Daytrotter session

Top 10 Local Albums of the Year

Our favorite albums released in Minnesota this year, with a handful of honorable mentions

Concrete and Grass: Lowertown Music Festival

Provention, featuring Nellie McKay, Dan Wilson, Haley Bonar and more

Haley Bonar lets the sun shine in

Our summer girl is set up to be a Big Star

Over the Weekend: April 25-27, 2008

Afternoon Records Anniversary

Homegrown Wake Celebrates More Than 10 Years of Music

Afternoon Records Anniversary: The weekend's best show

Artists of the Year

There Goes the Neighborhood

Ten local albums that kept the home fires blazing— then burned down the house

Return of the Grievous Angel

Haley Bonar on the fine art of disappearing—and coming back in one piece

In Da Club: Haley Bonar at the 400 Bar

Sulking toward Nirvana

Brand New Heavies

Surf rock, metal, and shoulder-length hair: First Avenue's class of 2003

Everybody Wins

Polls and punditry for the best new bands in town

Even Cowgirls Get The Blues

Haley Bonar cries over the past and sings alt-country's future