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Top 10 must-see Minnesota music videos this week

Local Frames is a weekly column spotlighting the best new music videos featuring musicians and directors with Minnesota ties. We kick things off this week with the soulful, impassioned new video for "Lady, You Shot Me," from Har Mar Superstar, which finds the unabashed crooner taking his sound in ... More >>

Har Mar Superstar returns to the Turf Club, 5/4/13

Har Mar Superstar Turf Club, St. Paul Saturday, May 4, 2013 Sean Tillman may not live in Minnesota anymore, but he still knows it's important to dress in layers. Tillman's sex-symbol-by-fiat alter ego Har Mar Superstar took the Turf Club stage after midnight draped in a black hood and some sort of ... More >>

Har Mar Superstar's star turn

The Bye Bye 17 musician brilliantly reinvents himself on his latest record

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 >>

April Podcast: Rock the Garden lineup prediction secrets, "Accidental Racist," and more

Today marks the last day of April, and that's good news for all you audiophiles out there. Why is that, you ask? Because we just thawed out round two of the Gimme Noise music podcast, that's why. This new experiment of ours is still new enough that we don't even have a decent set of press photos, b ... More >>

Watch Har Mar Superstar get interviewed by a fourth grader

Your day will improve measurably to see the on-camera interactions between Har Mar Superstar and future talk show host Leo Lorge. Initiated by MTV Hive, the interview occurred as part of a Kidrockers show (more on that here) recently in Brooklyn.The young and bold Lorge holds his own asking moderate ... More >>

Introducing the Gimme Noise Music Podcast

Here's a surprise to ease you out of this warm and sunny Friday. The very first Gimme Noise Podcast is live! Recorded in our satellite "studio" in Seward, this represents a collection of recent topics, both locally and at large, that we -- myself and music editor Reed Fischer -- wanted to discuss fu ... More >>

Har Mar Superstar makes soulful return on "Lady, You Shot Me"

The musical chameleon that is Sean Tillmann has just changed his skin again with a new Har Mar Superstar jam called "Lady, You Shot Me." And without too much hyperbole, this song about a woman doing him very wrong is very fucking excellent. Like, career-defining stuff. Even for those of us who alrea ... More >>

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

Har Mar Superstar/Astronautalis

MN Musicians Vote No!

Communist Daughter tops City Pages & Radio K's CMJ Music Marathon 2012 showcase

The CMJ Music Marathon is a yearly underground music assault on New York (and Brooklyn too), and several performers with local ties are making the trip out to the East Coast. Much like South by Southwest, CMJ has a huge industry component attached to the glut of semi-discovered talent lurking in pre ... More >>

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 >>

Pizza Luce Block Party 2011 set times

​The Pizza Luce Block Party is only a few days away, and this year's party might have the strongest lineup yet. In addition to serving as a testing ground for a couple of new projects -- Charles, a new rock band led by Sean Tillmann, a.k.a. Har Mar Superstar; and Farewell Continental, the side pro ... More >>

Marijuana Deathsquads raid the West Coast

Ryan Olson, P.O.S., Har Mar wrap up their residency

Fleetwood Magic tribute night takes over the Turf this Saturday

​As the puddles begin to accumulate from the ground up with the long awaited spring thaw that's in full motion, I can't help but notice a certain "joie de vivre" in the air. Growing more and more tired of looking at my reflection in the snow-covered hills that line the sidewalks, I immediately sen ... More >>

Gayngs Affiliyated Showcase at First Avenue, 3/6/2011

The Gayngs and Gimme Noise Affiliyated Showcase at First Avenue was nothing short of epic -- so epic, in fact, that even the word doesn't seem big enough. The colossal 15-band bill was a Minneapolis Best Of, with simultaneous billings in the Record Room, the Entry, and the Mainroom. Not to mention s ... More >>

Har Mar Superstar live in LA (VIDEO)

Photo by Tigger Lunney​Each weekend during their February residency, Marijuana Deathsquads shared the stage with a variety of guests from the Twin Cities and elsewhere at varying levels of notoriety. One constant every week has been a give-til-it-hurts performance by Har Mar Superstar, co-res ... More >>

Marijuana Deathsquads with David Yow of Jesus Lizard and Kevin Rumantis of Cows in L.A. (VIDEO)

Photo by Tigger Lunney​The fine, fine gentlemen of Marijuana Deathsquads have been holed up in a little house in Los Angeles for the better part of a month now, performing weekly in residency with Har Mar Superstar at Satellite (formerly Spaceland).

Tapes 'N Tapes and Fort Wilson Riot's recent Daytrotter sessions

It's Friday, and you're likely idling in your office and sitting on a fence between interminable boredom and weekend giddiness. I don't think we ever really grow up that much, considering we've been feeling that exact same conflicting emotion since the first grade. And remember when you told your mo ... More >>

Brute Heart, Dosh, Peter Wolf Crier record new Daytrotter sessions

​Illionois-based recording site Daytrotter continues to show its love for Twin Cities bands this month with a new session by Brute Heart and return visits by powerhouse duo Peter Wolf Crier and multi-instrumental maestro Dosh. The three women in Brute Heart especially seemed to make their mark o ... More >>

Zombie Pub Crawl VI: It Just Won't Die

Har Mar Superstar headlines Zombie Pub Crawl 2010

​The sixth annual Zombie Pub Crawl is upon us: On October 9, 2010, the biggest incarnation of the undead fest yet will take over the West Bank, culminating with a party at Cabooze headlined by Har Mar Superstar.

Har Mar Superstar headlines Zombie Pub Crawl 2010

​The sixth annual Zombie Pub Crawl is upon us: On October 9, 2010, the biggest incarnation of the undead fest yet will take over the West Bank, culminating with a party at Cabooze headlined by Har Mar Superstar.

Gayngs and Har Mar tackle George Michael

​Just a few short hours after news hit that George Michael has been sentenced to two months in jail for driving under the influence of marijuana and plowing his Land Rover into a photo shop storefront, local recording project Gayngs posted their tribute to the troubled Brit, a cover of his song "O ... More >>

Skivvie scandal at the Minnesota Historical Society

​Boxers or briefs? At the Minnesota History Museum, Har Mar Superstar wears both. As part of their latest exhibit, the Minnesota History Center has rewritten history by redesigning the Beatles' famous Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album cover. In honor of "The Beatles! One Night Stand ... More >>

Har Mar Superstar playing last-minute show tonight

​As if this past weekend wasn't already spilling over with amazing local music (between Gayngs, Art-A-Whirl, and the Lyn-Lake fest there were only a scant few hours without shows), Har Mar Superstar and P.O.S are teaming up to play a last-minute show at the Entry tonight, as Har Mar announced duri ... More >>

Har Mar Superstar headlining Lyn Lake fest this Sunday

Via Har Mar's Tumblr blog​There's no excuse for staying indoors this weekend. In addition to the flurry of musical lineups taking over Northeast for Art-A-Whirl this weekend, the Lyn Lake Street Festival has booked an airtight cast of musicians to perform at its festivities this Sunday afternoon. ... More >>

US Air Guitar Championships: Minneapolis Regional

Har Mar Superstar in Ghostbusters 3: The Facebook campaign

It worked for Betty White, right?

Har Mar Superstar to play WAMplified

Will the Weisman Museum provide the tallboys?

Top 5 local music videos of the decade

As the 21st century heads toward its second decade, we look back at some of the best local videos of the last 10 years.

Kool Keith and Har Mar dazzle and bore the Triple Rock

What's the difference between cool confidence and performative laziness? After last night's show, we're not too sure either.

Gimme News Weekly Wrap-Up: Nov. 2-6

The Uptown Bar closes its doors, Estate appears on Gossip Girl, M.anifest releases new music & the Suicide Commandos get their own day.

Har Mar Superstar

Har Mar Superstar brings "Tall Boy" to Late Night

Watch Har Mar Superstar's performance of "Tall Boy" from the October 26 edition of Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.

Gimme News Weekly Wrap-Up: Oct. 3-9

The Wars of 1812 announce break-up, Doomtree sets vinyl releases, Har Mar Superstar prepping HBO show & next week's best new releases.

Weekend Checklist: Lebowski Fest, Har Mar Superstar, and Solid Gold

September 11-13.

Har Mar Superstar to head home to Triple Rock

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Har Mar Superstar

Sia: Forever Blowing Bubbles

Breakfast of Champions: 2/27

Sia

Concert Highlights for the Week of July 4-July 10

Concert Highlights for the Week of July 4-July 10

Intergalactic Groove Orgy and Nocturnal Elf Emissions

Shaking it with zombies and nuclear submarines

Local Music Yearbook '03

We Sang. We Danced. We Set things on Fire. And Sometime after the Bar Closed, We Wrote It All Down for You.

Don't Mess With Excess