Hieronymus Bosch

Top 10 best Minnesota music videos of 2013 (so far)

Local Frames is a weekly column spotlighting the best new music videos featuring musicians and directors with Minnesota ties. As the year reaches its halfway point, Local Frames takes a look back at the most fantastic, innovative videos that have come our way in 2013. Since Gimme Noise started up t ... More >>

The best Twin Cities concerts: 5/15-5/21

Finally! The weather is starting to catch up with the time of year. Just in time for Northeast's annual celebration, Art-A-Whirl. Featuring creative works from all over Minneapolis, the 331 club will be hosting local favorites such as Gospel Gossip, Carroll, Prissy Clerks, Crimes and more. Minneapol ... More >>

Father John Misty

Chris Mars' film In Hanford screening at Sundance this month

When musicians become directors, they should be required to start by making short films. Such legislation might have saved us from the feature-length cinematic sadism inflicted upon us by David Byrne, Fred Durst and John Doofus Mellencamp. Chris Mars, former drummer of the irreplaceable Replacements ... More >>

Mike Watt on the Missingmen, Hieronymus Bosch, and being a middle-aged punk

Throughout Mike Watt's 30 years in the music industry, it has become quite clear that the man can play a mean bass and pen some indelible, spirited songs. What also became quite clear when I chatted with Watt on the phone from his longtime home in San Pedro, California, is that he loves to talk abo ... More >>

Gossip, Brother Ali, Owl City, and more

Honeydogs frontman Adam Levy reveals the heartbreak of son's suicide

Daniel Levy, 21, took his own life in January

Scottish Ballet

Mike Watt and the Missingmen at the Turf Club, 4/18/11

Photos by Tony Nelson​Mike Watt and the Missingmen, with STNNNG April 18, 2011 Turf Club Oh, for the love of plaid, seeing Mike Watt perform live is really something special.

Mike Watt bringing new 'opera' to Turf Club

​At 53 years old, Mike Watt is more sought after now than ever.  The punk veteran and hugely influential bassist made his name in the early '80s as a member of the Minutemen, and he seemingly hasn't stopped touring since, lending his talents to a number of post-Minutemen projects like Dos (fo ... More >>

Painted Saints

Music A-List

Painted Saints CD-Release

True Tales of the Twin Cities

Mel is Responsible for all the Wars in the World...

...Or at least he's to blame for this one

Exodus

As a Child, Cy Thao Crossed the Mekong from Laos to a New World. Now His Paintings Are Taking the Hmong People Home.

The Mother Of All Fears

David Cronenberg talks about signing a contract with death and the yucky kind of mommy love

The Birth Of Neurosis

'Vienna: Lusthaus' finds sex and death in prewar decadence

Fellini's Inferno

With Juliet of the Spirits, the devilish director of 8-1/2 welcomed his audience to hell--but grandly

Safety in Numbers

Nymphomaniacal roommates! Meta-Willy Lomans! Dancing Canadians! City Pages reports from the biggest, baddest Minnesota Fringe Festival to date