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Five songs exploring the joys of drone

This week, 5ingles tiptoes idly through spring tulips and the wild, weird world of drone, sampling conventional and unconventional takes on the form. It is recommended that you pull the shades down, turn off other mechanical devices in your domicile, and savor the sinuous, scabrous sound of overlapp ... More >>

SXSW announces first 2012 showcasing bands, including Minneapolitans Howler

​Oh lordy. It isn't time to think about SXSW already, is it? It seem like all that long ago that Minneapolis bands were swarming the streets of Austin, Texas in search of free beer and food trucks, and when Gimme Noise threw our first-ever Minnesota music showcase with First Avenue.But according t ... More >>

Fringe Festival 2011: A preview of your best bets

Theater fans can pick from 168 shows

The Fiery Furnaces at the Cedar, 5/13/11

Photos by Nick Wosika​The Fiery FurnacesMay 13, 2011Cedar Cultural Center, MinneapolisThe Cedar Cultural Center possesses a particular vibe, an approximation I'd place somewhere between a playhouse and a time-fragmented sixties gymnasium. The overhead music is fantastic; finely curated Latin Am ... More >>

Nordic Lights Film Fest

Photos by Nick Wosika​The Fiery FurnacesMay 13, 2011Cedar Cultural Center, MinneapolisThe Cedar Cultural Center possesses a particular vibe, an approximation I'd place somewhere between a playhouse and a time-fragmented sixties gymnasium. The overhead music is fantastic; finely curated Latin Am ... More >>

Yoko Ono's massive birthday jamboree

​Over the weekend Yoko Ono threw a seriously must-attend preparation celebration of her late husband's 70th birthday (and her first show ever in Los Angeles). In tow were: Lady Gaga, Iggy Pop, RZA, Perry Farrell, her son Sean Lennon, Thurston Moore, and...much more. Of course there were myriad Fli ... More >>

Frenchman Adrien Massy splits ahead of sex charges at kids' camp

Photo: Esther GibbonsFrenchman Massey found an exit before he could arrested​When you sign your kids up for language camp, you don't expect them to be taught the finer points of posing nude in the shower for a perv with a camera, or hear about them getting felt up through their pajamas. But ... More >>

CRITICS' PICKS

Photo: Esther GibbonsFrenchman Massey found an exit before he could arrested​When you sign your kids up for language camp, you don't expect them to be taught the finer points of posing nude in the shower for a perv with a camera, or hear about them getting felt up through their pajamas. But ... More >>

Brian Jonestown Massacre

Photo: Esther GibbonsFrenchman Massey found an exit before he could arrested​When you sign your kids up for language camp, you don't expect them to be taught the finer points of posing nude in the shower for a perv with a camera, or hear about them getting felt up through their pajamas. But ... More >>

Alexander McCall Smith cancels talk at the State Theatre

​(Photo by Tara Murphy)Alexander McCall Smith, author of several popular series, including The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, has canceled his talk scheduled for Monday, April 26 at the State Theatre. 

Kill To Kill, Dragons Power Up, Mr. Mustachio, and Puppies and Trains start the weekend early

New faces did their take on familiar ground, and familiar faces did their take on something entirely brand new.

Wellstone, Hedberg, Sealy among notable Minnesotans lost this decade

It'll be a long time before the sting of these deaths fades.

David Bazan, Impaler, They Might Be Giants, and more

It'll be a long time before the sting of these deaths fades.

múm

It'll be a long time before the sting of these deaths fades.

July 7, 2009: No Bird Sing & múm

Iceland's múm schedule McGuire Theater show & local No Doubt, Costello, Sunn O))) & Ambassador Gun shows reviewed.

Friends of Bill Holm

Iceland's múm schedule McGuire Theater show & local No Doubt, Costello, Sunn O))) & Ambassador Gun shows reviewed.

Bill Holm dies at 65

The Minnesota author passed away this Wednesday.

Black Friday: Stop reading this, start shopping

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The Future of Retro

Solid Gold pin down a sound that's so old, it's new

Film Highlight: Sound Unseen

Solid Gold pin down a sound that's so old, it's new

Parachutes

Solid Gold pin down a sound that's so old, it's new

These Modern Socks and more

Solid Gold pin down a sound that's so old, it's new

Flicks to Pick

A guide for taking the guesswork out of MSPIFF

Culture Jamming

Iceland's best indie-rockers top this week's pop culture picks

Talk of the Stacks: Bill Holm

Iceland's best indie-rockers top this week's pop culture picks

Of Transgendered Violas and Transatlanic Collaborators

Composer Nico Muhly Can't Stick to Classical, So He Heads to...Iceland?

Here are the week's best releases from the pop culture universe

Composer Nico Muhly Can't Stick to Classical, So He Heads to...Iceland?

11/30 Morning Communiqué

Composer Nico Muhly Can't Stick to Classical, So He Heads to...Iceland?

Fall Arts Movies

Composer Nico Muhly Can't Stick to Classical, So He Heads to...Iceland?

Free Will Astrology

Composer Nico Muhly Can't Stick to Classical, So He Heads to...Iceland?

Fall Film Events

Composer Nico Muhly Can't Stick to Classical, So He Heads to...Iceland?

Free Will Astrology

Composer Nico Muhly Can't Stick to Classical, So He Heads to...Iceland?

Voter Games

CP'S voter sign-up "scandal": Conspiracy? Friends having a laugh? What's the difference?

Who's Your Dada?

The Fiery Furnaces turn poetic non sequitors into the surreal life of songs

Total Eclipse

Recording They Live on the Sun, Cloud Cult call on dark times

One of the Great Ones

In search of photographic beauty and big dreams at a Minneapolis dive bar

A Fish Tale

Richard Flanagan creates a lie as big as a continent

Two Out of Three Ain't Bad

The Minneapolis/St. Paul International Film Festival's Middle Week Has Hits, Sleepers, and Snoozers

Bad Taste 101

The Producers and 101 Reykjavik are textbook cases of repugnance redeemed

The Greatest Shows on Earth

Uzbek beauties! Swedish peaceniks! Iranian mummies! A guide to the high-wire act otherwise known as the Minneapolis/St. Paul International Film Festival.

Pita Accord

Uzbek beauties! Swedish peaceniks! Iranian mummies! A guide to the high-wire act otherwise known as the Minneapolis/St. Paul International Film Festival.

It's a Wrap

The Mpls/St. Paul International Film Festival swaddles the Cities in cinema

Sea What I Mean

The Mpls/St. Paul International Film Festival swaddles the Cities in cinema

Amend Your Trousers

The Mpls/St. Paul International Film Festival swaddles the Cities in cinema

Austin City Unlimited

The Mpls/St. Paul International Film Festival swaddles the Cities in cinema

Sushi and Superheros

The Mpls/St. Paul International Film Festival swaddles the Cities in cinema

UNTIL THE (MAD) COWS COME HOME

The Mpls/St. Paul International Film Festival swaddles the Cities in cinema