Indie Rock and Indie Pop

Father John Misty

Critics' Picks: Andrew W.K., Megafaun, and more

Atlas Sound

Bon Iver set to play SNL, Justin Vernon starts his own record label

​Justin Vernon and Bon Iver had one hell of a year in 2011. Bon Iver's sophomore album is widely considered the best album of the year, the group played well-received, sold-out shows all over the world (including a memorable two-night stand at the Orpheum Theatre), and capped it all off with f ... More >>

Best nationally released albums of 2011

​It's a good thing we waited until the last week of 2011 to publish our final best-album lists, since a few bands managed to eke out stellar releases just this December (the Roots' undun and the Black Keys' El Camino in particular made their way onto a few staffers' lists). With only a few da ... More >>

Bon Iver, Brian Setzer, Mint Condition's Stokley Williams among this year's Grammy nominees

​All bets were on Adele heading into last night's Grammy nomination ceremony (now a nationally televised event tailored to milk the big reveal for every last commercial penny), and she certainly held her own, receiving a total of six nominations from the Recording Academy. Kanye West, too, scored ... More >>

SoundTown Series: Catching up with the New Pornographers

​The New Pornographers are one of those bands that seem like they will just quietly endure, continually putting out quality from the indie-pop front lines. Since the 2010 release of their fifth studio album, Together, various members of the Canadian supergroup (a term which the band seems to p ... More >>

Bon Iver announce release date, track listing for new album

Photo by D. L. Anderson​Bon Iver's page on the Jagjaguwar site is down this morning, which can only mean one thing: Today's the day when the Indiana indie label is unveiling the details for the band's sophomore album. Last month, bandleader Justin Vernon conducted an interview with Rolling Stone t ... More >>

Cut Copy talks Daft Punk, Kraftwerk, and why you shouldn't read your own reviews

​Cut Copy have had the chance to tour with Lady Gaga, Nine Inch Nails, and Coldplay -- and subsequently turned all three down due to the recording of their recent album release. This is a band that clearly takes their direction seriously.

P.O.S. remixes TV on the Radio's 'Will Do'

Photo by B FRESH​Though we mostly know Stef Alexander, a.k.a. P.O.S., for his rap skills and punk rock chops, he's also been making a name for himself lately as a talented remix artist. A few months back, one of P.O.S.'s remixes, "No Scrubs," was included on Doomtree's Gayngs regrind album, Affili ... More >>

Critics' Picks: Yelawolf, DeVotchKa, Bright Eyes, and more

Photo by B FRESH​Though we mostly know Stef Alexander, a.k.a. P.O.S., for his rap skills and punk rock chops, he's also been making a name for himself lately as a talented remix artist. A few months back, one of P.O.S.'s remixes, "No Scrubs," was included on Doomtree's Gayngs regrind album, Affili ... More >>

Crystal Castles, Cold War Kids, and more

Photo by B FRESH​Though we mostly know Stef Alexander, a.k.a. P.O.S., for his rap skills and punk rock chops, he's also been making a name for himself lately as a talented remix artist. A few months back, one of P.O.S.'s remixes, "No Scrubs," was included on Doomtree's Gayngs regrind album, Affili ... More >>

Best National Albums of 2010

​As 2010 winds to a close, many of us here at Gimme Noise have been hard at work drafting up as many lists as humanly possible. Rather than create on unified list of the national albums that we loved this year, we thought it more appropriate to post each of our individual picks for the best albums ... More >>

Superchunk return after nearly a decade

Mac McCaughan reflects on the re-emergence of his seminal '90s band

Weekend Checklist: The conundrum of Mavis and Tame Impala Replacements and Eyedea Tributes

It's turkey week and the usual travel snafus are starting. As I type this, it is 8AM and I am on a Delta flight out of Minneapolis bound for Georgia. I have been up since 4:30 and my flight has already been changed four times. Alas, if you are sticking around the Twin Cities the next few days, don ... More >>

Dada Trash Collage

It's turkey week and the usual travel snafus are starting. As I type this, it is 8AM and I am on a Delta flight out of Minneapolis bound for Georgia. I have been up since 4:30 and my flight has already been changed four times. Alas, if you are sticking around the Twin Cities the next few days, don ... More >>

Film School/The Depreciation Guild

It's turkey week and the usual travel snafus are starting. As I type this, it is 8AM and I am on a Delta flight out of Minneapolis bound for Georgia. I have been up since 4:30 and my flight has already been changed four times. Alas, if you are sticking around the Twin Cities the next few days, don ... More >>

Muja Messiah Mixtape Release Party

It's turkey week and the usual travel snafus are starting. As I type this, it is 8AM and I am on a Delta flight out of Minneapolis bound for Georgia. I have been up since 4:30 and my flight has already been changed four times. Alas, if you are sticking around the Twin Cities the next few days, don ... More >>

Tokyo Police Club at the Varsity, 8/19/10

Photos by Erik Hess​Tokyo Police ClubAugust 19, 2010Varsity TheaterThe blogosphere can be a fickle mistress. Toronto quartet Tokyo Police Club went from teenaged basement band to playing every major music festival of 2007 pretty much overnight on the strength of the instantaneous blog buzz that gr ... More >>

Phoenix

Photos by Erik Hess​Tokyo Police ClubAugust 19, 2010Varsity TheaterThe blogosphere can be a fickle mistress. Toronto quartet Tokyo Police Club went from teenaged basement band to playing every major music festival of 2007 pretty much overnight on the strength of the instantaneous blog buzz that gr ... More >>

Built to Spill

Photos by Erik Hess​Tokyo Police ClubAugust 19, 2010Varsity TheaterThe blogosphere can be a fickle mistress. Toronto quartet Tokyo Police Club went from teenaged basement band to playing every major music festival of 2007 pretty much overnight on the strength of the instantaneous blog buzz that gr ... More >>

Band of Horses

Photos by Erik Hess​Tokyo Police ClubAugust 19, 2010Varsity TheaterThe blogosphere can be a fickle mistress. Toronto quartet Tokyo Police Club went from teenaged basement band to playing every major music festival of 2007 pretty much overnight on the strength of the instantaneous blog buzz that gr ... More >>

Freestyle Fashion snaps your style at Rock The Garden

Lovin' that necklace, don'cha know! Photo by Tony Vu​ City Pages' Freestyle Fashion team hit up the Walker for its bigtime annual music event last weekend, this year's event featuring the musical stylings of OK GO, MGMT, Sharon Jones and The Dap Kings and more. Thousands of smartly dressed Twin C ... More >>

Astronautalis

Lovin' that necklace, don'cha know! Photo by Tony Vu​ City Pages' Freestyle Fashion team hit up the Walker for its bigtime annual music event last weekend, this year's event featuring the musical stylings of OK GO, MGMT, Sharon Jones and The Dap Kings and more. Thousands of smartly dressed Twin C ... More >>

Broken Social Scene announce Minneapolis date

​First Avenue has just announced a Mainroom show featuring amorphous Canadian indie-rock collective Broken Social Scene, who are coming through Minneapolis on October 4. The group currently comprises Kevin Drew, Brendan Canning, Justin Peroff, Andrew Whiteman, Charles Spearin, Sam Goldberg, and Li ... More >>

Rock the Garden: MGMT, Sharon Jones, OK Go, and Retribution Gospel Choir coming to the Walker on June 19

​The Current and the Walker Art Center announced their Rock the Garden lineup today with a live broadcast at Brit's Pub in downtown Minneapolis, hosted by Current DJ Mary Lucia and the Walker's Senior Curator for Performing Arts Philip Bither. The yearly outdoor festival has grown quite large in t ... More >>

Cymbals Eat Guitars, Freelance Whales, Bear in Heaven

​The Current and the Walker Art Center announced their Rock the Garden lineup today with a live broadcast at Brit's Pub in downtown Minneapolis, hosted by Current DJ Mary Lucia and the Walker's Senior Curator for Performing Arts Philip Bither. The yearly outdoor festival has grown quite large in t ... More >>

Spoon and Deerhunter, Flying Lotus, and more

​The Current and the Walker Art Center announced their Rock the Garden lineup today with a live broadcast at Brit's Pub in downtown Minneapolis, hosted by Current DJ Mary Lucia and the Walker's Senior Curator for Performing Arts Philip Bither. The yearly outdoor festival has grown quite large in t ... More >>

Depreciation Guild

​The Current and the Walker Art Center announced their Rock the Garden lineup today with a live broadcast at Brit's Pub in downtown Minneapolis, hosted by Current DJ Mary Lucia and the Walker's Senior Curator for Performing Arts Philip Bither. The yearly outdoor festival has grown quite large in t ... More >>

Bonnaroo announces lineup in most annoying way possible

In tiny increments via social media.

Jay-Z, Muse, Gorillaz headlining Coachella 2010

The California festival runs April 16-18.

Top Five Most Hummable Indie-Rock Smash Hits of the '00s

The aughts saw indie rock go mainstream. Here's the top 5 indie songs we couldn't escape this decade.

Yo La Tengo

The aughts saw indie rock go mainstream. Here's the top 5 indie songs we couldn't escape this decade.

Yo La Tengo tonight in the First Avenue Main Room

Their mere presence gives music critics a boner.

Sea Wolf

Their mere presence gives music critics a boner.

iPod Hijack! City Pages staff's Top Ten Most Played

The time has come to purify our hearts and minds of the guilty pleasures in our iPods. You could be next.

The Battle Royale

The time has come to purify our hearts and minds of the guilty pleasures in our iPods. You could be next.

Beck

The time has come to purify our hearts and minds of the guilty pleasures in our iPods. You could be next.

CANCELED: Mogwai

The time has come to purify our hearts and minds of the guilty pleasures in our iPods. You could be next.

Cut Copy

The time has come to purify our hearts and minds of the guilty pleasures in our iPods. You could be next.

Bon Iver

The time has come to purify our hearts and minds of the guilty pleasures in our iPods. You could be next.

She & Him

The time has come to purify our hearts and minds of the guilty pleasures in our iPods. You could be next.

Watson Twins and more

The time has come to purify our hearts and minds of the guilty pleasures in our iPods. You could be next.

Fleet Foxes

The time has come to purify our hearts and minds of the guilty pleasures in our iPods. You could be next.

Tokyo Police Club

The time has come to purify our hearts and minds of the guilty pleasures in our iPods. You could be next.

Yeasayer

The time has come to purify our hearts and minds of the guilty pleasures in our iPods. You could be next.

British Sea Power

The time has come to purify our hearts and minds of the guilty pleasures in our iPods. You could be next.

Vampire Weekend

The time has come to purify our hearts and minds of the guilty pleasures in our iPods. You could be next.

Band of Horses

The time has come to purify our hearts and minds of the guilty pleasures in our iPods. You could be next.

Tokyo Police Club

The time has come to purify our hearts and minds of the guilty pleasures in our iPods. You could be next.