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Fiona Apple back in Minneapolis in July on U.S. tour

Fiona Apple has announced her first Twin Cities appearance in six years. The notoriously eccentric singer-songwriter, who embodied the struggle of creative instincts vs. major label pressure, has booked a July show at the Orpheum Theatre. And for those who caught her on her last visit in 2006 at Nor ... More >>

The Odyssey at Park Square Theatre

Homer's epic is made boring

Velvet Davenport prep first LP with a video and single

Warmy Girls​Parker Sprout, the brain and heart of Velvet Davenport, spent last winter recording to four-track his nearly here Warmy Girls, Velvet Davenport's third release on local label well-on-the-rise Moon Glyph, and their first on shellac. These sparse, sun-saturated excursions placably direct ... More >>

We Are the Willows tour diary, Vol. 3

​Well, the third week of tour has passed.  I've had about 50 cups of coffee, spent about $300 on gas, eaten about seven square meals, and met a ton of cool people.  I've been in some really cool towns and some towns that I won't feel bad about never coming back to. 

May 21, 2009: Rockford Mules & Bob Dylan

Prince writes for the ladies & Bob Dylan's childhood lyrics found?

April 9, 2009: Big Quarters & Blackalicious

Macalester College Springfest lineup announced, Aerosmith and ZZ Top to play Xcel & Prince loves him om Selma Hayek.

Mothers and Children

'Love & Diane' takes a novel approach to documenting family hardship

Real Life Rock Top 10

Natalie Merchant does an about-face; Joe Strummer's countenance appears on the wall; Stephen Tyler loses his head

Brother from Another Planet

Gay bookstore A Brother's Touch thrived when queer culture existed behind closed doors. What it couldn't survive was life in the mainstream

Allegra Goodman: Paradise Park

Tripped Out

The film junketeer's absurd travels have nothing on the screwy Road Trip

Carne Pleasures

Homeward Bound

Virtual Motherhood

Is the Internet an amazing conduit to communities of like-minded parents, or a low-fare trolley ride into the Land of Make Believe? You just might be surprised.