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John Mayer

  • Blogs

    May 2, 2012

    Plug in Stereo reveals musical origins

    "I started playing music in sixth grade," says the Portland-based musician Trevor Dahl, who performs as Plug in Stereo and opens for He Is We at the Varsity Theater tonight. "Playing acoustic guitar, and playing in all different types of bands, rock, pop, even hardcore stuff." Dahl, who has locks th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 24, 2012

    Quietdrive on writing Up or Down and growing up

    Related:River's Edge Music Festival 2012 at Harriet Island lineupQuietdrive release a new album for their holiday show5 Questions: Quietdrive's Kevin TruckenmillerMinneapolis band Quietdrive have just released their latest album, Up or Down, which chronicles the everyday life struggles the band went ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 27, 2012

    Minneapolis music scene named second-best in the U.S.

    ​The helpful folks at Livability.com have chosen "Top 10 Cities With the Best Music Scenes Outside of Nashville NYC and LA," and trusty Minneapolis came in second. It does not seem as if Howler's Jordan Gatesmith or people who went to Jane's Addiction at the Brick were polled for this, but it's st ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 12, 2012

    Alert: SXSW coverage ahead

    ​You don't have to spend much time at South By Southwest to know that nearly every building gets used as a music venue during the annual music festival. And starting Thursday, writers and photographers from the music blogs of the Village Voice Media empire plan to go to as many of them as we possi ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 30, 2011

    TJ Miller

    ​You don't have to spend much time at South By Southwest to know that nearly every building gets used as a music venue during the annual music festival. And starting Thursday, writers and photographers from the music blogs of the Village Voice Media empire plan to go to as many of them as we possi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2011

    Joel Kachel releases 'Sounds of Crow' tonight at the Fine Line

    ​It's hard to dislike the premise: one young man, one guitar, making positive high energy music.  Joel Kachel possesses something that raises his buzzy rattle above all most of the other artists who have decided to make a name for themselves in music.  His songs on the new album, Sounds ... More >>

  • Music

    August 17, 2011

    5ingles

    ​It's hard to dislike the premise: one young man, one guitar, making positive high energy music.  Joel Kachel possesses something that raises his buzzy rattle above all most of the other artists who have decided to make a name for themselves in music.  His songs on the new album, Sounds ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 3, 2011

    SoundTown Series: The Ericksons teach us how to fall in love

    ​Sisters Jenny Kochsiek and Bethany Valentini, together with drummer Dan Kapernick, make up the Ericksons--a local roots band with hearty female vocals that lend well to their haunting Appalachian sound. The Ericksons have been around Minneapolis for less than a year, following the September r ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2011

    INXS founder Andrew Farriss talks songwriting, new album & remembers Michael Hutchence

    INXS back in the day (Andrew second from right)​Without Andrew Farriss there would be no INXS, and without INXS there would be a noticeable absence on the Billboard charts throughout much of the '80s and '90s. Farriss met the late Michael Hutchence as a teenager in New South Wales, Aus., when he ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 19, 2011

    Take Cover release "The Dreamer & The Realist" at Station 4

    ​The Dreamer and The Realist, the aptly titled album is a reflection of what Minneapolis band Take Cover represents: young men emerging into a new discreetly discerning sound.  Written with certainty, lyrics such as "bottom line is that in order to make it today, you gotta mean it more" (from ... More >>

  • Restaurants

    March 23, 2011

    Naviya's and On's Thai spice up the Twin Cities

    Two new Thai restaurants in Linden Hills and St. Paul

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2010

    Jason Stowers drives Hummer across NDSU after John Mayer concert

    ​A 37-year-old Minnesota man is accused of driving his yellow Hummer across the North Dakota State University campus Thursday, hitting a number of objects and fending off students who tried to stop him. All the better: He did it following a John Mayer concert. Dang! Maybe the "Men with Tiny Dicks ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 12, 2010

    John Mayer needs to revise his "New Rules"

    John Mayer had an opportunity to be more than John Mayer the Spectacle, and he fucked it up.

  • Music

    December 9, 2009

    Nancy Harms: In the Indigo

    John Mayer had an opportunity to be more than John Mayer the Spectacle, and he fucked it up.

  • Blogs

    November 24, 2009

    Dizzy get busy at the Red Stag

    Funky is not a four-letter word.

  • Music

    May 27, 2009

    Fischerspooner's wild singer just a Southern boy at heart

    Casey Spooner on his stage antics, Southern pride, and the near breakup of his band

  • Blogs

    April 1, 2009

    New Kids on the Block beg for your respect.

    Seriously, dude. You just don't understand.

  • Blogs

    January 28, 2009

    Kevin Costner kinda rocks Cabooze

    What's more interesting than actor Kevin Costner & Modern West playing country-rock on a Tuesday night at Cabooze?

  • Music

    December 31, 2008

    The Songs We Can't Escape

    What's more interesting than actor Kevin Costner & Modern West playing country-rock on a Tuesday night at Cabooze?

  • Calendar

    October 1, 2008

    Justin Nozuka; the Gabe Dixon Band

    What's more interesting than actor Kevin Costner & Modern West playing country-rock on a Tuesday night at Cabooze?

  • Music

    April 30, 2008

    How Atmosphere Went Electro

    Why Lemons is like Tom Waits for Prince Fans

  • Music

    February 20, 2008

    Critics Picks: St. Vincent and More

    Why Lemons is like Tom Waits for Prince Fans

  • Music

    September 26, 2007

    5ingles

    The songs we can't escape

  • Unknown

    August 22, 2007

    Rain Man

    Who Is Tay Zonday, and Why Is He the Hottest Thing on the Internet?

  • News

    February 28, 2007

    The Next Big Thing

    Who Is Tay Zonday, and Why Is He the Hottest Thing on the Internet?

  • Music

    July 27, 2005

    Rare

    Common's 'Be' dreams a new vision for hip hop, begs us to become

  • Music

    May 11, 2005

    More Feminist Anthems from the Dirty South

    Julianne Shepherd and Dylan Hicks on the Ying Yang Twins' "Wait"

  • Sports

    March 9, 2005

    Geeks of America, Hail Your King

    The growing pains of Conan O'Brien

  • Music

    February 23, 2005

    Mario, Usher, Lil Jon, and John Mayer

    "Let Me Love You," "Caught Up," "Lovers and Friends," "Daughters"

  • News

    April 21, 2004

    Q: When is a Mall Not Really a Mall? A: When It's Block E

    "Let Me Love You," "Caught Up," "Lovers and Friends," "Daughters"

  • Music

    December 24, 2003

    Real Life Rock Top 10

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

  • Music

    October 15, 2003

    Choose Life

    Pop jump-starts our big gay hearts, and Junior Senior can't stop the beat

  • Music

    July 31, 2002

    Show Us Your Hits!

    The naked truth about this summer's radio singles

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