Katy Perry

Top 10 films of 2012

From Tarantino's Django Unchained to Anderson's The Master

Rust and Bone: A melodramatic whale of a tale

From dismemberment to boxing, preposterous plot points make up this French film

Figlio returns with old favorites

The former Uptown institution gets a St. Louis Park makeover

Beach House's Victoria Legrand on memory, female empowerment, and social media

Beach House duo Alex Scally and Victoria Legrand might be the darlings of the indie rock world, but they enter that realm unconsciously and perhaps a little unwillingly. The pair's recent fourth album, Bloom, is a lushly arranged dreamscape, full of the roaming synth-pop that Beach House fans have c ... More >>

Owl City's reclusive Adam Young opens up

The electro-synth-pop musician talks inspiration

Best Coast’s populist, polarizing brand of fun

With Jeff the Brotherhood and Those Darlins at the Cedar Saturday

Katy Perry: Part of Me reveals the essential Katy Perry-ness

With Jeff the Brotherhood and Those Darlins at the Cedar Saturday

Foster the People at Target Center, 6/22/2012

Foster the People With Tokyo Police Club and KimbraTarget Center, MinneapolisFriday, June 22, 2012It's difficult to retain your indie-cred once you hit the big time -- look at Dave Matthews Band -- and people must have liked Nickelback once upon a time. Riding off the success of their breakout singl ... More >>

Weird Al Yankovic at State Theatre, 5/3/2012

Weird Al YankovicState Theatre, MinneapolisThursday, May 3, 2012Can anyone make the accordion look sexy? One man certainly can. With a production crew, band, and a collection of songs that spans 30-plus years in tow, Weird Al Yankovic shared with Minneapolis his comedic brand of parody music after s ... More >>

Gotye at Epic, 4/4/12

Gotye with KimbraEpic, MinneapolisWednesday, April 4, 2012Related: Gotye: I don't care if you mispronounce my nameOne hit song can help an artist sell out a room, twice. Moved from the sold-out Varsity Theater to the sold-out Epic, Wally De Backer, aka Gotye, brought his '80s-flavored orchestral pop ... More >>

Katy Perry's "Firework" used to promote legalizing bottle rockets in Minnesota

Minnesota Rep. John Kriesel may be retiring from the local Legislature, but he's trying to go out with a resounding bang. The Cottage Grove Republican has chosen an unlikely source for inspiration in his quest to legalize bottle rockets and certain more powerful fireworks in the state, and it's the ... More >>

Odd Future's Domo Genesis on hip hop's ambiguity

"I don't even know what hip hop is anymore"

Joe Senser called rehab center after Amy's hit-and-run

Amy Senser faces criminal vehicular homicide charges​Joe Senser called a rehab center the morning after his wife Amy allegedly ran over Anousoune Phanthavong.That's one of several revelations contained in an amended complaint Hennepin County prosecutors filed against Amy Senser this afternoon.On A ... More >>

Vilification Tennis: F**k 2001

Amy Senser faces criminal vehicular homicide charges​Joe Senser called a rehab center the morning after his wife Amy allegedly ran over Anousoune Phanthavong.That's one of several revelations contained in an amended complaint Hennepin County prosecutors filed against Amy Senser this afternoon.On A ... More >>

Twin Cities Year in Music 2011

Howler, Astronautalis, Pink Mink, and 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 >>

Online education not working in Minnesota

WikimediaThese kids are probably not learning.​There are all kinds of things you can learn on the internet, like what your former lovers are up to, the prices of various super-cute shoes, and whether the honey badger, officially, do or don't care. What you can't learn online are things like math a ... More >>

Top 10 concert photos of August 2011

It's been another big month for concert photography on the Gimme Noise blog and in City Pages -- so big, in fact, that one of our photographer's photos of the Flaming Lips ended up on the cover of the paper last week (well done, Erik Hess!). See that photo and nine other favorites from the month bel ... More >>

Weekend Checklist: Basilica Block Party, Josh Groban, Katy Perry, Warped Tour

​So here's to all those summer nights when my feet hit the sand, the waves break my fall, and all my friends outnumber the stars.

Katy Perry's show at the Xcel postponed until August 23

Photo by Tony Nelson​As part of what has become a rash of popular shows being postponed due to illness, Katy Perry has announced today that she will not appear at the Xcel Energy Center tomorrow night as planned due to "an attack of food poisoning leading to severe dehydration." She is also po ... More >>

Critics' Picks: Britney Spears and Nicki Minaj, Katy Perry, Kid Cudi, and more

Photo by Tony Nelson​As part of what has become a rash of popular shows being postponed due to illness, Katy Perry has announced today that she will not appear at the Xcel Energy Center tomorrow night as planned due to "an attack of food poisoning leading to severe dehydration." She is also po ... More >>

Katy Perry

Photo by Tony Nelson​As part of what has become a rash of popular shows being postponed due to illness, Katy Perry has announced today that she will not appear at the Xcel Energy Center tomorrow night as planned due to "an attack of food poisoning leading to severe dehydration." She is also po ... More >>

5 songs Michele Bachmann could use for her presidential campaign

​Michele Bachmann is only 24 hours into her candidacy for the U.S. presidency, and already she's gotten herself into a bit of hot water: In addition to confusing John Wayne with serial killer John Wayne Gacy in her speech about her hometown of Waterloo, Iowa, Bachmann riled up Tom Petty by using h ... More >>

Bull Run's latte art throwdown crowns a winner

The site of some fierce competition​The huddle of plaid smokers in front of Bull Run Coffee at 10:00 p.m. was the first clue that something unusual was going on Thursday at the coffeehouse on Lyndale Avenue. As the Hot Dish crossed the threshold, a serious coffee crowd was enjoying the sounds of S ... More >>

Lil Wayne, Keri Hilson, Far East Movement, Rick Ross and Lloyd coming to Xcel August 9

​It seems like pretty much every pop star on the Top 40 charts is planning to make their way to the Twin Cities this summer to play one of our two arenas, and this new date comprises a handful of high-profile stars: Lil Wayne will steer his tour toward St. Paul's Xcel Energy Center on August 9 wit ... More >>

Hopkins gets three new worldly restaurants

Check out Samba, Curry 'N' Noodles, and Aji

Britney Spears and Enrique Iglesias coming to Xcel July 6

​This summer's arena calendar is already filling up, with Taylor Swift, Katy Perry, and Journey coming to the Xcel, plus shows by Usher, Rihanna, Sade, and the aging pop version of Voltron, NKOTBSB, coming to the Target Center. To add to the spectacle, Britney Spears is throwing her hat in the rin ... More >>

Lady Gaga's "Born This Way" video: Space hypocrisy

​Yeah, it was released all the way yesterday. Yeah, it's a giant target. But, like it or lump it, Lady Gaga is worth taking a look at. So we are.

The Grammys: The good, the bad, and the really, really awkward

​Perhaps the biggest surprise from this year's Grammy Awards broadcast is that there are actually some honest-to-god surprises to report, the biggest of which was notoriously indie artists Arcade Fire coming out on top in the Album of the Year category.Here, we present a rundown of some of the mos ... More >>

Katy Perry coming to Xcel Center July 9

Photo by Tony NelsonKaty Perry at First Ave in March 2009​Following the same skyrocketing success arc as pop phenom Lady Gaga, who played the Fine Line and came back a year later to sell out two nights at the Xcel Center, Katy Perry is upgrading from filling the First Avenue Mainroom in 2009 to pl ... More >>

Gucci Mane's ice cream cone and other lovely tattoos

​Tattoos have been fully in the mainstream for well over a decade now. No one is surprised by much in the way of body art these days - I've got some, you've probably got at least one, maybe on your hand or something. They're probably dumb (mine are, at least).Nope, nothing's really shocking anymo- ... More >>

KDWB Jingle Ball

​Tattoos have been fully in the mainstream for well over a decade now. No one is surprised by much in the way of body art these days - I've got some, you've probably got at least one, maybe on your hand or something. They're probably dumb (mine are, at least).Nope, nothing's really shocking anymo- ... More >>

50 Cent in Keenan Cahill's closet: C.S. Lewis by way of NYC

​If you're someone with a life - and by that, Gimme Noise means a person who leaves the house on a regular basis, changes clothes at least 4-5 times per week, meets up with other people for drinks or karaoke or fondue, doesn't waste tons of time surfing the Internet - you've probably never heard o ... More >>

Katy Perry shoots fireworks from her boobs, Kesha's "Sleazy," and we wonder why

Not what it looks like​Two of pop's most reviled (by critics) and popular (to people somewhere) ladies released some content this week. Kesha's "Sleazy" leaked today, while Katy Perry released a new video for her song "Firework." So different in mien, so similar in milieu; so where in the 'tw ... More >>

The Week That Was: U2 to work with Danger Mouse, Mark E. Smith slags Mumford & Sons

​And just like that, as if by magic, we awaken into a world where Russell Brand and Katy Perry can flaunt an Indian marriage license, where Brett Favre got whipped in his old backyard, where the Yankees aren't headed to the world series, and where world peace remains as elusive a possibility as ev ... More >>

Justin Bieber, Punk'd 2.0 host? Pros & Cons

​ Sometime after immortalizing Gen Y idiocy in That 70's Show and Dude, Where's My Car? and sometime prior to re-branding himself as a Nikon pitchman, Ashton Kutcher executive-produced and hosted an MTV show called Punk'd where he orchestrated over-the-top pranks, usually at the expense of other b ... More >>

'Minnesota Gurls' gone wild

​The latest Minnesota meme to hit YouTube is a local parody of Katy Perry's hit "California Gurls," called "Minnesota Gurls." The song was penned by a group of kids from Fridley who go by the name Dime and Peppimoo (with help from their pals Cookie and Twizzler), and since it was posted at the beg ... More >>

Zoo Animal, Heliotrope featured in this week's City Pages

Photo by Emily UtneZoo Animal​In case you haven't picked up a print edition of City Pages yet this week, here's a brief rundown of our music content, which is all available online for your perusal.Zoo Animal release new self-titled albumBy Jeff GageWe talk to Zoo Animal about their sophomore relea ... More >>

5ingles

Photo by Emily UtneZoo Animal​In case you haven't picked up a print edition of City Pages yet this week, here's a brief rundown of our music content, which is all available online for your perusal.Zoo Animal release new self-titled albumBy Jeff GageWe talk to Zoo Animal about their sophomore relea ... More >>

May 4, 2009: Coalesce & Haley Bonar

Trip Lava, Coalesce & new videos from Haley Bonar and Koo Koo Kanga Roo.

A New York minute with Junior Sanchez (free mix)

Sixty seconds with one of the world's top remixer/DJs (who is coming to Minneapolis on Saturday at the Loft!).

Britney Spears

Sixty seconds with one of the world's top remixer/DJs (who is coming to Minneapolis on Saturday at the Loft!).

Slideshow: Katy Perry

Katy Perry played First Ave and she liked it.

Katy Perry

Katy Perry played First Ave and she liked it.

Katy Perry, Bonnie "Prince" Billy, and more!

Katy Perry played First Ave and she liked it.

The T-Wayne spectacle comes to the Twin Cities

Instant Mash: Could Girl Talk do it this well?

You'll remember your first time with the Virgins

Black Kids and Beatrix*JAR join the NYC pop group in the 7th St. Entry

The Songs We Can't Escape

Black Kids and Beatrix*JAR join the NYC pop group in the 7th St. Entry

Straight Men Who Have Sex With Men

Inside the secret world of the straight guise