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Rock the Garden 2013 afterparty lineup

Because the good people at the Current and the Walker Art Center just can't help themselves, they've just announced that in addition to their epic 11th annual Rock the Garden festival, this year, they're throwing an afterparty, too. The festivities will be held at First Avenue. London-based soulfu ... More >>

Bassgasm 9 lineup announced

Bassgasm is back for its ninth offering -- the second and final installment of 2013 -- on July 13. The five-stage electronic music event takes over every inch of First Avenue with 70-plus acts to keep those in fuzzy boots and fuzzier moods occupied with nine hours of intestine-rattling action!The he ... More >>

Daughter and Jeremy Messersmith at the Fine Line, 5/10/13

Daughter With Jeremy Messersmith Fine Line Music Cafe, Minneapolis May 10, 2013 Two Glassnote recording artists on the rise delighted a sold-out Fine Line on Friday night, as London's Daughter and local singer/songwriter Jeremy Messersmith joined up for the first night of their tour together, a wel ... More >>

Grant Hart shares songs from double-LP inspired by Milton's Paradise Lost

John Milton's epic 17th century poem, Paradise Lost, has captivated and confounded scholars and English majors alike for hundreds of years. Those who find their way through Milton's challenging, impenetrable archaic language find a moving story about the fall of man, as well as Adam and Eve's eventu ... More >>

Ghost B.C. on Nameless Ghouls, Satan, and ABBA

Like most of it's traditions of which Sweden has many, Death Metal is a pervasively dark and sorrow-driven force in the the country's music history. With many brands of heaviness in it's ranks the band Ghost (or Ghost B.C. as they are known stateside) stand out as one that seemingly came from out of ... More >>

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Ginger & Rosa bursts with youthful rebellion

Sally Potter's latest film explores young women, and a world, on the verge of exploding in 1960s London

Rybak asks Meet Mpls to look into a 2024 Summer Olympics bid

Five U.S. cities -- L.A., D.C., Baltimore, Dallas and Tulsa -- are already pursuing a costly and competitive bid for the 2024 Summer Olympics. Now, Mayor R.T. Rybak wants to consider adding Minneapolis to that mix.See Also: - Ely goes all out for the 2016 Olympic bid - Cover: Vikings stadium pr ... More >>

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Dave Fulton

Talk of the Stacks: Geoff Dyer

Daughter and Choir of Young Believers at 7th Street Entry, 10/24/12

Daughter With Choir Of Young Believers 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis October 24, 2012 On a dreary, rainy night which certainly made the headliners feel right at home, London's Daughter and Copenhagen's Choir of Young Believers both delivered stirring Minneapolis debuts at the Entry on Wednesday. Th ... More >>

Frank Turner & the Sleeping Souls

Owl City's Adam Young on EDM, religion, and his Ford Mustang

See Also:Cover Story: Owl City's reclusive Adam Young opens up Carly Rae Jepsen on meeting Owl City's Adam Young and "Good Time"Owl City's "Good Time" collaboration with the Minneapolis Youth Chorus -- behind-the-scenesThe basement bleeps and bloops of Owl City have been one of Minnesota's best-kn ... More >>

Five worst musical moments at the 2012 Olympics closing ceremony

After all of the dust settled from the exciting athletic competitions staged over last two weeks, everyone turned their attention to the closing ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympics last night at Olympic Stadium in London. Billed as "A Symphony Of British Music," the loose and jubilant closing cerem ... More >>

Hot Chip's Felix Martin on In Our Heads and creating club anthems

With LCD Soundsystem gone, London's electro-soul rockers Hot Chip picked up the reins to create a dance record strong enough to carry us through summer. In Our Heads is massive enough in scope for impulsive physical movement, but also articulate in a way that satisfies even when the champagne's run ... More >>

2:54 at the Triple Rock, 6/18/12

2:54With Plastic BelieversThe Triple Rock Social Club, MinneapolisJune 18, 2012View a slideshow here.The hotly tipped London band 2:54 made their first Minneapolis appearance at the Triple Rock on Monday night, and while the growing buzz that surrounds them across the pond wasn't quite enough to m ... More >>

Wisconsin DNR discovers 125-year-old, 7-foot-long sturgeon [PHOTO]

The Shawano Sturgeon has lived through a lot -- the tail end of reconstruction, the Spanish-American War, World War I, Hitler, The Beatles, Justin Bieber. Not only has she outlived every human currently on the face of the earth, but she's still fertile! The Wisconsin DNR discovered the record-settin ... More >>

Critics' Picks: Atmosphere, Get Cryphy, Souljazz Orchestra, and more

Cast ready for challenges of Latte Da's 'Beautiful Thing'

​For the young leads of Theatre Latte Da's Beautiful Thing, there has been a lot to consider."The writing of the play is so meticulous," says David Darrow, who plays Ste. "Every day, we would run it and add a little more."

Low and Death Cab for Cutie team for tour

​Lovers of Death Cab for Cutie will get rewarded for showing up early starting in April when Low, our not-so-slow-core-no-more neighbors from Duluth, joins them for a spate of shows. This pairing is a huge coup for Low, who have steadily grasped more rock conventions in their work while ne'r negle ... More >>

Meryl Streep in The Iron Lady

Margaret Thatcher portrayed as victimized woman

Top 10 indie songs of 2011

Photo by Stacy SchwartzThe Joy Formidable at SXSW 2011​2011 was a damn good year for music. When compiling this list of what are, in my opinion, the best songs released this past year, I had to continually keep myself on task, resisting the temptation to listen to the full album by each of the ... More >>

Hard Rock Cafe closing September 30. What will replace it?

​Hard Rock Cafe's story is as quaint as it is homespun, or at least, that's what their website is shucking.  Local hero and folksy humble-as-pie British megastar Eric Clapton donates his guitar to his favorite London restaurant, a quaint hangout called the Hard Rock Cafe...A week or two later ... More >>

Yuck make their Twin Cities debut tonight at the Varsity Theater

​When Jonny Rogoff answers the phone from London, one thing stands out: he sounds like a kid. Even when he's tucked in behind his drum kit during one of Yuck's concerts--his large afro bobbing gently to the rhythm of the music, a fuzzy beard lining his chin--he looks like a shy, baby-faced version ... More >>

DJ Shadow, Fleet Foxes, the Suburbs, and more

Top 5 weird royal wedding foods (plus 1 bonus oddity!)

"We just want a small affair..."​For those of you living under a rock, you may be surprised to learn that, this weekend, England's Prince William will marry and the world will have a new princess. For most people who do not spend the majority of their free time watching reruns of Say Yes to ... More >>

Chapel Club at the Entry, 03/24/11

Photos by Erik Hess​Chapel ClubMarch 24, 20117th Street Entry, MinneapolisThere is something exhilarating about seeing a young English band on their first proper tour of the U.S. They are playing small rooms again, which must remind them of the intimate UK clubs where they first garnered their ... More >>

Breast milk ice cream creates a stir

Impact LabMama's milk, frozen not stirred.Icecreamists, a London-based ice cream shop, has caused quite the commotion in the last several days. While the locals are probably accustomed to the shop's nightclub atmosphere and leather clad inhabitants, even they weren't prepared for the controversial n ... More >>

Trish Keenan of Broadcast passes away, tribute tonight at Kings

​Trish Keenan, vocalist for British electro-pop group Broadcast, passed away this morning at the age of 42 after spending two weeks in ICU battling H1N1-related pneumonia. "This is an untimely tragic loss and we will miss Trish dearly," reads a statement from Warp Records. "A unique voice, an extr ... More >>

Doomtree Blowout, Tricky, Dark Dark Dark, and more

Dieselboy talks drum and bass, fashion, and food

​Drum and bass was arguably rave music's most aggressive genre back in the mid-'90s, one so championed in the UK that it pretty much became a soundtrack to its streets; you could almost imagine it slicing through every misty London alley at all hours. Back home, when promoters wanted a drum and b ... More >>

Kele, Aimee Mann, Muja Messiah, and more

Local photographer Benjamin Fredrickson talks fashion

Self portrait by Benjamin Fredrickson wearing Pleasure Principle & Boy of London, Jeremy Scott, Dr. Martins and Grey Ant glasses​​Minneapolis style maven Benjamin Fredrickson is one of the city's most provocative photographers. Fredrickson's avant-garde look and serious love of fashion also ... More >>

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Brother Ali cancels European gigs after father's death

​Brother Ali is in our thoughts today, as the Rhymesayers artist tweeted that he was forced to cancel the remainder of his UK dates because of a death in his family. "This weeks shows in London, Bristol and Brighton are canceled. My dad died and I need to fly home for his funeral," Brother Ali wro ... More >>

Heather McElhatton embraces the hot shame of Cinnabon

Bruce Christianson​Local writer Heather McElhatton is no stranger to the seductive power of food. The author of the popular book Pretty Little Mistakes released Jennifer Johnson is Sick of Being Single last year, a book in which the main character is often found running for the nearest Cinnabo ... More >>

Kate Nash displays odd dichotomy at First Ave

Photos by Steve Cohen​At the beginning of Wednesday's show at a beyond-sold-out First Avenue, Kate Nash sat down at her piano and announced in her prim, British accent that she had sprained her ankle in Toronto and that she was only able to remove the brace earlier in the day. It seemed, without h ... More >>

Scion Installation 6: Video Tour coming to Pink Hobo Gallery

Scion's annual traveling art exhibition hits Minneapolis

The Clientele charm the Cedar with "songs about wickermen in the countryside"

The Clientele put on a relaxing, dreamy show Monday night

Akram Khan Company: Bahok

Revisiting Reissues: Hits and misses from re-releases in the '00s

A sampling of what made (re)collecting the old faves so fun, and frustrating, in the aughts.

Doomtree's Paper Tiger: The Interview (and free 80s mix!)

From the bottom of the bottle to the top of the throne.

The XX's producer Jamie Smith talks to Gimme Noise

The band on everyone's lips talks about the hype, Courtney Love, and what they'll miss about the U.S. when they go back to the U.K.

Yo La Tengo headed to First Avenue this October

Wear your nice shoes to this show. They're going to get a lot of attention.

Harbor View Cafe, Norton's, and Nosh are great road-trip restaurants

Finish with dessert at Stockholm Pie Company—pie so good you'll cry

Chris Mars

Matt Kirshen

Sweeney Todd