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London (England)

  • Blogs

    October 10, 2012

    STNNNG's Chris Besinger on his band's new record and playing Shellac's ATP festival

    After slaying the First Avenue crowd during their opening set for Shellac back in September, local quintet STNNNG got a burst of additional good news when Shellac asked them to play in their curated All Tomorrow's Parties festival in Camber Sands, England, at the end of November. The three-day festi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 13, 2012

    Mariah Carey's "Triumphant" sums up the 2012 post-Olympics hangover

    Like Christmas, if expectations are set too high for any event or experience, disappointment is pretty much inevitable. Wait long enough for something to arrive, and when that something is over, the absence will sting like a salted wound.The 2012 London Olympics have come and gone, and the aftertast ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 30, 2012

    Kevin Love is Team USA's unofficial photographer [PHOTOS]

    SEE ALSO:-- Kevin Love: "My patience is not high" with T-Wolves-- Kevin Love suspended for Scola face-stomp [VIDEO]-- David Kahn silenced Kevin Love's TwitteringKevin Love has always been remarkably media savvy -- he was breaking news on Twitter before communicating in 140 characters was cool, he st ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 19, 2012

    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 >>

  • Arts

    June 13, 2012

    Noises Off! at Jungle Theater: Comic brilliance

    Director Joel Sass and cast take on one of the funniest plays ever written—and deliver

  • Calendar

    June 13, 2012

    2:54

    Director Joel Sass and cast take on one of the funniest plays ever written—and deliver

  • Calendar

    June 13, 2012

    We Did What We Could: New Work by Broken Crow

    Director Joel Sass and cast take on one of the funniest plays ever written—and deliver

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2012

    BNLX cover Lana Del Rey's "Video Games," release EP Saturday

    The fiery local group BNLX have pulled off some interesting covers over the course of their seven different EPs, but their take on Lana Del Rey's "Video Games" has caused more raised eyebrows and nodding heads than anything they have tackled since their blistering, distortion-filled rendition of Pri ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 23, 2012

    Polica make TV debut on Jimmy Fallon Wednesday, unveil U.S. tour

    Related:SXSW: Polica as the road teamPolica at First Avenue (with cover shoot outtakes) River's Edge Music Festival 2012 at Harriet Island lineupAlthough MInneapolis electro-percussive soul collective Polica aren't quite at the level of an Ellen DeGeneres shout-out yet, they're about to get a huge a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 30, 2012

    Weekend Checklist: Needtobreathe, Fanfarlo, Nada Surf, Bowerbirds

    ​A big focus of Weekend Checklist is local music, because there is so much good local artists in the Cities, but we often forget that Minneapolis and St. Paul is not always a flyover area for national artists. This weekend we welcome to Fanfarlo, Bowerbirds, Nada Surf, and Needtobreathe; a few of ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 28, 2012

    Fanfarlo

    ​A big focus of Weekend Checklist is local music, because there is so much good local artists in the Cities, but we often forget that Minneapolis and St. Paul is not always a flyover area for national artists. This weekend we welcome to Fanfarlo, Bowerbirds, Nada Surf, and Needtobreathe; a few of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 19, 2012

    Chef Daniel Green of ShopNBC: A life of healthy eating, part 1

    Daniel Green is the James Bond of the cooking world. Complete with the dashing smile, British accent, and a touch of sophistication, he might as well be wearing a tux and sipping a martini. Like 007, he too is an International man of mystery. Raised on the outskirts of London, he works in the Twin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 7, 2012

    The 4onthefloor releases "Mumford & Sons Crap"

    ​After submitting to an interview (with a now-passionate comments field) regarding Howler frontman Jordan Gatesmith's comments about them, the 4onthefloor is back today with a song named after his description of the band. "Mock Duck/Mumford & Sons Crap" is set to the tune of the far-more-famou ... More >>

  • Music

    January 25, 2012

    Mally, Sexcat top Best New Bands showcase

    Annual First Avenue show highlights best newcomers

  • Blogs

    December 8, 2011

    Coldplay will wrap up 2012 tour in St. Paul

    ​Am I the only one who has trouble reconciling the idea that Coldplay circa 2011 is the same Coldplay that released Parachutes back in 2000? Having never seen the group live, I always imagined my first Coldplay show would be in a stuffy theater somewhere, in a red velvet seat tailor-made for sitti ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2011

    Bittercube and Create Dining Studio to host Prohibition Repeal Day celebration

    ​It's hard to imagine living during Prohibition times. What would it have been like to be a bartender waking up on July 1, 1918, and finding that your profession was now illegal? On that day, sometimes referred to as the "thirsty first," many U.S. bartenders moved to cities like London, Milan, a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 1, 2011

    SXSW announces first 2012 showcasing bands, including Minneapolitans Howler

    ​Oh lordy. It isn't time to think about SXSW already, is it? It seem like all that long ago that Minneapolis bands were swarming the streets of Austin, Texas in search of free beer and food trucks, and when Gimme Noise threw our first-ever Minnesota music showcase with First Avenue.But according t ... More >>

  • Arts

    October 26, 2011

    Oliver Twist

    Park Square Theatre

  • Blogs

    August 10, 2011

    Panic On the Streets of London: 5 songs for the U.K.

    ​By all indications, this probably isn't a fun time to be living in England. The British Empire continues to crumble, the Big Society is a joke, the commoners remain in the vise grip of Royal Wedding Fever, and, well, bands of rioting youth are laying waste to the major cities, smashing and burnin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 9, 2011

    Independent labels suffer loss of stock as Sony warehouse burns in London riots

    ​As London recovers from its third straight night of rioting, news is spreading back to the U.S. that over 150 record labels that use PIAS UK to distribute their physical stock abroad have likely lost huge amounts of inventory in a fire. A massive three-story Sony complex that housed the entirety ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 23, 2011

    Kill-Me Kare Bare shares the "fun" that went into their new album

    ​I think Rebecca Black sums up Kill-Me Kare Bare's music best with her world-famous quote, "Fun, fun, fun."  The band even made a video promoting their album release, Just For Fun (hey, it's also in the title of their album) at Cause parodying Ms. Black's video.   While many new artists ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 14, 2011

    Bananas Foster burns four diners

    www.wikipedia.comBananas Foster, safely extinguished, from Brennan's in New Orleans. ​Four diners were burned, one of them severely, when a bananas Foster desert erupted in out-of-control flames at a Ozona Blue, a Palm Harbor, Florida restaurant. The dessert, bananas sauteed in butter and suga ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 7, 2011

    Lady Gaga lawsuit over Baby Gaga breast milk ice cream

    Impact LabGaga not gaga about a London scoop shop's Baby Gaga ice cream. ​New news on the London scoop shop Icecreamist's recent introduction of breast milk ice cream called Baby Gaga: Lady Gaga is not exactly going gaga over it.

  • Blogs

    February 22, 2011

    TV on the Radio announce tour, playing First Ave April 23 and 24

    ​As with many Tuesday afternoons, the announcements keep pouring in today for some killer shows happening this spring and summer. In addition to the big Black Keys gig at Roy Wilkins on July 3, we also learned today that TV on the Radio are returning to the First Ave Mainroom for a pair of shows o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 11, 2011

    Jeffrey Anderson opens U.K. office to fight pedophile priests

    Father Francis Markey from his arrest in early 2010​Jeffrey Anderson, the St. Paul attorney who's made a career (and a mint) suing the Catholic church, has opened up a new practice in London to pursue the pedophile priest cases popping up across the pond. They've already got their sights on Rev. ... More >>

  • Movies

    December 29, 2010

    Made in Dagenham

    Edina Cinema, starts Wednesday

  • Blogs

    November 25, 2010

    Don Saunders of In Season: Chef Chat, part 2

    Christine ChovanChef Don Saunders of In Season restaurant​Today we continue our talk with Don Saunders, chef of the new In Season restaurant in south Minneapolis. (Here's part 1 of the interview.) Saunders, who first entered the Twin Cities restaurant scene as a server, tells us about a clums ... More >>

  • Music

    November 24, 2010

    The Arms Akimbo expand their Britpop sound

    Self-titled longplayer to debut at Cause

  • Blogs

    November 24, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    October 19, 2010

    Local Sally Wingert makes Broadway debut

    Photo courtesy of La Bete​A star of the Twin Cities scene for 25 years, Sally Wingert has been absent from local stages for a good chunk of 2010 as she plays out her own excellent adventure. It started with a three-month stint on London's West End as a cast member of La Bete. It continued last wee ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 24, 2010

    Minneapolis is a test market for "I am a Mormon"

    www.mormon.orgDo you know Mormons?​Know a Mormon yet? The Mormon church's PR campaign has hit Minneapolis, in the form of a bunch of TV spots of normal folk who talk about their cool lives--and then casually mention "I'm a Mormon."

  • Blogs

    September 2, 2010

    LCD Soundsystem tickets finally on sale next week

    ​Exactly a month after announcing that LCD Soundsystem would play the Roy Wilkins Audiorium this fall, the venue has finally released details about the ticket price and sale date. The LCD Soundsystem show, which features openers Hot Chip, will take place on Saturday, October 23, and tickets will g ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 2, 2010

    LCD Soundsystem announce St. Paul date

    ​National music blog Consequence of Sound is reporting that LCD Soundsystem will hit the road this fall for tour of Australia, the US, and the UK with Sleigh Bells and Hot Chip. The dance-tastic indie band, led by James Murphy, will come through St. Paul on October 23 to play Roy Wilkins Auditoriu ... More >>

  • Music

    June 23, 2010

    Andrew Broder of Fog finds new work

    The former frontman-turned-solo artist plays with Why? this weekend

  • Blogs

    May 27, 2010

    Mint Julep Day is Sunday!

    ​Mark your calendars, an important event is taking place this Sunday: it's Mint Julep Day! Since 1938, the drink has been served on the first Saturday in May for Kentucky Derby Day. However, the official day to sip this bourbon and mint creation is this weekend. 

  • Blogs

    May 26, 2010

    Interview: Mumford & Sons' Marshall Winston chats backstage

    Photo by Stacy SchwartzMarshall Winston (left) at the Current studios​INTERVIEW CONDUCTED BY CINDAL LEE HEARTMumford & Sons are the epitome of bottom to top success; in less than 3 years they've signed to major record labels (Glassnote and Island) and faired into the hearts of many diverse fan ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 9, 2010

    Rusko talks Major Lazer tour, roots and dubstep

    Rusko / Photo by Dan Wilton​Modern dubstep is heralded as the only relevant heir to drum n' bass, pioneered by artists like Burial, Caspa, Joe Nice, Skream, and more recently, Rusko. The punk-haired kid from Leeds has been called the king of the electro spin-off of this dark genre that slows the ... More >>

  • Music

    March 10, 2010

    London's the Clientele talk of their unique chemistry and uncertain future

    James Hornsey and band come to the Cedar for show with Field Music

  • Calendar

    March 3, 2010

    Akram Khan Company: Bahok

    James Hornsey and band come to the Cedar for show with Field Music

  • News

    December 30, 2009

    Clint Eastwood tackles Mandela and the hereafter

    Famous actor-director cements his career in 2009

  • Blogs

    November 19, 2009

    DJ Q&A: Star Eyes a.k.a. Vivian Host talks 'haunted house music', fashion, NYC

    She's the Diablo Cody of dance music, if that makes any sense.

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2009

    Diablo Cody talks backlash in Guardian interview

    How strange can the backlash against her success be? Pretty darned strange.

  • Movies

    September 23, 2009

    Somers Town gets at the heart of the working class

    Film highlights ability of imagination to offset life's harsh realities

  • Calendar

    September 23, 2009

    Kings of Leon

    Film highlights ability of imagination to offset life's harsh realities

  • Blogs

    September 15, 2009

    Xcel rate hike won't pay for fancy trips, Beyonce concert tix

    If your electricity bill went up, you'd like to assume it is because it costs more to create the same amount of power than it did the year before. Not so.

  • Blogs

    August 27, 2009

    Dirty Projectors headed to the Cedar this fall

    Indie rock auteurs grace the Cedar Cultural Center this November.

  • Movies

    July 29, 2009

    Film Highlight: In the Loop

    Indie rock auteurs grace the Cedar Cultural Center this November.

  • Calendar

    March 25, 2009

    Almost Homeless

    Indie rock auteurs grace the Cedar Cultural Center this November.

  • Calendar

    February 25, 2009

    Estelle

    Indie rock auteurs grace the Cedar Cultural Center this November.

  • Calendar

    October 1, 2008

    Liam Finn

    Indie rock auteurs grace the Cedar Cultural Center this November.

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