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The Joy Formidable's Ritzy Bryan: Don't compare us to the Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Don't compare the Joy Formidable to the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Don't compare them to Courtney Love for that matter, either. In fact, lead singer Ritzy Bryan doesn't want to be paralleled to any other female singer at all. "There's ladies doing their thing, and that's really great, but we're all very diffe ... More >>

The Postal Service extend tour dates -- St. Paul in August

The decade-old phenomenon that was the Postal Service is coming to the Twin Cities later this year. A little while back, the team of Ben Gibbard (Death Cab for Cutie) and Jimmy Tamborello (Dntel) announced they'd reform, play some shows, and Give Up would receive a deluxe 10th anniversary reissue in ... More >>

The Vaccines

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

Noises Off! at Jungle Theater: Comic brilliance

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

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We Did What We Could: New Work by Broken Crow

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

Fanfarlo

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 >>

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 >>

Mally, Sexcat top Best New Bands showcase

Annual First Avenue show highlights best newcomers

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

Oliver Twist

Park Square Theatre

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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.

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 >>

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 >>

Made in Dagenham

Edina Cinema, starts Wednesday

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 >>

The Arms Akimbo expand their Britpop sound

Self-titled longplayer to debut at Cause

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 >>

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."

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 >>

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 >>

Andrew Broder of Fog finds new work

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

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. 

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 >>

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 >>

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

Clint Eastwood tackles Mandela and the hereafter

Famous actor-director cements his career in 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.

Diablo Cody talks backlash in Guardian interview

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

Somers Town gets at the heart of the working class

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

Kings of Leon

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.

Dirty Projectors headed to the Cedar this fall

Indie rock auteurs grace the Cedar Cultural Center this November.

Film Highlight: In the Loop

Almost Homeless

Estelle

Liam Finn