Lori Barbero

Soul Asylum's Dave Pirner on Delayed Reaction and all that jazz

Release shows at 7th St. Entry and First Avenue

Thurston Moore and Kurt Vile at Varsity Theater, 7/18/11

Photo by Stacy SchwartzKurt Vile​Thurston Moore and Kurt Vile July 18, 2011 Varsity Theater, Minneapolis It was sweltering in the Varsity on Monday night. There had been promises (or at least statements made) that the air conditioning was going to be blasting for the night and, really, maybe ... More >>

Rock for Pussy 8 unites Bowie fans and cat people tonight at First Avenue

Yes, that's a pile of kittens​There are cat lovers, and then there are CAT LOVERS. Crazy cat people from all across the cat insanity spectrum will be gathering at First Avenue tonight for the annual Rock for Pussy charity event, which invites local musicians to perform covers of David Bowie songs ... More >>

Rebel Rebel: Rock for Pussy VIII

Color Me Obsessed film salutes the Replacements

Are they the last great American band?

SXSW 2011: Five nights in Austin

Highlights from Gimme Noise's recent trek to the festival

Gimme Noise and First Avenue day party fills up Skinny's Ballroom

Photos by Erik Hess​We had an insanely fun time yesterday afternoon throwing the first ever Gimme Noise day party in Austin in partnership with First Avenue. The party was hopping from the get-go, thanks in part to the free beer offered up by Tiger, and we were thrilled to see a huge contingent of ... More >>

Cat Eyes on the Catwalk: Fashion's Night Out at June Resale

​One of our favorite shops in the Twin Cities, June is doing Fashion's Night Out in style. The evening is part of an  annual event founded in New York City in an effort to make shopping exciting again--even in these tough economic times.

The Replacements' story told by Twin Cities author Jim Walsh

Walsh says band is a "vital source of mystery" in this filtered world

Grant Hart announces new solo album

Husker Du drummer announces Hot Wax for early October release.

Rock For Pussy, Animal Collective, and more

Rebel Rebel: Rock for Pussy VI

Rock for Pussy VI announced

Rebel, rebel. It's time for another David Bowie tribute show!

Bush Tetras reunite in Minneapolis to raise money for ailing bassist

Original bass player Laura Kennedy suffering complications from Hepatitis C

Lori Barbero bids Minneapolis adieu

Let's go cat dancing: Jen Paulson reviews Rock for Pussy

Over the Weekend: May 16-18, 2008

Art attacks the suburbs, making it cooler

It happened at Oar Folkjokeopus...

The Shouting's Over, Too

An oral history of the Replacements captures the '80s music scene but can't get a handle on the band

She Bop

It Didn't Start with Babes in Toyland: A Short and Eccentric History of Women in Local Music, 1931-Present

In Da Club: All the Pretty Horses at the Triple Rock

Transgendered, hard rock favorites say goodbye

In Da Club: First Avenue's 35th Anniversary Party

A birthday bash exposes our highly incestuous scene

The Minnesota Music Awards at First Avenue

Minnesota's Fifty Greatest Hits

The greatest Minnesota-made records of all time

Excuse Me While I Do The Boogaloo

Giving ourselves permission to headbang, breakdance, and scream

First Love

The legendary bands. The terrifying toilets. An oral history that goes so far behind the music it will leave you at a gun range beneath the stage.

Stop Saying MANPANTIES!

The gonzo online community known as TCPunk goes the way of all flesh

A Local Music Yearbook

Two cities, twelve months, a million reasons to rock!

Off Beat

It's a Hard Rock Life

Mad Professor

The dean of local rock writers, Jim Walsh, goes back to school

Babes In Conflict

Kat Power

With a new band, Katastrophy Wife, and a new babe in toyland, Kat Bjelland makes more noise than ever

A Power of Ten

Slug's love bug, Kat Bjelland's exorcism, Dave Pirner's throbbing shins: Ten years of local music served on ten great platters.

Dope, Guns, and Settling Down

How Amphetamine Reptile changed American music--and then went into the bar business

Katie O'Brien, 1962-1999

Robyne's Hood

Other TV news personalities stay planted behind the desk. Then there's Robyne Robinson, who claims the whole Twin Cities for her stage.

Daydream Believers

Five skeptical spin doctors probe for local music's pulse -- a City Pages roundtable

Artists Of The Year

We list the best of the best of 1997.

New Old Babes

by Simon Peter Groebner/Christina Schmitt