Lydia Hoglund

Moodie Black: For a culture that prides itself on being hard, they're so scared

Honey plays host to a fundraising rap show on Wednesday with all proceeds benefitting the Minnesota Autism Center. Rapfam's Christopher Michael Jensen, who has spearheaded benefit shows for suicide prevention and Oxfam among others in the past, was approached by Hecatomb's Capaciti to help run a sho ... More >>

The best Twin Cities concerts: 4/10-4/16

If you can brave the weather, there's plenty of music going on this week. Thursday, twenty one pilots play a sold-out show at the Triple Rock while Boz Scaggs makes an appearance at the State Theatre. Friday night, Zoo Animal will be at the Icehouse, Ex Nuns rock Cause, Edward the Confesso ... More >>

The best Twin Cities concerts this week: 3/6-3/12

With Spring approaching, forget the snow for a second, Minneapolis is selling out shows left and right. Wednesday night, sisters Tegan and Sara are welcomed to Minneapolis by a sold-out First Ave mainroom. Muse hits the Target Center Thursday and Imagine Dragons sells out the Varsity on Friday. Satu ... More >>

Burning Down the House benefit

Guante + Killstreak, Turf Club's Blowout, and more

Guante + Killstreak

Permed Out Showcase 3, Cabooze, 12/22/12

Permed Out Showcase 3 With Audio Perm, Greg Grease and Mike the MartyrThe Cabooze12/22/12The Audio Perm crew packed the house once again at their third Permed Out Showcase, a night devoted to producers Cory Grindberg, Taylor Madrigal, and Julian Fairbanks and the rappers for whom they make beats. Th ... More >>

Best Twin Cities albums 2012: Staff lists

The waterfall of opinion flows s'more today with a collection of the best albums released locally in the Twin Cities in 2012. As opposed to the list that appeared in this week's issue, these are 14 distinct opinions on what was impressive in the past year, and a bunch of links to the related stories ... More >>

Twin Cities Year in Music 2012

From P.O.S. to Prince to Polica, 2012 was a golden year in Minnesota music

Bomba de Luz's Lydia Hoglund on new album and Rhymesayers

Assembled entirely of 17-year-olds from Central High School, the precocious Bomba de Luz are already on their second album, What a Heavy Weight. Spanning seven tracks and 31 minutes, it's a record rife with soaring alt-folk, due especially to frontlady Lydia Hoglund's Sharon Van Etten-evoking vocals ... More >>