M.I.A. (Musician)

Madonna releases "Girl Gone Wild," adds second St. Paul show

​Madonna was so impressed with the response the Twin Cities has shown for her first date in the area in 25 years that she's added a second show. Now, the plan is to spend Friday Saturday, November 3 (sold out!) and Saturday Sunday, November 4 at Xcel Energy Center, and there are a new batch of tic ... More >>

Five unexpected Valentines Day songs

LeonardCohen.comA guitar case can hold more meaning than a box of chocolates.​Valentine's Day is approaching like a row of fresh-blooming tulips, a wall of menacing storm clouds, or a bit of both. This greeting card holiday always has musical implications, and the state of the love song is as com ... More >>

Madonna's 2012 world tour hits St. Paul in November

​There was absolutely zero chance that Madonna wasn't going to capitalize on her Super Bowl appearance this past weekend. Although it's unlikely that Madge will be able to pack M.I.A. (and her itchy middle finger), Nicki Minaj, and Cee Lo Green in her suitcase for this May-November excursion aroun ... More >>

Picked to Click 2011

The Cloak Ox, Night Moves, and more

Critics' Picks: Transmission with Jake Rudh, Big Audio Dynamite, and more

The Cloak Ox, Night Moves, and more

Critics' Picks: Yelle, Cold Cave, Jackson Browne, and more

The Cloak Ox, Night Moves, and more

Rusko talks Minneapolis, fan gifts and YouTube

​Internationally renowned producers rotate through Minneapolis every week now as dubstep takeover seems increasingly more imminent, with acts like Skrillex, Benga and our own Vaski hypnotizing the young electronic music crowd with every wicked wobble and sadistic bass attack. This week one of ... More >>

Painter Greg Rose talks about his new musical endeavor, G-hop

​If you don't know who Greg Rose is, you learn pretty quick after meeting him that he's one of these multi-tasker types. He's a dad so he knows how to maintain and distribute his energy into different things, all the while keeping focus on his work and the world around him he creates. He's a also ... More >>

The Week That Was: Mixtapes galore, Lil Wayne's in a tizzy, and Elton John's a daddy

​I know, I know: I missed a couple weeks there, didn't I? Settling into a new year is always an awkward proposition for me - the date change, transitioning into a whole new set of releases, the January blahs. I'm over all that shit now, though, so let's kick off 2011 with a (belated) bang, shall w ... More >>

Dead birds falling from the sky: This mix is for you

​Picture it: one minute you're soaring through the skies with your fly, feathered friends, and then the next minute you're all stone dead and plummeting down to Earth like oversized, tar-coated hailstones. Why? It almost doesn't even matter why. No explanation - rational or irrational - is any mat ... More >>

Twin Cities bands to listen for in 2011

Mally, Pink Mink, Grant Cutler, and more

Alec Soth, Kevin Kramp, Robyn, and more: Artists of the year

Influential artists of 2010

2011 album trainspotting: Why not start now?

​Here's a little free, unsolicited, pre-Christmas advice from Gimme Noise: Do let the iTunes gift cards Santa leaves behind burn a metaphorical hole in your stocking. No pain, no gain, after all - and if you're willing to hold your zombified-consumer rifle fire for a little while, the new year pro ... More >>

Kanye West flips cocktail party guest list into overloaded, blah single

​If there's a Guinness record for "most pop artists performing on a pop single," it's probably held by "We Are The World" or its lame-ass sequel from earlier this year. But "All of the Lights" - the fourth single from My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy - boasts a longer and more random guest list t ... More >>

Kanye West's top three recent leaks

​In case you've been living inside of a Louis Vuitton handbag, Kanye West is kind of back. In a big way. As in, making himself totally unavoidable. Everywhere you turn, there he is again: popping up as an animated character on The Cleveland Show, closing out the Video Music Awards in the most bomb ... More >>

Nas and Damian Marley, Weird Al, and B-Girl Be Carnival

​In case you've been living inside of a Louis Vuitton handbag, Kanye West is kind of back. In a big way. As in, making himself totally unavoidable. Everywhere you turn, there he is again: popping up as an animated character on The Cleveland Show, closing out the Video Music Awards in the most bomb ... More >>

Nas & Damian Marley

​In case you've been living inside of a Louis Vuitton handbag, Kanye West is kind of back. In a big way. As in, making himself totally unavoidable. Everywhere you turn, there he is again: popping up as an animated character on The Cleveland Show, closing out the Video Music Awards in the most bomb ... More >>

Excision

​In case you've been living inside of a Louis Vuitton handbag, Kanye West is kind of back. In a big way. As in, making himself totally unavoidable. Everywhere you turn, there he is again: popping up as an animated character on The Cleveland Show, closing out the Video Music Awards in the most bomb ... More >>

CO Exhibitions' Joseph Belk talks art and Doomtree

An interview with CO Exhibitions' Joseph Belk.

MIA fights the truth with tweets

​Odd, that a pop star would appear vapid under the microscope. Lynn Hirschberg, longtime writer for The Grey Lady, may be best known for her super smackdown of Courtney Love, pointing out Courtney's drug abuse while pregnant (and which ended with an attempted bludgeoning by an Academy Award). Hirs ... More >>

5ingles: The Songs We Can't Escape

​Odd, that a pop star would appear vapid under the microscope. Lynn Hirschberg, longtime writer for The Grey Lady, may be best known for her super smackdown of Courtney Love, pointing out Courtney's drug abuse while pregnant (and which ended with an attempted bludgeoning by an Academy Award). Hirs ... More >>

Wing Young Huie, Iron Bartender: Freeloader Friday

​(Pictured: Work from Wing Young Huie's "University Avenue Project")This week in Freeloader Friday we have an epic game of tag, a six-mile gallery show, and several outdoor festivals.  

Sleigh Bells' Alexis Krauss talks origins and M.I.A.

Brooklyn buzz band's sultry singer previews tonight's show with Yeasayer at First Avenue

Yeasayer, Gogol Bordello, and more

Brooklyn buzz band's sultry singer previews tonight's show with Yeasayer at First Avenue

Bassnectar blows up the Varsity

​There's no doubt heads are still throbbing from last night's show at the Varsity Theater, when Bassnectar and DJ Vadim took over the place and bombed it with their bass-heavy sets of dubstep, DNB and grimy hip-hop.  Upon entrance to the sold-out venue lined with smiling fans down the block i ... More >>

The Songs We Can't Escape

​There's no doubt heads are still throbbing from last night's show at the Varsity Theater, when Bassnectar and DJ Vadim took over the place and bombed it with their bass-heavy sets of dubstep, DNB and grimy hip-hop.  Upon entrance to the sold-out venue lined with smiling fans down the block i ... More >>

M.I.A.'s "Odyssey": Dirty, Cheap, Transcendent

MIA releases a new single, and its messiness is delightful.

Low-Bee on Hollertronix, parties and future of DJing (interview)

One of the most influential DJs on dance party culture talks to Gimme Noise before his gig tonight at Cryphy.

N.A.S.A.

One of the most influential DJs on dance party culture talks to Gimme Noise before his gig tonight at Cryphy.

N.A.S.A., And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead, and more

One of the most influential DJs on dance party culture talks to Gimme Noise before his gig tonight at Cryphy.

The Songs We Can't Escape

One of the most influential DJs on dance party culture talks to Gimme Noise before his gig tonight at Cryphy.

Diplo, DFA among Top 10 Dance Collections of 2008

The Songs We Can't Escape

Muja Messiah lists his favorites

The Songs We Can't Escape

Trama and Muja Messiah

5ingles

The Songs We Can't Escape

My Top 10 albums of 2007

The Songs We Can't Escape

M.I.A.

The Songs We Can't Escape

Music A-List

The Songs We Can't Escape

5ingles

The Songs We Can't Escape

M.I.A.: Kala

The Songs We Can't Escape

Top 10 Albums of 2005

The Songs We Can't Escape

Artists of the Year

Hurricanes, war, avian flu, locust plagues, that annoying song you couldn't get out of your head. It wasn't the greatest of all possible years. Nor was it halfway decent. But to prove that it wasn't all bad, we asked 29 writers to rave about the ar

Local Music Yearbook '05

Rappers were hot. Smokers were cold. Rockers were on Myspace. And sometime after the last Katrina benefit, we wrote it all down for you.

Get Your Streak On

Missy rhymes "Knickerbockers" with "Small Talkers," makes another great album

I'm in Love with That Song: The All M.I.A. Edition

Missy rhymes "Knickerbockers" with "Small Talkers," makes another great album

And the Wind Cries Maya

Even more galanging about M.I.A.

Dancing with Myself

One woman's love/hate relationship with her ballyhooed doppelgänger

A Real Rock 'n' Roll Radio Station... for Your Pledge of Just $10 a Month?

Paul Demko, Diablo Cody, and Dylan Hicks offer three takes on MPR's new baby