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Mike Wisti

  • Music

    May 16, 2012

    Hevy Syrup let raw rock flow on new EP

    Guttural riff-rock with attitude

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2012

    Pre-Valentine's Day parties, Staraoke Karaoke: Freeloader Friday

    ​ With Valentine's Day fast approaching, you may be wondering what you get your sweetie. This weekend features several great parties that should entertain as well as enable you to shop for the holiday. In addition to these events for lovers, this edition of Freeloader Friday has tons of art shows, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 14, 2011

    Valet talk about this weekend's reunion show

    Photo by Cyn Collins​Local indie-rock band Valet were a venerable Twin Cities music scene fixture right from their start in 1998, and for nearly a decade after. Like so many bands that stand the test of time, they formed via friendships. Robin Kyle, who moved to the U.S. in 1994, was performing so ... More >>

  • Music

    May 11, 2011

    Brute Heart's Lonely Hunter

    A mesmerizing sophomore album

  • Blogs

    October 11, 2010

    Mark Mallman Marathon 3 live blog, day 4

    ​This is it, people. We're in the home stretch of Mark Mallman's 78-hour song, which he started performing on Thursday afternoon at the Turf and will wrap up tonight at 10 p.m.For reasons not even we can explain, we've been live-blogging the majority of Marathon 3 here on Gimme Noise, and will con ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 9, 2010

    Mother of Fire prepare for LP-release show tonight

    ​Continuing the momentum of last year's self-titled slab of wax, Mother of Fire are set to deliver another stew of mystically tinged, violin-flavored bounce that you can bug out to with their latest self-titled LP, courtesy of local De Stijl imprint, this weekend. With a more organic and analog pu ... More >>

  • Music

    September 10, 2008

    Lucy Michelle and the Velvet Lapelles seem to gain new fans at every turn

    ​Continuing the momentum of last year's self-titled slab of wax, Mother of Fire are set to deliver another stew of mystically tinged, violin-flavored bounce that you can bug out to with their latest self-titled LP, courtesy of local De Stijl imprint, this weekend. With a more organic and analog pu ... More >>

  • News

    February 28, 2007

    The Next Big Thing

    ​Continuing the momentum of last year's self-titled slab of wax, Mother of Fire are set to deliver another stew of mystically tinged, violin-flavored bounce that you can bug out to with their latest self-titled LP, courtesy of local De Stijl imprint, this weekend. With a more organic and analog pu ... More >>

  • Music

    March 15, 2006

    Space Camp: If You Find the Old Beat, Play It

    ​Continuing the momentum of last year's self-titled slab of wax, Mother of Fire are set to deliver another stew of mystically tinged, violin-flavored bounce that you can bug out to with their latest self-titled LP, courtesy of local De Stijl imprint, this weekend. With a more organic and analog pu ... More >>

  • News

    June 8, 2005

    How Could You Idiots Forget...?

    Ten (or eleven) more Funkytown favorites

  • News

    November 24, 2004

    Picked to Click

    To those who have recently begun to rock, we salute you

  • Arts

    October 20, 2004

    Gently Down The Stream

    Singer-songwriter, music teacher, and new father Pete Hofmann sprouts his maritime lullabies behind locked doors

  • Music

    September 29, 2004

    Grizzly Adams Meets Tom Waits

    Ben Weaver's strange, eerie music captures old worlds

  • Music

    June 4, 2003

    The King of France: Salad Days

    Ben Weaver's strange, eerie music captures old worlds

  • News

    September 18, 2002

    Picked to Click XII

    Hail the Conquering Heroes: Polls and Praise for This Year's Best New Artists

  • News

    May 1, 2002

    Best of the Twin Cities: The Winners

    Hail the Conquering Heroes: Polls and Praise for This Year's Best New Artists

  • Music

    March 13, 2002

    It's Oh So Quiet

    Bellwether kills 'em softly with new songs

  • News

    May 9, 2001

    Picked to Click

    The 11th Annual City Pages New Music Poll

  • Music

    June 7, 2000

    Sound Check

    The 11th Annual City Pages New Music Poll

  • Music

    April 19, 2000

    21st-Century Fox

    For two years, the all-ages Foxfire Coffee Lounge has ignited the new music scene. Now its owner says the doors may have to close.

  • News

    December 29, 1999

    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.

  • Music

    July 7, 1999

    Consumer Guides

    The Rank Strangers slim down with Consumption

  • Feature

    June 3, 1998

    author, AUTHOR!

    Minneapolis writer Norah Labiner creates a brainy first novel about writing a first novel. Who's in charge here?

  • Music

    October 29, 1997

    Lifter Puller / Rank Strangers

    Minneapolis writer Norah Labiner creates a brainy first novel about writing a first novel. Who's in charge here?

  • News

    January 15, 1997

    Local Traffic: Slow & Go

    Minneapolis writer Norah Labiner creates a brainy first novel about writing a first novel. Who's in charge here?

  • Music

    May 15, 1996

    Music Notes

    Minneapolis writer Norah Labiner creates a brainy first novel about writing a first novel. Who's in charge here?

  • News

    February 7, 1996

    Strange But True

    The Rank Strangers have terrific--if bizarre--chemistry, a trunkful of hooks, and a singer/songwriter who says he lives "in an Old Testament world." They may be the best local band you've never heard of.

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