Montreal

Brad Barr on covering Led Zeppelin and the Barr Brothers' future

By Lily TroiaThe Barr Brothers have been busy since the Montreal foursome's last Minneapolis visit in November. The band toured Europe and the U.K. with fellow Secret City labelmate Patrick Watson, they staged a video in the Grand Canyon, recorded a song for NPR's Radio Lab and even made an appearan ... More >>

Bear in Heaven / Doldrums / Blouse

By Lily TroiaThe Barr Brothers have been busy since the Montreal foursome's last Minneapolis visit in November. The band toured Europe and the U.K. with fellow Secret City labelmate Patrick Watson, they staged a video in the Grand Canyon, recorded a song for NPR's Radio Lab and even made an appearan ... More >>

Rye Delicatessen & Bar overcomes early missteps

We've got no beef with this deli

5ingles

We've got no beef with this deli

Rye Delicatessen: A first look

​The neighborhood must have been watching closely: It seems the moment the doors opened to the new Rye Delicatessen, the crowds moved in. On the morning we visited, the poor girl working behind the counter had a glazed-over, slightly panicked look in her eyes. It seems the night before, the counte ... More >>

123 Klan party it up at CO Exhibitions

​Last Saturday, internationally-acclaimed French graffiti crew 123 Klan received a warm welcome at the opening of their "Rien Commes Les Autres" gallery show at CO Exhibitions. During the event husband-and-wife duo Scien and Klor, who hail from Montreal, created a giant indoor mural for the space. ... More >>

123 Klan: Rien Commes des Autres

​Last Saturday, internationally-acclaimed French graffiti crew 123 Klan received a warm welcome at the opening of their "Rien Commes Les Autres" gallery show at CO Exhibitions. During the event husband-and-wife duo Scien and Klor, who hail from Montreal, created a giant indoor mural for the space. ... More >>

Joe Materese

​Last Saturday, internationally-acclaimed French graffiti crew 123 Klan received a warm welcome at the opening of their "Rien Commes Les Autres" gallery show at CO Exhibitions. During the event husband-and-wife duo Scien and Klor, who hail from Montreal, created a giant indoor mural for the space. ... More >>

More on the deli plan for former Auriga space

​We were excited to hear the news that restaurant consultant Tobie Nidetz is partnering with a real estate attorney and first-time restaurateur David Weinstein to take over the former Auriga building to build a "Montreal-style" deli. We wanted to know more about the project .  Nidetz, the sel ... More >>

Sam Roberts Band

​We were excited to hear the news that restaurant consultant Tobie Nidetz is partnering with a real estate attorney and first-time restaurateur David Weinstein to take over the former Auriga building to build a "Montreal-style" deli. We wanted to know more about the project .  Nidetz, the sel ... More >>

tUnE-yArDs' Merrill Garbus talks puppetry, playfulness, and learning to use her voice

​I'm positive that Merrill Garbus didn't answer her phone the first time I called because she wanted me to hear her voicemail greeting. "Thi-iS iS m-m-E-rr-ilL l-E-a-V-e A m-esS-age," a creaking voice insists, while bounding up and down amidst an octave's worth of notes.

Britney Spears and Enrique Iglesias coming to Xcel July 6

​This summer's arena calendar is already filling up, with Taylor Swift, Katy Perry, and Journey coming to the Xcel, plus shows by Usher, Rihanna, Sade, and the aging pop version of Voltron, NKOTBSB, coming to the Target Center. To add to the spectacle, Britney Spears is throwing her hat in the rin ... More >>

Kjell Bjorgen

​This summer's arena calendar is already filling up, with Taylor Swift, Katy Perry, and Journey coming to the Xcel, plus shows by Usher, Rihanna, Sade, and the aging pop version of Voltron, NKOTBSB, coming to the Target Center. To add to the spectacle, Britney Spears is throwing her hat in the rin ... More >>

Janelle Monae

​This summer's arena calendar is already filling up, with Taylor Swift, Katy Perry, and Journey coming to the Xcel, plus shows by Usher, Rihanna, Sade, and the aging pop version of Voltron, NKOTBSB, coming to the Target Center. To add to the spectacle, Britney Spears is throwing her hat in the rin ... More >>

Suuns

​This summer's arena calendar is already filling up, with Taylor Swift, Katy Perry, and Journey coming to the Xcel, plus shows by Usher, Rihanna, Sade, and the aging pop version of Voltron, NKOTBSB, coming to the Target Center. To add to the spectacle, Britney Spears is throwing her hat in the rin ... More >>

Tokyo Police Club

​This summer's arena calendar is already filling up, with Taylor Swift, Katy Perry, and Journey coming to the Xcel, plus shows by Usher, Rihanna, Sade, and the aging pop version of Voltron, NKOTBSB, coming to the Target Center. To add to the spectacle, Britney Spears is throwing her hat in the rin ... More >>

5ingles

​This summer's arena calendar is already filling up, with Taylor Swift, Katy Perry, and Journey coming to the Xcel, plus shows by Usher, Rihanna, Sade, and the aging pop version of Voltron, NKOTBSB, coming to the Target Center. To add to the spectacle, Britney Spears is throwing her hat in the rin ... More >>

Chromeo

​This summer's arena calendar is already filling up, with Taylor Swift, Katy Perry, and Journey coming to the Xcel, plus shows by Usher, Rihanna, Sade, and the aging pop version of Voltron, NKOTBSB, coming to the Target Center. To add to the spectacle, Britney Spears is throwing her hat in the rin ... More >>

Janelle Monae returns with Of Montrael this September

Photo by Steve Cohen​After toying with our hearts and quickly backing out of her appearance at this year's Taste of Minnesota festival, Janelle Monae has announced that she will return to Minneapolis to open for Of Montreal when they perform at First Avenue on September 23. The show is bound to be ... More >>

Lilith Fair moves to Target Center here, oblivion elsewhere

​The Lilith Fair was born of an odd doldrum in popular, female-fore music; the bulk of headliners for their first three seasons - before they suspended the festival for eleven years - were cut from the cheesecloth of alternative radio-directed acoustic-type pop (think Joan Osbourne, Indigo Girls, ... More >>

The Apples in Stereo

​The Lilith Fair was born of an odd doldrum in popular, female-fore music; the bulk of headliners for their first three seasons - before they suspended the festival for eleven years - were cut from the cheesecloth of alternative radio-directed acoustic-type pop (think Joan Osbourne, Indigo Girls, ... More >>

Plants & Animals

​The Lilith Fair was born of an odd doldrum in popular, female-fore music; the bulk of headliners for their first three seasons - before they suspended the festival for eleven years - were cut from the cheesecloth of alternative radio-directed acoustic-type pop (think Joan Osbourne, Indigo Girls, ... More >>

Pathos, Punchlines, & Painkillers

​The Lilith Fair was born of an odd doldrum in popular, female-fore music; the bulk of headliners for their first three seasons - before they suspended the festival for eleven years - were cut from the cheesecloth of alternative radio-directed acoustic-type pop (think Joan Osbourne, Indigo Girls, ... More >>

Data Art Show

​The Lilith Fair was born of an odd doldrum in popular, female-fore music; the bulk of headliners for their first three seasons - before they suspended the festival for eleven years - were cut from the cheesecloth of alternative radio-directed acoustic-type pop (think Joan Osbourne, Indigo Girls, ... More >>

AIDS Wolf

​The Lilith Fair was born of an odd doldrum in popular, female-fore music; the bulk of headliners for their first three seasons - before they suspended the festival for eleven years - were cut from the cheesecloth of alternative radio-directed acoustic-type pop (think Joan Osbourne, Indigo Girls, ... More >>

Atmosphere skips Minneapolis (gasp!) on new tour

Psssh. It's like THAT?

Gay Beast, AIDS Wolf, and Skoal Kodiak make a racket at the Entry

AIDS Wolf, Skoal Kodiak and Gay Beast tonight at the Entry

Cirque du Soleil: Saltimbanco

Beyond Ballroom Dance Company

AIDS Wolf

Stars Bring Their Floral Riot To Pantages

Stars

Deerhoof

City Planner: Wednesday 12/06

8/18 Morning Communiqué

Pony Up: Make Love to the Judges with Your Eyes

Twins Stadium: Verbatim testimony from the House

Sign of the Times

Poster designers Seripop have seen the future. And it's fluorescent green.

The Emperor's New Groove

War and terror have a soundtrack: It's called Godspeed You! Black Emperor

Bread and Circuses

Seeing a strongman or a hunchbacked clown takes a lot of dough

Twin Killing

Is there any way to keep Major League Baseball in Minnesota? Well, for starters we could get a judge to classify Carl Pohlad as a vulnerable adult...

Post-Xena Programming

Mourn your barbarian heroes, but move on to the latest in bodacious pulp

Family Affair

Kate and Anna McGarrigle hold a musical reunion for sons, daughters, friends, lovers--and famously churlish ex-husbands

This Charming Man

Kate and Anna McGarrigle hold a musical reunion for sons, daughters, friends, lovers--and famously churlish ex-husbands

MUSIC: Bran Van 3000

Kate and Anna McGarrigle hold a musical reunion for sons, daughters, friends, lovers--and famously churlish ex-husbands

World Gone Wrong

Ghost in the Machine: Wasted apparitions haunt the house in The Dead Souls, a performance piece by the Montreal company Carbone 14.

The Last Waltz

Belgian Waffle: Brussels's Compagnie Pierre Droulers leap above the pack in an otherwise indulgent edition of Montreal's International Festival of New Dance.

Strawberry Fields Forever

Clinton's Love Affair with a Deadly Gas