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Best Of the Twin Cities 2013: Music categories

Yes, ladies and gents, the Best of the Twin Cities for 2013 is live all over the City Pages website. And the issue -- which takes gilded inspiration from The Great Gatsby -- will hit stands Wednesday.Gimme Noise has compiled links to the music category winners below. Take a gander!

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Ty Segall, Ben Folds Five, Grizzly Bear, and more

Rihanna's Diamonds 2013 U.S. tour dates -- St. Paul in March

See Also:Lady Gaga plots Born This Way Ball 2013 tour -- St. Paul in FebruaryRihanna and Cee Lo Green at the Target Center, 6/16/11, SlideshowLive-Blogging The 2012 Video Music Awards: We Are Never Ever Ever Gonna Use Tonight As A BellwetherSo while many Americans were caught up in Thursday's politi ... More >>

Fiona Apple

Ballet of the Dolls: Memphis Blues

Best of the Twin Cities 2012 music winners are live!

The Best of the Twin Cities issue has hit the streets -- officially. It's as thick as a phone book, but is beautifully designed like a keepsake tome.The Enchanted Cities theme is apt given how enchanted we all are with the many great offerings available in our local pastures. Plus, there's that big, ... More >>

Justin Bieber's snake finds home at Owatonna Zoo (PHOTOS)

​Even if Justin Bieber isn't readily accessible in Minnesota, and old reptile buddy of his is just an hour's drive away from the Twin Cities. We're talking about Johnson, an albino boa constrictor who is the first celebrity snake to reside at the impeccably named RAD (Reptile & Amphibian Disco ... More >>

Re:Generation movie in MPLS: Win tickets, download free tracks

​ If the Grammys showed us anything this year  -- aside from the apparently difficult pronunciation of Bon f'ing Iver -- it was that electronic music is here in a big way. Now, in association with the awards show, documentarian Amir Bar-Lev introduces a one-night engagement of his film Re:Ge ... More >>

Bon Iver's Grammys poster is far worse than Skrillex's

A small portion of the ugliness.​The past 24 hours have been admittedly strange for the cult of Justin Vernon. As has already been discussed in detail, Bon Iver's self-titled, pastoral folk album is up for four Grammys at the February 12 show, and these are in major categories that seem to be with ... More >>

Odd Future at First Avenue, 10/12/11

Photos by Erik Hess​Odd FutureOctober 12, 2011First Avenue, MinneapolisAs I figured, waiting in line I noticed a young crowd for Odd Future (the show was all ages, and was finished by the time most of-age shows even have doors); some from slightly out of the city limits, some with their mothers, a ... More >>

The Black Keys

Bruno Mars, Janelle Monae

Joe Lovano & US5

Stanley Clarke Band, Victor Wooten Band

Robert Plant and the Band of Joy coming to Minneapolis April 12

​Rock icon Robert Plant will bring his Band of Joy, featuring Patty Griffin, to the State Theatre in Minneapolis on April 12. Though known for his righteous rock wailings in Led Zeppelin, Plant has toned it down of late, collaborating with Allison Krauss for a folk duo album in 2007 and releasing ... More >>

Jason Derülo comes to First Ave tonight

​Jason Derülo isn't what you would expect from a 21 year old hip-hopper. But according to Jason, it's not hip-hop -- it's a new facet of pop, evident in his first single "Watcha Say," which was a #1 US single that went 3x Platinum in 2009. Aided by the all-familiar sounds of auto-tuning, the song ... More >>

Steve Martin

Five for February: Country acts comin' our way

Nepotism and lady beer guts: three acts to see if you've got nothin' better goin', and two not to miss.

Dirty Projectors, Digable Planets, Little Dragon, and more

New Har Mar album to feature rejected Britney Spears track

Compare "The Handler" to "The Circus." Spears doesn't know what she's missing.

Judas Priest, the Roots, and more

Moonstone and Slapping Purses tonight at the Turf Club

The work week be damned-- it's time for drinks, dancing, and prog rock.

Drinking with Ian at the Grammys

Minneapolis's favorite talk show host takes a tour of music-industry hell.

Hi-tops, Headphones, Spraycans and Microphones

Jeremy Messersmith: The Silver City

Ike Turner Dies

Español Sung Here

Crossing over—who's doing it, who's not

Chinese Fire Drill

Devotees have been waiting years for the new GNR album

Party Girl

DJ Girl Talk is the maddest scientist in the mash-up lab

Happy Father's Day, Winstons. Love, drum-n-bass

11/15: Morning Communique

Jazz Singer Shirley Horn Dead at 71

Local Music Yearbook '04

We crowd-surfed with R.T. We bar hopped on light rail. And between some of our precious last sucks on a cigarette at the club, we scribbled it all down on a cocktail napkin.

Don't Call It a Comeback

After silver screen stinkers and disappointing record sales, Usher finally gives us a view from the top

Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros: Streetcore

Best of the Twin Cities: The Winners

Smack My Glitch Up

A Tigerbeat6 showcase trades old blips and bloops for Cex, numbers, and stars as eyes

An Axl To Grind

Guns N' Roses: Dying hard with a vengeance?

Artistic License, Revoked

The war on terror is keeping musicians out of the U.S.

Best of the Twin Cities: The Winners

The Best of the Twin Cities: The Winners

Sound Check

Sound Check

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.

Sound Check

Love for Sale

Nashville Skyline, Nashville Fortress

Now that Music Row has gone mainstream, an industry insider describes the nation's newest company town.

Coloring Book