Nine Inch Nails

Wiping Out Thousands capture starving artistry

Electronic duo talks about not selling product, but giving their art to an audience

Let It Be Records vs. Target: The blow-by-blow

Last week, we reported that Let It Be Records' Ryan Cameron aired a justifiable grievance with Target. For some reason, a huge local company is holding on to a couple of letters that used to be part of the signage outside his shop for a private "art installation." Never mind that Target could likely ... More >>

Antibalas at First Avenue, 9/11/12

See Also: Antibalas: Who Is This America? Amadou & Mariam at the Cedar Cultural Center, 8/7/12 Antibalas with Malamanya First Avenue, Minneapolis September 11, 2012 With the dark anniversary of 9/11 hanging over everyone's head, Antibalas proved to be the perfect remedy for any sad memories, a ... More >>

Occupy Wall Street protest coming to Minneapolis

​Occupy Wall Street, the broad-based protest that unsettled New York and resulted in hundreds of arrests on the Brooklyn Bridge over the weekend, is spreading to Minneapolis this week. The local version of the protest will officially start at 9 a.m. on Friday, when organizers plan to fill the Henn ... More >>

5 songs to cheer up Rahm Emanuel

​Rahm Emanuel is not having a good week. Emanuel - former Clinton White House senior adviser, former U.S. representative, former Obama White House chief of staff - has designs on the Chicago mayoral office, which means, naturally, that he's ultimately gunning for the Illinois governorship and mayb ... More >>

Purest Spiritual Pigs, 'Body Misses'

​Purest Spiritual Pigs is technically Helena Thompson's solo project. Primarily recorded in her basement, the ex-Her Majesty the Baby drummer has conceived eleven tracks that blend digitally-manipulated everyday sounds, a wealth of percussion, and a direct and often brooding vocal style to de ... More >>

Taste of Minnesota, Devo, Santana

This week's Critics' Picks

Shooter Jennings and Hierophant play Cabooze Saturday

​ I'm gonna tell you somethin', and then you're gonna judge me. I really, really like Tool. Now that that's out of the way, I'm gonna tell you that Shooter Jennings, progeny of country legends Waylon Jennings and Jessi Colter, just put out a concept album under the band name Hierophant. I'v ... More >>

The xx, the King Khan & BBQ Show, and more

HEALTH, The Pet Shop Boys, and more

HEALTH, The Pet Shop Boys, and more

Get Cryphy, Clapperclaw, and more

NIN announces farewell tour. For real this time.

Is it too late to make a comparison to John Kerry's waffling in the 2004 prez campaign?

Radiohead cover band seeks to unlock Thom Yorke's genius

"What's That?" recreate some of modern rock's most complex songs

Minnesota Mixtape 2008

Every year I make mix CDs of my favorite tracks, with one song per artist per disc. Here's the '08 edition, local and national. It's all from 2008 unless otherwise specified, but there are a few oldies. At the bottom are my year-end lists, because I know you needed more of those. Happy holidays! MN ... More >>

Estate + Nobot = Double Fantasy

Local electro bands Estate and Nobot join forces to present an evening of multimedia mayhem

Critics Picks: Super Furry Animals and more

My Top 10 albums of 2007

Chinese Fire Drill

Devotees have been waiting years for the new GNR album

Socks Appeal

Local musician finds his calling outside the cell phone industry

Tick Tock, Tick Tock

Running down the clock toward the end times with Modest Mouse

Artists of the Year

Iraq. SARS. Jay Leno, Still on television practically every night. Yeah, 2003 was about as much fun as a social disease.

First Love

The legendary bands. The terrifying toilets. An oral history that goes so far behind the music it will leave you at a gun range beneath the stage.

Law & Order: Greek Tragedy Unit

This may not be great tragedy, but it's great theater

Mission Impossible

After a 19-year hiatus, punk legends Mission of Burma reach for their revolver again

Go Digital or Die

'One Hour Photo' takes an ugly snapshot of the retail employee

Buy Buy Love

American Pie 2 and My Generation find the youth of America ready to plunk down

Year of the White Male

In 1999, cock rock and teenybop ruled the roost

Outsider Night

Goths at the mall, poets at Penumbra, and Christians on the dance floor

Bring in the Noise

From Wrong's free-improv chaos to Savage Aural Hotbed's circle-saw precision, a disparate local noise scene maps the sound of modern anxiety

Back in Black

Hardballs

Misery For the Masses

Nothing more than feelings: Billy Corgan channels teenage angst

Ordinary People

Rock It To Russia

Like many things in the former Soviet Union, rock & roll ain't what it used to be.

Taking Out the Garbage

Wisconsin uber-producer Butch Vig and band swap the studio for the road.