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Nirvana (Band)

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2012

    Top 10 best grunge songs

    With Saint Kurt gone for 18 years now, it's important to remember grunge wasn't just Nirvana. It was a movement, and though each year it seems a little bit sillier than it did the last, it was important. Most of the bands (and sadly many of the people themselves) didn't stand the test of time, some ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2012

    First Avenue's 20 best concerts: Readers' picks

    Related:First Avenue's 20 best concerts: The complete listFirst Avenue: An archived history via flyers, riders & contractsTop 20 best Minnesota musicians: The complete listEven if the ticket stubs are long gone, and the T-shirt purchased at the merch table didn't survive backpacking across Europ ... More >>

  • Music

    March 28, 2012

    With a Gun for a Face deliver more glam-core punk

    Corporate Callosum rages against the machine

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2012

    Buildings: "Loud junk is what we love to play;" at Cause tonight

    ​The upcoming release from Buildings, Melt, Cry, Sleep, is a jarring and powerful album, built around aggression and volume. The time in between this one and the avant punk act's 2008's Braille Animal saw the band maturing -- vocalist/guitarist Brian Lake temporarily relocated to Chicago, and the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 8, 2012

    Nirvana's In Utero studio site in Cannon Falls overhauled

    ​Pachyderm Studio was once an ever-expanding source of rural Minnesota trivia. The complex, tucked away behind some trees on a quiet country road near Cannon Falls, hosted many legendary recording sessions. Lore surrounding Nirvana's In Utero, PJ Harvey's Rid of Me, and albums by local heroes incl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2012

    Burn Fetish to release Psychonauta at the Entry

    ​Burn Fetish's latest album, Psychonauta, shows a band striving for both their and our fulfillment. They labor over the years that span the ending of childhood and the introduction into adulthood.Musical talent must be in the blood; lead singer and guitarist, Sam Frederick's mother is Mary Jane Al ... More >>

  • Music

    January 18, 2012

    Roy Wilkins: Who was he?

    The story behind the iconic St. Paul venue

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    December 21, 2011
  • Calendar

    December 21, 2011

    The Bad Plus

    The story behind the iconic St. Paul venue

  • Music

    December 14, 2011

    Twin Cities Year in Music 2011

    Howler, Astronautalis, Pink Mink, and more

  • Blogs

    November 23, 2011

    Black Friday Record Store Day: A guide to special sales and events in the Cities

    Black Friday. Potentially the single most terrifying phrase in the English language, those two little words are a retailer's curse and a shopper's pipe dream come true. This year, if you somehow missed pitching your tent in the Best Buy parking lot in preparation for the sales, not to worry--there i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 14, 2011

    Deer Tick at Triple Rock Social Club, 11/12/11

    Photo by Scott Alario​Deer Tick November 12, 2011 Triple Rock Social Club, Minneapolis Saturday night at the Triple Rock, the audience got to see something special. It was the sight of a band headed for greatness, right at the cusp of something bigger. It was palpable and it was obvious that ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 21, 2011

    Picked to Click extended interview: blood&stuff

    Photo by Emily Utne​blood&stuff is the new band of Ed Holmberg and Dylan Gouert. These ex-Economy Team members perform headbanging, mind-blowing rock shows. Holmberg sings powerful, classic-sounding vocals, while playing stunning bass and guitar. Drummer Gouert plays Dave Grohl-inspired hard a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 13, 2011

    Courtney Love says Frances Bean Cobain was conceived in Minneapolis

    ​Oh, Courtney. She just can't give a straight answer, can she? In an interview about the 20th anniversary of Nirvana's breakout music video for "Smells Like Teen Spirit," Courtney Love took the opportunity to divulge several intimate details about her and Kurt Cobain's first... how shall we say... ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 14, 2011

    10 superfan factoids about Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl

    ​Dave Grohl is the real deal. After spending the early '90s clocking stage time in one of the most influential bands of his generation, no one would have thought twice if he had shied away from the limelight following his Nirvana bandmate Kurt Cobain's suicide in 1994. But instead, he did jus ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 14, 2011

    Foo Fighters

    ​Dave Grohl is the real deal. After spending the early '90s clocking stage time in one of the most influential bands of his generation, no one would have thought twice if he had shied away from the limelight following his Nirvana bandmate Kurt Cobain's suicide in 1994. But instead, he did jus ... More >>

  • Music

    May 18, 2011

    Kimya Dawson talks Eyedea, Juno, and working with Aesop Rock

    You can always count on Dawson to be herself

  • Blogs

    April 29, 2011

    Pachyderm Studios' Cannon Falls property for sale

    Photo via Edina Realty​Pachyderm Studios, best known as the recording site of Nirvana's final studio album, In Utero, as well as the place where dozens of local bands holed up in the early- to mid-'90s to record their work, has gone out of business once and for all and the property is now for sale ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2011

    Gayngs at Coachella, Nikki Sixx phones it in at the Fitz, and more notes from the weekend

    Photos by Denis Jeong Plaster​April is continuing to roar by us at a steady clip, and this past weekend our local scene was so bustling that we had to export some of our musicians out to Indio, California before the whole town overflowed.

  • Blogs

    March 8, 2011

    Frank Ocean smoothes out Odd Future, Fever Ray trusts wolves, and other new musics

    ​You can peep the interwebs regularly, check those flight controls with neurotic consistency (you know who you are), and still have days (days!) that yield nothing worth looking at. Good content doesn't grow on polygonal trees, you brats. Luckily, today wasn't one of those boring ones.

  • Music

    January 12, 2011

    Beatles expert Jim Berkenstadt is a rock 'n' roll detective

    The band hired him to piece together their story

  • Blogs

    January 3, 2011

    Vikings punter and bassist Chris Kluwe talks about balancing music and football

    ​Though Chris Kluwe played violin as a child, his primary influence for picking up a bass guitar was the video game Guitar Hero. Adept at the simulated version, Kluwe wanted to try the real thing. This led him to forming the alterna-metal band Tripping Icarus, whose debut full length will be ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 22, 2010

    The Bad Plus

    ​Though Chris Kluwe played violin as a child, his primary influence for picking up a bass guitar was the video game Guitar Hero. Adept at the simulated version, Kluwe wanted to try the real thing. This led him to forming the alterna-metal band Tripping Icarus, whose debut full length will be ... More >>

  • Music

    December 22, 2010

    Grant Cutler & the Gorgeous Lords, the Bad Plus, and more

    ​Though Chris Kluwe played violin as a child, his primary influence for picking up a bass guitar was the video game Guitar Hero. Adept at the simulated version, Kluwe wanted to try the real thing. This led him to forming the alterna-metal band Tripping Icarus, whose debut full length will be ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 6, 2010

    Arcwelder at the Entry, 12/4/10

    ​ArcwelderDecember 4, 20107th St. Entry, MinneapolisAs music from the '90s is increasingly re-examined by critics and fans, it has become clear--just as in every preceding decade--that mistakes were made. Too much emphasis was assigned to some bands and others were ignored for no good reason at al ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 6, 2010

    The Week That Was: Travis Barker won't go away, Aretha Franklin alive

    ​What's that you say? All you want for Christmas is to not be Travis Barker? That's easy; wish granted! Unless, of course, you are Travis Barker, in which case: too bad, so sad. You're always gonna look like a skate rat ghoul. Anyway, let's take a gander at what happened in the world of music last ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 27, 2010

    The Vaselines

    ​What's that you say? All you want for Christmas is to not be Travis Barker? That's easy; wish granted! Unless, of course, you are Travis Barker, in which case: too bad, so sad. You're always gonna look like a skate rat ghoul. Anyway, let's take a gander at what happened in the world of music last ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 5, 2010

    Dave Grohl suing Scissor Sisters over indecent exposure

    ​In a stunning new video, Dave Grohl has announced that he is suing glam dance band Scissor Sisters over a penis slip incident.In case you aren't familiar with Scissor Sisters, think downtown dinner jackets with upturned collars, major coiffage, falsettos, excellent dancing, mesh. The five-member ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 30, 2010

    Seether's John Humphrey talks about tonight's show at the Fair

    ​Chances are if you've turned on 93X here in Minneapolis, you've been privy to hearing the meticulously angry sounds of Seether. Not to say there's anything wrong with a solid dose of sculpted alternative-metal. The band of over 10 years has soldiered on through the post-grunge age and managed to ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 25, 2010

    Weird Al Yankovic

    ​Chances are if you've turned on 93X here in Minneapolis, you've been privy to hearing the meticulously angry sounds of Seether. Not to say there's anything wrong with a solid dose of sculpted alternative-metal. The band of over 10 years has soldiered on through the post-grunge age and managed to ... More >>

  • Restaurants

    July 14, 2010

    Haute Dish's Landon Schoenefeld: Talent with a temper

    Chef has held more restaurant jobs than many retired cooks

  • Blogs

    June 8, 2010

    Daunte Culpepper redux: He's huge in Sacramento!

    Best Mountain Lion QB ever​There's a weird Vikings reunion going on west of the Sierra Nevada: Quarterback Daunte Culpepper has just signed a deal to play football under the eye of coach Dennis Green -- for the Sacramento Mountain Lions, a UFL franchise. The first time time those two paired u ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 12, 2010

    Bright Ideas

    Best Mountain Lion QB ever​There's a weird Vikings reunion going on west of the Sierra Nevada: Quarterback Daunte Culpepper has just signed a deal to play football under the eye of coach Dennis Green -- for the Sacramento Mountain Lions, a UFL franchise. The first time time those two paired u ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 9, 2010

    Spontaneity in televised musical performances, R.I.P.

    ​This won't be an anti-American Idol blog post, but I am taking aim at American Idol; it won't entirely condemn Rihanna, but it will subject Ri-Ri to some tough love. Idol and Rihanna are a mere jumping-off point, because watching the results show Wednesday night made me really confront something ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2010

    Random notes from the compact disc's brutal, continued slide into irrelevancy

    Some personal observations from somebody who's had a love/hate relationship with the format over the years.

  • Calendar

    December 23, 2009

    The Bad Plus

    Some personal observations from somebody who's had a love/hate relationship with the format over the years.

  • Blogs

    December 9, 2009

    Daughtry signals our failure to rock in the '00s

    Why is the voice of our generation just...so...lame?

  • Calendar

    December 2, 2009

    Soul Asylum

    Why is the voice of our generation just...so...lame?

  • Blogs

    November 19, 2009

    Mashups of the Week: Michael Jackson & David Lynch

    Michael Jackson mashed through the ages, NIN vs. Britney Spears & David Lynch gets mashed in plastic.

  • Blogs

    October 1, 2009

    Mashups of the Week: Obama & Lady GaGa

    T-Pain autotunes Obama, Lady GaGa smells of Teen Spirit, the Ting Tings go disco & more!

  • Calendar

    September 30, 2009

    Manic Street Preachers

    T-Pain autotunes Obama, Lady GaGa smells of Teen Spirit, the Ting Tings go disco & more!

  • Calendar

    August 12, 2009

    Glamorama

    T-Pain autotunes Obama, Lady GaGa smells of Teen Spirit, the Ting Tings go disco & more!

  • Music

    August 12, 2009

    Clipse, Glamorama, Reel Big Fish, and more

    T-Pain autotunes Obama, Lady GaGa smells of Teen Spirit, the Ting Tings go disco & more!

  • Calendar

    July 15, 2009

    Christopher O'Riley

    T-Pain autotunes Obama, Lady GaGa smells of Teen Spirit, the Ting Tings go disco & more!

  • Calendar

    July 8, 2009

    The Meat Puppets

    T-Pain autotunes Obama, Lady GaGa smells of Teen Spirit, the Ting Tings go disco & more!

  • Music

    March 18, 2009

    Pachyderm Studio wants to save the world, but can it keep the lights on?

    The beleaguered music-maker's Mecca has become the Temple of the White Elephant

  • Calendar

    December 24, 2008

    The Bad Plus

    The beleaguered music-maker's Mecca has become the Temple of the White Elephant

  • Calendar

    May 21, 2008

    Spirit in the House Festival

    The beleaguered music-maker's Mecca has become the Temple of the White Elephant

  • Unknown

    July 11, 2007

    The Polyphonic Spree host a love-in at the Fine Line

    The beleaguered music-maker's Mecca has become the Temple of the White Elephant

  • Music

    February 15, 2006

    Trampled By Turtles: Live at Lucé

    The beleaguered music-maker's Mecca has become the Temple of the White Elephant

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