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Director Xan Aranda on Andrew Bird's Fever Year documentary

For a man with such an extensive music career and fan reach, Andrew Bird has done an excellent job of remaining a mysterious enigma to much of the world. He's a fascinating artist, though the man behind the art has, to this point, been somewhat elusive. Enter director Xan Aranda, an independent fi ... More >>

Lincoln stands tall

Daniel Day Lewis lends the president real flesh, blood, and spark

Matt and Kim at First Avenue, 11/7/12

Matt and Kim With OberhoferFirst Ave., MinneapolisWednesday, November 7, 2012Matt and Kim is a simple name and simple setup, with just Matt Johnson on keys and vocals and Kim Schifino on drums, but the duo's show is anything but simple. With an elaborate back screen, flashing lights, balloons, and c ... More >>

Conor Oberst at Fitzgerald Theater, 9/20/12

Conor OberstFitzgerald Theater, St. PaulThursday, September 20, 2012Still a relatively youthful 32 years old, pride of Omaha Conor Oberst has already clocked roughly 14 years as a working musician. During that span he's followed his independent-minded muse fervently, spurning opportunities to cash i ... More >>

Mark Mallman preps for Marathon 4, a week-long NYC to LA song

See Also:Mark Mallman makes YouTube video of his entire discographyMark Mallman Marathon 3 live blog, day 4Rumblings of Mark Mallman's seven-day, cross-country song project, Marathon Four (or #MMM4), are slowly growing louder. Ahead of the September 15-23 trip from New York to Los Angeles, Gimme Noi ... More >>

Inaugural Knotfest brings metal to Somerset

Slipknot promises apocalyptic chaos and stink

Top 20 best Minnesota songs: The complete list

Related:Top 20 best Minnesota musiciansFirst Avenue's 20 best concertsFirst Avenue's 20 best concerts: Readers' picks50 cool facts about the Minnesota music sceneCountless songwriters have found inspiration in the Land of 10,000 Lakes over the years, and even more have hit upon something revelatory ... More >>

Top 20 best Minnesota songs: #10-1

Related:Top 20 best Minnesota songs: #20-11Top 20 best Minnesota musiciansFirst Avenue's 20 best concertsCountless songwriters have found inspiration in the Land of 10,000 Lakes over the years, and even more have hit upon something revelatory about Minnesota without ever becoming full-time residen ... More >>

Critics' Picks: Andrew W.K., Megafaun, and more

St. Vincent rebukes crowd during Pearl Jam cover, adds First Ave. show

​Those of you who didn't get a chance to see St. Vincent's entrancing sold-out performances at the Walker in October (and even those of you who did) now have another opportunity to see Annie Clark and company bring the songs of Strange Mercy to life, as St. Vincent have just announced a stop a ... More >>

We Are the Willows tour diary, Vol. 18

​Have you ever had moments where you weren't sure if you were awake or asleep?  I kinda feel like that all the time these days.  Van sleep isn't the best.  Don't get me wrong, its cozy, but you can't sleep super deeply when Harley Davidsons cruise right by your window or the Walmart ... More >>

Anthony Tolliver has a handle on his property

The Wolves reserve mixes business with basketball.

Now Now kick off two-month tour

​Local rock trio Now Now (formerly known as Now, Now Every Children) are one of the many Twin Cities bands who will caravan down to Austin, Texas this year for the SXSW festival, but they're getting a head start -- the band is already on the road and will complete a full lap of the US that won't f ... More >>

STNNNG behind the music

An oral history of Smoke of My Will

'Jim Thome At The Plate' rocks on video

Jim Thome at the bat​Starting about the time his Labor Day home run hit the flag pole at Target Field, everyone's been expecting big things out Jim Thome and the rest of the Twins as they head into their playoff run this week against the Yankees. We've named Thome our Twin of the month. Sport ... More >>

Matt Capps and Danny Valencia atop list of Twins playoff unprovens

Will the postseason greenhorns be up for the pressure?

Toby Keith meet-and-greet, Trailer Choir, and Marty Stuart this weekend

​Many of us, our friends over at Hot Dish not excluded, have buzzed about Toby Keith's I Love This Bar & Grill, which opened earlier this summer in St. Louis Park. "I hear they have a mechanical bull!" "Mechanical bull?!?" "Down-home Southern comfort food? Say what?" "Will Toby really put a bo ... More >>

Peter Wolf Crier to tour with Rogue Wave and Midlake

Photo by Stacy Schwartz​Though the pair hasn't even wrapped up their current stint with Heartless Bastards, Peter Wolf Crier will hit the road in September for another high-profile tour, this time with Rogue Wave and Midlake. The duo will stop in St. Paul to play the Lowertown Music Festival on Ju ... More >>

Peter Wolf Crier announce tour with Heartless Bastards

Photo by Stacy Schwartz​It's going to be a constructive summer for rising locals Peter Wolf Crier, whose debut album, Inter-Be, will be re-released by Jagjaguwar later this month. The duo has a CD-release show at the Turf Club on May 21, followed by a massive tour that will take them across the Mi ... More >>

George Clooney in Up in the Air

Juno director Jason Reitman is in the pilot seat

Poolside Manners

After banning a three-year-old from swimming, grown man still fears cooties

Critics' Picks

Surly Nation

Need a drink? Yeah, It's been that kind of month. So how about a local surly ale?

ATOY: '80s punk band reunites

Is There Any More Beautiful Relationship Than When a Freeloader Meets a Doormat?

The Jungle's Two for the Seesaw is a provocative ride

Concert Highlights for the Week of May 9 - May 15

What Rhymes With Seimone Augustus?

The critics may say the WNBA game lacks poetry. Stephen Burt is determined to give it some.

Twins Stadium: Verbatim testimony from the House

No Money Down! A Lifetime to Pay!

Welcome, friend, to the booming field of "subprime" mortgages. Think you can't afford a house? You're probably right, but that won't stop us from putting you in one!

We Built This City on Rock and Roll

...and other equally valuable varieties of popular music

Why We Fight

What is, and isn't, at stake in beating Bush

The Black Box Election

That chill in the air means October surprise season is upon us

The Neighborhood Prophet

Wet Hot American Summer

You scrubbed radioactive toilets. You fleeced tots at carnivals. You ground the beaks off baby birds. You sent City Pages your summer job stories--and we didn't even give you minimum wage in return.

The Filth and the Fury

The Dirtbombs blow Motor City out of the garage

The Child Hatchery

In South Minneapolis, a last remnant of Dr. Martin Couney's freak show preemies

Bidding Adu

Twin Cities filmmaker Ayesha Adu does dogme without didacticism

Middle-Aged Crazy

Jack Nicholson's 'Schmidt' makes the white working class look funny

Reckless Eyeballin'

Longtime civil rights activist and agitator Ron Edwards talks about the city he loves and hates

Organized Slaughter

Falling carcasses and untreated injuries: Meatpackers at Dakota Premium Foods were driven to form a union. But not even that got the company's attention.

Poker Faces

Looking for a painless way to lose your shirt? Head down to the Canterbury Card Club, where bad luck comes in spades, some lucky schmo is always raking in all the chips, and even if you win the house takes its cut.

Boom Buggies

Welcome to the world of decibel drag racing, where trophies go not to the fast, but to the loud

Wheel of Fortune, Wheel of Fate

Author Jonis Agee imagines the unvanquishable human wrecks whose lives revolve around the NASCAR circuit

Bombs Away

Noise artist Bombardier drops some of electronic music's fastest and hardest beats--and waits for the explosion

Fall Out

The military turned Ron Falcon into an officer, a gentleman, and a doctor. When the brass discovered he was gay, they kicked him out and sent him the bill.

Off Beat

Cops are Human, Film at 10

Whether or not the Strib's profile of a veteran homicide cop was a deliberate "blow job," it had City Hall (and newsrooms around the metro) humming for days.

Ring Around the Wrestlers

Out With the New, In With the Old

In Minneapolis and elsewhere, proponents of the New Urbanist planning movement are promising a new tomorrow -- one that looks a lot like yesterday.

THE NEW NOMADS

How do you solve a problem as intractable as homelessness?