Pearl Jam

Swissted poster book revisits classic Replacements and Hüsker Dü shows

If the drool-worthy posters shown above haven't already pulled you in, the rest of the story of Swissted: Vintage Rock Posters Remixed and Reimagined certainly will. Just released this month, the book features 200 freshly created concert posters recalling the nascent shows of some of the finest unde ... More >>

RNDM

Archers Of Loaf's Matt Gentling on cult status, the reunion, and witnessing a stabbing on the road

Archers of Loaf are the very definition of the '90s stalwart alt-rock band. They toiled in relative obscurity while many of their contemporaries made it big and ruled the airwaves for a good decade or so. Those who knew them loved them like a small child loves a puppy: with a bursting-at-the-seams e ... More >>

The Gaslight Anthem

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 >>

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 >>

PJ20 with Pearl Jam, Queens of the Stone Age, the Strokes and more at Alpine Valley, 9/3/11

Photos by Nick Wosika​Pearl Jam September 3, 2011 Alpine Valley Music Theater Pearl Jam kind of painted themselves into a corner with this one. The band that rose from the ashes of Mother Love Bone spent their first few years as the biggest band on the planet (their sophomore release Vs. broke re ... More >>

Labor Day Weekend concert roundup

Photo by Erik Hess​What a weekend! We kicked summer right outta town this long Labor Day Weekend by attending as many events as we could, from Blondie at Mystic Lake to Weezer, Dr. John, and Maroon 5 at the Great Minnesota Get Together to Minneapolis dance nights Get Cryphy and Too Much Love. As w ... More >>

Eddie Vedder and Glen Hansard at the Orpheum Theater, 07/02/11

Photos by Jon Behm​Eddie Vedder and Glen Hansard July 2, 2011Orpheum TheaterEddie Vedder's stated goal in picking up the ukulele over a decade ago was to make that happy little instrument sound as sad as he was. And while there certainly was plenty of sorrow imbued in Vedder's songs Saturday ni ... More >>

Eddie Vedder, the Black Keys, the Monkees, and more

Eddie Vedder

Pearl Jam announces PJ20 at Alpine Valley September 3-4 with the Strokes, Queens of the Stone Age

​In celebration of its 20th anniversary, Pearl Jam announced last night that it will be hosting a full weekend of festivities called PJ20 -- and the festival's destination is only about a six-hour drive from the Twin Cities at East Troy, Wisconsin's Alpine Valley. All of the bands on the bill ... More >>

Eddie Vedder and Glen Hansard coming to the Orpheum

​Two critically acclaimed frontmen from divergent rock backgrounds will converge to play solo sets at the Orphuem on July 2: Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder, who is touring in support of his new solo album, plus the Swell Season and the Frames' Glen Hansard (perhaps best known to mainstream audiences for ... More >>

14 legitimately disturbing music videos to make your Halloween less vanilla-flavored

Please be thinking "bacon" please be thinking "bacon"​The thing about rounding up scary music videos for Halloween is that so rarely are they actually scary; Michael Jackson as a zombie/werewolf/come hither teenager? Meh. Alice Cooper, GWAR, Rob Zombie, Slipknot, Insane Clown Posse...NOT SCARY. ... More >>

Taylor Swift, John Legend schmooze with Target's Bullseye [PHOTOS]

Via TwitPicTaylor Swift gives Bullseye a kiss​Taylor Swift, John Legend, Keith Urban, Enrique Iglesias Charice and other A-list artists added some star power to Target Corp's annual national company meeting yesterday at the Target Center. Backstage, Swift and Legend schmoozed with Bullseye, t ... More >>

Hartnett, Prince, Keillor: 10 local celebs we loved this decade

These folks did well in the Aughts, and you can't have them, Hollywood. At least not for keepsies.

Daughtry signals our failure to rock in the '00s

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

The Cranberries' Dolores O'Riordan talks family, future, and accepting the past

Singer reunites with her band in honor of their 20th anniversary

Temple Of The Dog reunites at Pearl Jam show

The reunion no one asked for finally happened.

Alice in Chains

Alice in Chains

No Doubt

Killswitch Engage

Gimme News Weekly Wrap-Up: March 20-26

New Kristoff Krane and Black Blondie on the way, P.O.S. covers Pearl Jam, Metallica to play Target Center & next week's best new releases.

March 23, 2009: Deep Blues Festival & SXSW

Deep Blues Festival lineup announced, Peter Parker releases mixtape, P.O.S. covers Pearl Jam & MN artists @ SXSW

P.O.S. covers Pearl Jam's "Why Go?"

And he sounds great. But is that really a huge surprise?

The Popstream: Al Green, "Tired of Being Alone" (live on Soul Train)

Everything sublime and ridiculous about the 1970s, summed up in two and a half minutes.

The Songs We Can't Escape

Daniel Johnston

Johari's Window CD-release

Culture Jamming

Culture Jamming

8/10 Morning Communiqué

Porcupine Tree: Fear of a Blank Planet

Ward Sutton hangs up his pen (for now)

Britt Robson's 100 Best CDs of 2006

Singles Going Steady

The best end-to-end albums from a single-driven year

Why On Earth (Or Elsewhere) Am I Enjoying Christian Rock?

Starflyer 59, Ester Drang, Sufjan Stevens, and the new Alt-CCM

All By Myself...

Modern rock singles aren't going steady anymore

Merry Christmas, Suckers!

Five crappy best-ofs, one preachy live disc, and a partridge in a pear tree

Real Life Rock Top 10

Pearl Jam goes on hunger strike, JFK buys you a spaghetti dinner, and Jeff Bridges asks Bob Dylan to swallow his pride

Best Laid Plan

Dismemberment Plan Search for "Meaningful Relationships"

Let Us Now Praise Famous Men

VH1 goes Behind the Music and finds a new set of American fables

Fugazi: End Hits

Squeal This CD

Sukpatch: A deal with Mo' Wax and a new hometown.

Seattle Supersonics

Record Roundup

Record Roundup

Ballsy Blokes Still Goin' For Broke

AC/DC: The unleashed id of Hootie and the Blowfish

Artists of the Year

Makers who mattered in 1995