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    April 13, 2012

    First Avenue's 20 best concerts: The complete list

    Related:First Avenue: An archived history via flyers, riders & contractsFirst Avenue's 40 years of rock 'n' rollTop 20 best Minnesota musicians: The complete listFirst Avenue is undoubtedly among the premier rock clubs in the country -- possibly the world. Since 1970, the building at the interse ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 21, 2011

    Five Minnesota sports saviors who fell short

    Ricky Rubio: Caution, savior at work.​Ricky Rubio has arrived in Minnesota with all the fanfare of a rock star, and now has the not-so-enviable task of trying to help the Minnesota Timberwolves earn the respect of their fans rather than ridicule.So in honor of Rubio's arrival, let's look back at f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 28, 2011

    Flavor Flav launches fried chicken restaurant in ... Iowa? We offer prize to 1st Minnesotan to eat there

    "The Colonel better watch his back."​The acronym WTF was invented for news like this: Earlier this week, former Public Enemy rapper and reality TV star Flavor Flav opened his first fried chicken restaurant in, of all the places on the planet, Clinton, Iowa. Clinton is a town of less than 30,0 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 26, 2010

    Bassgasm 2 at First Avenue, 7/23/10

    Photos by Denis Jeong Plaster​Bassgasm 2July 23rd, 2010First AvenueYou could feel it before you walked through the door.  The low end was turned up as far as it would go, reverberating through the black brick of First Ave, making the concrete tremble beneath the feet of all the boys and girls ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 30, 2010

    Toki Wright channels Chuck D on 'Arizona' remake

    ​The Arizona immigration bill passed last Friday has galvanized our entire country, from the President on down, with cities everywhere passing economic boycotts and official travel bans, every op-ed page in fury or assent, every Republican left shrugging in confusion, Shakira on an airplane, and f ... More >>

  • Music

    March 31, 2010

    E.G. Bailey: American Afrikan

    ​The Arizona immigration bill passed last Friday has galvanized our entire country, from the President on down, with cities everywhere passing economic boycotts and official travel bans, every op-ed page in fury or assent, every Republican left shrugging in confusion, Shakira on an airplane, and f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 31, 2010

    Communist Daughter, Fifth Element's open-mic night featured in this week's paper

    Photo by Ben ClarkCommunist Daughter​We're entering a season of local CD releases, so prepared to be inundated over the next few weeks as we make our way through all the great local albums coming out this April. This week, we drove down to Prescott, Wisconsin to hang out with Johnny Solomon and hi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 17, 2009

    The Roots and Brother Ali collaborate on "The Trap"

    Watch the hometown hip-hop star collaborate with one of his heroes.

  • Calendar

    April 15, 2009

    Fred Wesley & the New JB's

    Watch the hometown hip-hop star collaborate with one of his heroes.

  • Music

    March 11, 2009

    Tricky, John Swardson and Get Gone, and more

    Watch the hometown hip-hop star collaborate with one of his heroes.

  • Music

    March 4, 2009

    N.A.S.A., And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead, and more

    Watch the hometown hip-hop star collaborate with one of his heroes.

  • Blogs

    January 30, 2009

    The Popstream: Lou Reed, "Original Rapper"

    Lil Wayne might be embarrassing himself with his rapper-doing-rock schtick, but it gets just as ridiculous when it's the other way around.

  • Blogs

    January 30, 2009

    The Hold Steady, Atmosphere in good company on new Coachella lineup

    Minneapolis' own is set to be in good company at this spring's Coachella fest in Indio, Calif., which features a great supporting cast of artists.

  • Blogs

    October 6, 2008

    Liz Phair returns to Exile at First Avenue

    Minneapolis' own is set to be in good company at this spring's Coachella fest in Indio, Calif., which features a great supporting cast of artists.

  • News

    July 2, 2008

    Readers respond to Savage Love snafu

    Minneapolis' own is set to be in good company at this spring's Coachella fest in Indio, Calif., which features a great supporting cast of artists.

  • Calendar

    June 25, 2008

    A Tribute to James Brown featuring Bootsy Collins

    Minneapolis' own is set to be in good company at this spring's Coachella fest in Indio, Calif., which features a great supporting cast of artists.

  • Music

    June 25, 2008

    Critics' Picks: Shearwater and more

    Minneapolis' own is set to be in good company at this spring's Coachella fest in Indio, Calif., which features a great supporting cast of artists.

  • Blogs

    April 21, 2008

    Over the Weekend: April 18-20, 2008

    Minneapolis' own is set to be in good company at this spring's Coachella fest in Indio, Calif., which features a great supporting cast of artists.

  • Blogs

    January 21, 2008

    Five Songs About ... Martin Luther King

    Minneapolis' own is set to be in good company at this spring's Coachella fest in Indio, Calif., which features a great supporting cast of artists.

  • Unknown

    August 8, 2007

    Concert Highlights for the Week of August 8 - 14

    Minneapolis' own is set to be in good company at this spring's Coachella fest in Indio, Calif., which features a great supporting cast of artists.

  • Unknown

    May 23, 2007

    Good Clean Smut

    Minneapolis' own is set to be in good company at this spring's Coachella fest in Indio, Calif., which features a great supporting cast of artists.

  • Music

    March 7, 2007

    Hometown Heroes at SXSW

    Going down to Austin? Catch these local acts.

  • Blogs

    February 12, 2007

    Katrina: Changing winds? (plus Mardi Gras MPLS)

    Going down to Austin? Catch these local acts.

  • News

    September 6, 2006

    Forbidden Fruit

    It's the world's largest music and movies superstore, and everything in it is free—and illegal. Every month, some five billion illegal downloads are passed around the internet, and the entertainment industry sues several hundred people. CP writer St

  • Blogs

    July 21, 2006

    Complicated Dread: the Mikey Dread interview

    It's the world's largest music and movies superstore, and everything in it is free—and illegal. Every month, some five billion illegal downloads are passed around the internet, and the entertainment industry sues several hundred people. CP writer St

  • Music

    June 28, 2006

    Ice Cube: Laugh Now, Cry Later

    It's the world's largest music and movies superstore, and everything in it is free—and illegal. Every month, some five billion illegal downloads are passed around the internet, and the entertainment industry sues several hundred people. CP writer St

  • News

    March 8, 2006

    She Bop

    It Didn't Start with Babes in Toyland: A Short and Eccentric History of Women in Local Music, 1931-Present

  • Blogs

    September 8, 2005

    Leftover links

    It Didn't Start with Babes in Toyland: A Short and Eccentric History of Women in Local Music, 1931-Present

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2004

    Hip hop is doomed, but hip is forever

    It Didn't Start with Babes in Toyland: A Short and Eccentric History of Women in Local Music, 1931-Present

  • Music

    August 13, 2003

    The Evolution Control Committee: Plagiarhythm Nation V. 2.0

    It Didn't Start with Babes in Toyland: A Short and Eccentric History of Women in Local Music, 1931-Present

  • Music

    May 21, 2003

    The Born Identity

    Chicano Revolutionaries and an albino Muslim give the Rhymesayers something new to say

  • Arts

    October 16, 2002

    Beyond the Pale

    Screwing the white guy and dancing with the devil: Race matters at the 40th annual New York Film Festival

  • Music

    September 11, 2002

    Let's Roll...and Rock

    Attaxploitation: Pop stars respond to 9/11

  • Music

    February 13, 2002

    Joy Division

    Attaxploitation: Pop stars respond to 9/11

  • Music

    December 19, 2001

    The Road to 'Redemption'

    Chris Sattinger Returns to the Minneapolis That Made Him Timeblind

  • Music

    February 21, 2001

    What It Is

    Atmosphere makes a hip-hop album for people who don't like hip hop

  • Music

    November 15, 2000

    Kast Party

    Atlanta hip-hop duo OutKast leave the Dirty South for a land called Stankonia

  • Movies

    October 25, 2000

    Gray's Anatomy

    A young director's body of work grows by The Yards

  • Music

    August 23, 2000

    3 Feet Underground

    De La Soul rise from the dead yet again to rally all hip hop's oddballs and misfits

  • Arts

    April 19, 2000

    Song and Dance

    Crime pays in The Gangster Musical; romance founders in Adventures in Love

  • Arts

    February 16, 2000

    You Down with GOP?

    An obscure conservative organization peddles Republican-sanctioned hip hop to the masses

  • Music

    December 1, 1999

    Love the Machine You're With

    Does Rage stir the revolution--or provide the soundtrack for the next white riot?

  • Music

    August 11, 1999

    The Unheard Hip Hop

    Does Rage stir the revolution--or provide the soundtrack for the next white riot?

  • Music

    April 28, 1999

    Naughty by Nature: Nature's Finest

    Does Rage stir the revolution--or provide the soundtrack for the next white riot?

  • Arts

    August 19, 1998

    Over the Counter

    Staffed by DJs and rockers, indie record stores are selling a scene

  • Music

    June 10, 1998

    The Sound of One Fan Clapping

    If a local CD falls into the retail bins, does it make a sound? Peter S. Scholtes reviews this month's batch of releases.

  • Music

    April 30, 1997

    The Notorious B.I.G.

    Life After Death

  • Feature

    January 22, 1997

    Talking Political Blues

    Life After Death

  • Feature

    December 25, 1996
  • Arts

    November 1, 1995

    Taking Out the Garbage

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

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