Punk Rock

Gary Burger

Dinosaur Jr.'s Murph on playing drums after a car accident, CBGB's, and J's inspiration

Dinosaur Jr. re-emerged stronger than ever with with I Bet on Sky, their tenth record, and third since they reunited back in 2005. Beginning in Amherst, Massachusetts in 1984, Dinosaur Jr. pioneered alt-rock with their metal-tinged grunge and post-punk and thrash rock, creating an entirely new sound ... More >>

Legs McNeil on Joey Ramone, punk in 2012, and not trusting music critics

Legs McNeil is a legendary rock music historian, author and journalist. He co-founded and wrote for Punk Magazine back in the mid-'70s, is a former senior editor for Spin, and founder/editor of Nerve magazine in 1992. He is renowned as co-author of Please Kill Me: the Uncensored Oral History of Pu ... More >>

NOFX's show at the Cabooze tonight has been postponed

Due to the 102° fever of singer Fat Mike, tonight's NOFX show at the Cabooze has been postponed. The celebrated Los Angeles punk band were set to play the West Bank club this evening along with local luminaries Dillinger Four, but the show has been called off. Ticket holders should contact the Join ... More >>

A Punker's Revenge: A Celebration of Speedboat Gallery

Due to the 102° fever of singer Fat Mike, tonight's NOFX show at the Cabooze has been postponed. The celebrated Los Angeles punk band were set to play the West Bank club this evening along with local luminaries Dillinger Four, but the show has been called off. Ticket holders should contact the Join ... More >>

Ezra Furman

Due to the 102° fever of singer Fat Mike, tonight's NOFX show at the Cabooze has been postponed. The celebrated Los Angeles punk band were set to play the West Bank club this evening along with local luminaries Dillinger Four, but the show has been called off. Ticket holders should contact the Join ... More >>

American Idiot

Due to the 102° fever of singer Fat Mike, tonight's NOFX show at the Cabooze has been postponed. The celebrated Los Angeles punk band were set to play the West Bank club this evening along with local luminaries Dillinger Four, but the show has been called off. Ticket holders should contact the Join ... More >>

This week marks the 30th anniversary of our transition from Sweet Potato to City Pages

​City Pages was born before Heath Ledger and Aaliyah and has outlived them both. We're older than Christina Aguilera, Jason Schwartzman, and Cory from Boy Meets World. This week marks the 30-year anniversary of the name change from Sweet Potato to City Pages.The new name was simply and succinctly ... More >>

TC Electropunk Vol. 6 out this week

​There's something to be said for a scene that is as easily identifiable as it is unified. Over the past seven years the self-described Twin Cities electropunk scene has done an impeccable job of branding itself to outsiders via a series of free compilations.

Frank Turner & the Sleeping Souls

​There's something to be said for a scene that is as easily identifiable as it is unified. Over the past seven years the self-described Twin Cities electropunk scene has done an impeccable job of branding itself to outsiders via a series of free compilations.

From the Back of the Room: Amy Oden talks about her women in punk documentary

Maygun and Lisa​Punk rock prides itself for an inclusive environment--as a place for misfits and alienated souls to come together, despite differences. Of course, it only takes a few minutes at a concert to recognize that the crowd itself isn't as diverse as its philosophy. Despite the egali ... More >>

Record Store Day 2011: Vinyl lovers' paradise

Twin Cities prepares for busiest RSD yet

Green Day and Hüsker Dü releasing 7" split for Record Store Day

​It's no big secret that Green Day lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong is invested in the Twin Cities -- after all, he met his wife, Adrienne, at a show in Minneapolis, and has long cited both the Replacements and Hüsker Dü as major influences.

Social Distortion

​It's no big secret that Green Day lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong is invested in the Twin Cities -- after all, he met his wife, Adrienne, at a show in Minneapolis, and has long cited both the Replacements and Hüsker Dü as major influences.

Sara Marcus

​It's no big secret that Green Day lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong is invested in the Twin Cities -- after all, he met his wife, Adrienne, at a show in Minneapolis, and has long cited both the Replacements and Hüsker Dü as major influences.

SXSW 2010: Twin Cities bands head to Austin for a week of music and mayhem

Lookbook, Grant Hart, Gay Witch Abortion, Off With Their Heads, and many more blaze their own trails at the festival

5 Questions: Off With Their Heads sign with Epitaph, kick off tour tonight

We sat down with singer/guitarist Ryan Young for a quick five questions about what it means when you spend more time in a van than in your hometown.

Amen and the Hell Yeahs at Memory Lanes tonight

The classic Monday formula--bowl a little, drink a little, punk a little.

Free First Saturday: Rock Out!

The classic Monday formula--bowl a little, drink a little, punk a little.

Lil' Black Blondie

The classic Monday formula--bowl a little, drink a little, punk a little.

Black Blondie CD release tonight at the Triple Rock

Black Blondie and M.anifest team up to make your Friday night a little smoother and a lot smarter.

The Songs We Can't Escape

Black Blondie and M.anifest team up to make your Friday night a little smoother and a lot smarter.

The Current Fakebook: Bob Gruen

Black Blondie and M.anifest team up to make your Friday night a little smoother and a lot smarter.

Bob Gruen on Lennon and the Clash

Black Blondie and M.anifest team up to make your Friday night a little smoother and a lot smarter.

Bob Mould

Black Blondie and M.anifest team up to make your Friday night a little smoother and a lot smarter.

Bush Tetras reunite in Minneapolis to raise money for ailing bassist

Original bass player Laura Kennedy suffering complications from Hepatitis C

Alejandro Escovedo

Original bass player Laura Kennedy suffering complications from Hepatitis C

Dan Le Sac vs. Scroobius Pip

Original bass player Laura Kennedy suffering complications from Hepatitis C

Going Underground

Sweaty bodies, PBR, and cigarettes: My first underground punk show was everything I'd hoped

Seeing Double at ... Myth: Jen Paulson Reviews NOFX

Sweaty bodies, PBR, and cigarettes: My first underground punk show was everything I'd hoped

Culture Jamming

A tree-swingin' monkey lover tops this week's pop culture picks

Rude Girl

A tree-swingin' monkey lover tops this week's pop culture picks

Music A-List

A tree-swingin' monkey lover tops this week's pop culture picks

Reinventing Themselves

It might be awhile before Against Me! play another basement

An interview with Julien Temple

It might be awhile before Against Me! play another basement

No Future? Not Exactly

The Clash's Joe Strummer transcends punk, and the music lives on

Top 50 CDs from 2006

The Clash's Joe Strummer transcends punk, and the music lives on

Who is Mick Jones?

The Clash and Carbon/Silicon guitarist talks about life after Joe

Talk Hardcore to Me

Doc-making punks discuss their decline of Midwestern civ

Picked to Click XVI

This one goes to 11!

The Whine of Western Civilization

Seasoned professionals try to kick-flip the sleepy pop-punk revolution

Audio Rorschach

Askeleton's Knol Tate comments on the soundtrack to his life

9:30 Club: The First Avenue of D.C.

Askeleton's Knol Tate comments on the soundtrack to his life

Ray of Light

Bob Mould shines as DJ, returns to live rock, blogs about it

Locals weigh in on CBGB

Bob Mould shines as DJ, returns to live rock, blogs about it

Minnesota's Fifty Greatest Hits

The greatest Minnesota-made records of all time

Going Mobile

How cruising the western suburbs can lead to a great rock band, and other secrets from a Jeep tour of the Twin Cities with the Hold Steady's Craig Finn

Do You Want New Wave Or Do You Want The Truth?

Earnest Brits bring punk out of the past and into the Futureheads

It's just the beat of time, the beat that must go on

Earnest Brits bring punk out of the past and into the Futureheads

I Hate 1984

The music and movies were epochal. The politics were abysmal. A poison valentine to the year that won't go away.