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Robert Plant

  • Blogs

    May 25, 2012

    The Cavalier Crooks on Southern rock tradition and Tombstone Bullets

    On their new album Tombstone Bullets, The Cavalier Crooks have produced an album that grabs hold with dusty, writhing fingers, and won't let go. It's rare to find a band that manages to wholly inhabit a different degree than the masses, and even rarer to find one that makes music in that place tha ... More >>

  • Music

    May 16, 2012

    Critics' Picks: Van Halen, Rick Ross, the Cranberries, and more

    On their new album Tombstone Bullets, The Cavalier Crooks have produced an album that grabs hold with dusty, writhing fingers, and won't let go. It's rare to find a band that manages to wholly inhabit a different degree than the masses, and even rarer to find one that makes music in that place tha ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 16, 2012

    Van Halen

    On their new album Tombstone Bullets, The Cavalier Crooks have produced an album that grabs hold with dusty, writhing fingers, and won't let go. It's rare to find a band that manages to wholly inhabit a different degree than the masses, and even rarer to find one that makes music in that place tha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 9, 2012

    New U of M anti-binge drinking poster: "Drink, drank, drunk, dead."

    ​U of M officials are taking a page out of the anti-smoking playbook to combat campus binge drinking.A new series of posters makes the point that friends can help their more-drunk friends avoid some of the worst possible consequences of slamming back a few tee many martoonies.One poster shows a co ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2012

    Low and Death Cab for Cutie team for tour

    ​Lovers of Death Cab for Cutie will get rewarded for showing up early starting in April when Low, our not-so-slow-core-no-more neighbors from Duluth, joins them for a spate of shows. This pairing is a huge coup for Low, who have steadily grasped more rock conventions in their work while ne'r negle ... More >>

  • Music

    September 7, 2011

    Critics' Picks: Blink 182, Psychedelic Furs, and more

    ​Lovers of Death Cab for Cutie will get rewarded for showing up early starting in April when Low, our not-so-slow-core-no-more neighbors from Duluth, joins them for a spate of shows. This pairing is a huge coup for Low, who have steadily grasped more rock conventions in their work while ne'r negle ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 7, 2011

    Alison Krauss & Union Station

    ​Lovers of Death Cab for Cutie will get rewarded for showing up early starting in April when Low, our not-so-slow-core-no-more neighbors from Duluth, joins them for a spate of shows. This pairing is a huge coup for Low, who have steadily grasped more rock conventions in their work while ne'r negle ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 22, 2011

    Eight songs for Earth Day

    ​What is it about environmentalism that ruins songwriters' abilities to express themselves subtly and poetically? There are some cheesy-ass Earth Day songs out there. Luckily, none of them made it onto this list. In honor of Earth Day, here's a list of some songs that remind us to be kind to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 18, 2011

    Low at First Avenue, 4/16/11

    Photos by Steve Cohen​LowApril 16, 2011First Avenue, MinneapolisAfter seeing Retribution Gospel Choir perform a handful of times over the last couple of years, I was quite excited for Alan Sparhawk's return to the First Avenue stage with his distinguished "other" band Low on Saturday night. With h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 14, 2011

    Low release new album, play two shows this Saturday

    ​It's been a week filled with Low-related news. Not only did Robert Plant swoop into town and cover not one but two of the Duluth slowcore band's songs, but they released a new video starring John Stamos that's been rippling throughout the blogosphere. It's all good timing, too -- Low just release ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2011

    Robert Plant and the Band of Joy at the State Theatre, 4/12/11

    Photos by Steve Cohen​Robert Plant and the Band of JoyApril 12, 2011State Theatre, MinneapolisWhen Robert Plant opened with a funky, schmaltzy version of the Zeppelin classic "Black Dog," I was worried that the show would be a series of classic rock songs made palatable for the adult-contemporary ... More >>

  • Music

    April 6, 2011

    Critics' Picks: Robert Plant, Cut Copy, My Chemical Romance, and more

    Photos by Steve Cohen​Robert Plant and the Band of JoyApril 12, 2011State Theatre, MinneapolisWhen Robert Plant opened with a funky, schmaltzy version of the Zeppelin classic "Black Dog," I was worried that the show would be a series of classic rock songs made palatable for the adult-contemporary ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 6, 2011

    Robert Plant & the Band of Joy

    Photos by Steve Cohen​Robert Plant and the Band of JoyApril 12, 2011State Theatre, MinneapolisWhen Robert Plant opened with a funky, schmaltzy version of the Zeppelin classic "Black Dog," I was worried that the show would be a series of classic rock songs made palatable for the adult-contemporary ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2011

    Robert Plant and the Band of Joy coming to Minneapolis April 12

    ​Rock icon Robert Plant will bring his Band of Joy, featuring Patty Griffin, to the State Theatre in Minneapolis on April 12. Though known for his righteous rock wailings in Led Zeppelin, Plant has toned it down of late, collaborating with Allison Krauss for a folk duo album in 2007 and releasing ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 3, 2010

    Robert Plant's Low cover earns Grammy nomination

    ​It's a roundabout local nod, but we'll take it: It was announced this week that Robert Plant has been nominated for a "Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance" Grammy for his cover of Duluth trio Low's song "Silver Rider," one of two Low covers on Plant's new record, Band of Joy. His record, which also ... More >>

  • Movies

    June 3, 2010

    Russell Brand in Get Him to the Greek

    It's a messy but funny spin-off of Forgetting Sarah Marshall

  • Music

    November 11, 2009

    Dirty Projectors, Digable Planets, Little Dragon, and more

    It's a messy but funny spin-off of Forgetting Sarah Marshall

  • Calendar

    November 11, 2009

    Wolfmother, Heartless Bastards

    It's a messy but funny spin-off of Forgetting Sarah Marshall

  • Music

    July 29, 2009

    The Guystorm take over the food industry—now on to music

    Group of food-industry guys claim they're just a dirty bar band

  • Blogs

    December 24, 2008

    Minnesota Mixtape 2008

    Every year I make mix CDs of my favorite tracks, with one song per artist per disc. Here's the '08 edition, local and national. It's all from 2008 unless otherwise specified, but there are a few oldies. At the bottom are my year-end lists, because I know you needed more of those. Happy holidays! MN ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 20, 2008

    Great Lake Swimmers

    Every year I make mix CDs of my favorite tracks, with one song per artist per disc. Here's the '08 edition, local and national. It's all from 2008 unless otherwise specified, but there are a few oldies. At the bottom are my year-end lists, because I know you needed more of those. Happy holidays! MN ... More >>

  • Music

    August 20, 2008

    These Modern Socks and more

    Every year I make mix CDs of my favorite tracks, with one song per artist per disc. Here's the '08 edition, local and national. It's all from 2008 unless otherwise specified, but there are a few oldies. At the bottom are my year-end lists, because I know you needed more of those. Happy holidays! MN ... More >>

  • Arts

    February 6, 2008

    Culture Jamming

    Eight pounds of 'Thunderbirds' top this week's pop culture picks

  • Music

    November 21, 2007

    What's $elling

    Top Ten Albums This Week at Down in the Valley

  • Music

    August 15, 2007

    What's the View Like from Jimmy Page's Pants?

    Pamela Des Barres makes a case for the groupie as muse

  • Music

    June 20, 2007

    Theremin Thrash

    How Moon Maan make your rock song a little more UFO-y

  • Unknown

    June 13, 2007

    Beat the Crowd

    How Moon Maan make your rock song a little more UFO-y

  • Unknown

    May 23, 2007

    Here are the week's best releases from the pop culture universe

    How Moon Maan make your rock song a little more UFO-y

  • Music

    March 7, 2007

    Minnesota Orchestra Performs Led Zeppelin: A Rock Symphony

    How Moon Maan make your rock song a little more UFO-y

  • Music

    February 28, 2007

    Werewolves of Sydney

    Wolfmother summon the gods of '70s stoner rock

  • Columns

    July 6, 2005

    The Autograph Man

    What ever happened to Buddy Holly's fishing license?

  • Arts

    March 30, 2005

    Two Diaries from South by Southwest #19, Part One

    What's the Only Industry That Holds Its Trade Show Around a Keg?

  • Music

    September 8, 2004

    Bridge Club: Summer of the Jackal

    What's the Only Industry That Holds Its Trade Show Around a Keg?

  • Music

    February 4, 2004

    The Howard Dean Remixes

    What's the Only Industry That Holds Its Trade Show Around a Keg?

  • Music

    August 6, 2003

    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

  • Arts

    May 21, 2003

    The Birch is Back

    Cabaret chameleon Melissa Birch takes the kind of performance risks that can come back to bite you in the ass--literally.

  • Music

    November 13, 2002

    An Axl To Grind

    Guns N' Roses: Dying hard with a vengeance?

  • Music

    January 30, 2002

    The Teaches of Peaches

    Anti-folk avatars the Moldy Peaches give lessons in good touch and bad touch.

  • Movies

    December 19, 2001

    The Phantom Menses

    It's Only the Blood of Brothers That Flows Through Tolkien's Episode I

  • Music

    July 4, 2001

    White Lies

    Caucasian rockers addicted to black blues. So-called siblings with an intimate past. Meet the myth of Detroit's White Stripes

  • Music

    September 22, 1999

    In the Mouth of Madness

    Caucasian rockers addicted to black blues. So-called siblings with an intimate past. Meet the myth of Detroit's White Stripes

  • Music

    October 21, 1998

    Fat Chance

    Caucasian rockers addicted to black blues. So-called siblings with an intimate past. Meet the myth of Detroit's White Stripes

  • Arts

    April 1, 1998

    Turning the Tables

    Meet the Minneapolis DJ who might take the men's club out of clubland

  • Music

    March 25, 1998

    Page & Plant-Walking into Clarksdale

    Meet the Minneapolis DJ who might take the men's club out of clubland

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