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  • Music

    May 9, 2012

    Hello Blue's sophomore album worth the long wait

    Record aptly titled How'd It Get This Late?

  • Blogs

    December 12, 2011

    Ghostband redefines electronica with a new album

    ​Desolations may sound like the landscape during a Minnesota winter, but in actuality it's the name of Minneapolis electronic musician Jon Davis, a.k.a. Ghostband's, new album. Influenced by Coltrane, Sun Ra, Ayler, and Hendrix, Ghostband leaves out the lyrics in his music, but not the imag ... More >>

  • Music

    August 17, 2011

    CLAPS release Wreck

    It sounds like the '80s but it's hardly a throwback

  • Blogs

    April 14, 2011

    We Became Actors unleash 'Something Major'

    Photo by Louisa Podlich​Jesse Stensby, We Became Actors frontman, peers at me across from a bounty of eggs and home fries at the Triple Rock and blinks as I ask him about the band's creative process.

  • Music

    May 26, 2010

    CRITICS' PICKS

    Photo by Louisa Podlich​Jesse Stensby, We Became Actors frontman, peers at me across from a bounty of eggs and home fries at the Triple Rock and blinks as I ask him about the band's creative process.

  • Calendar

    May 19, 2010

    Mystery Palace, Estate

    Photo by Louisa Podlich​Jesse Stensby, We Became Actors frontman, peers at me across from a bounty of eggs and home fries at the Triple Rock and blinks as I ask him about the band's creative process.

  • Music

    January 20, 2010

    CLAPS are an analog electro band in a digital world

    Band boils songs down to their essential components

  • Calendar

    December 30, 2009

    Lookbook, Mystery Palace, Estate & Beatrix*JAR

    Band boils songs down to their essential components

  • Music

    December 30, 2009

    Mark Mallman, Wookiefoot, and more

    Band boils songs down to their essential components

  • News

    November 11, 2009

    Solid Gold's fantastic voyage: From Twin Cities band to national treasure

    After a whirlwind trip to New York, the successful dream-pop band returns to First Avenue

  • Music

    January 21, 2009

    Delving into the synth and circuit-bending scene with Brett Bullion of Tarlton

    After a whirlwind trip to New York, the successful dream-pop band returns to First Avenue

  • News

    June 6, 2007

    The Great White Hype

    Former U.S. Attorney Tom Heffelfinger wasn't that great a friend to Native Americans

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2007

    Get Bent: Circuit Bending at the Bent Festival

    Former U.S. Attorney Tom Heffelfinger wasn't that great a friend to Native Americans

  • Music

    February 21, 2007

    Oh! Inverted World

    The whirlwinds and warped dichotomies of Mystery Palace's debut album

  • Music

    November 9, 2005

    In Da Club: Mystery Palace at the Kitty Cat Klub

    The whirlwinds and warped dichotomies of Mystery Palace's debut album

  • News

    June 8, 2005

    Minnesota's Fifty Greatest Hits

    The greatest Minnesota-made records of all time

  • News

    December 29, 2004

    Artists of the Year

    12 Rods, Jon Stewart, Howard Stern, Quentin Tarantino, Garrison Keillor, MF Doom, Lawrence Lessig, Randi Rhodes...

  • News

    December 15, 2004

    Local Music Yearbook '04

    We crowd-surfed with R.T. We bar hopped on light rail. And between some of our precious last sucks on a cigarette at the club, we scribbled it all down on a cocktail napkin.

  • Music

    September 15, 2004

    The Passion of the Mallman

    A blow-by-blow account of Mark Mallman's agonizing, ecstatic 52.4-hour song

  • Blogs

    September 10, 2004

    The Passion of the Mallman

    A blow-by-blow account of Mark Mallman's agonizing, ecstatic 52.4-hour song

  • Arts

    August 11, 2004

    End of the Road, End of the Rods

    They got hassled by the FBI. Todd Rundgren drank all their Foster's. And now they're breaking up. After teetering on the edge of big-time success for over a decade, 12 Rods remember what it's like to be a popular Twin Cities band--and what it's like to pa

  • Music

    February 4, 2004

    Future Wives: Dark Side of the Man EP

    They got hassled by the FBI. Todd Rundgren drank all their Foster's. And now they're breaking up. After teetering on the edge of big-time success for over a decade, 12 Rods remember what it's like to be a popular Twin Cities band--and what it's like to pa

  • Music

    July 19, 2000

    Long Division

    At the same time as 12Rods parts with its longtime friend and drummer, the band also releases the ultimate breakup album

  • Music

    August 25, 1999

    Sound Check

    At the same time as 12Rods parts with its longtime friend and drummer, the band also releases the ultimate breakup album

  • Music

    July 29, 1998

    Spare the Rod, Spoil the Child

    Art rockers 12 Rods make their musical parents proud

  • Arts

    July 16, 1997

    PICKED TO CLICK PART 7: It's New to You!

    The 1997 City Pages New Music Poll
    Moon's Over Minneapolis: Brother Sun Sister Moon rise in the north

  • Music

    January 29, 1997

    MEAT RAFFLIN'

    The 1997 City Pages New Music Poll
    Moon's Over Minneapolis: Brother Sun Sister Moon rise in the north

  • News

    January 15, 1997

    Local Traffic: Slow & Go

    The 1997 City Pages New Music Poll
    Moon's Over Minneapolis: Brother Sun Sister Moon rise in the north

  • News

    July 10, 1996

    Who Are These Girls & Guys?

    That's a bigger question than usual in our 1996 new music poll.

  • Music

    March 20, 1996

    Southern Exposure

    That's a bigger question than usual in our 1996 new music poll.

  • Music

    February 7, 1996

    Record Roundup

    That's a bigger question than usual in our 1996 new music poll.

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