Slipknot (Band)

Our 15 best live music GIFs of 2012

Yeah! It's time to run down the year in live music GIFs. This Black Sabbath fan from Lollapalooza this summer embodies how psyched we are to share these with you.With help from photographers Erik Hess, Anna Gulbrandsen, and Stacy Schwartz, this was a year for the already excellent visual representat ... More >>

Twin Cities Year in Music 2012

From P.O.S. to Prince to Polica, 2012 was a golden year in Minnesota music

Slipknot's Knotfest at Somerset Amphitheater, 8/18/12

KnotfestWith Slipknot, Lamb of God, Deftones, Machine Head, Serj Tankian, Cannibal Corpse, Dillinger Escape Plan, Prong and GojiraSomerset Amphitheater, Somerset, WisconsinSaturday, August 18, 2012See Also:Slideshow: Knotfest 2012 Music PerformancesSlideshow: Knotfest's People & ScenesSlipknot's ... More >>

15 gorgeous GIFs from Knotfest 2012

See Also:Knotfest at Somerset Amphitheater, 8/18/12Slideshow: Knotfest 2012 Music PerformancesSlideshow: Knotfest's People & Scenes Knotfest 2012 was nothing if not a vigorous experience. Take it from these three Gojira fans above. For the thousands who gathered in Somerset, Wisconsin, this was ... More >>

Weekend Checklist: West Bank Music Festival, Heiruspecs, Hugh Laurie

Friday is the night of tribute shows. We Are Not Ween rocks the mainroom of First Avenue, while The Big Pink performs their annual homage to The Band's last show known as "The Last Waltz". If you're in St. Paul, stop by the Amsterdam to hear Jonny James & the Hall of Fames cover The Be ... More >>

Inaugural Knotfest brings metal to Somerset

Slipknot promises apocalyptic chaos and stink

Slipknot's Shawn "Clown" Crahan on Knotfest, the Ring of Fire and backstage insanity

By Kory GrowSee Also:Inaugural Knotfest brings metal to Somerset God, Satan or whatever broke the mold when he created Slipknot's Clown prince, percussionist Shawn Crahan. When we talked to him about what to expect at his band's inaugural Knotfest, taking place at the Somerset Amphitheater on Satur ... More >>

SoundTown and Minnesota's music festival fatigue

See Also:SoundTown 2012 has been canceledSoundTown 2012 statement: Ticket threshold wasn't metSoundTown 2011: A first-ever adventure in SomersetIt's been almost a week now since word broke out that the SoundTown Music and Camping Festival is cancelled this year, just two short weeks before the gates ... More >>

SoundTown 2012 has been canceled

See Also:SoundTown 2012 statement: Ticket threshold wasn't metSoundTown 2011: A first-ever adventure in SomersetSoundTown 2012 lineup: Jane's Addiction, Florence the Machine, & moreMore cancellation news coming across today: SoundTown 2012 is indeed not happening, and artists are starting to s ... More >>

SoundTown 2012 statement: The ticket threshold wasn't met

See Also:SoundTown 2012 has been canceledSoundTown 2011: A first-ever adventure in SomersetSoundTown 2012 lineup: Jane's Addiction, Florence the Machine, & moreThe 2012 running of the SouthTown Music & Camping Festival got canceled today, and organizers are pointing to the simple fact that ... More >>

Slipknot launches Knotfest two-day festival in August

With enough summer music festivals already devoted to tossing as many genres at the stage as possible to see what sticks with the ticket-buying public, it's refreshing to hear details about Iowa masked metal kings Slipknot's new music fete. It's undeniably over-the-top, and shouldn't it be?On August ... More >>

Coheed & Cambria

Art-A-Whirl, Henry Rollins, and more: Critics' Picks

Jendeen and her Wolverines dwell weekly in Hell

New Wednesday gig finds band at Hell's Kitchen downtown

Zombie Jamboree

Neo-retroists Clinic and the Strokes raid the graves of punkers past