Steve Barone

Watch Craig Finn and Lifter Puller play "The Bears" on Jenny Jones

The memories of Lifter Puller jostling the Twin Cities in the late '90s can hopefully live on -- via film. The group's guitarist-keyboardist Steve Barone is making one last push to find archival video of the group for a short documentary. One nugget that he has just shared via YouTube is Craig Finn' ... More >>

Barnesville Potato Days--the place to be for mashed potato wrestling

Celebrating the spud.​Although it is hard to compete with the first weekend of the fair, if you really love potatoes--I mean love them so much you want to roll around in a giant pile of mashed potatoes wearing a polyester singlet--Barnesville Potato Days might just lure you away from the midwa ... More >>

Tater Daze in Brooklyn Park starts today: Mashed potato wrestling and more

  www.taterdaze.org mashed potato wresting action!Early settlers in Brooklyn Park found the soil to be a welcome place to grow potatoes, and now it is time to celebrate. Tater Daze, an annual celebration of the spud, starts today and runs through Sunday. Besides mashed p ... More >>

The Hawaii Show, "Uptown Monster Ballad"

The local band pays tribute to an ill-fated bar.

Flying local man saves woman from fire...sort of

Barred For Life

The Hold Steady's high-voltage crunch happens to sound great in bars. But please don't call them a bar band.

Three Times the Rock

Scenes from the new Triple Rock Social Club

This is a Recording

Local labels are redefining the way to make music

Dear Mr. Hawaii Dude

Steve Barone discusses hair dye, eyeliner, cheese

Caring Is Creepy

Talking love and death with the Psychedelicates

Love Songs, Nothing but Love Songs

Musicians and critics discuss their favorite aural aphrodisiacs

The Year in Music

The Sound of Music, 2001: Our Favorite Things

Blue Hawaii

All-Access Eats

Rum, Sodomy, and the Lash

Storming the stage with postpunk pirates Lifter Puller

Scene Not Heard

Computer wizards leave their bedrooms, rappers reach the stage, and the Mason Jennings Band creates the bar buzz of the decade. In the ninth annual City Pages New Music Poll, 60 local music fans pick the bands that made the biggest noise.