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  • Blogs

    May 25, 2012

    Top 20 best Minnesota rappers: The complete list

    Related:Cover Story: How Rhymesayers set up the Soundset FestivalTop 20 best Minnesota musicians: The complete listTop 20 best Minnesota songs: The complete listIn 2012, rap music is as definitive a part of Minnesota lore as the Mall of America -- or anything else Muja Messiah name-checks in "Leech ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 24, 2012

    Top 20 best Minnesota rappers: #10-1

    Related:Top 20 best Minnesota rappers: #20-11How Rhymesayers set up the Soundset FestivalTop 20 best Minnesota musicians: The complete listTop 20 best Minnesota songs: The complete list10> Mictlan Origin: Minneapolis/Hopkins/Los Angeles | Active: 2001 - present | Songs: "Prizefight," "Game Over, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 3, 2012

    Top 20 best Minnesota songs: The complete list

    Related:Top 20 best Minnesota musiciansFirst Avenue's 20 best concertsFirst Avenue's 20 best concerts: Readers' picks50 cool facts about the Minnesota music sceneCountless songwriters have found inspiration in the Land of 10,000 Lakes over the years, and even more have hit upon something revelatory ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 1, 2012

    Top 20 best Minnesota songs: #20-11

    Related:Top 20 best Minnesota musiciansFirst Avenue's 20 best concertsMinneapolis music scene named second-best in the U.S.50 cool facts about the Minnesota music sceneCountless songwriters have found inspiration in the Land of 10,000 Lakes over the years, and even more have hit upon something revel ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 30, 2012

    Top 20 best Minnesota musicians: The complete list

    ​Related:Minneapolis music scene named second-best in the U.S.Minnesotans need to remember to exhale sometimes -- especially fresh on the heels of being ranked as the number two music scene in the country. Shouldn't it be enough to simply enjoy a rich history of quality musicians blossoming from f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 29, 2012

    Top 20 best Minnesota musicians: #10-1

    ​Related:Top 20 best Minnesota musicians: #20-11Minneapolis music scene named second-best in the U.S.10. Babes in ToylandOrigin: Minneapolis | Active: 1987-2001 | Songs: "Bruise Violet" and "Sweet 69"  Kat Bjelland is one of the nastiest female vocalists, period. Although the woman who adeptl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2012

    Prince, Replacements, & First Avenue tattooed on St. Paul man

    ​It's one thing to talk about Minnesota pride, but it's another altogether to ink it permanently to your torso. St. Paul resident Sean Kelsey is the new champion in that department with an Ork Poster-esque tribute to many of our local cultural landmarks and heroes that he can show to his friends o ... More >>

  • Music

    December 21, 2011

    Critics' Picks: Vampire Hands, Alexander O'Neal, Twilight Hours, and more

    ​It's one thing to talk about Minnesota pride, but it's another altogether to ink it permanently to your torso. St. Paul resident Sean Kelsey is the new champion in that department with an Ork Poster-esque tribute to many of our local cultural landmarks and heroes that he can show to his friends o ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 21, 2011

    Alexander O'Neal

    ​It's one thing to talk about Minnesota pride, but it's another altogether to ink it permanently to your torso. St. Paul resident Sean Kelsey is the new champion in that department with an Ork Poster-esque tribute to many of our local cultural landmarks and heroes that he can show to his friends o ... More >>

  • Music

    December 14, 2011

    Twin Cities Year in Music 2011

    Howler, Astronautalis, Pink Mink, and more

  • Blogs

    November 7, 2011

    The Original 7ven at the State Theatre, 11/5/11

    Photo By Steve Cohen​The Original 7venNovember 5, 2011State TheatreMaking history once again, this time on the luscious State Theatre stage, the Orginal 7ven (or the Artists formerly known as "The Time") brought their precious brand of Minnesota Nasty to an eager audience of old-schoolers ready to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 25, 2011

    The Time morph into the Original 7ven, prepare for CD release

    ​Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to update our Prince rolodexes.You may remember earlier this year when Prince's offshoot band the Family re-emerged after 25 years off the map as the rebranded fDeluxe, leaving some to wonder if the band had to change their names for legal reasons. (Wait ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 22, 2011

    50 cool facts about the Minnesota music scene

    Here's a not-so-secret fact about Minnesota music: People love to talk about how much they love the scene here. Musicians from both out-of-state and the Twin Cities have gone out of their way to pen odes to our town and its vibrant community, from Atmosphere to Lucinda Williams Tom Waits to Mark Ma ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 19, 2011

    Janet Jackson's 5 most underrated hits

    Miss Jackson if you're nasty​By Jen Boyles & Ian TraasAs a pop icon, Janet Jackson can do pretty much whatever she wants. If she went on a tour centered around singing her favorite polka tunes, the tickets would still sell out within minutes. Luckily for us, Janet's preparing a no-filler show ... More >>

  • Music

    August 17, 2011

    Critics' Picks: Janet Jackson, West Bank Music Festival, and more

    Miss Jackson if you're nasty​By Jen Boyles & Ian TraasAs a pop icon, Janet Jackson can do pretty much whatever she wants. If she went on a tour centered around singing her favorite polka tunes, the tickets would still sell out within minutes. Luckily for us, Janet's preparing a no-filler show ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 6, 2011

    Prince's band 'The Family' reuniting as fDeluxe

    ​It's been about four years since rumors started circulating that the Family, the band formed by Prince in the mid-'80s, was planning on reuniting and recording an album. And now, with a show on the books and their record in the can, the Family is re-emerging as the band fDeluxe.

  • Blogs

    June 6, 2011

    James 'Jimmy Jam' Harris turns 52 today

    Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis​Happy 52nd birthday to one of the true luminaries of the Minneapolis music scene, James "Jimmy Jam" Harris. He, along with his high-school friend Terry Lewis, helped shape the sound of the Twin Cities (and beyond) throughout the '80s and into today, producing numerous hi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 25, 2011

    Duran Duran at Epic, 04/22/11

    Photos by Erik Hess​Duran DuranApril 22, 2011Epic, MinneapolisDuran Duran turned the sold-out Epic nightclub into a decidedly retro '80s party palace on Friday night, delighting their maturing but still passionate fans with an energetic 100-minute set full of hits both new and old. While the band' ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 22, 2010

    Christmas with Alexander O'Neal

    Photos by Erik Hess​Duran DuranApril 22, 2011Epic, MinneapolisDuran Duran turned the sold-out Epic nightclub into a decidedly retro '80s party palace on Friday night, delighting their maturing but still passionate fans with an energetic 100-minute set full of hits both new and old. While the band' ... More >>

  • Music

    December 22, 2010

    Grant Cutler & the Gorgeous Lords, the Bad Plus, and more

    Photos by Erik Hess​Duran DuranApril 22, 2011Epic, MinneapolisDuran Duran turned the sold-out Epic nightclub into a decidedly retro '80s party palace on Friday night, delighting their maturing but still passionate fans with an energetic 100-minute set full of hits both new and old. While the band' ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 23, 2010

    Terry Mullan and Tommie Sunshine: Meet your Bassgasm DJs, Vol. 4 (MP3s)

    Minnesota's own self-proclaimed "genius of fun," ESP Woody McBride has long been one of the Midwest's techno sages and is again channeling the elusive old rave spirit with part deux of the Bassgasm saga tonight. As he did with Bassgasm 1, the second will lure old heads (who have grown up, started fa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 24, 2010

    Morris Day & The Time announce reunion show (VIDEOS)

    ​Gimme Noise learned today that longtime Minneapolis icon Morris Day and his band the Time are coming to Epic for a family reunion show on June 13. It's a fitting premise for a Time gig, given that their members, fanbase and extended crew have embodied a "we are family" vibe since the early days o ... More >>

  • Music

    September 9, 2009

    No Bird Sing reject hip-hop clichés on groundbreaking debut

    Band functions without DJ or bass player

  • Music

    April 30, 2008

    How Atmosphere Went Electro

    Why Lemons is like Tom Waits for Prince Fans

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2008

    Local-Connections Grammy Roll Call!

    Why Lemons is like Tom Waits for Prince Fans

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2007

    New hip-hop record store on the North Side

    Why Lemons is like Tom Waits for Prince Fans

  • News

    December 6, 2006

    MN SAT

    The great Minnesota brain freeze: 82 chances to cheat with Google and win valuable prizes!

  • Blogs

    December 5, 2005

    Lil' Flip: "Y'all f@#ked it up tonight, Minneapolis"

    The great Minnesota brain freeze: 82 chances to cheat with Google and win valuable prizes!

  • News

    June 8, 2005

    Three Tracks, Echo, and a Bunch of Hungry Teenagers

    A short tour of some of the Twin Cities' historic recording studios

  • News

    May 18, 2005

    We Got Us

    They write their own songs. They play their own instruments. For 19 years, they've stuck together. The rise and fall -- and rise -- of St. Paul's greatest R&B band, Mint Condition.

  • 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.

  • Blogs

    October 21, 2004

    The soul should always stand ajar

    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.

  • Arts

    July 14, 2004

    School of Funk

    Jimmy Jam was a DJ. Morris Day was a drummer. Prince was a kid with a huge afro. Before they changed popular music, Mom told them to turn that racket down.

  • Music

    February 5, 2003

    Papa Said Knock You Out

    How a boxer and a backpacker put local hip hop in the ring

  • Movies

    February 6, 2002

    Where Were You In '82?

    "Shinders to Shinders" draws American graffiti, Twin Cities-style

  • Arts

    November 7, 2001

    I Celebrate Myself, And Sing Myself

    Aspiring Hip-Hop Mogul Top Tone Taps Into the Deepest Wells of American Optimism--But Keeps Coming Up Dry

  • Music

    October 24, 2001

    Brotherly Love

    The world is hell, but relax, baby: The Isley Brothers are still here

  • Music

    July 4, 2001

    Luscious Jackson

    On All for You, Janet Jackson savors the pleasure (and pain) principles of her personal life

  • Music

    May 9, 2001

    Cold Play

    City Pages plays the tracks; Bobbito states the facts: A hip-hop expert ear-tests Minnesota music

  • Arts

    January 10, 2001

    The Last Supper Club

    With the shuttering of the Riverview Supper Club, black Minneapolis loses its premier meeting place--and a foothold on the future of the Mississippi

  • News

    April 19, 2000

    Station Break

    Can the Cities' oldest black radio station survive a date with the bulldozer?

  • Music

    April 5, 2000

    Sound Check

    Can the Cities' oldest black radio station survive a date with the bulldozer?

  • News

    December 29, 1999

    A Power of Ten

    Slug's love bug, Kat Bjelland's exorcism, Dave Pirner's throbbing shins: Ten years of local music served on ten great platters.

  • Arts

    November 17, 1999

    Ebony and Ebony

    Mint Condition and Sounds of Blackness trace soul's tributaries to the cusp of the mainstreamMint Condition and Sounds of Blackness trace soul's tributaries to the cusp of the mainstream

  • Arts

    October 27, 1999

    Soul Survivors

    For years, local R&B's Best Kept Secret have stayed true to their name

  • Music

    June 9, 1999

    Sound Check

    For years, local R&B's Best Kept Secret have stayed true to their name

  • Arts

    November 25, 1998

    The Last Days of Disco

    Open playlists. Mixed audiences. Women's mud wrestling. Ample coke. What ever happened to the Minneapolis club scene?

  • Music

    November 4, 1998

    In My Room

    His Name Is Alive condenses the pop universe into a residential house in Livonia, Michigan

  • Music

    August 27, 1997

    Mill City Music Festival Highlights

    His Name Is Alive condenses the pop universe into a residential house in Livonia, Michigan

  • News

    June 5, 1996

    Memories

    His Name Is Alive condenses the pop universe into a residential house in Livonia, Michigan

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