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Prince's Purple Rain preserved by National Recording Registry

No matter how well (or poorly) you think Prince and the Revolution's Purple Rain has aged over the years, the Library Of Congress has just seen to it that the Purple One's seminal 1984 album will live on forever. Purple Rain, along with 24 other recordings, has just been selected for induction i ... More >>

Critics' Picks: Howler, Tanlines, White Denim, and more

No matter how well (or poorly) you think Prince and the Revolution's Purple Rain has aged over the years, the Library Of Congress has just seen to it that the Purple One's seminal 1984 album will live on forever. Purple Rain, along with 24 other recordings, has just been selected for induction i ... More >>

White Denim / Hundred Visions

No matter how well (or poorly) you think Prince and the Revolution's Purple Rain has aged over the years, the Library Of Congress has just seen to it that the Purple One's seminal 1984 album will live on forever. Purple Rain, along with 24 other recordings, has just been selected for induction i ... More >>

The Big Wu mark 20th anniversary at Cabooze tonight (Interview)

​This year marks the 20 year anniversary of Minneapolis band The Big Wu's formation at St. Olaf College. Bassist Andy Miller lovingly refers to the band's aesthetic as "White Guy Jam Rock," and confirms that the songwriting process hasn't changed much at all. "The songwriter brings in the bulk of ... More >>

Dark Star Orchestra at First Avenue, 02/01/12

​Dark Star OrchestraFirst Avenue, MinneapolisWednesday, February 1, 2012Although First Avenue can't quite stack up with an outdoor festival setting, last night's Dark Star Orchestra show in the mainroom was still plenty good. The band has made a name for itself by traveling the world and playin ... More >>

Critics' Picks: Robin and Linda Williams, Valet, and more

​Dark Star OrchestraFirst Avenue, MinneapolisWednesday, February 1, 2012Although First Avenue can't quite stack up with an outdoor festival setting, last night's Dark Star Orchestra show in the mainroom was still plenty good. The band has made a name for itself by traveling the world and playin ... More >>

Mickey Hart Band

​Dark Star OrchestraFirst Avenue, MinneapolisWednesday, February 1, 2012Although First Avenue can't quite stack up with an outdoor festival setting, last night's Dark Star Orchestra show in the mainroom was still plenty good. The band has made a name for itself by traveling the world and playin ... More >>

Megafaun, Doug Paisley

​Dark Star OrchestraFirst Avenue, MinneapolisWednesday, February 1, 2012Although First Avenue can't quite stack up with an outdoor festival setting, last night's Dark Star Orchestra show in the mainroom was still plenty good. The band has made a name for itself by traveling the world and playin ... More >>

Seven Inches of Minnesota Music: Sukpatch, "Ides"

​Believe it or not, kids, their once was a time before random shuffle and mash-up remixes where music tended to stay in its distinct categories and within specific genre contours. Typically people liked one kind of music or another, and that was about it. The Beastie Boys and Beck's fast folk ... More >>

Woods and The Fresh & Onlys at the 7th St. Entry, 7/18/11

Tom Pilcher​It was a night of 1960s-influenced tunes at the Entry on Monday night as Pitchfork darlings Woods and the Fresh & Onlys took the stage together. Reflecting their coastal divide (Woods in New York, Fresh & Onlys in San Francisco), the two groups took rather opposite paths to tap in ... More >>

Little Feat at the Minnesota Zoo, 7/10/11

​July 10, 2011 Little Feat Minnesota Zoo Amphitheater Little Feat have a musical history that spans over four decades, and as most of the members are now nearing the retirement age, it seems almost ludicrous to consider a band that has survived many a musical period and is still producing wor ... More >>

14 legitimately disturbing music videos to make your Halloween less vanilla-flavored

Please be thinking "bacon" please be thinking "bacon"​The thing about rounding up scary music videos for Halloween is that so rarely are they actually scary; Michael Jackson as a zombie/werewolf/come hither teenager? Meh. Alice Cooper, GWAR, Rob Zombie, Slipknot, Insane Clown Posse...NOT SCARY. ... More >>

Beyonce Knowles is (probably) pregnant

​Those of you who were wondering if and when Beyonce Knowles and Jay-Z would ever pull a J.Lo/Marc Anthony and collaborate on a full-length album? You folks can keep right on wondering about that while the rest of us figure out how to digest the (alleged) news that the first couple of urban pop ar ... More >>

Michael McDonald, Boz Scaggs, and Donald Fagen close down the State Fair

​RECAP BY STEVE COHEN AND GENNA DEPREYPHOTOS BY STEVE COHENThe Minnesota State Fair concert season ended with a bang this year. The 2010 Grandstand hosted many of rock's greatest from Rush to Weird Al Yankovic to KISS. Monday night's fair season finale with the Dukes of September was was a nigh ... More >>

On the trail of the Nitrous Mafia

Summer concerts are jamming to the familiar hiss of “hippie crack”

Los Lobos

Summer concerts are jamming to the familiar hiss of “hippie crack”

Levon Helm Band, John Hiatt & the Combo

Summer concerts are jamming to the familiar hiss of “hippie crack”

Stoner chefs: Are they starting a new culinary trend?

​Well, there's five minutes of my life I'll never get back: First, The New York Times has me reading about how "Chefs Using Marijuana Create a New Kitchen Culture," which is basically an open mic for Tony Bourdain to spout his boilerplate about all the drug use in kitchens, including this bon ... More >>

Joe P. Furth of Eclipse Records: providing records, all ages shows, and arcade games since 1999

"We've created loyalty that the other stores don't have," Furth says.

Tea Leaf Green

"We've created loyalty that the other stores don't have," Furth says.

Motion City Soundtrack, TC Hip-Hop Awards, and more

"We've created loyalty that the other stores don't have," Furth says.

Wookiefoot's 6th Annual New Year's Eve Ball

"We've created loyalty that the other stores don't have," Furth says.

Cheech and Chong ready to spark up Minneapolis

Baskteball Jones ... I got a basketball Jones ... I got a basketball Jones ...

Bruce Hornsby & the Noisemakers

Baskteball Jones ... I got a basketball Jones ... I got a basketball Jones ...

The Warlocks

Baskteball Jones ... I got a basketball Jones ... I got a basketball Jones ...

Andy Kindler

Baskteball Jones ... I got a basketball Jones ... I got a basketball Jones ...

5ingles

The Songs We Can't Escape

The Dead announce a 19-date spring tour

FBI Moles

Infiltratus maximus

New Riders of the Purple Sage

Infiltratus maximus

Wolf Eyes

Infiltratus maximus

Hot Buttered Rum

Infiltratus maximus

Critics Picks: KRS-ONE and more

Infiltratus maximus

Dark Star Orchestra

Infiltratus maximus

Peer into the Ears of Dan Wilson and Al Franken

No wax here—we just asked 'em, "What did you listen to in 2007?"

Free Range Pickin' Holiday Show

No wax here—we just asked 'em, "What did you listen to in 2007?"

The Old, Weird America Marches Onward

Another great folk-music box targets everyday people who might even still be alive

Steven Bernstein's Millennial Territory Orchestra

Another great folk-music box targets everyday people who might even still be alive

Dome, Sweet Dome

On the Occasion of its 25th Anniversary, We Offer a Requiem for the Much-Maligned Metrodome

Who's Got the Chops to Make Me Shiver?

Trolling for hooks in the office clutter

No-Neck Blues Band: Qvaris

Trolling for hooks in the office clutter

Wasting Their Hate

I'm okay. You're okay. Metallica are not okay until they stop being a bunch of friggin' wimps

Wu Is Me

How one reluctant hippie embraced the smell of patchouli and the sound of Minnesota's preeminent jam band, the Big Wu

Sound Check

How one reluctant hippie embraced the smell of patchouli and the sound of Minnesota's preeminent jam band, the Big Wu

Rubbernecking

The No Neck Blues Band's art-noise jams put the "hip" back in "hippie"--and at least some of the world is watching

QUICK SPINS

The No Neck Blues Band's art-noise jams put the "hip" back in "hippie"--and at least some of the world is watching

Boogie Nights

The No Neck Blues Band's art-noise jams put the "hip" back in "hippie"--and at least some of the world is watching

Book Roundup

The No Neck Blues Band's art-noise jams put the "hip" back in "hippie"--and at least some of the world is watching

A GOOD BLOWFISH IS HARD TO FIND

The No Neck Blues Band's art-noise jams put the "hip" back in "hippie"--and at least some of the world is watching

The Year in Music 1995

The No Neck Blues Band's art-noise jams put the "hip" back in "hippie"--and at least some of the world is watching