The Lord of the Rings

Bleached: Jet lag and smoking pot is not a good combination

Most people can't imagine venturing into a career with their sibling, but it's safe to say that California sisters Jessica and Jennifer Clavin have what it takes. From growing up in Los Angeles, to playing in their former band Mika Miko, to branching off and touring the world as Bleached, they've be ... More >>

The Ruby Suns' Ryan McPhun: "In Real Life" is a parody of the parody

Forget everything you think you know about New Zealand's the Ruby Suns -- if that was much in the first place. Since 2004, Ryan McPhun has steered the Suns through a series of danceable and densely instrumented releases, but after a breakup with a bandmate a few years back, he was ready to reinvent. ... More >>

The Hobbit treks slowly along

Peter Jackson juggles art, timing, and faithfulness to Tolkien's text in his latest trilogy

Eric Hutchinson on life in New York, the Beatles, and why he's not cool

It was a combination of talent, hard work and an online boost from celebrity gossip blogger Perez Hilton that helped singer/songwriter Eric Hutchinson launch his career. After releasing his debut album Sounds Like This independently, Hutchinson signed with Warner Bros. Records and has recorded a new ... More >>

MSPIFF 2012: Reviews

Headshot, Unforgivable, Natural Selection, and more

Luke Redfield spills Willie Nelson and Ke$ha run-ins, explains Tusen Takk

​There is an element of exaggeration in all good storytelling -- and not to say that Luke Redfield is lying -- but his new album tells a sweeping tale of a man who has lived 100 lives in the ten songs off of Tusen Takk, the culmination of years of hard work and traveling.  The album emanates ... More >>

The Darkness at First Avenue, 2/12/12

​The DarknessFirst Avenue, MinneapolisSunday, February 12, 2012For a slideshow from the concert, click here.Something about the Darkness band feels a little like Jurassic Park: Use the genetic code ripped from the monsters of rock and make it roar and stomp again, consequences be damned. The men i ... More >>

Picked to Click 2011

The Cloak Ox, Night Moves, and more

Grand Opening Weekend: Among the Stars

Community Day Celebration

Radiohead's 'King of Limbs': Love it and hate it

​Radiohead's King Of Limbs was "quietly" released last Friday, and the world of music quickly mounted a critical offensive in the form of tweets, tumblings, feverishly-typed blogs, and YouTube memetics. It was a race to be the first to call it "sublimity in sonority" or "boring fucking drivel" or ... More >>

6th Annual Lord of the Rings Trilogy

'House on Haunted Hill' offers Halloween riffs aplenty

Photo courtesy Rifftrax.co​When Mystery Science Theater 3000 left the airwaves in 1999 it seemed like an era of bad-movie riffing had come to an end. Something funny happened on the way to the dust heap, however. Fans who had collected, taped, and traded episodes from practically day on ... More >>

Ten Second Film Festival

The Hobbit