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Mid West Music Fest 2013 Day Three: Neon, the Ultrasounds, Reina del Cid, and more

MWMF Day Three With Hang 'Em High, the Ultrasounds, Neon, Reina del Cid & the Cidizens, Eli Glor, Stereo Confession, and Riflebird Winona, Minnesota Saturday, April 20, 2013 After spending much of Friday night at Mid West Music Fest pleasantly cooped up at Ed's seeing a strong cadre of established ... More >>

Lollapalooza 2013 full lineup: The Cure, Nine Inch Nails and more

A bit of the Lollapalooza 2013 lineup trickled out a couple weeks ago, but today this year's offerings got taut, dark, and -- most importantly -- official. Though the plan initially was to drop the full, gargantuan list of bands in two more weeks, the timeline got pushed up when a pre-April Fool's p ... More >>

Pitchfork Music Festival releases full 2013 lineup

The Pitchfork Music Festival lands at Chicago's Union Park July 19-21, and after the initial tease of R. Kelly, Björk, and Belle & Sebastian, the full lineup is now here!One of the main curiosities for Twin Cities music fans is how the acts announced might filter into First Avenue's music festi ... More >>

Lollapalooza 2013 lineup: Mumford & Sons, Phoenix, Vampire Weekend & more

What a difference a year makes when it comes to Lollapalooza, Chicago's destination music festival in Grant Park every summer. The first details of the lineup have emerged, and compared to the rockist-leaning 2012 bill it's looking very much like anything that can loosely fit within the antiquated " ... More >>

SXSW 2013: A handy Minnesota music guide

The South By Southwest Music Conference seems perfectly timed each year with the exact moment when bands and music fans from the North have reached their collective breaking points with the interminable winter months, and communally head down to Austin, Texas in a grand, musical migration. Despite ... More >>

Daughter's Remi Aguilella talks band dynamics ahead of their Entry show Wednesday

Daughter's two EP's are a clear depiction of pre-and-post-breakup resilience. The songs of the young London band are all full of intense emotional mood swings and weighted words. As any toxic relationship can most assuredly leave you grieving, Daughter evokes emotions that leave you practically gutt ... More >>

The XX, Brute Heart, Grimes, Dinosaur Jr., and more

Night Moves and Lord Huron at the 7th Street Entry, 10/16/12

Night Moves and Lord Huron with Enola Gay 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis October 16, 2012 Two promising young bands sold-out the Entry on Tuesday night, as local boys Night Moves were finally celebrating the release of their long-awaited debut album, Colored Emotions, in front of a supportive hometo ... More >>

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The Walkmen at First Avenue, 6/30/12

See Also:Slideshow: The Walkmen at First AvenueThe WalkmenWith Young ManFirst Avenue, MinneapolisSaturday, June 30, 2012Usually, a heralded indie rock act decays, disappears, or revamps over a decade, but the five East Coast-bred gents in the Walkmen have simply grown up before our eyes. No longer ... More >>

SCHOENBURG on Short, But Sweet, and why Paul Simon is "next level sh*t"

​"I knew about that band before they were big," is a commonly heard motto among music diehards -- hence you may want to know about SCHOENBURG. The Twin Cities band's new EP Short, But Sweet is filled with glowing new sounds, exciting slight-acknowledgements to old ones, and a sense of feeling tha ... More >>

Catalina's Restaurant in St. Anthony: a first look

Mo PerryCatalina's Restaruant is now open in St. Anthony​ In mid-July, the run down pizza joint in the inauspicious strip mall across from IHOP on 37th and Stinson, where St. Anthony, Columbia Heights, and Northeast Minneapolis converge, gave way to a shiny new storefront. Sensing opportuni ... More >>

GIVERS at the 7th St. Entry, 6/26/11

​GIVERS, Pepper Rabbit, and 1, 2, 3 June 26, 2011 7th St. Entry, Minneapolis Last night, the young Louisiana pop quintet GIVERS rolled in to Minneapolis for their first show in the city, and it would be understatement to say that they took the crowd at the 7th St. Entry by storm. The group conta ... More >>

GIVERS' Taylor Guarisco on Louisiana, the new record, and zydeco

​Lafayette, Louisiana quintet GIVERS play a highly danceable brand of pop music that sticks in your head for days if you let it, but there's much more at work in their music than simple four-on-the-floor dance beats. Swatches of West African guitar melodies and Latin percussion rhythms mingle with ... More >>

Darwin Deez and Fol Chen at the Entry, 1/17/11

​Darwin Deez and Fol ChenJanuary 17, 20117th St. Entry, MinneapolisFrom the name alone, Darwin Deez is the kind of band you expect something at least mildly ridiculous from. On that front, the New York-based indie rock group does not disappoint; their performance last night at the 7th St. Entry wa ... More >>

The Week That Was: Travis Barker won't go away, Aretha Franklin alive

​What's that you say? All you want for Christmas is to not be Travis Barker? That's easy; wish granted! Unless, of course, you are Travis Barker, in which case: too bad, so sad. You're always gonna look like a skate rat ghoul. Anyway, let's take a gander at what happened in the world of music last ... More >>

Calm, collected holiday shopper, what's on your iPod? (Part II)

​We know, we know: there's still more holiday shopping to be done, and you're not swayed by the idea of getting everybody the exact same world-music pop extravaganza or a Bob Evans gift card. So it's back to the outlet mall, the strip mall, Macy's, downtown - and we've got more jingle-jangle anti- ... More >>

Jamie Lidell, Ra Ra Riot and more

Tapes 'n Tapes releasing 'Outside' this January

​Outside will be the tumulted Tapes 'n Tapes third full-length record, set for a very early '11 release. It will be their first - not counting their excellent demo CD - completely outside the confines of major-indie label XL (Vampire Weekend, Gil Scott-Heron, Titus Andronicus) and within the picke ... More >>

Kanye West flips Bon Iver's 'Woods' into modern classic of epic proportions

​Let's not get it twisted. Bon Iver's "Woods" is an amazing, mesmerizing song, a sort of Daft-Punk-gone-acapella existentialist mediation on loneliness and self-doubt that deftly exploits repetition and Autotune to make a gothic, isolationist point about how every man is, ultimately, an island.

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Surfer Blood, Turbo Fruits sell out the Entry

It was bloody, fruity and even a little hoppy...

Surfer Blood's "Twin Peaks": demand it live

​Fess-up time: almost everything I know about Twin Peaks -- David Lynch's surrealist, televised take on fear, loathing, and murder in a fictional Washington state community -- I learned from Greil Marcus's excellent societal survey course The Shape of Things to Come. Here's what I do know for sure ... More >>

Vampire Weekend play crowd-pleasing set to a packed First Avenue

Though the crowd was happy, the songs came off as rather innocuous and safe; pleasant sounding, sure, but fundamentally monochrome and detached.

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The Big Pink, Experience Hendrix and more

The Ruby Suns, Mumford and Sons top local radio charts

It was all Suns and Sons on Radio K's and the Current's charts this week.

The Songs We Can't Escape

Willie Murphy, Get Cryphy featured in this week's City Pages

Articles from this week's Dead Tree Edition.

The Current talks to Gimme Noise about their five year anniversary

Mary Lucia, Mark Wheat, and Jim McGuinn sit down to reflect on how far the station has come in five short years.

Jay-Z, Muse, Gorillaz headlining Coachella 2010

The California festival runs April 16-18.

Surly Darkness ice cream, free beer, and Vampire Weekend tonight

Sounds like a party over at Ngon Vietnamese Bistro.

Vampire Weekend, Japandroids, Cowboy Junkies announce Minneapolis dates

A trio of upcoming show announcements to warm the winter spirits.

Weekly Charts: Top songs spun on the Current and Radio K

Sample some of the tracks being played on our commercial-free radio stations.

Weekly Charts: Top songs spun on Radio K and the Current

A comprehensive list of the singles charting this week on Radio K and The Current, complete with streaming audio.

Weekly Charts: Top songs spun on Radio K and the Current

A comprehensive list of the singles charting this week on Radio K and The Current, complete with streaming audio.

Weekly Charts: Top songs spun on Radio K and the Current

Listen to the singles charting this week on both Radio K & 89.3 the Current.

Weekly Charts: Top songs spun on Radio K and the Current

Listen to a comprehensive list of the singles charting this week on both Radio K & 89.3 the Current.

May 1, 2009: Mastodon & Justice Jam

Photos of recent Mastodon & Franz Ferdinand shows & U of M's Justice Jam lineup announced.

Q&A: Chairlift's Aaron Pfenning

Chairlift play the Fine Line Music Cafe tonight with Peter Bjorn and John.

Will Taste of Minnesota improve with new owners?

Minnesota Mixtape 2008

Every year I make mix CDs of my favorite tracks, with one song per artist per disc. Here's the '08 edition, local and national. It's all from 2008 unless otherwise specified, but there are a few oldies. At the bottom are my year-end lists, because I know you needed more of those. Happy holidays! MN ... More >>

Heiroglyphics and more

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The Songs We Can't Escape

The Current shrinks its playlist

Slogan aside, 89.3 limits its list of songs

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