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5 possible surprises at tonight's Prince show

Prince's shows tonight at the Dakota, his last of these "open rehearsal" concerts, are advertised on the Dakota's website with four simple words (and extra punctuation): "Surprise!! (don't miss this!)." These shows sold out in scant minutes and there was almost a Pavlovian willingness to fork over l ... More >>

Ravi Shankar's extraordinary life: A timeline

The great Ravi Shankar has passed at the age of 92, and we have a life timeline to chart his majestic artistic development. Back on August 3, 1967, George Harrison holds a press conference at the Kinarra School of Music in Los Angeles to promote a performance the following night by Ravi Shankar, the ... More >>

De Stijl's Clint Simonson talks music and rates cocktails at Icehouse

It's happy hour at the Icehouse on Eat Street in Minneapolis. Clint Simonson, owner and operator of the small indie label, De Stijl has already found a home at the bar. "Hey man, how you been?" he asks giving me a hug as I sit down. "Have I gotten you this Robust Worlds CD yet?" Checking out the a ... More >>

Expatriate's Adam Nero on switching from hardcore to Americana, and a new EP

Adam Nero does not immediately come across as the type of guy who would get behind a guitar and play some folky, genuine Americana. He's a clean-shaven, bespectacled fellow, dressed down in a sweater and dark denim -- the look is a little more "off-duty lawyer" than "grungy, tobacco-rolling country ... More >>

The Toure-Raichel Collective forms via chance meeting

Duo consists of Malian guitarist and Israeli keyboardist

Marijuana steadily creeps toward legalization

Is D.C. finally ready to let us toke up?

Beyoncé, Old 97's, Sonic Youth, and more

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First Love

The legendary bands. The terrifying toilets. An oral history that goes so far behind the music it will leave you at a gun range beneath the stage.

Analyze This

The Book Keeper

Yesterday's used-book dealer was a far-flung librarian of Babel. Success on the Internet may make tomorrow's a desk-bound day trader.

Signal to Noise: RPM Strikes Back

Fool's Paradise

Journey through the new Dark Ages of Shakopee Valley with the cowled, the corseted, and the coxcombed

Toon In, Turn On

Thirty years later, the Beatles' animated Yellow Submarine is still an excellent way to get high

Raising Kale

True confessions of a vegetable offender

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The Dustbin of History

Despite its massive cast, hefty page count, and outsized ambitions, Don DeLillo's Underworld manages to underwhelm.