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Record Store Day Is Saturday. Saturday Is Tomorrow. Therefore Record Store Day Is Tomorrow.

Plus 89.3 problems, big doings up north, and DJs giving back in this week's look at the local music scene.

April 22, 2022

Minnesota Is Getting Its First-Ever Vinyl Record Factory. It’s Massive.

Twenty-five year veterans of the CD game, Copycats Media just started work on a brand-new vinyl facility. It's reportedly the state's first.

April 22, 2022

Meet Shaq’s Favorite Minneapolis Punk Band

"That's fuckin' nice man," hoops legend Shaquille O'Neal says of local hardcore quintet Murf.

April 18, 2022

OKnice Doesn’t Want to Bum You Out. But.

With 'Have You Tried Being Happy?' the St. Paul rapper deals with his troublesome brain without being a bummer.

‘Chocolate Rain’ at 15: A 4,000-Word Interview With Tay Zonday About… Everything

"A friend warned me to keep Minneapolis inside of me," the pioneering local YouTube celeb says. "He was right [about Hollywood], although in ways I didn’t know at the time."

April 6, 2022

There Are Too Many Gigs in This Week’s Complete Concert Calendar: Apr. 5-11

Which of these shows are you absolutely determined not to miss?

April 5, 2022

Hey Scrunchies, What’s New?

Now a trio, with a new (male!) bassist, the group emerges from lockdown with a great second album, 'Feral Coast.'

April 1, 2022