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We’re Ranking the Songs from the Current’s ‘Chart Show’ Countdown

Some of these songs are very good. Some of these songs are not so bad. One of these songs is by Alt-J.

November 2, 2021

Local Music Puzzle: How Many Words Can You Make from the Letters in ‘Muskellunge’

Plus Halloween music picks, Dua does best, and an orange surprise.

October 29, 2021

Forget ‘Stupid Fucking TikTok’—VIAL Is Ready to Be a Band Again

Quarantine, dumb boys, social media, terrible Jimmy John’s saxophone music—VIAL has overcome it all and would really like to go on tour now, if you don’t mind.

October 28, 2021

Mick Jagger: I Love Your Many Hometown Beers and Ate Two of Your Regional Specialty Cheeseburgers, Local Townspeople

Plus Strib yoinks Moore endorsement, shooters stay uncaught, and Megan Rapinoe meets herself in today's Flyover.

Friday is ‘Trash’ Day: New Box Set Reveals That the Replacements Were… Hard Workers?

Plus Costello says “hell no,” Gully Boys pivoting to yard work(?), and lotsa local concert listings.

October 22, 2021

Seeing 100 gecs Again After 600 Days

The duo punctured my 19 months of pandemic stagnation last night at First Ave.

Edina Cinema to Reopen After $1.5M Makeover

Plus a local 'Bachelorette,' a band van heist, and eviction-o-rama in the MN courts in today's Flyover.

October 18, 2021

A 30 Year Old Reviews the $uicideboy$ Show

All-ages gigs are good, Drowning Pool is fun, and other observations from the Xanax-and-lean hip-hop show from your friendly neighborhood millennial.

October 18, 2021

Have I Really Not Written About Prince at All Yet for Racket?

Plus a lovely new Humbird album, Cindy Lawson no longer clammed up, and the mystery of Blossom.

October 15, 2021

Todd Haynes’s New Doc Makes ‘The Velvet Underground’ Something to Argue About Again

A full review of the dazzling new documentary, plus a full list of the week's special screenings and openings.

October 15, 2021