Concert Reviews
Is Nickelback Really As Bad As Everyone Says?
Or is it time we cut the Canadian hard rock pariahs some slack and fight the real enemy: their tour opener, Brantley Gilbert?
Paramore Is a Group—For Better or Worse
The band's Xcel show was often terrific, but Hayley Williams sometimes seems like a star trapped in a constellation.
My Teen Niece Helps Explain the Taylor Swift Show I Saw on Saturday
We discuss a bout with “Taylor Swift amnesia,” why it is not OK to propose at a Taylor Swift concert, and how not even Taylor Swift can get teenage girls to listen to the National.
Karen O’s Gonna Need a New Microphone
Beneath their festival-ready polish, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs still play like scrappy art-punks.
Rico Nasty Sweated Herself Blind at Amsterdam
The fierce, fashionable rapper allowed everyone in the room to vent gleeful rage.
Remember When Cold Filmed a Music Video Here?
The Florida nu-metallers returned to Minneapolis for a sold-out 7th St. Entry show on Tuesday.
Bikini Kill Still Dares Ya
The riot grrrl pioneers blazed through a 25-song set at the Palace Theatre, and took time between songs to celebrate Babes in Toyland.
So Many Gecs, So Little Time
Auto-Tune, guitar shredding, booming beats, a very sweet song about a frog—the hyperpop duo had the smartest kind of dumb fun at the Armory.
Time Fades Away but Yo La Tengo Never Does
The indie lifers were in top form for their First Ave show, which even featured a couple of local special guests.
The Beths’ Songs Are Better Than Lots of Other Bands’ Songs
I went to First Ave last night to try and figure out why.
