Local music
Caterwaul Returns With 4 Days of ‘Heavy, Loud, Abrasive Music in Your Face’
Now in its 4th year, the noisy punk festival serves up 40 bands in 3 different venues.
Flying V Is Where the Hardcore Bands Go to Rage
A substitute band teacher turned an old boxing gym into the heaviest new venue in Northeast.
With ‘Starsick,’ Techno Producer Malion Has Released the Longest EP of 2025—and One of the Best
With 'childlike excitement,' his new music breaks some old rules.
Tumbling Rock: Meet the Zine Spoofing Rolling Stone, Celebrating Local Music
New issues literally drop at coffee shops and venues every month.
Does Anyone Listen to These New Music Playlists? Just Wonderin’!
5 great new local songs, 5 new songs from everywhere else, and 1 crime against humanity.
Shoegaze is Having a Moment and Twin Cities Bands Are Here For It.
The genre has expanded since its birth in the ’90s, and young musicians are once again chasing escapism into ethereal sounds.
Great Gully Boys and Sucky Smurfs in This Week’s New Music Playlists
5 great new local songs, 5 new songs from everywhere else, and 1 piece of irredeemable garbage.
How Red Wing—Yes, Red Wing—Became a Minnesota Music Hotbed
Local festivals have built up the city's music community, and now the Twin Cities is starting to notice.
This Week’s Best New Songs Are About Pussy, Priests, Mud, and Nosebleeds
5 great new local songs, 5 new songs from everywhere else, and 1 piece of irredeemable trash.
Poised to Pop 2025
8 Twin Cities musical acts you should already be listening to.
