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New Local Music Friday: Elle PF, Green/Blue, PARISHES, Fruit Bats

Plus the most extensive weekly concert listings in the Twin Cities.

January 28, 2022

MN Country Singer Cancels Gig at WV Bar Offering ‘Kyle Rittenhouse Special’

Plus a job opening at WCCO, St. Paul may OK public drinking, and the inexcusable state of COVID in prisons in today's Flyover.

FKA Twigs Is Local Music Now

Is Pitbull local music? Are Red Wing, Eau Claire, and Winona "local"? So many questions!

January 21, 2022

I Have a Very Big Theory About People Who Didn’t Grow up in Minneapolis

Saying goodbye to Ray Evangelista and the Black Dog, hello again to Diane and Golden Smog, in this week's local music roundup.

January 14, 2022

Is Live Music Going Away Again?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

Plus a farewell to a bluegrass king, a new Cactus Blossoms vid, and a belated record release show in this week's local music roundup.

January 7, 2022

10 Local Albums From 2021 That Were Better Than a Lot of Other Local Albums

A definitive best-of list? In this economy? No, but here's a handpicked selection of the Minnesota music I kept coming back to.

December 23, 2021

5 Minnesota Hip-Hop Projects from 2021 You Might Have Missed

From fierce veterans to upstart goofballs, these Minneapolis and St. Paul spitters dropped heat this year

December 22, 2021

Dairy Queen is a Royal Pain for Local Songwriter Zaq Baker

Plus a 'Minneapolis Sound' museum proposal, Lady Midnight's night, and self-promotion disguised as a plug for non-commercial radio.

December 17, 2021

So, There’s a Rock Band Made up Entirely of Minnesota Sheriffs

Plus a Bad Bad Christmas, a good local music playlist from the Current, and DEMO needs your stuff in this week's music roundup.

December 10, 2021

‘West Side Story’ Learns From the Past. ‘Being the Ricardos’ Repeats It.

Steven Spielberg is still good at making movies. Aaron Sorkin is still bad at it.

December 9, 2021