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Muskellunge are Back from the ’90s, and Just in Time

They broke up just when they were getting started. But it's never too late to start again.

November 19, 2021

Humbird Stirs from the Pandemic with the Lush, Moving ‘Still Life’

How an accidental ‘whoopsie baby’ of an album became a time capsule of a long, hard year.

November 17, 2021

What Do Night Moves, K.Raydio, and Dylan Hicks All Have in Common?

Nothing really, except that I wrote about them all here this week.

November 12, 2021

Why Is Minnesota So Bad at Not Getting COVID?

Plus cops who want to slack, cops who want to testify, and Netflix swiping a Minnesotan's idea?

November 9, 2021

Brother Ali Lives Where Now?

Plus new music from FPA and more local music listings than you can handle.

November 5, 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

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

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

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