Local music
Picked to Click 2024 No. 4: Laamar
Lamaar's topical music struck a major chord with voters.
Picked to Click 2024 No. 6: Prize Horse
This heavy shoegaze trio has been touring relentlessly over the past two years, and people everywhere are taking notice.
Picked to Click 2024 No. 7: Upright Forms
Nick Sakes needed advice about his 401K, and now we've got a new post-punk project from a trio of veteran musicians.
Picked to Click 2024 No. 3: Ber
Minnesota started noticing Ber in 2023. In 2025 she'll be hard to ignore.
Picked to Click 2024 No. 10: Buio Omega
Sex, sleaze, self-destruction—throw it all in a blender with ’80s glam makeup and a chainsaw, and you’ve got a Buio Omega EP.
Picked to Click 2024 No. 2: She’s Green
The textural guitars and dreamy vocals of She's Green have made them the local band of the moment.
Picked to Click 2024 No. 1: Papa Mbye
Meet the most exciting newish Twin Cities music act of 2024.
Papa Mbye Is Racket’s First-Ever Picked to Click Winner
We asked over 100 local music experts who their favorite new artists are. Here are the results.
House DJ Alexis Rose on Seclusion, Psychological Horror, and Playing for the Birds
'Last year we had a stage at Wild Nights set up too close to the moose enclosure. They had to close down that stage.'
‘Norfside’ Drummer L.A. Buckner Will Take You to Church
The virtuoso jazz percussionist's new album is a tribute to north Minneapolis.
