Local music
Where Are All the Protest Songs? On Our Latest Best New Music Playlists.
5 great new local songs, 5 great new songs from everywhere else, and fuckin' Drake.
‘I Felt Like I Was There 90% of the Time’: An Oral History of the Dinkytowner Café
We talked to 56 people about the U of M-adjacent music venue/pool bar/Tex Mex joint that, for one wild decade, imprinted 'fuzzy memories' on a generation of patrons.
New Music Playlists: A Great New Local Music Compilation and a Bad New Band Worth Turning Off
5 great new local songs, 5 great new songs from everywhere else, and 1 colossal waste of your ability to hear.
Cover Me Impressed: Are We Living Through a Twin Cities Cover-Band Boom?
We talk with bands, bookers, authors, and academics to better understand the economics and philosophies around playing somebody else's hits.
New Music Playlists: Vengeful Jesus, Wuthering Charli, and a Half-Assed Conspiracy Theory
5 great new local songs, 5 great songs from everywhere else, and, well, Morrissey.
The Year in Music: The 25 Best Minnesota Albums of 2025
Plus a playlist of 100 great local songs from 2025.
At A Queer Ritual, Bonds Are Built on Blood and Benefit Shows
With a two-day festival, the queer-focused heavy music series broadens the scope of its brutal catharsis.
Picked to Click 2025: The Complete Ballots
Here's who voted in Picked to Click—and how.
Picked to Click 2025 No. 10: Field Hospitals
What happens when a bunch of experimental musicians decide to write catchy songs?
