While Vanilla Ice and Co catered to a rather suburban crowd at the Target Center next door, a much younger audience filled First Avenue. Grouplove’s tour promoting their new album “Big Mess” was in town. […]
One does get used to First Avenue selling out all the time, so when a show I cover does not it starts out feeling a bit lonely. Last night’s Deerhunter show was at about 75% […]
While the rest of the Twin Cities suffered through “You are a puppet! No, YOU are a puppet” a couple of hundred souls converged on the turf club to see a showcase of women in […]
New York’s Phantogram, composed of Sarah Barthel and Josh Carter are having themselves a pretty good year. Last Fall they released Big Grams, they collaboration with Outkast’s Big Boi and just a couple of weeks […]
The dancing was there, damn near every instrument was played, the outfits were on point- even the fans ranged from purple pajamas to prince impersonators. How could you go wrong? People filed into the Xcel […]
Alright folks, it’s time to learn a new Austrian Word: “Tschinderrassasa” – that’s the sound a marching band makes. When I first heard of Jack Garratt being a “One Man Band” that’s the visual I […]
It takes a special band for my rock’n roll self to cope with a 630 PM show start, but Nothing but Thieves certainly qualify. I had missed their Twin Cities debut at a completely sold […]
Things got funky in a very good way at First Avenue Saturday night. Hometown soul band Sonny Knight & the Lakers celebrated the release of their new album “Sooner Or Later” (out on 10/14) and […]
The Posies started their “Secret Pop Up” tour yesterday in St. Paul at the Nautilus Music-Theater. The location was only revealed to ticket holders 24 hours before the show. Getting everyone in the mood were […]
As Trampled by Turtles closed out Festival Palomino, First Avenue’s Mainroom got ready for more lively fare. Ska was back in town and if there is one defining band that been carrying Ska’s battle flag […]
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