Local Spotlight
Cool Shows Next Week 3/16 – 3/22
Monday 3/16 Allen Stone at First Avenue – TICKETS Allen Stone’s Building Balance (due out November 8, 2019) is his first new album in 4 years. It spans a time period in which he had […]
Articles by Markus Akre
Local Spotlight
Rock The Garden Reveals Line Up For June 20
With news of shows and events being cancelled thanks to a certain virus hitting us from all over, it’s good to report something to look forward to. The Current and the Walker Art Center’s music […]
Concerts
Glass Animals Pack The Small But Mighty Fine Line
So Glass Animals was at the Fine Line last night. Yup at the very sold out Fine Line, when First Avenue’s Mainroom stood empty. But you know what………..dang if it didn’t work! There was no […]
Concerts
Sudan Archives And Cartel Madras Shine At The Entry
In the sea of concerts coming through the Twin Cities each year there a plenty of fish travelling in the same genre “Metal band with vaguely satanic sounding name”, “Boy with guitar”, “Indie girl singer […]
Local Spotlight
TCM Cool Shows Next Week 3/9 – 3/15
Tuesday 3/10 Fredo Disco at the The Garage – TICKETS Last year was a very busy year for Fredo Disco. In addition to their first-ever tour supporting Hot Mulligan and Belmont, they announced their signing […]
Concerts
Destroyer Pulled Me In At The Turf Club Last Night
Talk about night and day, I left an all ages K-Pop show at the Palace filled with teenagers that screamed for each song of the house music, drove a couple of miles to 21+ show […]
Previews
Glass Animals Are Coming To The Fine Line On 3/4
It’s been a while since the UK foursome had a new album but fear not, Glass Animals are back on tour with new material to share. They will be at the Fine Line for a […]
Local Spotlight
TCM Cool Shows Next Week 3/2 – 3/8
Tuesday 3/3 Sudan Archives / Cartel Madras at the Entry – TICKETS Violinist, singer, songwriter and producer Sudan Archives will release her debut album Athena this November on Stones Throw Records. With its unique blend […]
Concerts
Tove Lo’s Ankle Was The Only Thing Busted At The Palace Last Night
Thursday night was another night of walking into a show where I knew nothing about the acts performing… at least I thought I knew nothing. Sure, I’ve seen and heard Tove Lo’s name all over […]
Previews
Destroyer And Eleanor Friedberger Are Coming To The Turf Club On 2/29
Promoting their latest album “Have We Met” Vancouver’s Destroyer will be coming to a sold out Turf Club on 2/29. You may catch some last minute tickets HERE Dan Bejar initially conceived of Have We […]