Concerts
Broncho Gets Me Lost At The Entry
It may be cool to photograph bands performing in front of thousands but my heart has always belonged to the small intimate venues where it’s about the band, the music, and special effects take a […]
Alternative Pop
Concerts
Grayshot Release “Misinformation” And Crooked Colours Make Us Dance Weird At The Entry
Sometimes I can’t help feeling that Minneapolis is full of cool bands that have been around for years deliberately hiding from me. Case in point – Grayshot. The trio released their first album way back […]
Previews
The Wrecks (and Badflower) Drive Into The Garage November 19th
South-Metro music fans are in for a double-treat Monday November 19th when The Wrecks bring their Panic Vertigo Tour to The Garage in Burnsville. The Wrecks are one of the hottest young indie rock bands […]
Concerts
PRETTYMUCH heats up The Varsity on a cold Friday night
Friday night in Minneapolis might have been cold – like very cold. Like January/February dead of winter. But that didn’t stop one of the hottest new names in pop music PRETTYMUCH from heating up The […]
Concerts
This Will Destroy You Truly Captivates The Turf Club On Sleepy Sunday
It definitely felt more like midnight than 7:30PM when I arrived at The Turf Club for Sunday night’s show. This whole daylight savings thing had my day all turned around. Having been up since 5 […]
Concerts
KT Tunstall at the Fine Line- “The song about the horse and the tree”
KT Tunstall is an artist whose name you may not remember, but her songs are definitively memorable. In her own words at the Fine Line Friday night, she lamented, “you all are probably here for […]
Concerts
Ween Dole Out The Weird At The Palace Theatre Saturday Night
When you think of jam bands, one doesn’t typically think of Ween. But with 25 plus song sets, 5-minute guitar solos that would make Jerry Garcia jealous and a rabid Deadhead like fanbase, Ween are […]
Concerts
Sure Sure Was Chill And All That At The Entry
“No concert is an island, the ocean of circumstances binds them together” said the Chinese Taoist philosopher Lao-Tzu in his famous book “How to rock hard in 400 BC” The wisdom of those ancient words […]
Concerts
Maggie Rogers And Mallrat Sell Out First Avenue On Monday
Monday’s are hard. Maggie Rogers and Mallrat made this Monday night a little, well a lot better. Over the years I’ve realized that nothing really cures the Monday blues like a little live music. To […]
Concerts
Kali Uchis and Gabriel Garzón-Montano provide a night of music by, and for, Latinxs.
By 6:45 pm on October 23rd, a line of mostly young people-laughing and taking pictures despite the cool autumn breeze-stretched along the outside of First Avenue. The reason? Colombian-American singer and songwriter Kali Uchis and […]