Today’s Music News: Garth Brooks—and vinyl—come back July 14, 2014 Garth Brooks has announced plans to come out of his 13-year quasi-retirement with his first new studio album since 2001. “Are there going to be cowboy songs?” asked the blockbuster country star in a video announcing the news, then answered his own rhetorical question. “You bet there’s going to be cowboy songs on it.” Not…
Today’s Music News: Cause changes, Cabooze celebrates, Vice comes to Minneapolis, and more July 10, 2014 When Cause Spirits & Soundbar suddenly announced, last month, plans to close after their fifth anniversary show this Saturday, it was unclear what would take its place. We now know: Vita.mn reports that the space will become a sports bar called the Iron Door Pub. The new owners “plan to knock out the wall separating the…
Today’s Music News: 13,000 new music videos, Idina Menzel comes to Target Field, and more July 9, 2014 13,000 live music videos—from classic rock to current indie bands—have been published on YouTube by the intrepid bootleggers of Wolfgang’s Vault. Local music fans will dig finds like this ’82 vid of Prince playing “Controversy.” (Local Current) The vault also includes this footage of Bob Dylan singing “Forever Young”—which will be covered by Idina Menzel (!?)…
Today’s Music News: Andre 3000 plays Jimi Hendrix, and more July 7, 2014 We got our first glimpse at Outkast’s Andre 3000 as Jimi Hendrix in the new biopic Jimi: All Is By My Side—though we’re warned “this is not a movie about Hendrix and his relationship with music. If anything, it’s about Hendrix’s relationships with other people, specifically the women in his life.” The movie comes out on…