Fans of Duluth’s Low won’t want to miss a special one-time performance by more than 25 of the band’s friends and neighbors during an event dubbed “Duluth Does Low” this Thursday at the historic Sacred Heart Music Center in Duluth’s central hillside. This tribute to Low is being organized by Sacred Heart Executive Director and…

Walker Art Center and 89.3 The Current announce two-day Rock The Garden, set for June 21 and 22, 2014.

Today on The Morning Show's Eating and Drinking, James Norton spoke to Steve Seel about his trip to Duluth. He raved about the steak at Tycoons Zenith Alehouse, and Northern Waters Smokehaus and their fish sandwiches.

Wednesday, November 27 The Cloak Ox 7th St. Entry, Minneapolis 8 p.m., $8 adv/$10 door, 18+ The Cloak Ox didn’t want to have a CD-release party for their stellar new full-length, Run the Dog, but maybe we can all quietly celebrate it at this show without telling them? It’s an accomplishment that certainly deserves to…

It’s Friday! What better excuse is there to bug off of work for a little while and catch up on some of the best new Minnesota music videos? We have a lot of great ones on deck this week, starting with a fiery (literally) new video from Haley Bonar… Haley Bonar We already knew Haley…

By now we’ve all heard plenty about the vinyl resurgence, and how the sale of vinyl albums have skyrocketed past CD sales in recent years despite the challenges plaguing the music industry. And we’ve seen this play out on the local level as well, with vinyl manufacturer Noiseland Industries continuing to press more and more LPs.…

Thursday, November 21 Dave Boquist and Friends Turf Club, St. Paul 8 p.m., $5, 21+ A founding member of alt-country group Son Volt, Dave Boquist is a master of the lap steel, banjo, fiddle, guitar, and dobro, and has recorded with big-name roots artists like Joe Henry and Peter Bruntnell. It’s anyone’s guess which of…

Duluth Mayor Don Ness can still remember the marquee lights of the NorShor Theater shining bright on East Superior Street in the 1990s. “It was the birthplace of the Homegrown Music Festival,” Ness said, “and a lot of prominent bands in Duluth all started at the NorShor. It was a really important part of my…

Now in its fourth year, Atmosphere’s Welcome to Minnesota continues to grow. This year, the tour is so big that the state of Minnesota can’t even contain it; in addition to taking their usual lap around greater Minnesota, Atmosphere will bring their tour over the border for a night in Fargo, North Dakota. The tour…

Thursday, November 14 No Bird Sing Album-Release Show Cedar Cultural Center, Minneapolis 7 p.m., $10 adv/$12 doors, all ages With their excellent third album, Definition Sickness, out this week on Strange Famous Records (see our preview of the album here), hip-hop trio No Bird Sing will take the stage at the Cedar tonight to perform…