With head-banging, strobe lights, and electric guitar solos, First Aid Kit brought a new energy to the Palace Theatre last night. Sisters Johanna and Klara Söderberg just released their fourth album, Ruins. The album features songs that fit the texture we’ve come to expect from First Aid Kit — folksy sounds with beautiful harmonies —…

We’ve been hearing for years that it’s really going to happen. That old armory in downtown Minneapolis, it’s going to be an event space. It’s going to be so cool. Look at these renderings! They’re building a new football stadium, now it will happen for sure. The Super Bowl is coming, so now it has to happen. Right?…

Back in September, when tickets went on sale for Springsteen on Broadway, I seemed to be one of the lucky few to make it through Ticketmaster’s Verified Fan process and successfully snag tickets. I brought my mom along for the ride — which was particularly special, as she is the biggest Springsteen fan I know…

Prince famously said that he would always live in Minnesota because “it’s so cold it keeps the bad people out.” On Monday night in downtown Minneapolis, as the temperature plummeted into the single digits, over 5,000 fans and three brave bands proved that this is the place where good people tough it out in the…

When Jellybean Johnson is hosting a party, the ratio of people wearing top hats and fedoras shoots through the roof. Music fans dressed to the nines turned out in droves on a frigid Sunday night to dance at the Minnesota Music Cafe, where the legendary drummer of the Time had curated a lineup of acts…

When a big-time event like Super Bowl LII comes to the Twin Cities, it’s assumed that Prince fans near and far are anticipating some type of homage to the late Minnesotan legend. As mentioned in our rundown of performances happening this week, Twin Cities producers Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis were called upon to choose the…

From “Skyway” to “Bastards of Young,” Replacements songs have almost as many home-state references as to Paul Westerberg’s troubled state of mind. If you’re a ‘Mats fan hanging out in the Twin Cities, there are plenty of places you can visit to channel the tumultuous spirit of our indie-rock icons. Here are the top five.…

From Kendrick Lamar’s literally incendiary opening performance to an In Memoriam segment that transitioned to a suicide prevention awareness song, this year’s Grammys strove to stand up and take notice of the myriad challenges facing the country and the world. In the end, though, the night’s biggest awards went to the feel-good dance music of…

Bob Dylan had already moved to New York by the time he released his debut album in 1962, but he spent his entire childhood and youth in his native state of Minnesota. That’s more connection than most places have to the most influential songwriter of the rock era, and the first rocker ever to win…

The 10-day series of free concerts known as Super Bowl Live kicked off Friday night in downtown Minneapolis, with thousands flooding the corner of Nicollet and 8th St. to hear the Frozen singer Idina Menzel belt out “Let It Go” and to catch their first glimpse of the spectacle lining Nicollet Mall. The opening ceremony began…