To say the least, this weekend’s Art-A-Whirl weather was not ideal. It rained on Friday, it really rained on Saturday, and then, just for good measure, it rained on Sunday too. Even at its wettest, though, the annual Northeast Minneapolis celebration of art and music attracted loyal crowds — and when the rain slackened on Saturday night,…

Twin Peaks is back, and if you like the cult-classic show best at its darkest and strangest, you’ll be delighted with the four episodes now released by Showtime: two episodes debuted on air last night, and subscribers can access two more via streaming. 14 more hourlong episodes remain in the new season, all directed by David…

People are seeing Prince in an image of a majestic cloud, taken Tuesday night at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. The sky over the Minneapolis Airport tonight! @prince @drfunkenberry pic.twitter.com/pAXOPtPQ6o — Jill Smith (@jillkins9) May 17, 2017 Jill Smith got the picture from her coworker, Tiffany Mattick, who says she was driving down 494 towards…

Video premiere: WINGMAN, “Giant Microphone” WINGMAN (Connor Davison and Daniel Stewart, featuring Levi Stugelmeyer and Steve Bosmans) share a video from their debut album Honcho, which came out in 2016. The band teamed up with director Eric Pierson and a whole team of pros to create this goofy blast from the past. Heiruspecs, “Relativity” Heiruspecs‘s new single/video, “Relativity,” addresses…

Well folks, it’s finally happened. Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Virginia) joined Tommy Stinson’s band, Bash & Pop, on Thursday night for a harmonica solo in “This Land Is Your Land.” “You know who this is?” Stinson asked the Brooklyn, New York crowd, while instructing the former vice presidential candidate to keep playing. “He can wail on the harp.”…

Named after the sentimental White Stripes song, Jack White has announced a children’s book: We’re Going To Be Friends, due out this November. With illustrations from Elinor Blake, the book tells the story of “Suzy Lee as she goes to school with her books and pens, looks for bugs, shows and tells, and finds a friend.”…

Having received his Master’s in hip-hop pedagogy from the University of Minnesota this spring, veteran B-Boy Jason Noer (who performs as J-Sun) is one of the biggest hip-hop experts in the Twin Cities. In his 15 years as a teaching artist at the Cowles Center, he’s worked to create space for hip-hop artists in Twin Cities…

In the wake of grunge icon Chris Cornell’s death, performers and fans are paying tribute around the world, sharing cherished memories on social media or delivering their own renditions of his songs. The Revolution, who are in the middle of a North American tour, wove a tribute of their own into “Sometimes it Snows in April”…

Since winning NPR’s Tiny Desk Contest in 2016, Duluth violinist and singer Gaelynn Lea has landed gigs across the country, including a TEDx Talk at Yale University and in-studio performances at public radio stations. Her venues have ranged from schools to restaurants to a decommissioned Masonic temple. Last summer she played with Murder of Crows bandmate…

Besides getting recognized by three people as the “girl with all the glitter” from a recent Hippo Campus concert, seeing the 1975 at Roy Wilkins Auditorium last night was exactly what I expected it to be. I remember first hearing about them from some cool girls in high school, but I didn’t love their first single “Chocolate,”…