While grabbing a sandwich during a work break, Peter Jesperson stumbled upon a cover band that transformed how he thought about the Twin Cities music scene. “I suppose I was a little bit of a snob working at the record store thinking there wasn’t anything local that was as good as what we were selling,”…

Stranger Things makes a splash in the music world Just two days after Wiz Khalifa sampled the Stranger Things theme song in a song called, appropriately, “Stranger Things,” YouTuber/internet darling Nathan Zed hopped on the train. “You can really do anything with this BRUH,” he snaps as he shows off his Kanye West, Kendrick, Drake, Beyoncé, and Desiigner mash-ups (all while being infinitely more…

As he teased in an interview last month, Tommy Stinson is officially reforming his early 1990s, post-Replacements rock band Bash & Pop and will release a new album under that name in early 2017. In a press release today, Stinson revealed that he’s planning to play his first official show with the reunited Bash and…

“I’m addicted to words and they are useless, in this department.” Those lyrics plucked from a Motion City Soundtrack song, circa 2005, are apt to describe my emotional state of being. Saying goodbye is hard. For me, Motion City Soundtrack were invented to help cope with loss. So, what happens when I have to say goodbye…

If you ask me, buying concert tickets at a venue’s box office is the way to go. I do it whenever I can; not only does it feel great to talk with an attendant who won’t ask if you’re a robot, box-office buyers skip online fees and a fair bit of stress. The only thing you have to do is…

This year marked the third anniversary of Festival Palomino, the Americana festival orchestrated by none other than Duluth’s beloved Trampled By Turtles. This year marked several changes for the young festival, which has quickly grown in popularity. Featuring the largest lineup in its history, Festival Palomino once again served as a showcase of the large…

As the Oct. 6 opening day approaches, Paisley Park has unveiled official artwork and its first merchandise — including, yes, a Paisley Park tote bag. The venue is also selling tasting plates of Prince’s favorite foods, prepared by his personal chef. Fans who hold tickets for opening day are being invited to purchase “Opening Day…

the Florists, “Pleasure Shrug” As seen in this video, the Florists may make some questionable cooking decisions, but their post-punk EP Can You Feel The Statis? is on point. M.T. Foyer, “All I Wanna Do Is Love You” Local artist M.T. Foyer is in rotation on our Local Current stream. Catch his 7″ release at Reverie (featuring Pornonono and…

After weeks of speculation, there’s finally an official lineup for the Prince tribute concert on Oct. 13. The one thing that everyone thought they knew for certain, though, has changed. Instead of Minneapolis’s U.S. Bank Stadium, the star-studded tribute will take place on Oct. 13 at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul. Headliners for…

With less than a month to go before the one official Prince tribute concert is supposed to take place at U.S. Bank Stadium, management of the event is in transition. A spokesperson for The Door, a PR and marketing agency based in New York, told MPR News via e-mail that the firm is representing the official Prince tribute…