GRRRL PRTY: GRRRL PRTY X Bionik The rest of the country is buzzing about GRRRL PRTY’s Minneapolis flavor. GRRRL PRTY premiered their new EP GRRRL PRTY X PRTY via Rookie Magazine last Thursday, along with an in-depth interview. The GRRRLs chose Bionik as their producer this round; he also made a mega-remix of the EP,…

The man who played the first night at First Avenue will be honored in Minneapolis with a tribute show in honor of his music career. On April 3, 1970, Joe Cocker played the first gig at First Avenue, called the Depot at the time, with his band Mad Dogs and Englishmen. The Minneapolis Tribune covered the historical…

Thanksgiving Eve is one of the year’s busiest nights for live music: local bands are home and ready to rock. Here are some of the hottest tickets — both live shows and dance nights — in the Twin Cities on Wednesday, Nov. 25. Davina & The Vagabonds Dakota Jazz Club, Minneapolis 7:00 p.m., $15 Dakota regulars…

Jack White‘s Third Man Records has announced that it will open a vinyl pressing plant in Detroit. The new plant will be part of Third Man’s return to Detroit, the city where it was founded (and White’s home town). Third Man’s new Detroit location will open on Record Store Black Friday — Nov. 27 —…

Jesse Hughes and Josh Homme of Eagles of Death Metal have talked with Vice for their first interview since the Nov. 13 terrorist attacks in Paris, which included an attack by gunmen at the band’s Le Bataclan performance. The full interview will be released this week; in a brief excerpt released this weekend, Hughes talks about fans who…

Happy Friday! Here’s a look at what’s shaking on the visual side of the Minnesota music scene this week, with a look at some of the best new videos and projects to pop up on the internet over the past few days. Gramma’s Boyfriend light up With their excellent full-length, Perm, out now, Gramma’s Boyfriend…

A movie theater in St. Michael, Minn. is being transformed into the newest music venue in the West Metro. Le Musique Room is built into one of the 15 theaters — theater 15 to be exact — of the St. Michael Cinema. The venue is promising incredible sound, lighting, and visuals along with Parisian design elements. According to Greg Armstrong…

When I agreed to review Beautiful — The Carole King Musical, I was mostly excited, but a bit uncertain that I was the right person for the task. I was not alive during King’s songwriting heyday with Gerry Goffin, when their compositions climbed the Billboard charts throughout the better part of the 1960s. I was not alive…

Adele‘s new album 25 hits stores on Friday, in what may possibly become the biggest record launch in music history — as least in terms of immediate sales. The current record for sales in a single week is held by *NSYNC, who moved 2.4 million copies of No Strings Attached during the first week it was available, in 2000; projections are for 25 to…

Just when we think we know what we’ve come to expect from the Pines — the title and album art for their new album, Above the Prairie, just might be the Pinesiest thing they’ve released so far — or consider brushing them off as another in a long string of Americana bands, they put out…