It’s been a weird, long, emotional week, and I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t ready for it to wind down right about now. As we all gear up for a weekend full of napping partying and taking in the first days of fall, here’s a rundown of some of the best and most…

It’s no secret that Atmosphere’s Slug and the rest of the Rhymesayers crew are fans of the young St. Paul rapper and vocalist Dem Atlas. They signed the breakout rapper when he barely had any recorded music to his name, and tapped him to join their team on the Welcome to Minnesota tour and other…

The Girls Rock Camp Foundation is raising funds for girls’ music education by selling prints of their campers remaking the covers of classic albums by artists such as David Bowie, Kendrick Lamar, and U2. Their remake of Blondie‘s Parallel Lines cover stars the niece of Beth Ditto (Gossip). (Pitchfork) Vladimir Putin called Elton John—no, for real this time. After a pair of…

Around the same time that Calgary-based punk quartet Viet Cong are pulling up to the 7th St. Entry and starting to load in their gear for their show tonight, nearly 200 members and allies of the Vietnamese-Minnesotan community (enough to fill the Entry, if this were a different show), will begin a peaceful protest march through…

For local musician Ben Weaver, the conventional ways of touring and performing were just not cutting it. The typical tour van and concert setup did not allow for Weaver to connect with his audiences in the way he wanted to. So, he did something a little unconventional: he decided to ride his bike to his…

Gary Louris, best known for his work with the Jayhawks, has a new project. The newly formed band, Au Pair, is an unlikely collaboration between Louris and Django Haskins from Old Ceremony. The pair met in Chicago in 2013 while playing as a part of a tribute concert to Big Star’s Third. Au Pair’s first single, “In Every Window,”…

Bob Dylan completists, heads-up: it doesn’t get much more complete than this. Vol. 12 of Dylan’s official “Bootleg Series” will cover the years 1965 and 1966, and the collection’s most expansive edition will include every single take of every single song from Dylan’s seminal albums Bringing It All Back Home, Highway 61 Revisited, and Blonde on Blonde. Other…

Beach House vocalist Victoria Legrand couldn’t stop thanking the audience for being at the show—and through their enthusiastic approval of every song, the crowd echoed the sentiment. After an understated set from opener Jessica Pratt, the Maryland-based duo took to the stage for a second night in a row, following up Tuesday’s sold-out show with another…

Music is > That’s it. Greater than all the other things I’ve found in the world. Except heartbeats. Heartbeats are the trump card. Then there is music. When I was asked to join the ranks for the residency, my biggest question was WHEN. WHEN can I share all these songs that I adore with the…

Adele hasn’t made an official announcement, but multiple sources—including the New York Times—are reporting that her next album will likely be released on Nov. 20 or thereabouts. Other details are still under wraps, but fans are reasonably speculating that the album’s title will be 25. Morrissey‘s debut novel List of the Lost is out today in the…