Hi! Welcome to a new adventure. This is the first ever episode of my first ever podcast, the O.K. Show. Why the O.K. Show? At first I thought it was a self-deprecating, cute name—you know, it’s not that great of a show, but it’s okay. But then it occurred to me that one of the…

“I feel like you don’t like me.” The seven most poisonous words I’ve ever said to another person. It says “I’m a victim,” “I know exactly what you are thinking,” and “please confirm my unlikability” in one lousy sentence. I’ve said these words to myself and out loud so many times it’s become my Memory…

After Ryan Adams released his song-for-song cover of Taylor Swift‘s album 1989 on Monday, Father John Misty followed suit by releasing covers of Swift’s “Blank Space” and “Welcome to New York,” performed in the style of the Velvet Underground. The songs soon, however, disappeared from Father John Misty’s Soundcloud. Some speculated that Swift was responsible, but her camp denies that;…

Irie Sol: Dred Scott Fitzgerald F. Scott Fitzgerald’s character Bernice (“Bernice Bobs Her Hair”) is getting some life blown into her by self-declared “lit-hop” band Irie Sol. Their new Dred Scott Fitzgerald release pays homage to the character, who hails from Eau Claire. Appropriately, the band went to Justin Vernon’s April Base studios in Eau Claire…

Foo Fighters say that they were invited by the Television Academy to become “the first ever rock band on the Emmys,” playing a track from their documentary series Sonic Highways. Fox, however, “refused to allow the band to play a full song from the Emmy-winning Sonic Highways,” according to the band, who then opted not to…

It would take you a while, but it would be worth it. I guarantee that if you went out to a show in the Twin Cities every night and asked every person you ran into if they knew him, you could count up to 100 and not find a single one that would have a bad thing to…

On Sunday afternoon at Coffman Memorial Union, several Vietnamese/Asian-American advocates met to plan a demonstration against the Canadian post-punk band Viet Cong, who are playing a show on Thursday night at the 7th Street Entry. The band had just announced plans to change their name—but with the name change not set to take effect until an undetermined point…

When Ryan Adams started dropping hints that he wanted to cover Taylor Swift’s entire new album—1989—song for song, at first it seemed like a joke. Then, though, things got real—and now the album is here, Ryan Adams’s 1989 in its entirety. There’s nothing offhand about the finished product, which is as fully produced as Adams’s own latest…

John Malkovich announced that he’ll release an album as a Record Store Day Black Friday vinyl exclusive. The album, as Rolling Stone describes, “finds Malkovich reciting classical musician Eric Alexandrakis‘ version of Plato‘s Allegory of the Cave over original material composed and produced by Alexandrakis.” The musical material was then mixed by collaborators including Yoko Ono and Sean Lennon, Dweezil…

Yesterday, Festival Palomino returned to Canterbury Park for its second annual celebration of Americana, faced with the challenge of facing the dreaded sophomore slump. Fortunately, the effort and planning behind the Trampled by Turtles’s festival was apparent. Having the Stars Stage and the Satellites Stage next to each other was a blessing for every fan…