Saturday, June 13 will bring Northern Lights.mn’s fifth annual Northern Spark event to six zones of Minneapolis; according to the website, every post-dusk visitor can expect to see “the city in a whole new light.” For the uninitiated: Northern Spark is a free all-night arts festival that will take place on Saturday night from 9:00…

Before this week, I’d never been to two concerts on the same day before, much less two concerts by the same band. But on a first-time-for-everything Tuesday, June 9, I got to see two Purity Ring performances. During both the 5:00 and 9:30 p.m. shows, visitors to First Avenue’s Mainroom enjoyed the music, nodding along…

This July, legendary local label Amphetamine Reptile Records is hosting a bash celebrating its 30th anniversary with special headliners the Cows. The two-day festival will take place in the Grumpy’s Downtown parking lot on July 10 and 11. The rest of the lineup consists of the Melvins, Run Westy Run, Les Butcherettes, Hammerhead, Gay Witch Abortion and Hepa-Titus. The show will mark the first time…

In 1977, the Sex Pistols signed with Virgin Records. The long evolution of the Virgin brand now includes a bank called Virgin Money, which has announced that it will offer a pair of Sex Pistols credit cards. “The Sex Pistols challenged convention and the established ways of thinking,” Virgin Money’s card director told The Guardian, “just as…

Tolliver: Rave Deep Jonathan Tolliver has moved to Los Angeles, but he’ll be back in Minneapolis this Friday night for a show at Icehouse celebrating Rave Deep, a solo EP he’s releasing as Tolliver. The EP features Tolliver’s falsetto flying over burbling electronic tracks, miles away both musically and thematically from the buoyant soul of…

On Monday at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco, the computer giant announced a new streaming music service to be called, simply, Apple Music. The service will launch at the end of this month, at a price of $9.99 per month with the first three months being free. In addition to allowing you…

On Saturday, July 11, a unique fusion of cultures will take place at the Cedar Cultural Center, under the auspices of Ragamala Dance Company. The acclaimed Indian dance company and the Cedar have teamed up to bring DJ Rekha, “the Ambassador of Bhangra,” to the Twin Cities for the first time. It’s uncommon to find a…

The music world has been buzzing over reported remarks by Paul Westerberg as the Replacements played the Primavera Porto music festival in Portugal. According to Pitchfork, “Westerberg announced that this would be the last time that the band plays together. After saying that the band stayed at the hotel instead of coming in for sound check, he also…

The Internet is buzzing over a report by Pitchfork that Paul Westerberg has declared the Replacements have played their final show. During the band’s performance at Primavera Porto today, The Replacements’ Paul Westerberg announced that this would be the last time that the band plays together. After saying that the band stayed at the hotel…

As part of their ongoing 20th anniversary celebration, hip-hop label Rhymesayers has released a save-the-date for what promises to be an amazing night. The show will take place Friday, Dec. 4 at Target Center, though the lineup is TBA at the moment. In curating the lineup for the event, Rhymesayers will have no shortage of talent…