The time has come to give thanks for the Twin Cities music scene, and this year’s Thanksgiving Eve has blessed us bountifully. If you’re in need of an escape from batty relatives—or a boost of holiday cheer—take your pick from Wednesday’s cornucopia of entertainment. While you’re getting fancied up, and while you dig in the…

Yoni Yum New psychedelic synth-punk outfit Yoni Yum have released their debut, Greatest (CL)Hits. Yoni Yum combine electronic weirdness with punk-like spirit, tinged with psychedelia. “Talk To Me About Your Kinks” combines droning guitar and Jessica Buns’s entrancing vocals. The tape release and tour sendoff is at the Hexagon on Friday. BNLX BNLX are back with their newest, Flex Time. The EP…

With no explanation or warning, Prince and his band 3RDEYEGIRL have suddenly deleted their Twitter and Facebook accounts, formerly located at Twitter.com/3RDEYEGIRL and Facebook.com/Prince. Star Tribune music critic Chris Riemenschneider noticed that they had suddenly gone dark, and caught a screengrab of the Twitter account with a profile image changed to a masked Prince putting…

On Monday, Dec. 8 at 7 p.m., Greta and Dennis Oglesby will be performing Christmas by Candlelight as a part of Capri Theater’s holiday programming. The show will feature holiday classics sung in the ambiance of candlelight. The Oglesbys will perform favorites such as “Baby It’s Cold Outside,” “My Favorite Things,” and “Mary Did You Know?”,…

Any time you attend a show where Dave King is behind the drum kit, you know you are in for a special performance. King remains so relentlessly active in the Twin Cities music scene that you never know who he’s going to start drumming with and where he’s going to pop up next. The composer…

At some point every day, when I stop for a moment between refreshing my Twitter feed, checking my Facebook messages, answering emails, typing up blog posts, sifting through CDs, and otherwise toggling through all the little tasks that add up to my weird life, I’ll look around and realize that, while I’ve been sitting at my…

On Sunday at Philadelphia’s Academy of Music, Bob Dylan played a four-song show for an audience of just one person: Fredrik Wikingsson, a 41-year-old Swedish man described as a Dylan “superfan.” Wikingsson will just have a couple of weeks to savor his solo experience, though: the show, which apparently consisted entirely of covers, was filmed for…

A few dozen dedicated music lovers, most grey-haired, most smiling despite the 22-degree weather, huddled at the corner of Franklin Avenue and Berry Street—off University Avenue, near the Minneapolis border—just before 1:00 this afternoon. City Councilmember Russ Stark checked the time. “Someone from Public Works is supposed to be here to help us,” he said, “but…

Sting‘s Broadway musical The Last Ship cost $15 million to produce, and it’s been struggling to sell tickets—losing $75,000 a week since it opened on Sept. 29. In a big to attract audiences and attention to the foundering Ship, Sting himself will join the musical’s cast on Dec. 9. “I’ve been working on this show for five years…

With the most spice this end of the Mississippi, seasoned soul group the Butanes remain alive and well in the Twin Cities blues scene. Their latest album 12 Favorites from the Upper Bayou was just released in February, and lead guitarist/vocalist Curtis Obeda was recently inducted into the Minnesota Blues Hall of Fame for his…