80s pop icon Rick Springfield is currently standing trial in Syracuse, New York for a 2004 incident at the New York State Fair. Vicki Calcagno claims that during a performance that year, Springfield entered the crowd and, while standing atop a chair to play guitar and sing, fell over and struck Calcagno with his buttocks. Calcagno alleges…

This is a lot to wrap your head around, but it actually happened: Molly Kate Kestner, the Minnesota singer-songwriter who had a massive viral hit with last year’s “His Daughter,” has covered Lana Del Rey’s “Young and Beautiful” on the CBGB set at YouTube Space New York. The set features walls, a cash register, and…

From June 11-14 in Manchester, Tennessee, Atmosphere will represent for Minneapolis’s Southside and Trampled By Turtles will represent Duluth at Bonnaroo. The annual music festival announced the first wave of its lineup yesterday via an innovative method—fans had to call a phone number to learn who was in the lineup, one artist at a time—that…

David Bowie is a man of many talents—and even more hairstyles. In tribute to the rocker’s 68th birthday last week, artist Helen Green compressed a career’s worth of looks into one animated GIF—see below. (Sploid) The first wave of the Bonnaroo lineup was announced last night via an unusual phone-in system; the annual music festival in…

Freez and Mike Frey Rap duo Freez and Mike Frey are releasing their second full-length this Saturday. Freez’s Frozen French Freys has tight and concise raps over smooth production. “#MANRADIO” is a track that really shows off their talent as the beat buzzes and Freez speeds up and slows down his flow as he pleases, even…

The reunion of iconic alt-rock trio Sleater-Kinney has been one of the biggest music stories in recent months, and that news just got a lot bigger for local music fans: none other than Lizzo has been tapped to tour with Sleater-Kinney, opening for the band on 16 dates including their Valentine’s Day gig at First Avenue.…

2015 marks First Avenue’s 45th anniversary of hosting Minneapolis’s most memorable shows. We’ve recently embarked on a mission to tell the tales of the musicians emblazoned on their iconic Wall of Fame. Previous posts covered local natives Babes in Toyland and Har Mar Superstar. Next up is a national duo that only took a single…

Though it’s not officially confirmed, a report appearing in Showbiz411 and subsequently picked up by Billboard says that with Paul McCartney‘s enthusiastic support, the Beatles catalog is headed for Neil Young‘s high-end Pono music service. Will you be able to hear the difference between the super hi-fi Pono audio and regular CDs, though? Even some Pono…

On Thursday, January 15, and Saturday, January 17, Motion City Soundtrack will be performing their Epitaph Records debut, Commit This To Memory, from start to finish in honor of the album’s 10-year anniversary. To celebrate, we thought it would be a good excuse to revisit so much of the pop-punk, post-punk, and plain old punk…

At the Golden Globes Sunday night, Prince appeared to present the award for best original song to John Legend and Common for “Glory” from Selma. “I want to thank God,” said Common, “and the Hollywood Foreign Press.” (Billboard) Allison Janney: massive Prince fan. pic.twitter.com/gcOjY8UtH3 — Dave Itzkoff (@ditzkoff) January 12, 2015 Thanks to his collaboration with Kanye West, Paul McCartney is back…