Dylan Days, the annual Hibbing celebration of the Iron Range city’s most famous former resident, has been put on “indefinite hiatus,” with the event’s organizing committee disbanding. According to a statement from the committee, they are stepping aside and encouraging fans to focus on the annual Duluth Dylan Fest instead, with some associated events to be…

N.E.R.D—the group consisting of Pharrell Williams, Chad Hugo, and Shay Haley—haven’t made an album since 2010, before Pharrell’s rise to superstardom on the basis of songs like “Happy” and “Blurred Lines.” They just reunited to make a new song, though. What got the band back together? Hint: he lives in a pineapple under the sea. N.E.R.D’s “Squeeze Me”…

It’s Boxing Day, a day that means extra presents for workers in Canada and the U.K. and a whole lot of slacking off here in America. If you’re “working” today, maybe sampling these new songs and videos from Minnesota artists will help your day move along a little faster… Psymun feat. Kerry Roy Everything Psymun touches seems…

Heading out to celebrate the coming of 2015? Here are seven nights out that combine live music, fine dining, and bubbly beverages. For people with a lot of feelings Dinner: The Loring Pasta Bar. This beautiful venue will make your last meal of 2014 one to remember. Music: Brandi Carlile at the Varsity, for songs of…

First Avenue has announced the lineup for its next annual showcase of the best new local bands. PaviElle, Sam Cassidy, Suzie, tiny deaths, Warey, and ZuluZuluu will take the Mainroom stage on Saturday, Jan. 17. The show will be hosted by the Current’s David Campbell; Aaron Bolton of Radio K, who also writes our weekly…

It’s the most melancholy time of the year! Have yourself a bleak little Christmas. Jingle bells, jingle bells, we’re all going to hell. If you read between the lines of so many of our most beloved Christmas classics, there is an undeniable darkness at the core of the holiday canon that is supposed to bring us…

With eight years under their belt, the New Standards Holiday Show has become Twin Cities tradition. Year after year, the New Standards’ Chan Poling, John Munson Steve Roehm delivery a Holiday Show like no other. They say it best: “Audiences have come to expect a show that combines swinging renditions of classic holiday tunes with…

This Saturday, First Avenue will host “the Main Event,” an evening packed to the gills with rising local R&B and hip-hop acts. The show was organized by Blayr Alexander, drummer for headliners Audiyo Element. “The [aim of the] Main Event is to bring some of the most reputable groups in Minneapolis under one roof to…

Taking the concept of a parody song to a new level, the group Local Business Comedy have remade Kanye West‘s entire Yeezus album as a Christmas album. That’s right, the entire album. Listen below—but heads-up, despite the seasonal subject matter, the language is just as NSFW as the original. After a long, strange, sad odyssey, the remains of Casey Kasem…

Minnesota alt-rock lifers Run Westy Run were formed around 1985 by the three brothers Johnson: Kirk, Kyle, and Kraig. Over the next decade-plus, the group did stints signed to legendary independent labels SST and Twin/Tone, garnering production credits on their albums from R.E.M.’s Peter Buck and Hüsker Dü’s Grant Hart. They never gained the popularity enjoyed…