The Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal is reporting that the owners of Nye’s Polonaise, a Northeast Minneapolis landmark that’s become one of Minnesota’s best-known bars among connoisseurs across the country, have told employees they plan to close the bar and restaurant in the summer or early fall of 2015. “We have made the decision to close…

Update: Full coverage of David Bowie’s passing on Jan. 10, 2016 » With the release of a new David Bowie album early last year after a ten-year hiatus, the life of the prolific artist has been celebrated enthusiastically the world over. Adding fuel to the fire are Bowie’s new Nothing Has Changed career retrospective and the David…

Shoppers across the country were busy the day after Thanksgiving, also known as Black Friday. Many music fans flocked to record stores for special releases, adding fuel to a continuing surge in vinyl sales. The vinyl comeback isn’t just an American phenomenon: over the weekend U.K. vinyl sales for the year topped one million—making 2014 the…

“So ya, thought ya, might like to… go to the show…” Several years ago, a rumor began to circulate regarding an unusual connection between Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon album and the classic film The Wizard of Oz. This phenomenon, often referred to as “The Dark Side of the Rainbow,” involves the synchronization of…

This Friday, Nov. 28 at 7 p.m., First Avenue will present “A Tribute to the Replacements,” an annual show featuring a slew of local artists performing Replacements hits. The show will take place in both the Mainroom and the Entry. This year’s concert will feature the Melismatics, Two Harbors, BNLX, Stereo Confession, and Black Diet, among others. The…

The small town of Sparta, Minnesota, is disappearing, and folk-rockers Rich Mattson and the Northstars have written a song about it. Much of the town, which is located in the Iron Range, is built on land owned by a mining company. The land has been, until recently, leased out to the local residents. However, this…

Frances Bean Cobain, the 22-year-old daughter of Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love, will be an executive producer of the first-ever authorized documentary film about her late father. The film, titled Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck, has been in progress under the direction of filmmaker Brett Morgen. Billboard reports that the film will debut next year on HBO, and…

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…