Happy Friday! We got some excellent music videos from the Minnesota hip-hop community this week in addition to a new one from a promising singer-songwriter and a Lovely Dark video filmed by teenagers for a summer videography class. Slide your headphones on and catch up with all the latest… Atmosphere Well, this is adorable. Atmosphere’s Slug and…

2015 will mark First Avenue’s 45th year hosting epic rock shows in the heart of Minneapolis. In the lead-up to this momentous anniversary, we’re telling the stories behind the local legends whose names line the venue’s famous Wall of Fame, which overlooks the titular street. Previously we featured Babes in Toyland. This time it’s Sean…

If you’re a fan of music videos, today is your day. First up is the latest posthumously released clip from Michael Jackson: “A Place With No Name,” released exclusively on Twitter, is a song about a broke-down Jeep in a remote place. The song gets a video about a Jeep that willingly stops in a remote…

The Cabooze has just announced a very special addition to their 40th Anniversary Concert Series: hometown heroes the Suburbs. On Sept. 27, the Suburbs will be returning to the Cabooze stage to help celebrate four decades of the iconic West Bank venue. The Suburbs got their start in 1977 in the western suburbs of Minneapolis. In 1978, the…

Mark Mallman’s imagination is a delightful thing. Anyone who has seen him perform can attest that he is rarely content to play a straight-ahead concert, instead coming up with one scheme after another and subverting the very idea of what it means to put on a rock ‘n’ roll show. Over the years Mallman has also adopted…

For the first time this century, 80s icons Culture Club are reuniting: the complete original lineup—bassist Mikey Craig, guitarist Roy Hay, drummer Jon Moss, and of course vocalist Boy George—promise a new album next year and are playing a string of U.S. dates in November. Boy George says the band tried writing together a few years…

For those of you looking to satisfy your summer block party cravings, this weekend offers the perfect opportunity: Tilia is hosting their fourth annual Augtoberfest (like Octoberfest, but on August—get it?) this Sunday, August 17 in Linden Hills from 2:00 to 10:00.  Great food and drinks, live music, and family fun can all be found this…

It’s no secret that Lizzo and Caroline Smith are besties. When Smith launched her new soul-inspired sound last year Lizzo was right beside her on stage, and it’s rare that one of them will perform a solo shows in the Twin Cities without bringing the other out for a cameo. So when the two performers announced that…

Riding a wave of early acclaim for his self-titled album (to be released September 9) Ryan Adams has released a deliciously creepy video for single “Gimme Something Good” that features none other than Cassandra Peterson—a.k.a. TV legend Elvira, Mistress of the Dark. Tonight, you can catch Adams on Jimmy Fallon’s show. This might not be Peterson’s…

Here’s a fun project: use Wikipedia to make a playlist of every song that’s been #1 on your birthday. Here’s my playlist, and here’s my very subjective (it’s my birthday, after all!) ranking of the 41 songs that have topped the charts on August 13 since I was born in 1975. [Updated to reflect the songs that…