In his novel Killing Yourself to Live, Chuck Klosterman once joked that Minneapolis is “where music critics come from.” It’s a statement that’s always made me chuckle, mostly because his assertion that the Twin Cities produces more music journalists per capita than any other city appears, on the surface anyway, to be true. So when…

  Tuesday, July 16 Brüder Amsterdam Bar and Hall, St. Paul 9 p.m., free, 21+ Like a younger sibling to Bloodnstuff, Brüder combine sludgy metal riffs with a pop sensibility to create fun, fiery rock music. With Myotis (featuring members of Total Trash) and L.A.’s Lakookala. MunQs, the Set 7th St. Entry, Minneapolis 8 p.m.,…

There’s a theme to this week’s Friday Five, and it has a lot to do with a talented local filmmaker named Adam J. Dunn (who we recently profiled here). Dunn is in the midst of a series of videos that he calls Lights and a Backdrop, a self-explanatory title for a simple concept that he’s been…

Partly because of his unparallelled hustle, and partly because of his work in genre-defying group Culture Cry Wolf, Botzy has become one of the most recognizable names in Twin Cities hip hop in recent years. So it’s hard to believe that he considers Buck Fotzy, the solo album that he’s releasing tomorrow night at the…

If you’ve read this Local Radar feature since it began, you’ve probably noticed my affinity for Food Pyramid, consistently one of the more under-appreciated bands by local music critics. And I get it: their brand of repetitive, fuzzed out, electro-space rock whatever-you-want-to-call-it is not everyone’s forte. And when most of your songs clock in anywhere…

With a train rolling behind the stage every 15 minutes and the pungent smell of oil and hot gravel clinging to the air, it was easy to see why Bob Dylan chose to return to St. Paul’s Midway Stadium for his AmericanaramA tour with Richard Thompson, My Morning Jacket and Wilco. The unique location and heavy-hitting…

There were no photo passes or professional cameras permitted at last night’s AmericanaramA show with Bob Dylan, My Morning Jacket, Wilco, and Richard Thompson, so some of us had to get creative while documenting the evening visually. For MPR photographer Nate Ryan, that meant working the field with his iPhone. He managed to capture some…

Text by Andrea Swensson and Steve Cohen Research and “Now” photos by Steve Cohen Now that every address is available with a quick Google search and every concert is Instagrammed from 100 angles, it can be hard to remember a time when things weren’t so heavily documented. Even massive concerts like the Beatles’ visit to…

It’s been quite a long time since the Suburbs have released any new material—27 years, to be exact. So we’re experiencing a little slice of history today with the release of their new single, “Turn the Radio On,” the first taste of their album Si Sauvage. When I spoke with Chan Poling about the new…

During Deerhunter’s performance at 80/35 this past weekend, a small group of attendees asked to take some pictures of The Current’s delegation for the Iowa Public Radio website. It was a happenstance encounter that led us to meet the small and dedicated team behind Studio One, an adult alternative music station relegated to the 7PM…