DuluthDuluth Homegrown releases mixtape curated by Alan SparhawkAndrea Swensson • Apr 17, 2012Festival and mix shine light on robust Duluth music community
Local Current BlogIs/Is command the Turf Club at album-release showAndrea Swensson • Apr 16, 2012Heavy Deeds, Zoo Animal also among night's highlights
Local Current BlogSong of the Day: A. Wolf and Her ClawsJon Schober • Apr 13, 2012Read about and download their new track "All This Time"
DuluthFriday Five: R.T. Rybak goes crowdsurfing, Aaron & The Sea debut new video, and moreAndrea Swensson • Apr 13, 2012Local music notes from the week of April 9-13
SXSWMidwest Music Fest will bring a mini-SXSW to Winona next weekAndrea Swensson • Apr 12, 2012Starting next Thursday, April 19, thousands of music fans will flock to Winona, Minnesota for the third annual Mid West Music Fest. Much like the South By Southwest music festival hosted in Austin, Texas, each year, the MWMF sprawls across the downtown area and into 15 different venues with a schedule so bountiful and busy…
Local Current BlogPizza Luce Block Party canceled for 2012Andrea Swensson • Apr 12, 2012Organizers say event has outgrown its space in Lyn-Lake area
Local Current BlogKathleen Edwards postponing Varsity Theater showAndrea Swensson • Apr 11, 2012Just this morning, Kathleen Edwards tweeted that she had lost her voice and was canceling a handful of upcoming shows, including her stop in Minneapolis on April 15. This afternoon, the Varsity Theater confirmed the news that her show will be postponed to September 28. The silver lining is that they do say that they…
Local Current BlogSoundTown 2012 lineup: Florence & The Machine, Weezer, Jane’s Addiction and moreAndrea Swensson • Apr 11, 2012This morning, SoundTown unveiled the first round of acts scheduled to perform at Somerset Amphitheater on July 26-28. As with last year, there will be a heavy contingent of local artists in addition to the event’s headliners, and organizers stepped up their booking this year by pulling in quite a few larger national acts that…
Local Current BlogThe Brick relocates more shows, unveils plans for renovationsAndrea Swensson • Apr 11, 2012New downtown Minneapolis venue The Brick has had no shortage of problems since its opening last month. For those unfamiliar, a quick primer: The venue hosted its first public show in mid-March with headliners Jane’s Addiction, and fans had such a resoundingly negative experience due to poor sightlines and crowding that the privately owned mega-corporation…
Local Current BlogWhat will Justin Vernon and Astronautalis’s new project sound like?Andrea Swensson • Apr 10, 2012Ryan Olson producing new collaborative record, which also involves S. Carey
