Typically, I save all the best videos I find each week for the Friday Five roundup, but this one was too stunning to sit on. Now, Now — whose latest album Threads is easily a front-runner in the best albums released in Minnesota this year — were filmed looking out over the downtown Austin, Texas landscape in the city’s…

Local bands that deserve must-hear status this week

Tom Waits posted three separate, equally cryptic photos on his website over the past week hinting that something would be coming out of his camp on August 7. The photos were tantalizing enough for Waits fans that they quickly circulated throughout the web, leading to much speculation over what the date might bring — a…

I went to First Avenue on Saturday night with the intention of reviewing the Sharon Van Etten show and sticking around to check out Die Antwoord. But after spending seven hours inside, outside, and around the club taking in all the sights and sounds, it’s impossible for me to untangle the evening and describe one…

Silver Age out September 4 on Merge Records

The last few years have seen an uptick in professionally shot, artistic music videos in the Twin Cities. Burgeoning filmmakers like Isaac Gale and Dave Jensen (who often work as a duo), Adam J. Dunn, Chris Hadland, and Andre Durand are examples of the many who have established themselves locally in recent years; whose work…

Local music notes from the week of July 30-August 3

The Hennepin Theatre Trust recently expanded its small empire of downtown Minneapolis theaters with the addition of the New Century Theater, a “flexible use performance space” that resembles the feel of a comedy club or community theater. And last night, the theater launched its first-ever music series, Acoustic Century, with an event that featured Gabe…

Band working with Howler's manager to release promising new EP

Read about and download their new track "Islands"