Walking into the Amsterdam Bar & Hall on Saturday night was an immediately disorienting experience. At one end of the room, the Le Cirque Rouge Burlesque troupe was wrapping up a cabaret show, their house band giving the darkened space a speakeasy vibe while a woman performed a 3D striptease from behind a sheet. In…

The Local Show wants to hear your memories and questions about one of Minnesota's most famous musicians

On Thursday night, March 8, local musicians affiliated with the Last Triumph collective performed at a SXSW send-off party at the Cabooze in Minneapolis. Read the full story on the Last Triumph collective and their involvement with a new Minnesota-based musical video game project here. ALL PHOTOS BY BEN CLARK.

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Jake Rudh picks his top 5 “D” bands and reflects on 11 years of DJing

It’s been a long wait for good news from the Slim Dunlap camp, as the songwriter, guitarist, former Replacement, and all-around kind soul has struggled to recover from a stroke he suffered last month. But this past week, the Slim Dunlap Fan Club received some uplifting news: Dunlap was moved out of the ICU and…

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