Local Current BlogDessa to give presentation at the Nobel Peace Prize ForumAndrea Swensson • Feb 24, 2012Her event will include a speech, interview, and performance
Local Current BlogSlim Dunlap recovering from emergency surgery following strokeAndrea Swensson • Feb 23, 2012Dunlap received a visit from Paul Westerberg last night
Local Current BlogLazerbeak premieres new video for ‘Lift Every Voice’Andrea Swensson • Feb 23, 2012Track is off his latest, Lava Bangers
SXSWFirst round of MN-centric SXSW showcases announcedAndrea Swensson • Feb 22, 2012McNally Smith, Vita.mn, and Rock the Cause planning big gigs
Local Current BlogLocal Radar: Enola Gay, Wiping Out Thousands and moreJon Schober • Feb 22, 2012Local bands that deserve must-hear status this week
Local Current BlogSlim Dunlap hospitalized after suffering strokeAndrea Swensson • Feb 21, 2012Former Replacement has long recovery ahead
Local Current BlogPhotos: The Revolution at First AvenueAndrea Swensson • Feb 20, 2012A very sold-out First Avenue surged with the buzzing energy of history being made as Prince’s best-known backing band, The Revolution, reunited to play a nearly two-hour set. Read our full review here. ALL PHOTOS BY BEN CLARK.
Local Current BlogThe Revolution reunite to make history at First AvenueAndrea Swensson • Feb 20, 2012No Prince, no problem; band made magic without him
Local Current BlogFirst Avenue stage manager Conrad Sverkerson has a mind full of memoriesAndrea Swensson • Feb 19, 2012From Public Enemy to Pearl Jam to Prince, he's seen it all
Local Current BlogWiping Out Thousands win over the Entry opening for YACHTAndrea Swensson • Feb 17, 2012What a way to ring in a 21st birthday. It’s not every day that the opening act on a three-band bill (and the only local band in the lineup, to boot) gets such a reaction from the crowd that they’re asked to play a mini-encore. But that’s just what happened last night, as Wiping Out…
