Coming off their explosive First Avenue show last Wednesday, local hip-hop group Doomtree have a lot to look forward to. Starting March 5, the crew (minus Lazerbeak) play 11 shows around the western U.S.; then, Dessa criss-crosses the other side of the country with Welcome to Night Vale. The band will be in Denmark for the…

Remember when Bob Dylan issued a casting call for actors to play some unsavory characters? The video he was planning to shoot has now been released; it’s a noir black-and-white production that accompanies Dylan’s version of “The Night We Called It a Day,” with Dylan himself co-starring as a man involved in a tragic love triangle. (Rolling…

Minnesota music fans were excited when Lizzo was selected to open for Sleater-Kinney on what’s become one of the most talked-about tours this year. Across the country, this is the first time many music writers are seeing Lizzo perform live. So far, she has impressed just about everyone. Reviewing Sleater-Kinney’s New York show for SPIN, Rebecca Weinberger said,…

Brandi Carlile, along with her musical collaborators Tim and Phil Hanseroth, have released what might be Brandi's most rockin' album to date. Read Bill DeVille's review.

Björk is keeping her new album Vulnicura off Spotify, at least for the time being. Echoing comments made by Taylor Swift and other artists, Björk says that “this streaming thing just does not feel right. I don’t know why, but it just seems insane…To work on something for two or three years and then just, Oh, here it…

It’s one of my strongest musical memories: driving through St. Paul in January 1993 in our family’s red-and-white Dodge Ram van, wearing my St. Agnes High School letter jacket. The sun was shining brightly and it was an unusually warm day, warm enough that I actually had the windows rolled down, and the radio was…

Like little spring chicks set to hatch, the Twin Cities music scene tends to burst forth with dozens upon dozens of new bands around this time of year. And one of the easiest ways to sort through all of these new hatchlings is the annual Are You Local? best-new-band contest hosted by Vita.mn, which asks…

Inspired by llamas on the lam, we're thinking about songs having to do with running and running away. What songs about being on the run do you want to hear?

Marin’s Library Bar, located in the Le Méridien Chambers hotel in downtown Minneapolis, recently debuted Negroni cocktail variations with names inspired by the Wu-Tang Clan. Lead barman Chad Larson’s “36 Chambers of Negroni” menu features six house Negronis: Ol’ Dirty, Method Man, Raekwon the Chef, RZA, Ghostface, and C.R.E.A.M. The cocktails range in price, up…

It’s all shooting flames, peeling paint, face masks, and roving gangs in this week’s video roundup. Buckle up. We’re heading over to the dark side… Hippo Campus To celebrate their signing to New York label Grand Jury, Hippo Campus just released a new video for the song “Souls” from their debut EP, Bashful Creatures. If…