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…

It’s been a while since we’ve heard from Peter Wolf Crier—the duo of Peter Pisano and Brian Moen, who caused Minnesota to swoon with their intimate 2010 debut album Inter-Be and built on its success with 2011’s Garden of Arms. Now, Pisano and Moen are back with new music: “Don’t Leave” will appear on a new album, Plum Slump,…

On Wednesday morning, a studio version of My Morning Jacket‘s new single “Big Decisions” appeared on YouTube; according to YouTube credits, the song was co-written by Jim James with Minnesotan songwriter Dan Wilson. The song appears on My Morning Jacket’s forthcoming studio album. Set for official release next week, the track was posted yesterday to the…