As a live music enthusiast who’s also a high school senior trying to figure out how to pay for college, I have become very good at finding affordable shows. This is a list of eight great places to hear live music on the University of Minnesota—Twin Cities campus. This list includes a wide variety of venues, prices, and…

Just in time for the holiday, let's put together a set of pop music with secular Jesus references for today's 9:30 Coffee Break.

It’s that most wonderful time of the year, when sleigh bells are ringing and in-laws are descending and everyone’s making one last mad dash toward the malls to finish up their shopping in time for the holidays. If you’re like me, you’ve probably waited until right about now to start seriously thinking about what you’re…

Happy Friday! We’ll kick off this week’s new video roundup with a pair of releases from two of Minnesota’s biggest and longest-running hip-hop crews… Doomtree’s ducks What, did you think Doomtree was going to slow down now that they’ve wrapped up the 10 consecutive events of their Last Blowout Ever? With a new full-crew album…

Way back in the day, before the White Stripes blew up, Jack White worked as an upholsterer. Later, White and his fellow upholsterer Brian Muldoon formed a duo who called themselves—wait for it—the Upholsterers and cut a couple of songs. One of those songs, “Apple of My Eye,” was released commercially in 2000. The second, “Your Furniture Was…

‘Tis the season for holiday music, and of course for us that means holiday music by Minnesota’s many talented artists. There are lots of opportunities for you to listen local this holiday season—including six very special hours this coming Monday, Dec. 22. The seasonal sounds have already begun on Wonderground, where Barb Abney has been curating…

What songs from musician who perform as a character (take this in whatever direction you like)? We'll take your suggestions and build today's 9:30 Coffee Break.

At 24 years old, the electronic artist Vaski—born Alex Brouwer in Savage, Minn.—has already been around the world and back, touring on the strength of his accessible, frenetic, and bass-heavy dance music. Brouwer first caught the attention of the writhing masses when he was just 19, and quickly rose to the top of the heap of…

Iron Range singer-songwriter Paul Metsa’s critically acclaimed memoir Blue Guitar Highway will be adapted for the stage. Jim Stowell—an influential Minnesota writer, teacher, and actor—has adapted Metsa’s 2011 book into Blue Guitar Highway—The Musical. The onstage adaptation will star Metsa himself and will include collaborations with renowned artists such as Willie Walker, Mari Harris, and Sonny…

Patti LaBelle is legendary not just for her singing but for her cooking. When she offered to cook some of her famous soul food for Questlove, he was all in—but, he soon discovered, it wasn’t going to be that simple. He told his story to Okayplayer, which animated the nine-minute tale that features cameos from DJ Jazzy Jeff, Bunny…