The term “old soul” gets thrown around a lot when trying to describe people who seem wiser than their age or experiences can account for. But for vocalist and songwriter PaviElle French, who performs as PaviElle, the words “old soul” describe her not just figuratively but also literally. A native of the Rondo neighborhood of St. Paul, PaviElle has…

Maria Isa’s performances have taken her from St. Paul’s West Side to Puerto Rico and, more recently, to Hollywood. Her new album Valley of the Dolls, which she will release this Friday with a show at the Dakota Jazz Club, proves her music has grown throughout her travels into a confident assertion of identity and…

The Jackson Five got animated, Bowie and Bing got together, and Peter Gabriel got a Moon Man Today in Music History.

1991: The Year Punk Broke, the year Nirvana released Nevermind, the year N.W.A. reached the top of the album charts and imploded, the year Jane’s Addiction called it quits and gave us Lollapalooza as a consolation. Are you too young to have experienced 1991 firsthand? Are you old enough but understandably worried that life and…

“This is our first gig, so hold on—we’re just learning how to do this.” Last night at Bob Mould’s Bowery Ballroom show in New York, Ryan Adams came onstage to join Mould for an encore filled with Hüsker Dü songs. According to jambands.com, the songs included “I Apologize,” “Celebrated Summer,” “Something I Learned Today,” and “New…

In honor of the upcoming Replacements show at Midway Stadium, artist Kevin Cannon and writer Pat Ganley have created a remarkable hand-drawn map of ‘Mats landmarks in Minneapolis—from the CC Club to First Ave to the Bob Stinson Memorial Bench—based on Jim Walsh’s book All Over But the Shouting. Here’s a preview; see the full-size map,…

The shortlist for this year’s Mercury Prize—a prestigious annual award for best album by a UK or Irish artist—includes Damon Albarn‘s Everyday Robots (read Mark Wheat’s review), Jungle‘s self-titled album (read David Safar’s review, and hear Jungle perform live in our studios), and FKA twigs‘s LP1. The winning album will be announced on Oct. 30. Vampire Weekend‘s Rostam Batmanglij…

What songs from solo projects or side projects of members of the Replacements do you want to hear for today's 9:30 Coffee Break?

The Byrds record their first original tune, The New York Dolls call it quits, and Nirvana makes an impact Today in Music History.

Martin Devaney was making a list. Sitting in his St. Paul dining room last Friday, the singer-songwriter sighed and took a sip from his can of Hamm’s, secure in its SuperAmerica coozy. “If anyone reads about this, they’re going to give me a hard time. ‘Why did you play that for her? Why didn’t you…