Around the same time that Calgary-based punk quartet Viet Cong are pulling up to the 7th St. Entry and starting to load in their gear for their show tonight, nearly 200 members and allies of the Vietnamese-Minnesotan community (enough to fill the Entry, if this were a different show), will begin a peaceful protest march through…

For local musician Ben Weaver, the conventional ways of touring and performing were just not cutting it. The typical tour van and concert setup did not allow for Weaver to connect with his audiences in the way he wanted to. So, he did something a little unconventional: he decided to ride his bike to his…

Gary Louris, best known for his work with the Jayhawks, has a new project. The newly formed band, Au Pair, is an unlikely collaboration between Louris and Django Haskins from Old Ceremony. The pair met in Chicago in 2013 while playing as a part of a tribute concert to Big Star’s Third. Au Pair’s first single, “In Every Window,”…

Bob Dylan completists, heads-up: it doesn’t get much more complete than this. Vol. 12 of Dylan’s official “Bootleg Series” will cover the years 1965 and 1966, and the collection’s most expansive edition will include every single take of every single song from Dylan’s seminal albums Bringing It All Back Home, Highway 61 Revisited, and Blonde on Blonde. Other…

Beach House vocalist Victoria Legrand couldn’t stop thanking the audience for being at the show—and through their enthusiastic approval of every song, the crowd echoed the sentiment. After an understated set from opener Jessica Pratt, the Maryland-based duo took to the stage for a second night in a row, following up Tuesday’s sold-out show with another…

Music is > That’s it. Greater than all the other things I’ve found in the world. Except heartbeats. Heartbeats are the trump card. Then there is music. When I was asked to join the ranks for the residency, my biggest question was WHEN. WHEN can I share all these songs that I adore with the…

Adele hasn’t made an official announcement, but multiple sources—including the New York Times—are reporting that her next album will likely be released on Nov. 20 or thereabouts. Other details are still under wraps, but fans are reasonably speculating that the album’s title will be 25. Morrissey‘s debut novel List of the Lost is out today in the…

Hi! Welcome to a new adventure. This is the first ever episode of my first ever podcast, the O.K. Show. Why the O.K. Show? At first I thought it was a self-deprecating, cute name—you know, it’s not that great of a show, but it’s okay. But then it occurred to me that one of the…

“I feel like you don’t like me.” The seven most poisonous words I’ve ever said to another person. It says “I’m a victim,” “I know exactly what you are thinking,” and “please confirm my unlikability” in one lousy sentence. I’ve said these words to myself and out loud so many times it’s become my Memory…

After Ryan Adams released his song-for-song cover of Taylor Swift‘s album 1989 on Monday, Father John Misty followed suit by releasing covers of Swift’s “Blank Space” and “Welcome to New York,” performed in the style of the Velvet Underground. The songs soon, however, disappeared from Father John Misty’s Soundcloud. Some speculated that Swift was responsible, but her camp denies that;…