Blog: Borangutan

I have a protracted love affair with Chris Cornell's music. It's deep and meaningful to me (but wanes ever so slightly with Audioslave). So with unsurpassed satisfaction I announce that Chris has chosen not to pass over the Twin Cities this Spring. It's happening Cornell fans, at Myth Nightclub on April 18. Tickets are on [...]

You know, metal bands (especially the ones with really disgusting lyrics) don't get the credit they often deserve outside their own circles. I purchased my first Cannibal Corpse album at a little underground shop in Winnipig, Canada in 1995. Nineteen-ninety-freaking-five, about half my life-time ago! And here they are, still at it, nothing has changed, [...]

Move over Golden Arches and cast away your crown Burger King, Kiss Burger has arrived! I could try to write something clever about this new (ahem!) KISS business venture, but really, it is probably best that you view the genuine article. For now, here is a word below from their sponsor, a dubiously [...]

I remember the first two times I heard Ladytron. Odd? Well, sort of. Most people don't have to work to recall the first time they heard something they liked, but the second? This happens when a person forgets having heard a song or artist, and is reminded later on by a replaying met with both [...]

According to Professor David Nutt, chairman of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs in Britain, you are more likely to die from a tragic horse riding accident than from ecstasy pills. What does this mean? Well, apparently it means ecstasy should be downgraded from a Class A drug to a Class [...]

It's not everyday a band from Minnesota nabs a feature on pitchfork.com, and when it happens, the scene in the Twin Cities buzzes. "Lo and behold, the celestial pitchfork drops lightening on the Twin Cities, let us praise it." Who is the latest Minnesota recipient of the Pitchfork 10 point skewer? Gospel [...]

Brit rockers (and Borang loved) White Lies need a voting hand. Yes, yes, I know, you are thinking "Another freakin' music voting contest? Please shoot me." Toward your consolation, I submit, the only reason this is worth a mention is because here we have a genuinely great band from other soils. They need the U.S. [...]

25 years after the release of "This is Spinal Tap", the rock n' roll parody threesome (with perpetually rotating drummer) return to bless a new generation of rebellious youth with... a petition for some money? Well, at least they'll offer new material in return! The spoof English heavy metal band is the brainchild of American actors [...]

Minnesota's favorite pop musician made good-icon (and occasionally symbol), Prince, has offically launched his new website lotusflow3r.com. But in the wee hours of Feb. 1 in the opulent basement of his Beverly Hills mansion - a rec room that boasts a Prince-emblazoned pool table and and an encased "Purple Rain" motorcycle - Prince played [...]

Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and the Big Bopper will be remembered this evening during an in memorium show at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, IA. It was 50 years ago on this date that the three early rock n' rollers died in a tragic plane accident on their way to a show in Moorhead, [...]

The band line-ups for Southern California's increasingly popular Coachella Festival were announced just this last weekend, and featured this year are three acts that are either from Minnesota or once called lake country home. The festival is April 17, 18, and 19, and you could be a proud, ticket holding attendant for the modest price [...]

I think many people (myself included) thought Janet Jackson had sealed the deal for "The Best and Last Great Superbowl Halftime Antic Ever" with the infamous wardrobe malfunction of 2004. Oh no, folks. Bruce Springsteen, that good ole' American boy, has proven that he can entertain today just as well as he did three decades [...]

Home-grown 80's punk rocker and grunge godfather Bob Mould is set to release his latest solo album on April 7, entitled "Life and Times". You can find a track listing and other information at Bob's website. It's hard not to wax nostalgic about another Bob Mould release. Ask anyone who has hung around the once smokey [...]

If you haven't heard of White Lies from London, England, you are quickly joining the minority! They now have the number one album on the charts in the U.K. and its only a matter of time before the hype invades the states. Visit them on myspace, check out their video for "To Lose my Life", [...]