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​There are plenty of sappy, romantic things to do in the Twin Cities over the weekend before Valentine's Day, but more than likely there isn't anything as interesting and decidedly off-the-wall happ

​Brian DeRemer has had quite a year. Back in December 2010, City Pages reported on the decidedly grinch-like Christmas Eve break-in of Eric Lovold's home studio, which housed various pieces of expens

​They're no longer our little secret. Since releasing their first self-titled album late last year, the Cactus Blossoms have not only caught the attention of scores of Minnesotans young and old -- rea

​No matter how accustomed to Minnesota winters that you are, they eventually take their toll on everyone. The shortened days, the bitter cold, the treacherous roads all wear on all of us to varying

Photos by Erik HessArcwelder December 23, 2011 Turf Club, St. Paul Arcwelder is viewed as one of the bands from Minneapolis who never made it. They were on the cusp, and then the landscape ch

Photo courtesy Colin Johnson​Past Picked to Clickers and psychedelic roots indie heroes Vampire Hands haven't been the same since Colin Johnson skipped town to pursue academia in the more mountainous

Photo by Cyn Collins​Local indie-rock band Valet were a venerable Twin Cities music scene fixture right from their start in 1998, and for nearly a decade after. Like so many bands that stand the test

Baby-faced Swedish electro-house DJ Avicii (also known as Tim Berg) has announced a three-city tour of India. He has been playing all over Europe, US, Asia, and Australia, having only begun his world tour last year. His worldwide hit single 'Bromance' and more recent release, 'Levels', propelled him into the top 10 singles charts in UK and Europe. Avicii is now ranked sixth in the 2011 Top 100 DJ poll behind the likes of, Above and Beyond , Deadmau5 , Tiësto , Armin van Buuren and David Guetta . Check [...]

Photos by Nikki MillerMeat Puppets November 12, 2011 Turf Club There's something magical about seeing old SST bands. I doubt it's that the L.A.-based punk/hardcore/jazz label necessarily had a

Photo By Zoe Prinds-Flash​PoliçaNovember 7, 2011Turf ClubIt takes a special band to completely enthrall an audience with a bunch of songs that most of the crowd hasn't even heard before. And that wa

The Dead Milkmen were a special band to many in the '80s. While there were those that gravitated toward underground punk music with an aggressive edge and political bent, there were some of us

Now, I like members of the male sex, but Dum Dum Girls really did it for me last night at the Turf Club in Saint Paul. First of all, three-quarters of the band members were wearing some variation on fishnets; second, they wore studded leather straps. Too bad frontwoman Dee Dee Penny, nee Kristen Gundred (no wonder she chose a stage name) is married to the lead singer of opener Crocodiles , Brandon Welchez. So married, in fact, that she left her spot next to me in the audience—yes, I totally had a "holy shit, that's Dee [...]

Photos by Anna Gulbrandsen​Dum Dum Girls and CrocodilesOctober 12, 2011Turf ClubDum Dum Girls sure do make it look easy. They filled the Turf Club with simple, straightforward chord progressions and

Photo courtesy Eric Kassel​Anyone who set foot in the Turf Club from the mid-'90s through 2005 surely knew of Rob and Leah Rule, the husband-and-wife team that helped transform the Turf from a neighbo

​Tapes 'n Tapes are hitting the road next week for a month-long tour that will find them circling the U.S. with buzzy U.K. blog darlings (and Twin Cities natives) Howler. Rather than throwing a tour k

What happens when you pull members from eight or nine local garage and experimental rock bands, toss them up on stage, and ask them to cover everything from T. Rex to the Cranberries to Dave Matthews

Marissa Nadler has a unique style of music that is hard to peg down--not that the reviewers haven't tried. Nadler's sound has been classified as folk, dream-folk, alternative folk, eerie, and e

PeerValidated got an exclusive press pass to take photos at two David Bazan shows in the Twin Cities. The band wowed fans by pulling off complicated versions of new and old songs as a simple three piece, with each member conquering multiple parts at the same time.

David Bazan and Cotton Jones are in St. Paul tonight playing at the Turf Club and I'm giving...

​A match made in band-name heaven, local instrumental rockers Wizards are Real are partnering up with Dragons Power Up! this Thursday night for an event dubbed "Sierrabration," which Dragons Power Up!