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in Concert Review, NewsA Perfect Summer Night with Primus at the Ledge
I spent a perfect night with Primus in Waite Park on Friday night. That’s something I never thought I’d say, but I’m thankful for it all the same. Les Claypool shouldn’t need an introduction; he ought to be a household name. But if you don’t know, Claypool is the eccentric uncle of rock and roll […] More
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Minnesota Yacht Club Festival Puts Twin Cities on the Nautical Charts
The inaugural Minnesota Yacht Club Festival proved that the Twin Cities region is capable of hosting a successful and entertaining large-scale festival, all while showcasing Minnesota’s ties to the local and international music scenes. No yachts were required as the two-day festival rocked Harriet Island in Saint Paul, Minnesota. From MTV favorites of the 1990s […] More
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I Don’t Know How But They Found Me Sell Out The Fine Line
Rising alternative act I Don’t Know How But They Found Me (IDKHow) returned to the Twin Cities for their Gloom Division Tour. Supporting their sophomore album of the same name, frontman Dallon Weekes and company filled the Fine Line Music Cafe to capacity. Following up their excellent 2020 debut, Razzmatazz, and transitioning the project to […] More
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Light ‘Em Up: Fall Out Boy Sets Minneapolis Ablaze on Last Tour Stop
Without the storms that plagued their Wisconsin performance last summer, Fall Out Boy reigned over a sold-out Target Center on the final stop of their So Much For (2our) Dust Tour, playing a dynamic two-hour set to borderline perfection. After a recording of “The Pink Seashell” played, the lights dropped, and the stardust flew, along […] More
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Nur-D Levels up at Orchestra Hall with Landmark Performance
In preparation for seeing Nur-D playing with the grandeur of the Minnesota Orchestra, memory brought me back to many of his prior shows. I was lucky to witness the intimate SolSta Records performance in 2019, his enthusiastic and special one-on-one pandemic show for Music in Minnesota inside Electric Fetus, and his first appearance at First […] More
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The Last Dinner Party Serves up a First Avenue Feast
Playing their first Minnesota concert, The Last Dinner Party cooked up a passionate performance to an eager all-ages crowd in the First Avenue Mainroom this week, all while delivering a taste of things to come. The buzzworthy band only played for a little under an hour; unsurprising given their catalog of roughly that duration. Yet […] More
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Two Door Cinema Club Plays Their First Minneapolis Show of 2024
This past weekend, I arrived at First Avenue and was greeted by a short line in front of the club. I walked in about halfway through Joywave‘s opening set, and the place was already packed. It seemed like everyone who bought tickets arrived early to catch their 45-minute performance, and it wasn’t hard to see […] More
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Palace Ball: Jenny Lewis’s Joy’All Rolls Through Minnesota
Sparkly stage. Bouncing Balls. Jenny Lewis brought singing, style, and swagger to the Palace Theater in Saint Paul, Minnesota for a Joy’All Ball Tour concert visit. Opening the show was Hayden Pedigo. Deeply in contrast to Lewis’s more flashy style, Pedigo sat on a single spotlight set in a steel folding chair you would find […] More
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Cold War Kids’ Nathan Willett Opens up about the Band, New Music before Minneapolis Concert
Before playing a sold-out First Avenue concert, Cold War Kids’ lead singer Nathan Willett chatted about two decades of the band, favorite Minnesota memories, and personal influences on their latest album, the self-titled Cold War Kids. Cold War Kids recently kicked off the second leg of their 20 Years Tour. While enduring changes in the […] More
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Tkay Maidza Leaves Entry Crowd Shaken
Wednesday night saw Tkay Maidza take the Entry by storm along with her DJ and a room full of bouncing souls. In terms of genre, Tkay exists in this happy intersection of electronic, pop, and hip-hop, and the crowd makeup and their behavior reflected that. In my experience, hip-hop crowds are a little more vocal […] More
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Ricky Martin, Pitbull, Enrique Iglesias Turn Xcel Into Nightclub for Trilogy Tour.
The Trilogy Tour hit Saint Paul, Minnesota, and delivered three times: the shaking bon bons, hotel room service, and bailar to a nightclub-like Xcel Energy Center. The tour features Latin music superstars Ricky Martin, Pitbull, and Enrique Iglesias performing sets for just under an hour each in the given order. And they all delivered their […] More
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The Kills Make a Frenetic Return to Minneapolis
Alison Mosshart is a badass. I have always been a fan of her voice—particularly in her work with The Kills and with Jack White in The Dead Weather. But what made me fall in love with her as a person was her raw and real portrayal in Anthony Bourdain’s Parts Unknown in 2016. In the […] More
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