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Put your headphones on and expand your playlist with these covers.

Cover Collab: The best song covers that exist

by Isabella Caswell and Sommer Wagen
Published July 25, 2024

Here is a list of five covers we think everyone should listen to.  Edge of Midnight (Midnight Sky Remix) by Miley Cyrus, feat. Stevie Nicks Our first pick is not necessarily a cover, but a reworking...

Thousands of people flocked to Harriet Island for the inaugural Minnesota Yacht Club music festival.

Minnesota Yacht Club returns the musical festival experience to Harriet Island

by Ethan Lambert
Published July 23, 2024

Last weekend, the Minnesota Yacht Club brought in roughly 60,000 people for the first music festival at Harriet Island in St. Paul since 2012. The festival had a stacked lineup featuring big-name headliners...

The exhibition is on view at the Schmidt Artist Lofts Landmark Gallery until Aug. 2.

STARGAZER: A whole universe in one small room

by Sommer Wagen
Published July 23, 2024

On display at Schmidt Artist Lofts Landmark Gallery in St. Paul on Saturday were many different iterations of Camden Stevens’ distinctive character — a lanky figure, clad in a plain T-shirt, jeans...

The new mural was brought on by a two-year community effort to brighten up the concrete walls of the brutalist apartment building.

A new mural graces side of Dinkytown’s tallest building

by Gabriel Brito
Published July 22, 2024

A new mural featuring colorful renditions of the flora and fauna present in Dinkytown’s natural surroundings has been painted on the side of the Chateau Student Housing Co-op building. The mural is...

For Clairo, “the third time’s the Charm.”

Review: “Charm” by Clairo

by Sommer Wagen
Published July 21, 2024

Indie darling Clairo’s third studio album “Charm,” which came out July 12, is a warm, soul-infused, mature take on the complexities of young adulthood. On her first independent release, Clairo...

Having free water at all concerts would make the concert-going experience a little more enjoyable for everyone.

Water should be free at all concerts

by Ethan Lambert
Published July 20, 2024

Imagine you are at a big concert, standing in the packed general admission floor with your friends and hundreds of others. After hours of dancing, you take a break to get some water, but you find out that...

Blanca Kirkland gives festivalgoer Rikki a forearm tattoo on Sunday, July 14 at the Twin Cities Tattoo Festival.

Tattoo artists and styles come together at Twin Cities Tattoo Festival

by Gabriel Brito
Published July 15, 2024

From Friday to Sunday, the whirring of tattoo machines filled the St. Paul RiverCentre as tattoo artists from all over the country gathered for the second annual Twin Cities Tattoo Festival.  Some...

It’s time for Eminem to retire.

Review: “The Death of Slim Shady (Coup De Grâce)” by Eminem

by Ethan Lambert
Published July 12, 2024

Eminem has fallen flat on his face with his twelfth studio album, “The Death of Slim Shady (Coup De Grâce),” released on Friday. Eminem has become a shell of his former self in recent years, with...

At the F— the USA event, Pink Place invited attendees to “Come rage with us.”

Pink anti-patriotism: F— the USA at the Pink Place

by Sommer Wagen
Published July 9, 2024

Editor's Note: This article contains explicit language. Over one hundred people crowded into the fenced-in backyard of the Pink Place house on Saturday following the Fourth of July. They were brought...

The two-day festival featured vendors, musicians, a zipline and live wrestling.

Taste of Minnesota showcases the state’s culinary diversity

by Gabriel Brito
Published July 9, 2024

The Taste of Minnesota festival hosted restaurants, food trucks and vendors from across the state in downtown Minneapolis last weekend, allowing visitors to savor the state’s unique and delectable cooking. Festival...

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