Watery yellow light bathed the stone walls and a crowd of punks of the Varsity Theater on Saturday at the second annual Pissfest, creating the feeling of being at the bottom of a toilet bowl.The self-identified...
As 2024 comes to a close and Grammy judges begin to cast their votes, let us take a moment to reflect on what we listened to this year. “Chromokopia,” by Tyler, the Creator and “Short n’ Sweet”...
Deep down, Dylan Salfer always knew he wanted to start his own band.Lead singer and guitarist of the Dylan Salfer Band, Salfer said a lot of artists perform the bare minimum on stage. The older he...
Apparently Kendrick Lamar’s rap battle with Drake was a side quest because the rapper casually dropped an album on Friday. “GNX” is a deep dive into Lamar’s past and inner dialogue as he deals...
It is rare that a band can come together as seamlessly in four months as the Minneapolis band porch light. Performing to a sold-out crowd at First Avenue’s 7th St. Entry with other local musicians...
A family that plays together, stays together. Or so it seems for Minnesota-based bands NUNNABOVE and The Penny Peaches. NUNNABOVE consists of bassist Cadence Nunn, Mattie Nunn on the keyboard, Wisdom...
The lights of the stage reflected in the small star-shaped stickers on lead singer Inayah El-Amin’s bass as she said to the crowd that had gathered, “If you can hear me clap once.”Twin Cities-based...
Fans of recurring R&B standout Tinashe flooded the Fillmore in downtown Minneapolis Thursday night, ready and willing to match her freak.The 31-year-old owned the stage even before she walked out,...
Minneapolis is not known for its rap music scene.Other than Prince, most discussions of local artists revolve almost entirely around rock bands. However, the city is home to a community of talented...
Canadian dance-punk band Death from Above 1979 tore the roof off of Fine Line this past Friday, playing their seminal debut LP “You’re a Woman, I’m a Machine” in its entirety before continuing...
