The bands played for a packed crowd at Surly Brewing Festival Field on Sept. 14.

Four local music acts the A&E desk has been feeling this summer.

Japanese Breakfast and The Linda Lindas bring two generations of music to Minneapolis in one night. A conversation with the crowd at the Japanese Breakfast show in Minneapolis reveals what audiences love about the band and why teen band The Linda Lindas are catching audiences’ attention.

After a chaotic Saturday, University of Minnesota student Bracewell played a sensational show for a sold out, intimate audience at 7th Street Entry ahead of a new release.

Every so often there’s a summer hit that changes the way America thinks about pop music. Here are some of the A&E desk’s favorites.

Carbon Sound’s Sanni Brown helps create a thread between radio and younger listeners while highlighting the diversity of Black artists in Minnesota.

LA-based indie pop punk band The Wrecks performed for a jubilant, buzzy crowd in St. Paul, supported by Mothé and girlhouse.

Sun, sound and sweet treats abounded at the first Rock the Garden, hosted by the Walker Art Center and MPR’s The Current, since quarantine.

British music and binge-worthy television is the name of the game this summer.

In the first end-of-school celebration since the pandemic, students begrudgingly braved the rain and cold to find disappointment at Spring Jam. But, the event isn’t all the day’s about, right?