Artist: Allo, Darlin’ Album: “Europe” Record Label: Slumberland Records There is certainly no shortage of bands producing sunny indie pop. But very few of these have had success...

With the release of the new, expansive Bob Marley documentary, it's clearer than ever that Marley is one of the 20th century's key musicians. But a reggae collection that stops with the Wailers...

Booming, anthemic-yet-melancholy electropop usually sounds like something to be heard in large, packed clubs. But the three artists who performed at the Entry last night - Vague-à-bonde, Plastic Believers,...

  What: La Dispute with Balance and Composure, All Get Out and Sainthood Reps When: 5 p.m., Saturday Where: Varsity Theater, 1308 Fourth Street SE The last time it was in Minneapolis, La Dispute was...

Ah, New York City: the hotbed for thousands of art-school synthesizer-based experimental music projects in the past decade. Of course, most of these have been long forgotten due to dramatically high pretension-to-inspiration...

Artist The Magnetic Fields Album “Love at the Bottom of the Sea” Label Merge Records   Ten albums in, The Magnetic Fields make a return to the sonic terrain they haven’t visited...

A sold-out audience sat in anticipation of Atlas Sound's loop- and feedback-based heart songs last night at the Cedar Cultural Center. The solo project of Deerhunter frontman Bradford Cox, Atlas Sound...

  Art(ists) on the Verge 3 When: Saturday, March 3 through April 15 Where: Soap Factory, 514 Second  St. SE Last year, a jury decided on the five artists to participate in their show. Each individual...

The perpetually moody and dynamic Phil Elverum is nothing if not prolific: under his moniker Mount Eerie (and before that, The Microphones), he has released an endless stream of woodsy psych-folk since...

The Souljazz Orchestra with Brass Messengers and Peregrine Perspective When: 8 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 25 Where: Triple Rock Social Club, 629 Cedar Ave. Cost: $10 Over the course of the past 10 years, The...

Standing in front of a crowd to read a composition can be an equally daunting and rewarding experience. But to do so alongside fellow students and literary-minded individuals inside the Weisman Art Museum...

  Thursday Hot Dish 3 The Trylon Microcinema 3258 Minnehaha Ave. 7:30 p.m. This is the third edition of a series in which six local storytellers tell their tales. Tonight's theme is âÄúStrangers...

  "Dial M for Murder" When: Feb. 3 through March 18th Where: Jungle Theater, 2951 Lyndale Ave S. You may already know the plot but even if youâÄôve seen âÄúDial M for Murder,âÄù...

Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra brought their rambling and righteous brand of chamber-rock to the Cedar Cultural Center last night. Originally a more subdued offshoot of seminal post-rock ensemble...

  I stand by the philosophy that any time is a good time for a cup of tea, but this is especially true at the beginning of the Spring semester. Temperatures have fallen, workloads are building, and...