AltWeeklies Wire
Dark Starnew
The new Deftones album is as black and beautiful as the cosmos itself.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Molly Priesmeyer |
12-14-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Deftones, Saturday Night Wrist
Unisex Gutterpunk Retchnew
This self-released album is a throwback to the hasty, short, and brutish hardcore of the Reagan years and the first Bush presidency.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Sarah Askari |
12-08-2006 |
Reviews
Return of the Grievous Angelnew
Haley Bonar discusses the fine art of disappearing -- and coming back in one piece.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Sarah Askari |
11-30-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Haley Bonar
The Big Chillnew
Kill the Vultures prepare for winter in a Midwestern river town.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Nate Patrin |
11-16-2006 |
Concerts
Tags: Kill the Vultures
Escape Artistsnew
Modern times got you down? Sneak out of the house, creep down to the docks, and stow away on the good ship Decemberists.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Sarah Askari |
11-09-2006 |
Concerts
Tags: The Decemberists, The Crane Wife
Sin City Simulacrumnew
With a synth and a wink, the Killers pay tribute to their hometown.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Melissa Maerz |
11-03-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Sam's Town, The Killers
Minnesota's 50 Greatest Hitsnew
From the Castaways and the Trashmen, through The Replacements, Hüsker Dü, Prince, Soul Asylum and Atmosphere, City Pages counts down the Top 50 hit singles made in Minnesota.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
City Pages staff |
06-08-2005 |
Music
Painting Outside the Linesnew
Jazz pianist Jason Moran talks about Milestone, a piece commissioned by the Walker Art Center and inspired by works by Adrian Piper, Louise Nevelson, Ellsworth Kelly, and others, that he performs this weekend.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Dylan Hicks |
05-18-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Jason Moran
Linger Awhilenew
Larry Malmberg, the dean of Minnesota's accordionists, started playing in his teens after his parents died and has never really quit.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Rod Smith |
04-15-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Larry Malmberg
Here Comes The Sun Kingnew
King Sunny Adé talks about war, Nigeria, and good juju.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Peter S. Scholtes |
04-08-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: King Sunny Ade
Communication Breakdownnew
Josh Homme of Queens of the Stone Age axes his bass player, enters his cocoon and makes a great rock record.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Keith Harris |
04-06-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Was the Job of Jester Already Taken?new
If it weren't for their obnoxious singer and idiotic lyrics, Kings of Leon might be--well, hard to say--pretty tolerable?
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Dylan Hicks |
03-04-2005 |
Reviews
Lifestyles of the Broke and Inebriatednew
After 7,000 gigs and 7,002 sacks of weed, Todd Snider finally arrives.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Dylan Hicks |
02-09-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Todd Snider
The Ghost of Bob Hope: Doing the Baghdad Boogienew
Rockabilly musician Rick Hollister never had to go to Vietnam, so he decided to give back a little by performing for troops in Iraq. He's seen more blood in Iowa, he says.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Paul Demko |
10-01-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Former Beach Boy Journeys to a Darker State of Mindnew
In his last major work, Brian Wilson invents the drama of escaping his dad and then even more melodramatically rehearses the helpless return to the dad; or a recapture by him.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Matthew Wilder |
10-01-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
