The Walker Art Center unveiled its Music & Movies 2013 lineup this afternoon, which will once again feature a handful of Minnesota acts warming up for free movie screenings Monday evenings in July and August. There are a few surprises in this year’s lineup—namely, a night that will feature two separate musical performances, with [...]

  While most high school seniors have spent the school year looking ahead to the future, terminally ill Lakeland, Minnesota teenager Zach Sobiech has spent his time staring down the unimaginable. As his classmates made plans for prom and filled out college applications, Sobiech and his family juggled two unexpected, alternate realities: Zach’s bone cancer [...]

Sue McLean, a high-profile concert promoter in the Twin Cities and the largest independent female promoter in the world, passed away today from cancer. She was 63. McLean had a 30-plus year career promoting concerts in Minnesota, starting with booking local bands like the Suicide Commandos and Curtiss A in the ’70s, working as the [...]

  The Minnesota Senate passed a bill today that will legalize same-sex marriage in Minnesota. It’s a bill that Governor Mark Dayton has said he plans to sign into law tomorrow evening at 5 p.m. on the front steps of the State Capitol, and effective August 1, 2013, Minnesota will be the 12th state to [...]

It’s been a tough few years for large-scale music festivals in the Twin Cities. Over the past 12 months in particular we’ve witnessed the cancelation or postponement of SoundTown, River’s Edge, and the First Avenue festival that was slated to debut this July. So the pressure’s on for Summer Set, the electronic and jam band-heavy [...]

  Prince fans, rejoice! Prince is returning to the metro area for two shows — on the same day — at Myth Live, May 25th, 2013. Tickets will go on sale Saturday, May 4th at noon on the MythLive website and eTix. Tickets are $259 a pop, a price tag that’s already resulting in some [...]

  After a brief hiatus, the music and fashion show Voltage will return to First Avenue’s Mainroom on Saturday, June 8. The unique event pairs Minnesota bands with boutique shops and provides a runway to showcase the latest offerings from 16 different area fashion and accessory designers, all of which were announced today. “It’s these [...]

  It’s a tale of two Andys. Doomtree member and established solo MC Sims and world-traveling rapper and freestyler Astronautalis will pair up to co-headline First Avenue’s Mainroom on Friday, June 14. It will be the first time headlining the downtown Minneapolis venue for both performers (save for an appearance Astronautalis made to cap off [...]

  Minnesotan writer, A&R executive, and all-around music supporter Tim Carr was found dead in his apartment in Pattaya, Thailand, yesterday in what police have described as “suspicious circumstances.” The 57-year-old Hopkins native began his career as a music writer in the ’70s, contributing to Twin Cities publications like the Minnesota Daily and the Star [...]

  St. Paul native Henry Mackaman, best known to the Twin Cities music community as the guitarist, producer, and co-founder of dream-pop band Phantom Vibration, passed away yesterday of bacterial meningitis. He was 21 years old. Mackaman’s illness was sudden. A high fever landed him in the emergency room on Saturday night, but was sent [...]