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City Pages - Gimme Noise

Hi-tops, Headphones, Spraycans and Microphones

Tue Dec 2, 1:40 PM

Tonight, Jimmy 2 Times, Plain Ole Bill, John Grider and others bring Triple Rock 241's back to the glory days of waxing chumps, serving fools in style. More >>

Michael Jackson's "Thriller," sung a capella

Tue Dec 2, 11:23 AM

The weirdest and most mesmerizing Michael Jackson cover the internet has ever seen. More >>

Kanye's Crate

Tue Dec 2, 8:00 AM

Today, The Popstream proves Mr. West's production ain't like sausage: you actually benefit from finding out how it's made. More >>

Hinder schleps Jager at First Avenue tonight

Tue Dec 2, 7:00 AM

It is Gimme Noise's sad duty to inform you of this show's existence. More >>

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Features

The New Standards trio of pop legends keep it fresh
John Munson of Semisonic and Chan Poling of the Suburbs talk new music

By Michael L. Walsh

Wednesday, December 03

How do middle-aged, local pop-music legends rediscover their musical muse? By forming a minimalist, jazz-influenced trio and covering Britney... More >>
Yusef Lateef: The Gentle Giant
Octogenarian world-music legend is preparing for a night of improvisational music at the Walker—just don't call it jazz

By Rick Mason

Wednesday, December 03

Truth and serenity seem to ooze from Yusef Lateef's deep, mellifluous voice, even over a creaky phone line stretched halfway across the... More >>
Western Fifth: Stand Like A Thief

By Steve McPherson

Wednesday, December 03

Western Fifth's new release, Stand Like a Thief, subtly rewrites the idea of what it means to be alt-country. The lineage that stretches from... More >>
The Songs We Can't Escape

By Ray Cummings

Wednesday, December 03

CLINIC"The Witch (Made to Measure)" Well, that'll teach me to lose track of Clinic for a few years. All of a sudden these Liverpool dudes have... More >>
Dallas Orbiter, Sam Keenan, and more

Wednesday, December 03

WEDNESDAY 12.03 Sam Keenan 331 Club Following a late-November date in Dubuque, Iowa, Minneapolis's Sam Keenan is returning home to... More >>
The Fuck Knights: 'We're not making anything new'
The only thing fake about this garage-rock band is their hilarious stage names

By David Hansen

Wednesday, November 26

Keeping up with Fuck Knights is a tall task for even the most observant reporter. The lead guitarist, glowering from under a stocking cap that... More >>
Estate + Nobot = Double Fantasy
Local electro bands Estate and Nobot join forces to present an evening of multimedia mayhem

By Will McClain

Wednesday, November 26

Atop a mountain of smoldering guitars—reminders of commercial pop's recent decimation of rock—a new breed of artist scavenges the... More >>
The Songs We Can't Escape

By Ray Cummings

Wednesday, November 26

BEYONCÉ "Diva" I Am...Sasha Fierce, this Independent Woman's latest multimedia event, is front-loaded with snoozy ballads one can... More >>
Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings, Ed Ackerson, and more

Wednesday, November 26

WEDNESDAY 11.26 Ike Reilly First Avenue There are few things in the Twin Cities that kick off the holiday season more emphatically... More >>
Absent Arch love that dirty basement sound
New album combines polished folk and lo-fi charm

By Andrea Swensson

Wednesday, November 19

The first time I saw the Absent Arch, they were playing in trumpet player Brian Voerding's apartment above a record store in Minneapolis,... More >>
Unapologetic Pop
Local indie band Mighty Fairly find joy in the lighter side of life

By Michael L. Walsh

Wednesday, November 19

Anyone who has ever been in a local band and has attempted a "tour" can relate. It usually goes something like this: You, your bandmates, and... More >>
The Songs We Can't Escape

By Ray Cummings

Wednesday, November 19

NOUS NON PLUS "Fantôme Dur (Tuff Ghost)" Multinational concern best known for wanting to spend "One Night in Paris"—the Hilton... More >>
Nine Inch Nails, AC/DC, and more

Wednesday, November 19

THURSDAY 11.20 Ladyhawk Turf Club Vancouver's Ladyhawk play fuzzed-out, indie noise-rock worthy of a hundred hair-flinging freak outs.... More >>
The Bill Mike Band search for Obamatopia with new album, Truce
Band reaches across party lines to find new sense of unity

By Andrea Swensson

Wednesday, November 12

It's the Wednesday morning after the election, and Bill Mike is beaming. "Great day, huh?" he says, his dark brown eyes twinkling, as he greets... More >>
Dillinger Four: C I V I L W A R

By David Hansen

Wednesday, November 12

Pop-punk is a subgenre in which the pleasures are derived from the familiarities, and not the ingenuities, and its rules are more concretely... More >>
Deerhunter: Microcastle

By Chris DeLine

Wednesday, November 12

Opening with the comparatively quiet "Cover Me (Slowly)," Deerhunter's Microcastle quickly evolves into something less abstract and inherently... More >>
The Songs We Can't Escape

By Ray Cummings

Wednesday, November 12

THE HAPPY HOLLOWS "Tambourine" A very merry bunch, these fresh-faced Californians ramble on, stream-of-consciousness like, about an unrequited... More >>
Matt and Kim, Joan Baez, and more

Wednesday, November 12

THURSDAY 11.13 Joan Baez State Theatre Iconic folk singer Joan Baez is celebrating the 50th anniversary of her career's start with her... More >>
Kid Dakota, Aviette, the Glad Version, and others travel to CMJ
Local bands road trip to NYC for Draw Fire Showcase

By Andrea Swensson

Wednesday, November 05

It's a Friday afternoon in Manhattan, and we've been on a biodiesel coach bus for a long, long time. Twenty-four hours straight, to be exact,... More >>
The Future of Retro
Solid Gold pin down a sound that's so old, it's new

By Amber Schadewald

Wednesday, November 05

In a carnival of faux-vintage scarves, hideously sexy sunglasses, and whatever else is unconsciously trendy, the SXSW 2007 crowd was a hipster... More >>