If the Twin Cities has an answer to the literate, charmingly tuneful pop songcraft of Belle And Sebastian, or the Kinks songs that populate Wes Anderson movie soundtracks, it’s surely …
“I always loved the idea that music is something to cast a curse with.” Originally published in The A.V. Club’s Twin Cities edition, August 14, 2009. Over the course of …
Originally published in The A.V. Club’s Twin Cities edition, June 14, 2009. Improv comedy is like throwing knives: You need a razor-sharp weapon (be it a blade or a brain), …
Originally published in The A.V. Club’s Twin Cities edition, March 12, 2008. Though best known for their cranked-up Celtic folk-punk, local legends Boiled In Lead embrace a wide range of …
Originally published in The A.V. Club’s Twin Cities edition, October 18, 2007. On first glance, the noir-rap sound of Kill The Vultures and the sweetly melancholy folk of Roma di …
Photo of Michael Yonkers courtesy the artist. Note: A shorter version of this interview was published in The A.V. Club’s Twin Cities print edition, August 31, 2007. This version, which …
Originally published in The A.V. Club’s Twin Cities edition, May 9, 2007. Though he’s got at least half a dozen projects going in various stages of activity, drummer Dave King …
Duluth trio Low has been tagged as “that slow, quiet band” for most of its 14-year career, but that’s only part of the story. On recent albums like 2005’s The Great …
MacArthur “genius grant” recipient and novelist Jonathan Lethem ignores the boundary between literary fiction and “lower” pop-culture or genre work, drawing inspiration from Raymond Chandler, Philip K. Dick, and comics. Lethem …
Originally published in The A.V. Club’s Twin Cities edition, March 8, 2007, in advance of the band’s CD release show at the 7th Street Entry. When Corey Palmer’s indie-rock group …