Wait, what? If upon 30 seconds of listening it becomes necessary for me to re-verify whether or not what I’m actually hearing is what was intended to play – should that be considered brilliantly effective …

Although only twenty years old, Maria Isa does not lack experience as she has been on stage and around music since the age of five. She grew up on St. Paul’s westside as a young …

Rilo Kiley is set to return to the Cities with a show at First Avenue September 14th. (Brooklyn Vegan)
Maximo Park stopped by MPR’s The Current to perform an in studio session before the group’s Varsity …

Swedish duo The Knife recently released a live video for “Heartbeats,” a track made famous by another Swede, José González. The video will be included on a bonus DVD included in the group’s recently released …

Smashing Pumpkins returned to The Late Show with David Letterman, marking the band’s second performance on the show during the week. Having performed “Tarantula” previously the group chose to follow that up by playing …

While in town last week in support of the mammoth Polyphonic Spree Jesca Hoop stopped by MPR’s The Current to play a few songs and chat with host Barb Abney. Hoop’s performance this past …

Female-heavy hip hop troupe Black Blondie are losing vocalist Sarah White. (Metroblogging)
The Walker kicked off its 31st Annual Summer Music & Movies with Black Blondie & All That Heaven Allows. The series, which will …

Depending on how you approach the scene, 2007 could be viewed as both a year heavily seeded with solid hip hop/rap albums or one that is very weak. XXL’s Byron Crawford recently culled his …

Spinner debuted RJD2’s new video for “Work It Out” last week. The video features contemporary dancer/artist Bill Shannon who, as Chris Bliss did in last year’s Fatboy Slim video for “That Old Pair …

Justice will be performing at The Foundation this fall – a must-see event in my opinion! (Brooklyn Vegan)
For those of you with no interest in French electronic stylings The New Pornographers will be hitting …

This past week saw a strange breakdown for Silverchair with singer Daniel Johns succumbing to laryngitis just as the group was set to kick off its North American tour. To the band’s credit they …

(photo by Stacy Schwartz)
The Polyphonic Spree cram 23 musicians into one tour bus for months at a time. And if that doesn’t astound you, check out one of their shows.
Jesca Hoop, the velvet-throated Tom Waits …