Local outlaw Cole Diamond gets on the ones and twos tonight (and every fourth Thursday) in Dusty’s Big Green Booth. He’ll be spinning all country vinyl all night, promising “everything from Waylon and Willie to Brooks & Dunn.” THURS 6/22, 9 PM, Free, 21+…
I’m not sure what additional encouragement you might need to go see a band whose tagline is “SPREADING EVIL SINCE 1988,” but lead vocalist Eddie Spaghetti assures you, they’re The Greatest Rock-n-Roll Band in The World™. Blending strains of rock from ZZ TOP to cowpunk, they’ve recorded a dozen albums,…
The stars of F1RST Wrestling want you to taste their fists at Taste of Minnesota WORDS BY PATRICK STRAIT There are a lot of must-dos if you live in Minnesota—the State Fair, Twins games, and bottoming out your car in a lake-sized pothole. But over the past several years, a…
Faded Handstamp Promotions pairs some of the newest bands in town with some of their more seasoned peers every third Wednesday of the month at Palmer’s. This month you’ll get four bands worth of punk, sludge pop, and shoegaze for a midweek shakeup on Cedar Ave. WED 6/21, 8 PM,…
Reverend Horton Heat returns to town for a scorcher of a midweek show at the Fine Line. The Psychobilly vets have “chewed up more road than the Google Maps drivers” and their shows are always a hit here in the Twin Cities. Locals Kinda Fonda Wanda will get you dancing…
Over the weekend of June 9-11, filmmakers of all levels of experience and pedigree are tasked with writing, shooting, and editing a short film that will be shown tonight at the Parkway. Since 2001, the project has been an annual film competition that assigns a genre, a character, a prop,…
Long before Katy Perry came along, Jill Sobule’s ‘I Kissed A Girl’ was the first openly gay-themed song to hit the Billboard Top 20. Since then she’s had a prolific songwriting career, continuing with her latest album, Nostalgia Kills. Spreading into the theater world, Sobule has done a number of…
How a “trans-glam-punk-rock story” is helping write history–and an example of commitment through the ups and downs of a marriage. WORDS BY KATIE DOHMAN Lynette Reini-Grandell was not used to pledging to write 1,500 words a day or writing chronologically. She’s a poet with punk roots who’s been nominated for…
The Twin Cities are catching My Morning Jacket at just the right time. Fresh off another memorable set at Bonnaroo (more or less a home turf gig for the band; they’ve released live sets from the fest) they’ll be ready to fill the Palace Theater with their soaring, reverb-drenched melodies,…
