Besides his bass duties in The Dexateens and Drive-By Truckers, AND running the Mississippi-based label Dial Back Sound, Matt Patton has strapped on the guitar and fronted Model Citizen on and off for the last 25 years. More like The Who or a southern Hüsker Dü than say, Skynyrd, the…

In the late ’70s and early ’80s the hardcore punk scene bubbled up from the sidewalks of Southern California’s underground like a vicious, viscous petroleum spill. Two founding titans of the genre, Descendents and The Circle Jerks, will take the stage at Palace with support from contemporaries The Adolescents. The…

Payne Avenue has enjoyed a renaissance of sorts over the last decade, and Caydence Records & Coffee and The Treasury are at the heart of the all-ages music scene in the Twin Cities. They’ve teamed up for two days of fantastic all-ages shows for Payne Ave. Fest. The weekend is…

The Twins are atop the lowly AL Central Division and should have just handed the Detroit Tigers a loss when producer and songwriting superstar T-Pain hits the stage at Target Field. Fans will be treated to songs from his recent covers album, On Top Of The Covers, which includes tunes from…

The summer block party blockbuster continues, and Pryes’ June event is a worthy choice—now in its sixth year, the two-day party includes more music than ever with headliners Lissue and Tauk Moore and guests Matthew Logan Vasque, The Bright Light Social Hour, Trent Romens Band, Funky Dawgz, Evanoff, Mark Mallman,…

More than 60 years ago, a group of teenagers met in St. Albans and formed one of the most influential British rock groups in history: The Zombies. Four years after their 1964 chart-topping hit ‘She’s Not There’ made them a household name during the British Invasion, they released the seminal…

Bringing “boss sounds to the twin towns” since 2006, The Prizefighters celebrate the release of their new long player Punch Up tonight at the Turf. For their third release on Jump Up! Records, the ska vets party tonight with Lumpy, Loser Magnet, and Of Two Lions, plus sets by DJ…

An Opera Theatre proves opera isn’t a drag at all—and drag can hit the high notes, too. WORDS BY KATIE DOHMAN  When you think spectacle, storytelling, and strong identity when it comes to defining or describing arts disciplines, you may think of opera. Or you might think of drag. But…

Grace Potter kicks off this summer’s Sparkyard Sound Series at Bauhaus. The Vermont singer has wowed crowds over the past two decades with her band The Nocturnals, playing every major festival imaginable, and sharing the stage with a variety of legends, including the Stones, who she opened for in Minneapolis…