Minneapolis

How Minneapolis’ punk scene foreshadowed alt-rock, grunge and pop punk

Minneapolis: The state of Minnesota’s most densely populated city. It sits back to back with the state capital, St. Paul, forming what’s known as the Twin Cities. It also gets really freakin’ cold up there. So it naturally produced a huge crop of punk bands at one time, all seemingly falling out of clapped-out Ford […]

Tim Stegall

Evanescence and Halestorm add new dates for fall co-headlining tour

Evanescence and Halestorm have included additional dates in their upcoming fall tour across the United States. The bands have added Denver, Tampa, Nashville and Minneapolis to their list of cities to perform in during the run. Read more: Lilith Czar is the positive, empowering force that Juliet Simms needed The hard-rock powerhouses will commence their […]

Kahwit Tela

Here’s how MOD SUN ended up singing with Fall Out Boy at an early gig

MOD SUN can’t help but smile when he recalls an early Fall Out Boy show in 2003 at the Quest’s Ascot Room in Minneapolis. The artist still vividly remembers the moment a Take This To Your Grave-era Patrick Stump started belting an a cappella version of “Grand Theft Autumn / Where Is Your Boy.” How […]

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