At Coachella over the weekend, Bon Iver frontman Justin Vernon joined the Minneapolis synth-rock quintet Poliça onstage to sing "Tiff," a new single. (Poliça's Ryan Olson and Channy Leaneagh are…   Read Story »

The Minneapolis City Pages reports that Bon Iver's Justin Vernon has formed a new band with the folksy Minneapolis indie-rapper Astronautilis and that the two holed up to start recording a new album…   Read Story »

4AD's put together a six-song Blonde Redhead Penny Sparkle remix EP featuring the folks mentioned above along with Becoming Real and Kastellet. You can download it using the player below:   Read Story »

Sasquatch! took place over four nights this Memorial Day Weekend. The Washington Festival included some very anticipated shows, including Wolf Parade's next to last show, new tracks from Modest…   Read Story »

On "Calgary," Justin Vernon's vocals lay in a cloud of gloomy synths and anxious electric guitar tones, suggesting a sonic shift from the grainy For Emma formula. But not too much has changed -- the…   Read Story »

If you're at Coachella you aren't on here. But this isn't a bad year to be here, all told: YouTube's live stream features some nice on-the-fly editing and at least a couple of bands worth watching…   Read Story »

A BTW and one of last year's 40 most accomplished newcomers, Minneapolis smooth rock collective Gayngs are taking a strong turn away from the central conceit of Relayted's saxophonic '80s FM soul on…   Read Story »

BTW GAYNGS became a band you could watch from home. They had their TV debut on Late Night last night, where the band also debuted their collection of wayfarers. I love when band members dress like…   Read Story »

Fresh off their Prince hangout and cover of George Michael's "One More Try," BTW and Stereogum40 soft rockers pass along this extremely laid-back live take on the Alan Parson Project's "Eye In The…   Read Story »

Yesterday we gave you Minnesotan Best New Band Gayng's cover of George Michael's "On More Try," a move I predicted a few months ago. But I would've never guessed they'd get Prince to show up for this…   Read Story »