It's going to be an eclectic week on stages around the Twin Cities. Psychedelic rockers Glass Beams headline First Avenue, noisey punk rock arrives from MSPAINT and Dinosaur Jr., theatrical metal from ...

The mid-80s were tough times for bands with noisy guitars. Punk was long dead, while its American cousin, hardcore, was running out of gas, leaving poker-faced goths, fey indie types and cartoonish ...

It’s one of the most infamous of post-punk feud songs. After years of onstage dysfunction and offstage sniping between leader-guitarist J Mascis and bassist Lou Barlow—whose respective personalities ...

We needn't argue about why you should see these feedback-loving indie-rock gods. But here's why you should see them now: They totally hate each other. Or “did”: Bassist Lou Barlow, kicked out by the ...