Artist Spotlight : Sex Burger

Britleigh Wechsler
It’s been over 5 years since Brt Rynlds and Charles Bronson, better known as Sex Burger, made their presence known performing and djing disco boogie funk around town. Their unique sound and show took dance floo...

Mikey Avalon @ The Cabooze

Britleigh Wechsler
Mickey Avalon came to Minneapolis on his ten year tour. He played at the Cabooze and the place was packed. Local rapper, Botzy opened for Mickey. Botzy got the crowd excited and ready for Mickey with his hig...

Chill Vibez VIII @ Ice House

Britleigh Wechsler
Chill Vibez is hosted and curated by Ashley Mari. It began May 19th at Moto-i as a free event open to all. Chill Vibez features a collection of many different musicians, poets, dancers, activists, DJs, and visu...

Ben Sims & Mike Gervais

Britleigh Wechsler
Dj Ben Sims and Mike Gervais joined together for the first time in Minneapolis. Ben Sims is a revered techno artist from the UK and Mike is a hard-working Midwest techno artist. The next time this duo will happ...

Ron’s Memorial concert

Britleigh Wechsler
Minneapolis recently lost a very loved man, Ron Upton. Ron was well known in Uptown and loved by many. His memorial concert was last night at the Uptown VFW. The VFW filled up with so many friends and family of...

Melissa @ The Shout! House

Britleigh Wechsler
A great place to spend a Friday night is The Shout! House. The Shout! House Dueling Pianos is a live music venue in the heart of downtown Minneapolis. It combines music and improvisational comedy with the help ...

Hurricane Joe @ The Cabooze

Britleigh Wechsler
The Duluth band had their first show in Minneapolis last night. Hurricane Joe is a metal band with a deep bond between the band members. They are releasing a new album and starting to play more in Minneapolis. ...

Artist Spotlight: Botzy

Britleigh Wechsler
Britleigh sat down with rapper Botzy for an interview at the Nicollet dinner in Minneapolis.  Botzy a constant collaborative who's been involved multiple projects such Culture cry wolf, and VAYNS has been a...

AFI @ First Avenue

Alexander Just
AFI, on ‘The Blood Tour”, hit the stage at First Avenue last night, along with opening acts, Chain Gang of 1974, and Souvenirs. California based band, Souvenirs, featuring bandmates Nolan, Riley, Tim and Vin...

LANY @ The Fine Line, MPLS, MN

Muriel Knudson
On November 5th, the band LANY arrived in Minneapolis on their 40th stop on tour at the Fine Line Music Café. Before the band even came on, there were chants of their name and fans in the front row throwing...

Oh Wonder & Lany @ First Avenue

Alexander Just
Lany’s Paul Jason, Leslie Priest and Jake Goss recently arrived on First Avenue’s stage to a cheering crowd; eager to hear their fresh r&b infused pop songs live. Great friends, good times, and a lov...

Denver Sings along to Caroline Smith

Christian Hee
If you haven't seen Minneapolis sweetheart Caroline Smith in a while, it's because she's been spending the last year in Los Angeles, working on new music. This October, she's taking a break from writing to ...

BEARTOOTH @ MILL CITY NIGHTS

Riley Downs
Beartooth stopped by Mill City Nights on Tuesday with Every Time I Die, Fit For a King and Old Wounds. Unfortunately we were unable to catch Old Wounds set. Here is photos from the rest of the night!   ...

Dead & Company @ Alpine Valley Music Theater

Casey Carlson
Alpine Valley was written on the back windows of buses and station wagons, telling us where they were headed, and the license plates telling us where they were from. People descended here from as far away as New York, Florida, and California just to see them.

MOD SUN 4/20 SHOW

Riley Downs
Mod Sun headlined a sold out show at First Avenue for his favorite holiday with help from Rocky Diamonds and POS!      ...

So What?! Music Festival – Day 1

Ryan Pugh
A week ago, So What?! Music Festival was held at QuikTrip Park in Grand Prairie, Texas. It was nothing short of astounding. From legendary acts like New Found Glory headlining, to everyone's favorites like Stat...

Coheed and Cambria @ The Myth

Ryan Pugh
Coheed and Cambria came through Minnesota last night as the headliner of the The Color Before The Sun Tour. The tour was supporting Coheed and Cambria's newest record of the same name. Along with them, the p...

TOP PHOTOS OF 2015!!!

Connor Siedow
The Show Last Night cannot function without our photographers. We understand that. And we love that. This article is dedicated to the hard-working photographers on The Show Last Night's photo team. We asked eve...

Jaedyn James & The Hunger @ Memory Lanes

Alexander Just
On the eve of Halloween Jaedyn James & The Hunger put on a full fledged Circus @ Memory Lanes. Complete with Ring Master, Bearded Lady, Mime, Penguin, & the bastard child of an Ewok and Hans Solo. A...

Hype Watch: Sibir

Ryan Pugh
Post-Rock is alive and well in the Minneapolis music scene. Being no strangers to the scene, Sibir is ready to come out guns blazing. Consisting of old In Favor members and current members of Atrocities, Sib...

Terraform & Grim State Summer Tour

TrevorSweeney
  Terraform & Grim State Summer Tour Terraform from the midwest and Grim State from Dayton, Ohio was a three week long tour in July with TSLN photographer Trevor Sweeney. The tour went all the wa...

Molly’s Worst Enemy Announces Break-Up

Ryan Pugh
It's no contest when we say that Molly's Worst Enemy is a local legend when it comes to the Minnesota music scene. The band is easily responsible for countless successful shows, bands, and unifying the scene. T...

Local Spotlight: ChugChugWob

Ryan Pugh
ChugChugWob are a metalcore/electronic act straight out of the Twin Cities. They have been around the block, and are definitely a force to be reckoned with. You like to party? Come to a ChugChugWob show. ...

Spotlight: Sapphire Empire!

Connor Siedow
Recently I sat down with, and got to know the members of Sapphire Empire, a pop, R&B, jazz experimental band from Canada. Let's start with your name, then what do you play? Gaby, guitar Anatol, k...

FIDLAR live @ 7th Street Entry

Tanner Morris
FIDLAR rocked a wall to wall 7th Street Entry both Thursday and Friday evening. Dual headlining their tour with METZ, the bands played sold out shows both nights. Local dudes, France Camp, joined the show Thurs...

Alesana Interview & Gallery

Chris Duke
Alesana holds a special place in my heart. They were a band that I didn't know much about when I first started doing interviews, but have since become one of my favorite bands to follow. When you see them live ...

TECH N9NE: Special Effects Tour!

Chris Duke
Opening the show and getting everyone hella juiced, was the amazing ZUSE! Shifting gears into a sick heavy set was Michigan based rockers, King 810.   If you haven't seen Murs perform befo...

Treefort Music Fest: Days Two & Three

Tanner Morris
While Treefort came to close on it's final weekend days, the festival didn't lose momentum. As bands like Foxygen, and Tv on the Radio rocked the main stage, Vacationer stole the late-night festival goers at El...

Earl Sweatshirt @ Mill City Nights

Connor Siedow
Friday, March 25th, at Mill City Nights, Earl Sweatshirt, Vince Staples, and Remy Banks rolled through for their Not Redy 2 Leave tour. Building up anticipation, or just starting late, New York-based...

5 Local Bands You’re Missing Out On

Ryan Pugh
You've been to a lot of shows. You've seen a bunch of bands. But have you paid attention to the openers? The locals that kick off the night of sick jams and good friends? If you have, good on you! You might be ...

Of Montreal at First Avenue

Tanner Morris
Of Montreal and Deerhoof arrived at Minneapolis' First Avenue last night to a packed venue full of eager concert-goers. There was a certain electricity in the air as the theatrical performance of Of Montreal ca...

DOOMTREE All Hands Tour @ First Avenue!

Connor Siedow
Doomtree returned home again for their first time since their new album All Hands was released. They had quite the stage presence at the sold out show. With help from Aby Wolf, a local vocalist who is a frequen...

The Millenium: Interview!

Connor Siedow
Taylor Hanson, one of the newest members to The Show Last Night team, and an excellent photographer; shot and interviewed the Millenium.   For the Millenium, time hasn’t stopped since the release of ...

Best Shots of 2014

Alexander Just
  With 2014 behind us the staff at The Show Last Night have been looking at some great images from our files. This is our 'Best 14 from 2014'.   This was our first year of publication, it goes with out sa...

Interview: K.Flay

Chris Duke
 If you like hip-hop, you need to get to know K.Flay. The intelligent rapper took a moment to sit with contributor and local artist, Sam Bramble, to talk about tour life and of course, music! Have you pl...

LIVE: Relient K @ Mill City Nights

Connor Siedow
Last night at Milly City Nights in downtown Minneapolis, Relient K played for their Mmhmm 10 year anniversary tour. From Indian Lakes opened for Relient K. For me never listening to them before, they were qu...

Anberlin interview: The Final Tour

Chris Duke
We were granted the honor of shooting and interviewing Anberlin last week, for their final Minneapolis show on their farewell tour.  A special thank you to Min Lee of Cities 97 and Alt 93.3 for joining us, a...

Bad Show, Bud?

Connor Siedow
  A band's perspective of the relationship between a promoter and a performer.   Today's music scene is equal parts majesty and self-destruction. Who will bring the end? The promoter who tant...

Pearl Jam: Xcel Energy Center

Chris Duke
I grew up on Pearl Jam on the North coast of Oregon, so it was amazing being able to see these guys in a sold out arena!  Fans of all ages and walks of life gathered outside hours before the event. Shari...

LIVE: Limp Bizkit & Machine Gun Kelly!

Chris Duke
Editor's notes: I'd like to start this feature out by saying how proud we all are of our contributing photographer, Riley Downs. This was Riley's first major solo assignment, covering two extremely well known a...

Interview: Touche Amore

Chris Duke
Touche Amore are a positive force within our industry. Garnering fans like Tim Mcllarth of Rise Against, Touche creates music that motivates and moves it's listeners. I was honored to sit with Jeremy Bolm to ta...