What’s striking is how much of the Replacements’ lives occurred within such a relatively small area. None of the members of the Replacements, early on, had a driver’s license, and so their daily lives were…
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The Replacements’ ‘Stink’ show: A true story from Minnesota music history
“It was Jan. 29, 1982. The Replacements were playing a rent party at an artists’ studio in the Harmony Building — that’s at 200 2nd Ave. N., at the edge of the North Loop in…
Episode #230: Amy Linden — ‘We’ll Inherit the Earth,’ the Replacements
Music journalist Amy Linden tells the story of her first interview with The Replacements in 1988–and how it came at a time when she was excited about being pregnant, and not at all excited about…
The Replacements Back on Track: Recording New Music, Vinyl Box Sets, Documentary Planned | Billboard
Also on tap is a biography titled Trouble Boys, (penned by Memphis Commercial Appeal writer Bob Mehr) and a deal for a documentary with “Oscar-winning filmmakers” is currently in the works. Hill also mentions a project…
Sold out: Replacements’ “Let It Be” on Twin/Tone vinyl | Artcetera | StarTribune.com
The party is over for the Replacements’ “Let It Be” on original Twin/Tone vinyl. Thirty-one years after the legendary album hit stores, the last sealed copy of it from Twin/Tone Records’ original stock pressing was…
Hey, You Can Buy the Entire Replacements’ Catalog Again If’N You Want
The folks at Rhino are repackaging all those remasters from 2008 and going to sell them to you again. Wahoo. So if you want you can get The Complete Studio Albums 1981-1990 on April 14th….
The ‘Mats are coming for you this spring
Seattle, Milwaukee, Portland, SanFran and LA, and a bunch more places that aren’t Minneapolis. Check it out at The Current
Merry Matsmas: A New Jam, ‘Poke Me in My Cage’
It’s a 24ish minute instrumental jam because, of course.
Is the Replacements’ 2014 reunion making up for a career of meager paydays? | MinnPost
There’s more product in the pipeline, including a likely live DVD. “We’ve been filming and documenting the shows since the comeback,” says Hill. He notes that the band might “quite possibly” do more concerts in…
A Tribute to The Replacements | First Avenue
Featuring THE MELISMATICS, TWO HARBORS, FRANKIE TEARDROP, BNLX, STEREO CONFESSION, BLACK DIET, THE BLACKBERRY BRANDY BOYS, MAD RIPPLE HOOT FOR SLIM and more in the Mainroom and the EntryPlus a performance of Don’t Tell A…