Dear Westernerds, If you feel the need to write about your origin story with Paul Westerberg and/or The Replacements (oh, and I know, the temptation just may be too great what with the release of…
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The Minnesota Mystique: Will our most famous musicians be forever inscrutable? | Local Current Blog
Then there’s Paul Westerberg of the Replacements, who pursued an on-and-(increasingly)-off-again solo career after Minneapolis’s seminal indie band broke up, falling almost entirely out of public view in recent years—only to suddenly mount what seems…
Yes, college students have heard of The Replacements (well, some of them have) | Local Current Blog | The Current
“Hey, have you ever heard of the Replacements?” That’s what I asked my fellow Macalester College students this week, yielding a variety of answers—some indifferent, some impassioned. via Yes, college students have heard of the…
Westerberg-Produced The Silks over at Rock Torch
Have we talked about The Silks? Perhaps you remember some pics of Westerberg in the studio with them on Facebook? That seems vaguely familiar. He produced their album Last American Band. Anyway, The Silks wrote…
On finally watching Color Me Obsessed
So I’ve been trying for a week to write about the night I decided the time had finally come to sit down, drink a Captain Morgan and Diet Coke like it was 1995 and Kelly…
Wait for it. . . wait for it. . . totally worth it, right?
Who wouldn’t forgive this neighbor? (Via Twitter Pal @emoeby)
Kevin Bowe recommends The Replacements
Over at Rock Torch Kevin Bowe (you know the one with the new CD out) talks about the influence of The Replacements: “I was lucky enough to get in on their stuff right from the…
The Flaming Lips pay homage to Westerberg
You should read the whole post about it at the Local Current’s blog. Here’s video the video: P.S. I still think Black Diamond is the worst song on Let it Be.
Kevin Bowe’s Natchez Trace & CD Release Show at The Varsity
As Erik mention in a comment earlier this month, Kevin Bowe has a new album out. Y’all remember Kevin Bowe from the Folker tour back in 05 (god that’s been a long long time now)…
Gibson’s top 50 American Bands
Guess who’s #25… “Formed in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1979, The Replacements, led by singer-songwriter-guitarist Paul Westerberg, shot to underground-alternative superstardom thanks to a slew of critically acclaimed (if not commercially successful) albums and a notoriously…