A.V. Club: Best of the Decade

Recap features

  • dinosaur jr. j mascis

    Recap Dinosaur Jr. rocks First Avenue like it's 1985

    The alt-rock trio hasn't changed a bit in more than 20 years—and that's a good thing.

    by Pat O'Brien; Photos By Jenn Barnett

    November 20, 2009 | 10:30am -

  • prince

    Recap Prince comes home to Paisley Park

    When The Purple One played his first Paisley show in five years, it felt like he'd never left.

    by Lindsey Thomas

    October 26, 2009 | 5:00pm -

  • the hold steady

    Recap The Hold Steady brings its boozy tunes to a dry campus

    What happened when America's best bar band took its songs about hard partying to the alcohol-free St. Olaf in Northfield?

    by Stacy Schwartz

    October 21, 2009 | 4:00pm -

  • A horde of costumed zombies gathers in Gold Medal Park prior to the pub crawl.

    Recap Zombie Pub Crawl: Tales of survival and insobriety

    The dead rose ... and partied.

    by Jack Spencer, Lara Avery, Ryan Ouradnik

    October 13, 2009 | 4:40pm -

  • Wilco Jeff Tweedy John Stirratt Glenn Kotche Pat Sansone Nels Cline Mikael Jorgensen

    Recap Wilco at Roy Wilkins

    Jeff Tweedy and company's live show showed why Wilco deserves such a doggedly loyal fanbase.

    by Pat O'Brien, Photos by Jenn Barnett

    October 5, 2009 | 11:30am -

  • Recap Sonic Youth at First Avenue

    The royalty of noise rock impresses, as always, by refusing to stay stuck in the past.

    by Pat O'Brien; Photos by Stacy Schwartz

    July 22, 2009 | 4:00pm -

  • The Hold Steady: talent on loan from God?

    Recap Basilica Block Party

    A little rain didn't ruffle the Jayhawks' feathers, while The Hold Steady played a killer set within shouting distance of Penetration Park.

    by Carl Atiya Swanson; Photos: Stacy Schwartz

    July 13, 2009 | 3:40pm -

  • Recap The Roots at First Avenue

    The hardest-working band in hip-hop brought the house down last night.

    by Max Ross

    July 3, 2009 | 11:23am -

  • Andrew Bird

    Recap Bonnaroo, June 14

    Phish, Snoop Dogg, and Andrew Bird helped bring the annual rite of sweaty revelry to a close.

    by Max Ross

    June 17, 2009 | 12:20pm -

  • Eyedea & Abilities

    Recap Eyedea & Abilities at Intermedia Arts

    The gifted hip-hop tag team previewed tracks from its forthcoming By The Throat.

    by Carl Atiya Swanson

    June 16, 2009 | 3:00pm -