Soul Asylum

Alternative Rock Rock 

How Drag Racing Inspired the New Soul Asylum LP

September 26, 2024 Katherine Yeske Taylor 0 Comments 2004, Blue Élan Records, Dave Pirner, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Shirley "Cha Cha" Muldowney, Slowly but Shirley, Soul Asylum

Dave Pirner dishes on Slowly but Shirley

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Alternative Rock Rock 

The Juliana Hatfield Three Celebrate 30th-ish Anniversary of Become What You Are On Upcoming Tour

May 21, 2024May 21, 2024 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2024, American Laundromat Records, Become What You Are, Dean Fisher, Juliana Hatfield, North American Tour, Soul Asylum, The Juliana Hatfield Three, Todd Philips

They will play the entire album while opening for Soul Asylum this fall

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Indie Rock Pop Rock 

WATCH: Detroit’s Popular Creeps Share Video for “Gone By 45”

November 10, 2022November 10, 2022 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2022, All Of This Will End In Tears, Big Stir Records, Gone By 45, Nova Mob, Popular Creeps, single, Soul Asylum

The band pays homage to both a fallen friend and their fair city on latest single

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Alternative Rock Rock 

Gimme One Good Dose of Thunder: Bleeding Hearts Keep the Genius of Bob Stinson Alive with Riches To Rags

May 3, 2022May 4, 2022 Brad Cohan 0 Comments 2022, Bar/None, Bleeding Hearts, Bob Stinson, Fiasco Records, Husker Du, Mike Leonard, Riches To Rags, Rolling Stones, Soul Asylum, The Replacements

A Record Store Day exclusive and upcoming digital release provides a crucial snapshot of a long-lost touchstone of Minneapolis alt-rock 

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Indie Rock 

The Something Brothers Gonna Work It Out

July 14, 2021July 14, 2021 Ron Hart 1 Comment Bloomington, Flak, Meat Puppets, Prairie Rock, Soul Asylum, The Smashing Pumpkins, The Something Brothers, Uncle Tupelo

These Prairie Rock veterans resurface with a massive 60-song album called FLAK

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Alternative Rock Pop Uncategorized 

ALBUMS: Closer to Heaven: A Tribute to Ed Ackerson

December 30, 2020April 3, 2022 John Packel 1 Comment Closer to Heaven: A Tribute to Ed Ackerson, Polara and BNLX, Sideways, Soul Asylum, Susstones, The 27 Various, The Dandy Warhols, The Dig, The Jayhawks, The Lilacs

The Internet Has a Problem but It’s Not with Mary

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Power Pop 

Ryan and Pony Are Our Favorite New Act of 2020

December 20, 2020December 21, 2020 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2020, COVID-19, Moshi Moshi, Pete Anderson, Pravda Records, Quarantine, Run Westy Run, Ryan and Pony, Soul Asylum, The Ocean Blue

Find out why in this exclusive tell-all with Ryan Smith, one half of the premier power pop couple of the Twin Cities

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Alternative Rock Rock 

Phones, Letters and Frustration: Soul Asylum Meditates On Communication With Hurry Up and Wait 

June 5, 2020September 26, 2024 Jedd Beaudoin 0 Comments 2020, Dave Pirner, Hurry Up and Wait, Loud Fast Words, Michael Bland, Minneapolis, Ryan Smith, Soul Asylum, Winston Roye

Dave Pirner talks exclusively with the Rock & Roll Globe about a busy year put on hold

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Psychedelics Remembrance Rock 

Minneapolis Musical Force Ed Ackerson Has Died

October 5, 2019November 8, 2025 Ken Kurson 0 Comments Ashley Ackerson, BNLX, Ed Ackerson, Husker Du, John Kass, Polara, Problem with Mary, Soul Asylum, Susstones, Syd Barrett, The 27 Various, The Dig, The Replacements, The Slugs, Thee Milkshakes, Twin/Tone

Songwriter-producer-bandleader — and friend-father-husband — felled by cancer

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Alternative Rock Records Rock 

The Replacements: Dead Men Do Wear Plaid

September 24, 2019February 1, 2024 Eric Davidson 2 Comments 1989, Chris Mars, Dead Man's Pop, Don't Tell A Soul, Husker Du, Paul Westerberg, Rhino Records, Sire Records, Slim Dunlap, Soul Asylum, The Replacements, Tom Waits, Tommy Stinson

A look inside the new box set celebrating The Mats’ most polarizing album

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Rock 

Here’s to the TRULY Forgotten Woodstock

August 19, 2019July 29, 2021 Ron Hart 9 Comments 1994, Bethel '94, Bethel Woods, Dave Pirner, Lou Reed, Lucinda Williams, Slim Dunlap, Soul Asylum, The Jayhawks, The Replacements, Victoria Williams, Winona Ryder, Woodstock, Woodstock 94

Talking Bethel ’94 with Soul Asylum’s Dave Pirner

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Alternative Rock Power Pop Punk 

The Reality of What You’ve Heard

April 9, 2019April 12, 2019 Brad Cohan 0 Comments Greg Norton, Husker Du, Minneapolis, Porcupine, Soul Asylum

Hüsker Dü’s Greg Norton joins Twin Cities rock trio Porcupine, greatness ensues

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Punk Rock 

Dave Pirner Still Carries The Torch

July 18, 2018July 19, 2018 Jedd Beaudoin 0 Comments Bob Mould, Dave Pirner, Minneapolis, Omnivore Recordings, Soul Asylum, Twin/Tone

Soul Asylum Frontman Talks Twin/Tone Reissues And Finding Unity In Squalor

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