LargeHeartedBoy — Aquarium Drunkard shared an recording of the last Replacements show (July 4, 1991, in Chicago). Bookworm interviews Dave Eggers about his new novel, A Hologram for the King. At the Telegraph, actor Michael Palin lists literary works dealing with mid-... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — The 4th of July has a lot of connotations, but in my own world, I always remember that it’s the day the Replacements broke up. On July 4th, 1991, the Replacements played a show in Grant Park in Chicago. At this point, the version of the band that s... more info

Consequence of Sound — Former Replacements bandmates contributing to benefit album. more info

melophobe — June 15th, 2012 marked my 212th Deer Tick show (give or take some exaggeration,) and to be honest, I thought this might be the show where I didn’t have such a great time. Every single one of the friends that would normally stride into a Tick show w... more info

Here Comes The Flood — With 12 days to go, the Kickstarter campaign for the Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me has already reached its target. Good news for fans of the legendary Memphis band Big Star: BIG STAR: NOTHING CAN HURT ME is a feature-length documentary about legen... more info

Chorus.fm — *Joan Jett (http://www.joanjett.com)* joined *Against Me! (http://www.absolutepunk.net/againstme)* on stage to cover The Replacements' "Androgynous." A video of the cover is in the replies. Submitted by Smash Adams more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by BBG Brooklyn band Nude Beach's new LP II has a a pronounced punk edge, while falling somewhere between the Americana of Tom Petty, Bruce Springsteen and The Replacements. The sunny, well-crafted, and damn-near infinitely playable straight-up rock ... more info

Twangville — “I heard those sirens singing on FM radio, and darlin’ they won’t let me go”- James Wilson “Siren Song”. Amen brother. I can only assume that one of those sirens on FM radio were The Replacements, as they seem to be the biggest new influe... more info

Music For Ants — London-based electro-pop producer Kindness (moniker for Adam Bainbridge) made some waves a couple years back with his chilled-out disco-funk cover of The Replacements classic “Swingin Party”. Instead of turning around a quick album though, he’... more info

Guardian Music — From wide-eyed fun to white-knuckle rides to hell, here are your favourite songs about fairgroundsFairgrounds: places of cheap thrills, danger and excitement, gawdy colours and sharp practices. But places of fun, essentially.So why did punks such as ... more info