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The trio's busy schedules aligned for a fundraiser Saturday at a church in Mound.

The band is squeezing in its Blast Block Party set -- and one and only one Trip Shakespeare song -- amid Dan Wilson's myriad projects.

The “Closing Time” hitmakers will headline the OLL Blast on May 19, a block party outside Our Lady of the Lake Catholic School in Mound.

It’s been five years since former Semisonic bandleader Dan Wilson released his self-produced “Free Life” debut for Rick Rubin’s American Records. Though in no rush to release a second album, he is working on new material. “I do have some new songs, things I’ve been playing live that are certainly going to be on my next record,” says the Minneapolis-born, now-Los Angeles-based tunesmith, who ...

There were plenty of reasons to give thanks at the Butterball, with honorary chairman Josh Hartnett and Semisonic.

"Someone Like You," Adele's hit single co-written and produced by Grammy winning songwriter Dan Wilson

It’s been ten years since we heard from Semisonic. The band's last album, All About Chemistry , was released in 2001 and faired poorly on the North American charts.

"Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end."-- Semisonic No, Minneapolis songwriter Dan Wilson wasn't addressing his hometown Minnesota Vikings ' quarterback situation when he wrote those lyrics just over a decade ago, but they fit quite nicely now. It was also just over a decade ago that Donovan McNabb made his first start in the NFL , leading the Philadelphia Eagles to a 35-28 ...

It’s been ten years since we heard from Semisonic. The band's last album, All About Chemistry, was released in 2001 and faired poorly on the North American charts.

Formed by former members of '80s and '90s Minneapolis greats Trip Shakespeare and Semisonic, The Twilight Hours came onto the local music scene already steeped in the cities' indie tradition.

It's been nearly five years since Justin Timberlake released his super-sultry second solo album FutureSex/LoveSounds, and if you're missing the singing-dancing JT, you may want to get yourself to a theater this weekend to see his raucous rom-com "Friends With Benefits." In the film, Justin's character harbors an odd fascination with the 1998 Semisonic song "Closing [...]