soul asylum Archive
09 Jun 2026
Take Five: Timely Alt-rock Songs from Minneapolis
There’s a proud – and sometimes overlooked – tradition of social protest in the lyrics of rock and roll songs. Sometimes listeners merely gloss over what is a direct critique […]
15 Aug 2024
30 Days Out, Aug. 2024 #2: Joe Medwick, Soul Asylum, Lucky Strokes, Ghost-Note
A great locally-based artist, an overlooked indie-rock legend, and two widely-touring acts who love playing Asheville (and come here often). Those are the highlights of music in the next 30 […]
04 Aug 2023
Say What You Will: Dave Pirner and Soul Asylum (Part 2 of 2)
Continued from Part One… The momentum of Grave Dancers Union helped propel Soul Asylum’s 1995 follow-up, Let Your Dim Light Shine even higher on the U.S. album chart, and its […]
03 Aug 2023
Say What You Will: Dave Pirner and Soul Asylum (Part 1 of 2)
It can take years to become an overnight sensation; just ask Dave Pirner. His band began in Minneapolis in 1981 as Loud Fast Rules. Renamed as Soul Asylum, the group […]
14 Aug 2019
Hundred-word Reviews for August 2019, Part Three (Archival)
Time for a look at ten new albums featuring reissued, compilation and/or archival material. Rock, jazz and beyond. Collect ’em all, kids! Soul Asylum – While You Were Out / […]