Writing a hit song is a tricky and unpredictable task, and often happens by accident. Semisonic frontman Dan Wilson knows all about that. In 1998, the band’s song “Closing Time," seemingly about ...

As we know by now, the Trump administration’s grasp of popular music is literal at best, nauseating at worst, and confusing always. After a summer of President Trump dancing to “YMCA”—but not doing ...

Semisonic said it did not authorize and does not condone the White House's using its hit "Closing Time" in a video that appears to depict deportation, the band said in a statement Monday. The video, ...

It’s “Closing Time” time! Feeling Strangely Fine, the second album from Minneapolis pop-rockers Semisonic — and the one that gave us the aforementioned endlessly quotable anthem — turned 20 years old ...

The rock trio say their song was used without permission in a social media post showing a shackled deportee. The members of Semisonic are not supporters of Donald Trump, or at least of the way he's ...

“It’s weird because if there are 20 songs from the ’90s that still get played at The Home Depot, ‘Closing Time’ is definitely one of those. It’s like, ‘How did that happen?’” That question is an ...

Local favorites Semisonic, country star Phil Vassar and one of the Ramones are among the artists set to play the Minnesota State Fair’s largest free stage, the Leinie Lodge Bandshell. The State Fair’s ...