In its
recently released top 10 list, Songkick, an online source of all kinds of concert and band information, rated the Twin Cities as the country's seventh-most happening rock scene.
Songkick mined a database of over 1.8 million concerts from 2010, including everything from alternative music to classic rock, it states on its website. Cities got a score based on how many rock concerts they had over the past year, per capita.
According to the charted results, the Twin Cities notched above Seattle. Austin, Texas was the most musically inclined while Nashville, Tenn. came in tenth. The average price of a concert ticket in the Twin Cities was also among the most reasonable, at just under $12.
About the results, Songkick states on its blog, "We wanted to do a top 10 list that reveals something unexpected about the best places to see a show," adding, "We hope you'll agree that the list is surprising."