MINNESOTA SOUND REVIEWS - 10/15/2025
A short review of six songs featured on the Melodic Noise Media: Minnesota playlist 10/15/25.
Read MoreSleeping Jesus "Shotgun" Album Review
Sleeping Jesus’s third album, and first self produced record, Shotgun, is out now. Following 2022’s Leave the Party Early, and 2023’s Hollywood Smile,Shotgun extends Sleeping Jesus’s signature sound into 2025.
Read MoreMINNESOTA SOUND REVIEWS - 10/1/2025
A short review of six songs featured on the Melodic Noise Media: Minnesota playlist 10/01/25.
Read MoreKaitlin Cassady "North Star" Album Review
With North Star, Kaitlin Cassady avoids the sophomore slump entirely. It’s a record unafraid of vulnerability, of beauty, of speaking plainly about things most people keep buried. By weaving her own experiences into melodies that feel both personal and universal, Cassady invites listeners not just to hear her songs but to find themselves inside them.
Read MoreMINNESOTA SOUND REVIEWS - 9/24/2025
A short review of six songs featured on the Melodic Noise Media: Minnesota playlist 09/24/25.
Read MoreMelodic Noise Insider Podcast: #25 Laura Kiernan (of band Kiernan)
I first heard about her at singer-songwriter Samuel Wilbur's 2024 release show, and she's been making a name for herself in a rather short time. The band just released their debut full-length, Always, I Love You, so I had her on to talk about her journey, several songs on the album, her work with Twin Cities United Performers, and even some soccer talk.
Read MoreEudaemon "Spiritual Anguish" Album Review
The album as a whole is expansive; even on multiple listens I was surprised at how it continues to unfold. It’s a testament to Eudaemon’s songwriting, apparently a band effort, which plays like an homage to memories of bygone rec center basements, Pure Volume profiles, and the Warped Tour side stages in the good good years. Whoever you just thought of, Spiritual Anguish has a riff for you.
Read MoreMINNESOTA SOUND REVIEWS - 9/17/2025
A short review of six songs featured on the Melodic Noise Media: Minnesota playlist 9/17/25.
Read MoreBirth Order "Albatross" Album Review
It is a neat trick when a band on the heavier side of the spectrum can move through multiple moods across the span of a single song without ever losing the plot. Much to my elation, on their new album Albatross, Minneapolis based Birth Order regularly perform this feat with abundant ease.
Read MoreRicardo Papaya Wants You to Listen to The Symptones New EP
Do not and I repeat DO NOT sleep on The Symptones. I have been hearing their name around town but came into this listen pretty blank slated. I like to do that from time to time so I am either pleasantly surprised or on the rare occasion bewildered by what the fuck I just listened to.
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