Spotlighting Twin Cities' Music from the Basement Up.
As the world gets more and more crazy it’s nice to know music is there for whatever reason you need it. Even better, the artists that make up the Minnesota scene haven’t stopped writing since I’ve been on a little break. And the digital crate digging brought a lot of discoveries from familiar and new faces.
Read MoreToday’s episode is a bit of a different one. It’s the first episode where I don’t dig into an album with an artist. I came across the Minnesota Original Music Festival a few years back, and was curious to learn more. It seems set up differently from other summer music festivals, and I was excited when the Director Eli Hoehn agreed to come on and talk about it.
Read MoreMetallurgic and transformative, IRON X is refreshingly daring, delightfully electronic, and unconventionally gothic.
Read MoreA short review of six songs featured on the Melodic Noise Media: Minnesota playlist 7/09/25.
Read MoreA short review of six songs featured on the Melodic Noise Media: Minnesota playlist 6/25/25.
Read MoreA short review of six songs featured on the Melodic Noise Media: Minnesota playlist 6/18/25.
Read MoreIt’s not every day you get to spend an hour with one of the greats of the Minneapolis music scene, and Dan Murphy did not disappoint. We talked about how he got into music, his time with Soul Asylum, Golden Smog, his new acclaimed band The Scarlet Goodbye with Jeff Arundel, and much more.
Read MoreA short review of six songs featured on the Melodic Noise Media: Minnesota playlist 6/11/25.
Read MoreA short review of six songs featured on the Melodic Noise Media: Minnesota playlist 5/28/25.
Read MoreOne of the newest trans-focused music venues in the Twin Cities is throwing a birthday party for their close friend, Sam Nordquist, on Sunday, June 1st at 6:30 p.m. I had the privilege of meeting the organizers in their home to learn more about the event, their connections to Sam, and how they turned their place into a transgender music sanctuary.
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