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MINNESOTA SOUND REVIEWS - 1/28/2026

January 28, 2026 by Andrew Perrizo

A short review of six songs featured on the Melodic Noise Media: Minnesota playlist 01/28/26.

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January 28, 2026 /Andrew Perrizo

FAVORITE MINNESOTA ALBUMS OF 2025

January 26, 2026 by Andrew Perrizo in Year End List

I’m proud of how the Twin Cities has pulled together to help and protect each other when our elected officials refuse. Because of the occupation I haven’t had the mental focus I normally have to put towards Melodic Noise Media, so I didn’t get as many reviews written as I would have liked.

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January 26, 2026 /Andrew Perrizo
John Maus, “Later Than You Think”, “Save Room”, Critterthing, “Delicate Machinery”, Unstable Shapes, “Bloodless”, Samia, “In The Light”, LAAMAR, “CHUNKADELIC”, Nur-D, “The Americana Dream”, Maygen & the Birdwatcher, “The Live Album”, Jillian Rae, “SOMETHING PROFOUND”, anni xo, “Shotgun”, Sleeping Jesus, “The Rub”, Your Smith, “Alan Sparhawk with Trampled by Turtles”, Alan Sparhawk and Trampled by Turtles, “This is My Way to Tell You That Everything Is Real and Happening Right Now”, Daguerrotypes, “Learn to Love Something” Gramma “Dime” Atomic Lights “Sure, Kyrie Nova & The Defiant, “Learn to Love Something”, Gramma, “Dime”, Atomic Lights, “Sure Why Not?”, Mouthful, “I Am Trying to Be a Pool”, ...and Ifound a way, Clover Bloom, afters, Everything Was Beautiful, Anita Velveeta, Liquid Gold, Buckls, BUCKLS, Durry This Movie Sucks, FINICK, Weekends in Purgatory, Future Babel, Cyber Sunday, Giant's Knife, At the End of All Things, Gully Boys, Halfway Down, Make It Up, In Lieu, Hooligan, KYM and the Kick, The Gift of Feeling, Meezy3, Serenity, Motion City Soundtrack, The Same Old Wasted Wonderful World, Poor John Candy, Negative Space, runo plum, patching, Skippy Stone, Candles, snakeworld!, welcome to snakword!
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FAVORITE MINNESOTA EPS OF 2025

January 19, 2026 by Andrew Perrizo in Year End List

2025 was a shitshow, but seems to pale in comparison to how 2026 has started off. ICE is currently occupying the Twin Cities and everything is chaos. I honestly feel guilty for taking time to write about music in this moment. I sincerely hope that this article and the music included in it gives you a chance to rest your mind, come up for air, and refocus on the fight ahead. Here are some of our writers’ favorite EPs of 2025.

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January 19, 2026 /Andrew Perrizo
ep of the year, Careful Gaze, “one day you will let this go”, Slime Monsters from Outer Space, “Battle Songs of the Revolution”, “Fractured Remembrances: Music from the Play”, Dissociate, “Cactus Magnet”, Eldest Daughter, “The Greenway Sessions (Live)”, D.C. Leonhardt, “Deep Sea Diver”, Oceanographer, Gill Weather, “Lamps”, Astronomy Town, “Robot Ghost”, Poison Ivy And The People, “Of the Water”, Conzemius, SLDG, ...Of My Own Design, townsquaremassacre, three songs, bunny blood, Was It Me?, Watercolor, Doll Chaser, Unseam the Rich, Sonic Sea Turtles, EVERYTHING IS CALM, A Sunken Ship Irony, Tangled Smoke, Bathtub Cig, you can smoke if it's hospice, Crush Card, The Plan, Father Melissa, Xxn00bpwnerxX, Fumbler, Orion Riitters, The Desert Ethereal, honeygirl, Chrysalis, Jackson Atkins, Expectation, Mayfly Moon, The Creature, Planer, End, Shrive, Leach, Sophie Hiroko, to the core, Soulkeeper, Join Us In Creating Exellence, Stellala Bea, Playing for Tips EP, sugarcoat, this is all normal, Two Weeks Past Never, Glitterbomb!, Blank Stare, Waking Hours, Zippy Laske
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k3ko "stay with me" Music Video Review

January 06, 2026 by Axove Digital in Music Video Review

On “Stay With Me,” K3KO blends swag and vulnerability, exposing the contradictions at the heart of her lyrics.

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January 06, 2026 /Axove Digital
hiphop, pop, alternative, fusion, K3ko, stay with me
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MINNESOTA SOUND REVIEWS - 1/5/2026 (Not on Spotify)

January 05, 2026 by SUMMIT . in Weekly Playlist

A few short reviews of songs to come out of Minnesota in 2025 that are not available on Spotify.

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January 05, 2026 /SUMMIT .
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MINNESOTA SOUND REVIEWS - 12/31/2025

December 31, 2025 by Andrew Perrizo

A short review of six songs featured on the Melodic Noise Media: Minnesota Sound playlist 12/31/25.

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December 31, 2025 /Andrew Perrizo

MINNESOTA SOUND REVIEWS - 12/17/2025

December 17, 2025 by Andrew Perrizo

A short review of six songs featured on the Melodic Noise Media: Minnesota playlist 12/17/25.

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December 17, 2025 /Andrew Perrizo

2025 Album and EP Considerations List

December 12, 2025 by Andrew Perrizo in Year End List

It’s the 2025 Melodic Noise Album and EP Considerations list! Check to make sure your favorite Minnesota release is on the list.

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December 12, 2025 /Andrew Perrizo
album of the year
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MINNESOTA SOUND REVIEWS - 12/10/2025

December 10, 2025 by Andrew Perrizo

A short review of six songs featured on the Melodic Noise Media: Minnesota playlist 12/10/25.

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December 10, 2025 /Andrew Perrizo

Critterthing Is a “Threat to Your Convenience” on Save Room LP

December 08, 2025 by Jim Byron in Album Review

With an album like Save Room, Critterthing takes you into an uncensored view of the strength, weakness, courage, fear, struggle, and triumph that you can’t extricate from a genuine queer and trans experience.

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December 08, 2025 /Jim Byron
minnesota music, Minneapolis Punk Rock, Poison, critterthing
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