Spotlighting Twin Cities' Music from the Basement Up.
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 MoreThe 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 MoreA short review of six songs featured on the Melodic Noise Media: Minnesota playlist 9/17/25.
Read MoreIt 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 MoreDo 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.
Read MoreA short review of six songs featured on the Melodic Noise Media: Minnesota playlist 9/03/25.
Read MoreRobot Ghost rejects tidy conclusions. The EP flickers with hope but refuses to extinguish discomfort; listeners move alongside the protagonist, drifting from dissociation and exhaustion to flashes of hope and rebellion. Each song becomes a new confession, a small act of resistance against self-destruction and collective despair.
Read MoreA short review of six songs featured on the Melodic Noise Media: Minnesota playlist 8/27/25.
Read MoreWithin 15 seconds I had my first internal ‘Whoa.” I was watching the Devon Worley Band’s brand new music video for their anthemic “Up On The Mountain,” directed by Rory O’Neill, and the images I was absorbing gave that feeling you get on Christmas Day when you open up a present that wasn’t on your list, but it ends up being your favorite.
Read MoreFrom the outset, “four friends say nothing” presents an identifiable and replicable sound, melding influences of modern psychedelic with titans of (what is now considered) classic rock. This cohesiveness is partly due to river sinclaire’s reverb-heavy production and scratchy distortion, but there is also a confidence to their songwriting exemplified by their relative minimalism.
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