Spotlighting Minnesota Music from the Basement Up.
Evoking the endless energy of a childhood sugar buzz, each fuzzy-alt-pop track of “Try Again” is like listening to flickering memories of my younger carefree self, running full speed and out of control through sunlit days.
Read MoreWith a heavy serving of East Coast vibes blended with silky Latino instrumentation, Mic Dos packs plenty of content in the twenty two minute run time that makes up his newest release “Concrete Trees.” The New York native turned to a nomadic emcee that has also resided in Georgia and Illinois, but settled in Minneapolis and brought his charismatic flow and tight bars with him.
Read MoreIt’s 2019 and NATL PARK SRVC has been incredibly busy putting out three fantastic EPs: “Oliver” (March), “Psychic Friends Fair” (August), and “The Future is Now” (November). Both “Psychic Friends Fair” and “The Future is Now” are impossibly hooky EPs, with riffs that will grab your attention and have vocal lines that will have you humming a week later.
Read MoreCycling through intimate introspective moments to fun and invigorating tracks, “Love, Again” shares pieces of Chase Vibes’ life and the steps he took to get where he is today. On the ten tracks spanning nearly 40 minutes, the Northside emcee brings together a multitude of features from five artists that help compliment Chase’ story throughout the Album. “Love, Again” is wrapped in good vibes and love.
Catchy hooks, clever phrasing, and complex emotions; Lunch Duchess’ album “Crying for Fun,” released in August, provides a melodramatically fun listen no matter what your mood. “Crying for Fun” contains super catchy vocal performances from Katharine Seggerman, especially on the back-to-back tracks of “Ride or Die” and “Better.”
Read MoreBeautifully flawed and a party in every track; Walrus the Human’s project “Andretti” gives high energy, in-your-face instrumentals that are married with even higher energy and animated vocal performances from the B&E- based artist. Walrus the Human shows his vocal range in “Andretti” with not only having intense, fast-paced flows and stacked rhyme schemes, he also shows off his skills in harmonizing and singing deranged, but creamy bridges, choruses, and backing tracks throughout the album.
Read MoreBouncing between pop-punk, ska, and even a bit of reggae, “Sun’s Out, Strung Out!” is full of surf rock guitars, gang vocals, and big choruses, making it a perfect summer EP to take to the lake, blast in your car with the windows down, or to sound track your grill out by the pool. “Sun’s Out, Strung Out!” is a concept album about summer and the life cycle of a relationship, going from the nerve wracking moment of asking someone out to looking back and wondering what went wrong and who’s to blame.
Read MoreFormidable and full of raw, honest emotions, “Soak” is a six track journey through sadness that will lift you up and leave you feeling empowered. Kate Malanaphy’s latest project is brutally melancholic and awesomely expressive. Each song features Kate’s impressively emotive voice and piano creating an intimate and raw feeling to the recordings.
Read MoreMelancholy, but bright and optimistic, the Minneapolis Emcee Orphan Andy swings through anxiousness and self-realization in his album “God Love Money.” Ominous and heavy production; live strings, pianos, and jabbing horns accompany the heavy 808’s and the overall grand production.
Read MoreLike a hazy dream you want to revisit, Lazenlow’s “w/a/v/e/s” is dark, playful, and beautiful. More than just an interestingly spelt title, waves also describes the pulsing crash of beats washing over you again and again, but also the way the subgenres of the songs change from track to track.
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