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FAVORITE MINNESOTA EPS OF 2021

January 10, 2022 by Andrew Perrizo in Year End List

2021 is in the rearview mirror, and while it may have been another terrible year for the world, it was an excellent year for Minnesota music. Here is a list of some of our favorite EPs of the year. As with any list, there are obviously things we missed, but we did our best to listen to as much as possible. Enjoy and let us know what your favorites were and what we missed.

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January 10, 2022 /Andrew Perrizo
I/O the ProcessR, Phonics Vol. 2, Rap, Hip-Hop, Twain, Antoine "TWAIN" Perkins, Midwest Mayor, Philip Saint John, Sun Indigo, The Nine-45 Show, Serious Machine, Still We All, indie, rock, EP, EP of the Year, 2021, Nigel T, Left For Dead, Languid, I've Come To Terms With Who I Am, Emo, Inflict, The Fear of Losing Everything, Gully Boys, Favorite Son, Punk, SWRS, You're All But Deceased, Laska, Fader, Gramma, Supertrend, Double Grave, Echinacea, Ludu, The Devil Inside, Drey DK, Peace of Mind, EVV, Gemini, Joe Bartel, Anhedonia, Lobster Planet, I Don't Want to Die Yet, Girls Camp, It's Hip to be Sad, Tuvok The Word, Tuvok the Third, In Lieu, Edible E.P., Justin Courtney Pierre, An Anthropologist On Mars, Glass Eyes, Liminality, Nu Metal, R&B, Kuncky, POV, Nacho Suave, Ignacio EP, Durry
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FAVORITE TWIN CITIES' ALBUMS OF 2020

January 18, 2021 by Andrew Perrizo in Year End List

Music helped us all get through 2020, and while 2021 is off to a rocky start, Twin Cities musicians have proven that they can still put out great albums, even when the rest of the world is falling apart. Here are out favorite albums from 2020.

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January 18, 2021 /Andrew Perrizo
Nur-D, 38th, Chicago Avenue, Mary Bue, The World is Your Lover, PARTITION, Prodigal Gun, North Innsbruck, A Delicate Balance, Brandon Pulphus, Lazenlow, Blind Luck, ROT, ...As One, Elskavon, John Hayes, Du Nord, I/O the ProcessR, Vestiges, Sister Species, Light Exchanges, Brace Cove, Quarantine Comp, Murf, Video Nasties, J.S. Ondara, Folk n' Roll Vol 1 Tales of Isolation, Sarah Morris, All Mine, Harper's Jar, Thank You Ancestor Finger, niiice., Internet Friends, Hard Looks, One Step, Twain, Antoine "TWAIN" Perkins, Central Standard Time, Green/Blue, Wrister, Different Teeth, Pretty Dark, Double Grave, Goodbye Nowhere!, BLOOD $MOKE BODY, Lovesick Animal Online, A.K.A Kobi, American Egos, Mijo, Omens, Born Hated, Double Distilled Happy Hour, Rising Path, Minnesota Cold, Dopesauce, When This is All Over Quarantine Mixtape
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FAVORITE TWIN CITIES' EPS OF 2020

January 11, 2021 by Andrew Perrizo in Year End List

To quote Keith Harris, final music editor for City Pages, “I too have noticed it was a hard year.” Music has made the suffering this year more bearable, even though it was one of the hardest-hit industries. It would be truly impossible to try and list all of the projects we’ve enjoyed this year, but here are just a few of our favorites.

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January 11, 2021 /Andrew Perrizo
Granddad, What Happens After, Astralblak, Space & Time, Allergen, Honesty Hour, Jackson Atkins, Bootstraps, Lucid VanGuard, Golden Eye Empyrean, Admiral Fox, Nowhere Is Safe, Reed Benjamin, Hairlooms, Gowns, The Hollows, Blue Venus, Ear Coffee Sessions, Ear Coffee, Dua Saleh, Rosetta, a mess., Golden Age of Television, Fragile Canyons, Lavender, Zaq Baker, Cardio, Careful Gaze, LOUD HOWLS THE ETERNAL WOLF!, Svance, Alignment, Darren Sipity, Probably Your Cousin, MonoPoleJoe, Hangin' With My Sensis, OKnice, Social Distance
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2019 ALBUM OF THE YEAR

January 06, 2020 by Andrew Perrizo in Year End List

So here is the thing, I like a certain type of music, and though my musical taste has greatly expanded over the last year, These are my favorite albums and EPs of 2019. You’ll find albums no one else included on their year end lists, but you’ll also find albums that EVERYONE has already written about. Ask anyone else and they’ll give you a different list. it’s impossible to set my bias aside. It’s also impossible to include everyone on this list, there are a lot of truly amazing albums I feel bad for leaving off these lists. I listened to over two-hundred albums/EPs from 2019 and relistened to all of them again over the last couple months.All that said, here are my favorite albums and EPs of 2019. Tell me why I’m wrong and what I missed in the comments.

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January 06, 2020 /Andrew Perrizo
Joe Bartel, Vial, Careful Gaze, J.S. Ondara, Nur-D, Lunch Duchess, K.Raydio, Shrimpnose, Ahem, Student 1, The Florists, Lizzo, A Sunken Ship Irony, Last Import, Goodnight Gorillas, Sass, Ka Lia Universe, Oyster World, Coyote Kid, Katy Vernon, Self-Evident
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2019 EPs of the Year

December 30, 2019 by Andrew Perrizo in Year End List

So here is the thing, I like a certain type of music, and though my musical taste has greatly expanded over the last year, These are my favorite albums and EPs of 2019. You’ll find albums no one else included on their year end lists, but you’ll also find albums that EVERYONE has already written about. Ask anyone else and they’ll give you a different list. it’s impossible to set my bias aside. It’s also impossible to include everyone on this list, there are a lot of truly amazing albums I feel bad for leaving off these lists. I listened to over two-hundred albums/EPs from 2019 and relistened to all of them again over the last couple months.All that said, here are my favorite albums and EPs of 2019. Tell me why I’m wrong and what I missed in the comments.

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December 30, 2019 /Andrew Perrizo
Space Monkey Mafia, France Camp, The Way Away, Kate Malanphy, Theyself, Perfume, War Prayer, Kate Malanaphy, NATL PARK SRVC, Bad Bad Hats, K.Raydio, Sonic Sea Turtles, Double Grave, Gully Boys, Unturned, Why Not, Lazenlow, Floodwater Angel, Loneliest Ways, Niiice., OKnice, The Von Tramps
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