Spotlighting Minnesota Music from the Basement Up.
It begins as a somber ballad about a failing relationship. It’s sad and poignant and beautiful. Each track on the record is its own little story, and the band does a great job at not letting themselves get stale. Thank You, I’m Sorry aren’t chasing fame and fortune, they’re just three friends who wanted to have fun and do something they enjoy together.
Read MoreLast month, André Mariette released a short, but very sweet Lo-fi inspired beat tape “Somber Summer.” With 5 tracks clocking in at just under ten minutes, there are many glossy layers to unravel in the production.
Read MoreVisually captivating, the loose narrative of the video for “Castles” cuts between the band performing on stage, and a raw and emotionally acted performance from Nathan Barlow.
Read MoreJust in time for Halloween, singer-songwriter and experimental indie darling Lucas Kurmis has dropped a video for his latest single, “Escape in Someone Else”. A notably big collaborative effort from Lucas, the video is composed of several surreal vignettes, composed by different indie musicians and artists in the Minneapolis scene, and all of which feature shadows.
Read More“I don’t think it interferes with any of the things I do to have different-genre releases under my belt,” says Minneapolis’s resident folk-punker Joe Bartel, idly dispensing sage punk wisdom over a decent-quality Skype call one October night. “People always want to pin bands and musicians to genres. But it’s like, I don’t think artists have to have genres.”
Read MoreTWAIN’s song “Changes” is an optimistic statement that equality will finally come for BIPOC in the United States soon.
Read MoreTwo weeks ago, ‘the Heartbreak Kid’ Logan Micheals dropped his 3rd mixtape titled “Lo-Fi Logan.” As you may expect, the sound of this project is right in the title. Logan Micheals arranges fifteen lofty, smooth riding instrumentals that encapsulates nearly 40 minutes in run time.
Read MoreHarper's Jar have rumbled around the Twin Cities underground for awhile now. Even before putting out their first track, the quick and saucy "Aphrodite," back in 2017, their raucous clattering has boomed from beneath the floorboards of DIY venues and out onto the streets of neighborhoods like Marcy-Holmes and Midway.
Read MoreRemember the quaint ol’ days of quarantinis and toilet paper shortage? Seems like so long ago. I find myself wanting to transport back to that time in order to be able to properly assess the debut album “Potluck” from the local food and jazz enthusiasts, Rabeca.
Read Moreniiice. are honest, self-doubt and scalding self-awareness sold in a family-sized pack. The self-described weed/party-emo band is merely a 3 piece, but when their tight-knit riffs and a big ol’ helping of vox/guitarist, Roddie Gadeberg’s, acrobat sing/shout hit, it’s clear there’s room for anyone to join in.
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