MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK / WHY NOT - CONCERT REVIEW - FEBRUARY 2020
Hey, remember live music/concerts? Here is a review of the last show I attended pre-Covid-19 that for some reason never ended up getting published until now.
Read MoreOF THE ORCHARD "WE'LL BE OKAY TOMORROW" REVIEW AND INTERVIEW
Imagine yourself on a perfectly sunny day cruising down the highway with the windows down and the music cranked to 11. Now imagine the feeling of hanging out with your best pals after school, eating nachos, blasting your favorite songs and singing along wildly as you forget your worries and soak in the moment. That comfort and familiarity of the simple pleasures of life is at work within this album, and it grabs you from the first song and doesn’t let go until the very last notes fade away.
Read MoreTHANK YOU, I'M SORRY "I'M GLAD WE'RE FRIENDS" REVIEW AND INTERVIEW
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 MoreANDRE MARIETTE'S "SOMBER SUMMER" INSTRUMENTAL EP REVIEW
Last 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 MoreGOWNS "CASTLES" MUSIC VIDEO
Visually 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 MoreLUCAS KURMIS "ESCAPE IN SOMEONE ELSE" MUSIC VIDEO
Just 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 MoreJOE BARTEL "ISOSCELES KRAMER II" REVIEW
“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 FT. JAY JEMINII AND SHAINA LACEY "CHANGES" MUSIC VIDEO
TWAIN’s song “Changes” is an optimistic statement that equality will finally come for BIPOC in the United States soon.
Read MoreLOGAN MICHAEL'S "LO-FI LOGAN" REVIEW
Two 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 MoreSx3H.W.A #4: HARPER'S JAR “THANK YOU ANCESTOR FINGER”
Harper'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.
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