Nur-D turns First Avenue into the inclusive Club Nur-D

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Whether he just wanted people to dance, addressed his social justice activism work against police brutality, or slowed it down for a love song — all eyes were always on Nur-D. They’d follow him anywhere and I’d probably find my feet walking with as well. This kind of artist doesn’t come along often, especially a homegrown one.

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Fires of Denmark: Mixtape I Review

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Michael has no limits when it comes to his content, and is constantly coming up with new material and collaborating with new artists - as a self described "compulsive writer," his personal record is writing 400 songs in a single year. He expanded on his creative process by mentioning a concept Brian Eno shared with bandmate David Byrne; don't think of songs as architecture, think of it like gardening. Plant your seeds and see what grows. When writing a song, Michael asks each artist for three adjectives and a color they associate with their song. Although he does not have Synesthesia, he strongly associates songs with color. "Sounds have colors in a sense," he explained, "you know what a gold sounds like, how a black song or firey red songs sound, you know?"

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Interview: FairPlay Entertainment and SotaSound Music Festival's Brandon Pulphus

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The Minneapolis music scene is slowly crawling it’s way back from the almost death-blow that was the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic. Hip-Hop’s corner of that scene was no different with several of the venues that gave a platform to up-and-coming MCs to start paying their dues forced to close permanently as the shutdown dragged on. Brandon Pulphus, one of FairPlay Entertainment’s artists, plans to help the rebuilding with more than just his words.

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Early Eyes "Look Alive!"

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Their early music fits perfectly into the indie pop genre, matching the vibes and quality of well-known bands at the height of the indie craze of the 2010s. Naturally, their sound has been shaped and evolved over the years, adding more electronic elements and taking risks by including aspects that push the boundaries of indie pop, such as experimenting with horn lines, something we are seeing becoming popular in indie music in Minneapolis and St. Paul.

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