Spotlighting Twin Cities' Music from the Basement Up.
May is here! So is warmer weather (to stay, we hope) and more great music from the Land of 10,000 Lakes. Some are from old favorite artists of mine and others I discovered through the magic that is social media and thought, “Yes! Need!”
Read MoreIt’s kind of hard to top a night like this! It was a really good mix of styles, genres and approaches to music—-but each band is masters of their respective crafts. There is a little something for everyone in a bill like this—-this would be a real rockin’ lineup for the Minneapolis Open Streets Festival along Lyndale Avenue (hint, hint).
Read MoreSo here’s my Soul Asylum story. In 1988/1989, I was a freshman at Apple Valley High School. Just a few minutes south of Minneapolis/St Paul. One day, I walked into my freshman Art Class. My friend, Susan, ran up to me.
Read MoreFebruary 26th at the 7th Street Entry was the album release show of Loki’s Folly's debut album, “Sisu.” A trio-powerhouse of siblings: Annie on guitar and vocals channeling Joan Jett of the Runaways, with Kat Bjelland of Babes in Toyland, giving the band a straight one, two knock out punch. Nissa on drums, who can give any Alex Van Halen a run for their money, and Oskar on bass, keeping the band in line and on task.
Read MoreFirst off, if you haven’t been to the Aster Cafe, you need to go! Its such a warm place. A bit coffee house, a bit bar, and a fantastic sound. I think every performer I’ve seen there sounds excellent. Plus you get the added views of Minneapolis’ oldest cobblestone street and the Minneapolis skyline
Read MoreThe snow has come and gone yet again, but luckily the new music discovery doesn’t stop either. There’s some new 90s-inspired but current sounding alternative rock, some quality R&B from a very prolific artist, some escape-ready ambient music, and so much more. The hardest about these list is cutting down to just 10 songs.
Read MoreA short review of six songs featured on the Melodic Noise Media: Minnesota Sound playlist 4/5/23.
Read MoreFrom gentle guitar melodies and fuzzy vocalization, to underlying synthesized moments that lead into total distortion, Liam Armstrong, otherwise known as skipperwizard, has created a soundscape of a world that is entirely their own.
Read MoreA short review of six songs featured on the Melodic Noise Media: Minnesota Sound playlist 3/29/23.
Read MoreThus begins the first entry of this collection of poetry, pornography, and political theory, centered around the rallying cry, “Make the Golf Course a Public Sex Forest!” Originally born from opposition to the environmental disaster known as the Hiawatha Golf Course (a questionable use of urban land in South Minneapolis that requires pumping hundreds of millions of gallons of groundwater to prevent it from sinking back into its original wetland state), this eye-catching, provocative slogan serves as theme and title for a 29-entry collection of queer, arousing, thought-provoking writing.
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