Spotlighting Twin Cities' Music from the Basement Up.
Once more, we are looking back at our favorite Minnesota releases of 2022. The hardest part of this project is always trying to think of new ways to say “This album fucking slaps, check it out.” So definitely check out the Honorable Mentions as well, because I just ran out of ways to compliment these amazing albums.
Read MoreSo 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.
Read MoreCatchy hooks, clever phrasing, and complex emotions; Lunch Duchess’ album “Crying for Fun,” released in August, provides a melodramatically fun listen no matter what your mood. “Crying for Fun” contains super catchy vocal performances from Katharine Seggerman, especially on the back-to-back tracks of “Ride or Die” and “Better.”
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