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FAVORITE TWIN CITIES' ALBUMS OF 2020

January 18, 2021 by Andrew Perrizo in Year End List

Music helped us all get through 2020, and while 2021 is off to a rocky start, Twin Cities musicians have proven that they can still put out great albums, even when the rest of the world is falling apart. Here are out favorite albums from 2020.

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January 18, 2021 /Andrew Perrizo
Nur-D, 38th, Chicago Avenue, Mary Bue, The World is Your Lover, PARTITION, Prodigal Gun, North Innsbruck, A Delicate Balance, Brandon Pulphus, Lazenlow, Blind Luck, ROT, ...As One, Elskavon, John Hayes, Du Nord, I/O the ProcessR, Vestiges, Sister Species, Light Exchanges, Brace Cove, Quarantine Comp, Murf, Video Nasties, J.S. Ondara, Folk n' Roll Vol 1 Tales of Isolation, Sarah Morris, All Mine, Harper's Jar, Thank You Ancestor Finger, niiice., Internet Friends, Hard Looks, One Step, Twain, Antoine "TWAIN" Perkins, Central Standard Time, Green/Blue, Wrister, Different Teeth, Pretty Dark, Double Grave, Goodbye Nowhere!, BLOOD $MOKE BODY, Lovesick Animal Online, A.K.A Kobi, American Egos, Mijo, Omens, Born Hated, Double Distilled Happy Hour, Rising Path, Minnesota Cold, Dopesauce, When This is All Over Quarantine Mixtape
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GOOD COMPANY'S 4/20 SPECIAL: MINNESOTA COLD'S "DOPESAUCE" AND MIJO'S "OMENS"

April 20, 2020 by Paul Thorson in Album Review

Now, for those of you who know me through my writing and my music might be perplexed that I’m writing about a project under my group's moniker. Minnesota Cold has evolved in the decade of its existence. A product of boredom and isolation of the stixxx in rural Minnesota, MC grew into a wide umbrella for a couple “nameless” artists.

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April 20, 2020 /Paul Thorson
Minnesota Cold, Mijo, Dopesauce, Omens, 4/20
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MINNESOTA COLD "LYNDALE" ALBUM PREVIEW

July 08, 2019 by Andrew Perrizo in Album Review

Cohesive but still full of variety, Minnesota Cold’s “Lyndale” perfectly encapsulates what it’s like to live on the infamous street. Blistering through ten tracks in under twenty minutes, “Lyndale” features eight different producers, a fact that could lead to the album feeling disjointed actually adds to each track feeling unique, but apart of a whole.

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July 08, 2019 /Andrew Perrizo
Minnesota Cold, Shon Jarmon, Paul Thorson, Lyndale
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