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Andy's Songs of the North Playlist Reviews - September 2023

September 05, 2023 by Andrew Ellis in Album Review

September is here as well as the blazing heat. Luckily I was able to find some more music to help you through these last days of summer, and into the beginnings of a crisp autumn. There’s some punk rock, R&B, doom metal, and more.

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September 05, 2023 /Andrew Ellis
singer songwriter, Minneapolis music scene, Hip-Hpp, Songs of the North, hip-hop, pop, R&B, Brynn Andre, Fathom Lane, Twain, The Heiruspecs, Jay Jeminii, Molly Brandt, Oister Boy, Grief Collector, Mae Simpson, Scalise, Carolyne, Carolyne Naomi
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FAVORITE MINNESOTA EPS OF 2021

January 10, 2022 by Andrew Perrizo in Year End List

2021 is in the rearview mirror, and while it may have been another terrible year for the world, it was an excellent year for Minnesota music. Here is a list of some of our favorite EPs of the year. As with any list, there are obviously things we missed, but we did our best to listen to as much as possible. Enjoy and let us know what your favorites were and what we missed.

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January 10, 2022 /Andrew Perrizo
I/O the ProcessR, Phonics Vol. 2, Rap, Hip-Hop, Twain, Antoine "TWAIN" Perkins, Midwest Mayor, Philip Saint John, Sun Indigo, The Nine-45 Show, Serious Machine, Still We All, indie, rock, EP, EP of the Year, 2021, Nigel T, Left For Dead, Languid, I've Come To Terms With Who I Am, Emo, Inflict, The Fear of Losing Everything, Gully Boys, Favorite Son, Punk, SWRS, You're All But Deceased, Laska, Fader, Gramma, Supertrend, Double Grave, Echinacea, Ludu, The Devil Inside, Drey DK, Peace of Mind, EVV, Gemini, Joe Bartel, Anhedonia, Lobster Planet, I Don't Want to Die Yet, Girls Camp, It's Hip to be Sad, Tuvok The Word, Tuvok the Third, In Lieu, Edible E.P., Justin Courtney Pierre, An Anthropologist On Mars, Glass Eyes, Liminality, Nu Metal, R&B, Kuncky, POV, Nacho Suave, Ignacio EP, Durry
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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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TWAIN FT. JAY JEMINII AND SHAINA LACEY "CHANGES" MUSIC VIDEO

October 28, 2020 by Andrew Perrizo in Video Premiere

TWAIN’s song “Changes” is an optimistic statement that equality will finally come for BIPOC in the United States soon.

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October 28, 2020 /Andrew Perrizo
Twain, Antoine "TWAIN" Perkins, Jay Jeminii, Shaina Lacey, Changes, Rap, Hip-Hop
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A NIGHT OVER SOUTH 2019

Fallout Urban Art Center
May 13, 2019 by Andrew Perrizo in Show Review

A Night Over South returns May 18, 2019 to the Fallout Urban Art Center (2609 Stevens Ave. S) with headliner Skip Grandz, and performances by Elique Vaughn and Cariah Brinaé. A Night Over South will be collecting non-perishable food items from all attendees, talent and staff to benefit the FUAC food shelf. An all local line-up makes this one of the must see Hip-Hop events of the summer. We chatted with Skip Grandz earlier this month about their career, influences, and what it means for them to be headlining A Night Over South.

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May 13, 2019 /Andrew Perrizo
Skip Grandz, Cariah Brinae, Elique Vaughn, Amber Ace Cleveland, Fallout Urban Art Center, Twain, A Night Over South 2019
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