Spotlighting Twin Cities' Music from the Basement Up.
Like many artists in the past two years, Minneapolis veteran emcee Christopher Micheal Jensen had an artistic drought of sorts. The collaboration and atmosphere of live shows withered in the COVID winter, along with many beloved venues we used to call home passed somberly in the cold night.
Read MoreHave You Tried Being Happy surpasses the size of the emcee’s last two projects in the first-days-of-lockdown experiment of The Social Distance and the chilly, late 2019 release of Winter Tape Vol. 1. Oknice’s effort to make a feel-good record falls short on this album, but that goes without saying it’s not filled with heavy doses of dopamine.
Read MoreAs vaccine rates continue to increase around the Twin Cities, more and more people are crawling out of quarantine wanting to do the things they’ve missed since the start of the pandemic.
7th St. Block Party was held and hosted by the Midwest American Shaman CBD Store located at 729 E 7th St, St Paul.
Fire spitting from the rooftops touches the hazy overcast shining an indigo light in Philip Saint John’s newest release. “Sun Indigo” hosts a busy symphony of soft, warm melodies alongside a crisp-as-summer-rain vocal performance from Philip Saint John.
Read MoreDropping before the heat started to kick in, Knucky gives us a sizzling sample of what’s to come around the Twin Cities this summer. The Southside emcee and founder of YOUNGTRIBE ENT delivers a 6 track project including production from Andre Mariette, Pablo, Rich Lee, Mr. Parker, and engineered by Eric Griffen.
Read MoreThe Mill City Collective seems to have an early harvest this year. Before the ground was even thawed the Minneapolis-based group had the soundwaves heating up. Reed Benjamin’s “RXB” in late February produced the first crop of ripe fruit. A month and a change later, FreshVs Sellers pulled the roots out of the ground giving us some Fresh Beats.
Read MoreWith more than 3 separate decades in the game, Dave Capaciti is opening the vault and adding another LP to the stack. One-half of the group earlybirds and member of HECATOMBS, Capaciti serves an LP with smooth synthetic bangers while mixing his high octave, gravelly vocal inflection in Mannequins. Being at such a ripe age, you would assume fatigue would set in for the emcee, but it’s the contrary.
Read MoreLiz and I cover new releases and release set to drop. We also talk about our Melodic Noise Livestream Fundraiser this Friday, April 2nd. To highlight the long-awaited release of “LATENITEHOOPTYMUSIK” I recover a year-old interview I did with Ajani Abstrakt last March before COVID-19 compelled Ajani to delay the release of the Album.
Read MoreOne of the busiest artists in the Twin Cities recently added to his growing number of EPs. Reed Benjamin released “RXB” on February 22. Initially set to drop on Valentine’s day, Reed chose to forgo the February 14th release date in favor of an 8-day delay in order to fine-tune the final mixes and tracklist.
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