Spotlighting Twin Cities' Music from the Basement Up.
2025 was a shitshow, but seems to pale in comparison to how 2026 has started off. ICE is currently occupying the Twin Cities and everything is chaos. I honestly feel guilty for taking time to write about music in this moment. I sincerely hope that this article and the music included in it gives you a chance to rest your mind, come up for air, and refocus on the fight ahead. Here are some of our writers’ favorite EPs of 2025.
Read MoreEvery year I say I'm going to start this project long before I actually do. 2024 was just full of so many great Minnesota projects that I couldn't stop listening long enough to sit down and write about them. The honorable mentions list contains a lot of artists I really wanted to write full reviews of, but just ran out of time and words. Let's hope 2025 has as many awesome projects.
Read More2023 can best be described as hectic. So much happened in the last year and so much amazing music was released. It was an impossible feat trying to keep up with it all. The writers at Melodic Noise Media did our best, these are just a few of our favorite EPs released by the Minnesota music scene in 2023.
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