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Local Minneapolis powerpop group Terramara release their new LP, Dust & Fiction, with a big CD Release Show at Trocaderos this Saturday, Oct. 11 at 8 pm.
Here’s a track off the new album:
Terramara : “The Other Shoe” (mp3) This week we had the opportunity to sit down with group...
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Minneapolis adult alternative rock band Oceans play their EP release show tonight at O’Garas in St. Paul. Here’s a couple tracks off the new EP, Endurance:
Oceans : “Tall and Bulletproof” (mp3)
Stream “The Nightingale” at Localtone Radio
We had the opportunity to chat with...
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Nyteowl started with Minneapolis producer Jeremiah Conlon making demo tracks in Detroit and posting them on Myspace. Tonight marks his first live show under the Nyteowl moniker, including some special guests — local DJ Sovietpanda and bassist T.I.M., at Big V’s.
Here’s the promo mix...
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Sitting in his home studio layering himself atop of himself, tinkering with software and overall just playing good music, Minneapolis musician Keith Lynch just keeps churning out the tunes. You don’t need pro tools when you’ve got it, you know?
Now on his seventh album under the name Unknown...
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Rumor has it, listening to Minneapolis band Military Special’s new EP backwards induces a trance-like coma that forces you to enlist in the armed forces. Best to just play it normally. This week we had the opportunity to chat with the group about the band, the album and camouflage (well, not really...
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Local Minneapolis hip-hop artist Kristoff Krane releases his solo album, This Will Work For Now, on Friday, September 19th with all-ages and 21+ CD Release shows at the 7th St. Entry. He’ll also be selling copies of his professionally bound, 199 page soft-cover book, too.
This week we got the chance...
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Minneapolis band The Van Gobots are releasing their sefl-titled debut EP this Friday at the Uptown Bar with Yer Cronies, Small Cities and Pictures of Then. The EP doesn’t feature a track more than four minutes and spares no rests in the name of musical mutiny. Here are the two lead tracks off the...
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Bloomington, Minnesota’s Constant Velocity have a new album, Muttonhead, out on the Miscellaneous Music label. We had the opportunity to chat with the band about arguments, hatred of Toby Keith and writing songs about Eric Clapton….
Who is Constant Velocity?
Constant Velocity is a three way argument...
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Today I got the opportunity to chat with Minneapolis songwriter Jeremy Messersmith about his new album, The Silver City, which we told you about last week.
What was recording process like for The Silver City? Was it much different than The Alcatraz Kid?
Recording The Silver City was much different than...
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Minneapolis rock band High on Stress are releasing Cop Light Parade on September 2, the long follow up to their acclaimed ‘05 debut, Moonlight Girls. CLP is RIYL Wilco, the Replacements, REM and damn good, midwest, alt-country rock and roll.
We sat down with the group to talk about the new album...
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Minneapolis band Motion City Soundtrack has been around since 1997, which basically makes them a stegosaurus in Warped Tour age. However, MCS continue to be extremely popular, and their current album, Even If It Kills Me, has sold over 119,000+ copies. In between sets, I had the opportunity to interview...
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Minneapolis melodic pop group Popcycle don’t want everyone to love them and care more about making good music than being successful. We could all learn a lot from this band. Popcycle : “Happy as a Clam” (mp3)
Download their new album, Yesterday’s Blast, here for free. Be sure...
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Local prog rock band Pharaohs of Rhythm released their debut EP this month, Signs of Life. Whether multi-part songwriting with crashing symbols, rolling toms, and melodious bass (”The Rabbit”), subtle ambiental moods cut from the So-Cal coast (”You Know the Number”), more traditional...
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Dom Davis, whom you may know from Minneapolis rock/weirdo band The Trimmed Hedges, moved to New York a few months ago and has completed another EP under his solo project name, Dearling Physique.
The EP, called Grey Pools of I, will be released online as a digital download in the coming weeks.
Check out...
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With hints of Queens of the Stone Age, Cardigans and The New Pornographers, Minneapolis group The Small Cities‘ new four-track EP demonstrates a rich cadre of influences and style.
Self-produced and recorded throughout 2007 in various places around Minnesota, hopefully this is a harbinger of good...