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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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Jeremy Messersmith is one of Minneapolis’ best songwriters. His new album, The Silver City, is a concept album about the city of Minneapolis and was produced by our beloved Dan Wilson (Trip Shakespeare, Semisonic). Album’s out September 9, but here are a few tracks to get you through the...
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Local Minneapolis group and Ian Anderson project One for the Team celebrate their sophomore album, Build It Up, out today on The Militia Group. Stream tracks at their MySpace. Here’s a live one from their recent stop in my old stomping grounds… One of the Team has all-ages and 21+ CD release...
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Minneapolis adult alternative artist Owen Sartori has been fronting CMJ-charting rock outfits like Push and A Band Called Delicious for more than a decade, but today is his day to shine as a solo artist with the release of Another Beautiful Day in the Cube.
Owen Sartori : “I Knew You’d Come...
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Lucy Michelle and the Velvet Lapelles release their debut LP, “Orange Peels and Rattlesnakes,” tonight at Bedlam Theatre. [via]
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Local metallic rock band Jagged Spiral are gearing up for the release of their debut album, Days From Evil.
With creeping guitar riffs, crunchy bass and haunting vocals that whisper fear into your soul, this album pretty much gives me piss-myself nightmares.
Jagged Spiral : “Forced Entry”...
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Today local postmodern indie rock band Aviette release their second full-length album, The Way We Met, on Draw Fire Records. Working with Minneapolis-based producer Darren Jackson (Tapes n’ Tapes, Kid Dakota, The Hopefuls) helped the group make some lofty steps on their sophomore offering, and early...
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Plagiarists are a five piece indie/alt-rock outfit that formed in the fall of 2004.
While attending St. Olaf College in their hometown of Northfield, Minnesota, members Eric Wilson and Davis Wille (vocals/guitar and lead guitar) met fellow student Mikael Witte (bass guitar). The three found that they...
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Haley Bonar has a new record out on June 10 called Big Star (Afternoon Records), which was recorded in Minneapolis and mixed by Tchad Blake.
Haley Bonar : “Big Star” (mp3)
Haley Bonar w/ Hayden (except Jun 12 CD Release in MN) Jun 10 Local 506 : Chapel Hill, NC
Jun 12 Varsity Theater : Minneapolis...
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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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Sick of all the trip-hop, dance tracks and happy-go-lucky crap I’ve been posting lately? Then check out some punk rock from North Dakota courtesy of a little band I like to call Dingus.
Yep, Dingus.
Last December, Soup Bowl Records released the band’s second full-length album, Please Stand...
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After nearly a decade jamming together, today Minneapolis seven-piece folk/rock band Capitol Jay released their full-length debut, Strangers In My House on Limerick Records. And while I typically don’t sample songs about my cats, it turns out these tracks aren’t about those kind of strangers...
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Our good friends Seymore Saves the World are throwing a CD Release Party for their new album on Royalty, Etc. Records, Right Left Upstairs Alone, on Friday, May 30th at The Varsity Theater with Zibra Zibra, Middlepicker, Solid Gold and The Wars of 1812.
Rumor has it that $10 gets you entrance and a copy...
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Minneapolis songwriter Sam Keenan’s new album, All the Dark Colored Markers Went Dry, is just as colorful and varied as a 64 count Crayola Box.
Favorite tracks include the soft pop “Miracle” and electronic non-trip track “BoomBoomBoom.”
Here are a few tracks to see what...
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Minneapolis band Ghost in the Water are looking forward to their CD release party at Kitty Cat Klub tomorrow, March 21 with Unicorn Dream and Beatrix Jar.
The husband and wife, who also play in Minneapolis band Fitzgerald, are masters of electronic charm pop. Check out the single below.
Ghost in the...