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Local Minneapolis folk/rock trio The Danny Jack Fiasco may have started their musical career hooked on Nirvana, but as they’ve matured, they’ve borrowed notes from Dave Matthews, Jason Mraz and I even hear a pinch of Arcade Fire in tracks like “Scared Crow.” The Danny Jack Fiasco...
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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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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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When I’m in the mood for some bloody Brooklyn punk/rock, it’s nice to know I can turn to The Sweet Ones, an emerging three piece from the Borough of Homes and Churches, and their new album, Stay Low. Here’s a video that shows the band in action, followed by our interview with the group…...
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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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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...
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Minneapolis powerpop/punk group Attention have the sound, experience, patience and street cred to be the next MTV poster group.
They’ve toured and made friends with all the right bands, toured internationally and bought their clothes at Goodwill.
The quartet have a tight 6-track EP called Stand...
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The Duke Spirit
Neptune
Label: Shangri-La Music
Release Date: April 8, 2008
The Duke Spirit are unfurling their second album, Neptune, on U.S. ears on April 8 (Shangri-La Music).
I’ll tell ya, there’s nothing like a UK band channeling the California drone rock sound with a pop sensibility...
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You may remember our interview with Minneapolis musician Andrew Jansen from A Paper Cup Band when he mentioned he was working on “a basement sort of cassette tape under my alias Webby Moore.”
Well, it’s here, and it’s called Thinking Season. And if you dig the stylings of Malkmus...