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Local Minneapolis indie rock band Mightly Fairly release their new disc, Big Words and Power Chords, this Friday with a CD release show at Bunkers. More than just a one night stand, this is a band worth taking home to meet Mom and Dad.
This week we had the opportunity to chat with lead vocalist and ...
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Local Minneapolis rockers The Bill Mike Band are releasing their new album, Truce (Drawfire Records) on November 14th with a CD Release Party at Cedar Cultural Center with Hummingbird, Ill Chemistry, Gary Wayrans (Jelloslave) and The Family Unit Juggling Troop. Here’s a track off the new album...
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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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Austin alt-rock band Goldcure is on the rise. With their debut album, Portuguese Prince (Sorin Records), charting at #4 on the Commercial Specialty Charts and a robust tour throughout the midwest and east coast, it’s only a matter of time before your friends are humming the chorus of the single...
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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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What is Beware Fashionable Women?
We’re an LA four piece band playing what we would define as indie music. Okay, “indie” — but how would you describe your sound?
BFW has been described as a combination of several influential bands, among them: The Violent Femmes, Weezer, The Beach...
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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...