The finest moments here use moody, minor-key riffs to mesmerize you and wrap you in the same trudging worry as the narrators of these songs. Darren Jackson has been performing as Kid Dakota for some time now, and on Listen to the Crows as They Take Flight, you see how comfortable he's become. He's got his understated indie-pop sound down, and it works for him when it remains subtle. The album opens with on a somber yet promising note when on "Dawn Did Us Apart", he groans, "I moved back in with my parents / what else could I [...]
So this is the new year And I have no resolutions For self assigned penance For problems with easy solutions - Death Cab for Cutie
Approximately 10 years after the release of his debut EP So Pretty, Kid Dakota's fourth album Listen To The Crows as They Take Flight is out today on Graveface Records. With a decade worth of vocal h
BY RYAN PAUL PLEWACKISpecial to Gimme NoiseI've been fortunate to have worked on a few projects with Darren Jackson over the course of the last year. There had been small hints and mentions of a new
The Honeydogs have a long history behind them, with 10 studio releases under their belt and 16 years' worth of time well-spent laying down bricks in the Minnesota music scene. They are the sort
The long days of what has been a brutally hot and humid summer for many areas of the United States, Europe and Russia are beginning to wane as August tips towards September. Millions of kids are going back to school, people are returning from vacations, and millions more are hoping that the autumn brings more [...] Related posts:Summer 2010 Mixtape, Vol. V: Wavves, Band of Skulls, The Cars, Cold War Kids, Roxy Music, Glasvegas, The Decemberists, Modest Mouse Summer 2010 Mixtape, Vol. II: Animal Collective, The Drums, Jay-Z, Magic Kids, The Flaming Lips, Spoon, LCD Soundsystem, Radio Dept.Vol [...]
A review and videos from this weekend's pair of contrasting sets by Kid Dakota.

Don Henley - My Thanksgiving Adam Sandler - Thanksgiving Song Mason Proper - Life's Cornucopia

Tapes N' Tapes close their Twin Cities tour tonight @ The Turf Club. They also made a great local mix-tape which you can find below for a very limited time. Don't hesitate as they will be removed soon. in celebration of our tour of the twin cities we put together a mixtape of our 'tourmates' and some of our favorite bands from minneapolis/st. paul. thanks to all of the bands for giving us permission to give you their songs. grab it fast, cause it's only gonna [...]

The Twin Cities very own "Wise Latina", Maria Isa headlines Pizza Luce Block Party with F*ck Knight , MC/VL,Kid Dakota and others. Pizza Luce Block Party Sat. Aug. 8th Free Maria Isa - "Caramelo" -mp3 Kid Dakota - "10,000 Lakes" -mp3 MC/VL - "Cold Check (live on 89.3) -mp3

Should be a great time, with highlights Fuck Knights, Hobo Nephews, Me & My Arrow and MC/VL ..
Fuck Knights, Kid Dakota, and Maria Isa make the annual pizza party as eclectic as ever.

Almost time for this weekend's launch of Shuttle Endeavour so as usual we'll be away until after the launch. The weather is looking fairly iffy this far in advance, but being it's Florida the rule is wait ten minutes and check again. We'll effort to resume the posts(we better, the music is really piling up) sometime early next week. Launch time is 7:39pm Saturday evening, so if you are in the area be sure to stop by and catch the show. Stars [...]
Local indie rockers Two Harbors will be releasing their new album All The Places We Would Rather Be this Friday evening at the Uptown Bar. The new album was produced by local mainstay Ed Ackerson of Polara and Susstones Records. Some of you may know Two Harbors by their old name, Colonial Vipers Attack, but [...]

MPSHOWS.COM PRESENTS RETRIBUTION GOSPEL CHOIR Retribution Gospel Choir plays loud and sings in key. Live, two minute pop songs run into psychedelic improvisations and drum-n-bass-heavy dub. $10.00 ADVANCE TICKETS / $12.00 DAY OF SHOW Also appearing: KID DAKOTA & THE CHAMBERMAIDS March 04, 2009 (Wed) 18+ | 9:00 PM | $10.00