Recent blog posts about The Melismatics from music blog aggregator, Elbo.ws http://elbo.ws/artist/melismatics/ 2012-02-15T06:09:03+01:00 text/html 2012-01-19T18:10:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4000158/tonight-in-la-forrest-day-civil-twilight-blazing-45s-owen/
Your Thursday show menu: Experimental pop/soul/jazz troubadour Forrest Day visits the Satellite, along with indie-rock tribute band Black Crystal Wolf Kids and Whiskey Saints. That's Day's bizarre-but-cool video for "Sleepwalk," above. South African trio Civil Twilight does an early show at the Bootleg Bar. DJs Peanut Butter Wolf and Rich Medina (and more) team up for a night of big tunes on small platters "Blazing 45s" at the Echo. Also: [...]]]> text/html 2012-01-10T14:00:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3977877/the-melismatics-redefine-their-sound-on-their-new-album-mania/
The Melismatics' songs aren't simple at all. They're intricate, jumping from one thought to another, and yet, they're easily adaptable to the most conservative of ears. This, of course, i]]> text/html 2011-10-21T15:33:43+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3806221/minnesota-does-cmj-doomtree-me-my-arrow-melismatics-rock/
Photos by Allegra OxboroughDoomtree's Mike MictlanBY ALLEGRA OXBOROUGHBrooklyn took two heaping spoonfuls of Minneapolis this Wednesday at the CMJ marathon. Early in the day the Green Room Music Sour]]> text/html 2010-08-27T20:00:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/2782499/weekend-diversions/
Photo by Kirstie Shanley Hey Chicago! Just because summer is winding down doesn't mean there's a shortage of awesome shows to attend! This weekend we highlight The 1900s at Lincoln Hall , the Velcro Lewis Group at Saki , Down-Fi at the Double Door and more! Let's get to it, shall we? FRIDAY [...]]]> text/html 2010-07-27T19:03:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/2713131/your-love-is-a-poison-video-the-melismatics/
One acronym might best sum up The Melismatics new video for "Your Love Is A Poison": OMG! (credit: Mike Minehart) I think I'm going to go watch Tron now... and listen to some more Melismatics. Links The Melismatics - Website / Myspace]]> text/html 2010-07-26T14:26:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/2709999/tonight-the-melismatics-single-video-release-and-more/
Didn't that photo just catch your eye? If so, you should head over to the Kitty Cat Klub tonight to witness what I'd consider one the most highly anticipated single + video releases of the summer. The Melismatics are premiering the Tron-themed video for their hot new single "Your Love is a Poison". The band [...]]]> text/html 2010-06-19T18:58:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/2631257/communist-daughter-and-melismatics-in-the-news/
Happy Saturday all! A couple righteous news interviews came out this last week with two of the Twin Cities best bands: Communist Daughter and The Melismatics. We just thought we'd share. Communist Daughter just got voted MetroMix's "best band in the Twin Cities," hence, the coverage. The interview with the Melismatic's Ryan Smith was shot at [...]]]> text/html 2010-03-12T02:12:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/2397923/pony-from-the-melismatics-featured-on-wcco-about-being-a/
Yesterday evening's WCCO newscast featured a story on Kathie "Pony" Hixon-Smith from The Melismatics. Pony has been an established musician in the Twin Cities music scene for over a decade, yet she was also raised by deaf parents. WCCO interviewed Pony and her parents on the subject, which you can watch and read about on [...]]]> text/html 2010-02-23T01:16:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/2355148/vote-for-the-melismatics-to-be-played-on-mtvu/
Back in December we brought you a quick look at "Digging Deep", a trippy new video by Minneapolis mainstays The Melismatics. Their video is currently in an online voting competition with 4 other artists on mtvU's "The Freshmen" with the top vote-getter for this week being added into mtvU's regular video rotation. (Wait, there's an MTV [...]]]> text/html 2010-02-08T18:01:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/2319727/seein-the-scene-a-weekly-look-at-the-twin-cities/
Seein' the Scene is a (typically) weekly photographic presentation featuring images from some of the best local rock concerts Minnesota has to offer. These images are captured through the lens of Minneapolis rock photographer Mike Minehart. We welcome comments. More images from these shows can often be viewed at www.mikeminehart.com. The Melismatics % The Varsity Theater [...]]]> text/html 2010-02-02T15:54:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/2304974/seein-the-scene-a-weekly-look-at-the-twin-cities/
Seein' the Scene is a (typically) weekly photographic presentation featuring images from some of the best local rock concerts Minnesota has to offer. These images are captured through the lens of Minneapolis rock photographer Mike Minehart. We welcome comments. More images from these shows can often be viewed at www.mikeminehart.com. Anchorage % Station 4 in St. [...]]]> text/html 2010-01-13T21:09:19+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/2256389/rock-the-cause-building-a-new-generation-of-volunteerism/
Rock the Cause is a non-profit organization aiming to raise awareness, visibility, and membership for non-profits through Rock and Roll. Scott Herold, CEO of Rock the Cause, realized a need to involve the young generations with their community as the baby boomers retire. Rock the Cause takes a grass roots route by using Rock and Roll to engage younger generations to take notice and volunteer in their community. Rock the Cause aims to create awareness and to generate an aspiring attitude in youth. Thus far, Rock the Cause has shown significant impact through their events: 40% of audience [...]]]> text/html 2010-01-05T17:51:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/2235776/a-new-year-a-new-time-for-rock-n-roll/
For many people around the world the beginning of a new year marks the beginning of new resolutions, a time when people reflect on actions of the previous year and resolve to make the world around them a better place. Here in the state of Minnesota we have an organization that commits itself to the [...]]]> text/html 2009-12-21T18:52:41+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/2209813/seein-the-scene-a-weekly-look-at-the-twin-cities/
Seein' the Scene is a (typically) weekly photographic presentation featuring images from some of the best local rock concerts Minnesota has to offer. These images are captured through the lens of Minneapolis rock photographer Mike Minehart. We welcome comments. More images from these shows can often be viewed at www.mikeminehart.com. The Italian Hot Drawers % The [...]]]> text/html 2009-12-10T20:35:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/2185976/digging-deep-video-the-melismatics/
What more can I say, this just made my day. If you haven't already, don't forget to snag an mp3 of The Melismatics song "Soul Sucker" from the Borangutan Downloads page. Links The Melismatics - Website / Myspace]]> text/html 2009-11-08T01:20:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/2109621/seein-the-scene-a-weekly-look-at-the-twin-cities/
(Seein the Scene is a weekly photographic presentation featuring images from some of the best local rock concerts Minnesota has to offer. These images are captured through the lens of local rock photographer Mike Minehart. We welcome comments. More images from these shows can often be viewed at www.mikeminehart.com.) Link - Joey Ryan and the Inks Link [...]]]> text/html 2009-10-17T20:11:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/2061249/seein-the-scene-a-weekly-look-at-the-twin-cities/
(Seein the Scene is a weekly photographic presentation featuring images from some of the best local rock concerts Minnesota has to offer. These images are captured through the lens of local rock photographer Mike Minehart. We welcome comments. More images from these shows can often be viewed at www.mikeminehart.com.) Link - 500 Miles to Memphis Link - [...]]]> text/html 2009-09-24T17:58:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/2009612/seein-the-scene-a-weekly-looks-at-the-twin-cities/
(Seein the Scene is a weekly photographic presentation featuring images from some of the best local rock concerts Minnesota has to offer. These images are captured through the lens of local rock photographer Mike Minehart. We welcome comments. More images from these shows can often be viewed at www.mikeminehart.com.) Link - Ari Herstand Link - Tyrone Wells Link [...]]]> text/html 2009-09-16T19:57:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/1991531/seein-the-scene-a-weekly-look-at-the-twin-cities/
(Seein the Scene is a weekly photographic presentation featuring images from some of the best local rock concerts Minnesota has to offer. These images are captured through the lens of local rock photographer Mike Minehart. We welcome comments. More images from these shows can often be viewed at www.mikeminehart.com.) Link - Ready Goes Link - Roster McCabe Link [...]]]> text/html 2009-09-02T23:04:20+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/1962529/seein-the-scene-a-weekly-look-at-the-twin-cities/
(Seein the Scene is a weekly photographic presentation featuring images from some of the best local rock concerts Minnesota has to offer. These images are captured through the lens of local rock photographer Mike Minehart. We welcome comments. More images from these shows can often be viewed at www.mikeminehart.com.) Link - The Invincible Kids Link - Ready [...]]]>