Arguably the biggest band to come out of Minneapolis right now, Motion City Soundtrack is on their way back home after completing the first half of their Spring headlining world tour that took them through much of the US, with an additional series of dates in Australia and Japan. Here's a video from their final [...]
It seems no matter how often I search or how vigilant I stand, great music always seems to slip through the cracks. It's just too easy to get overwhelmed by the volume of music in the digital age, and at some point we all thank our lucky stars for people out there who shove something [...]
How's this for nerdy-cool? Minneapolis's own Mark Mallman just had his song "Do You Feel Like Breaking Up?" approved and added to the Rock Band 2 network, which means you can now buy it and play it yourself! We also found this video of an early play-test of the song on the Interwebs for you, [...]
The Alarmists return for their first local show in two months tonight at The Varsity alongside The Farewell Circuit, Greycoats, and Mercer. Be there or be a hexagonal prism. (Note: You probably don't want to be a hexagonal prism.) P.S. - Want to score a copy of Greycoats' album Setting Fire To The Great Unknown but lacking [...]
Twin Cities rockers Camera Can't Lie released at the tail end of last year a new video for their song "Days & Days," a visual commentary on the effects of the wars overseas on soldiers' families here at home. Recently bassist Kyle Lindsay provided a statement describing the impetus for the video, and in times [...]
Our pals over at Northern Outpost just threw up some live footage they recorded of Minneapolis' self-evident. Great stuff as always. Self-evident plays tonight at the 501 Club with The Yoleus, Guzzlemug, and Power of 2. Links self-evident - Website / Myspace Northern Outpost - Website
Did you know that Daytrotter has done in-studio sessions with quite a few MN and MN-connected artists? Take a gander at what all we've found in their archive of nearly 1000 sessions, all of which feature free downloadable in-studio recordings of new, old, or otherwise unreleased songs by each artist. We love everyone who shows love [...]
Minneapolis's ever-buzzing Solid Gold recently unveiled their video for "Matter of Time", a new single available for free download via Green Label Sound. The video also just made its way onto YouTube, and we've embedded it below for your convenience. Solid Gold will be featured at Green Label Sound's official SXSW showcase in a few weeks, [...]
What does it mean to be a rock star in 2010? I remember growing up in the 1990's when there were plenty of persons that I considered synonymous with rock star, like Chris Cornell, Eddie Vedder, Kurt Cobain, and even Rivers Cuomo to name a few. Thinking back on the 1980's it even seemed clearer. [...]
If you missed out on Portugal. The Man's recent performance at the Varsity Theater and find yourself starved for P.TM material, then we have some good news. Not only does P.TM's new album American Ghetto drop today, but the band has also offered fans a free download of their new single "The Dead Dog." To [...]
We just caught word about a March miniseries being put on by Minneapolis' The Goondas, occurring every Wednesday night during the month of March at the 501 Club. If you haven't yet been acquainted with The Goondas, then now is the time. A few weeks back we made known that they come highly recommended in [...]
Editors Note: After their recent acoustic show at The Fineline Music Café, I had the opportunity to sit down with the lead singer, David Lowery of Cracker. The musician, best known for his sardonic, dry-witted lyrics, proved to be a charming, laid back figure in real life, with an unusual insight into characterization and the [...]
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. Skyler Stonestreet % The Fineline in [...]
One of the great things about living in the Twin Cities must be the crazy amounts of artistic sneak previews we receive every year. Be it film, music, performing art, or otherwise, we're truly spoiled! Case in point, this coming Wednesday evening's Sound Unseen sponsored screening of The White Stripes - Under Great White Northern [...]
When trying to describe the electropunk-industrial-metal of OBCT, I can't but be reminded of the old expression, "Everything but the kitchen sink." With layer upon layer of drums, guitars, keyboards and vocals I get the feeling that the proverbial "kitchen sink" must be in the mix somewhere. I recently had the chance [...]
"Hurricane" is a video from South Carolina's NEEDTOBREATHE, and happy I was to find this recently dropped in the ebox! I'm a sucker for this kind of southern rock, and am right excited for this band's appearance in the Twin Cities at First Avenue on March 20. You should be too! Cover for the show [...]
Prozac Rat (www.myspace.com/prozacrat) is the kind of band rock writers love to profile because it's possible to seriously mention any of the following in the lead: homemade didgeridoos, necrophilia, or Phil Collins. In other words, the men of Prozac Rat are mad scientists—just replace the exploding beakers and lab coats with daffy lyricism and instruments pawned [...]
One of Minnesota's best kept secrets, Pictures of Then, just released a hot new single for the masses and we highly recommend you add to playlist immediately! We're getting real tired over on this end, because Pictures of Then is a secret that's really hard to keep, and frankly, we just don't want to keep [...]
Editors Note: Ari Herstand, a soft-spoken veteran within the local music scene with a look reminiscent to that of Bob Dylan, met up with Borangutan one evening to talk about his experiences in the music scene as well as the exciting release of his first DVD/CD collection premiering one of his latest music videos, "Rose [...]
This is the third and final installment in a series of articles about the TC Electropunk Vol. 5 compilation released at the tail-end of 2009. Within these articles, I have done a bit of genre deconstruction, and musically placed different songs into three particular genre categories that, admittedly, may make more sense to me [...]
Borangutan
No Church In The Wild
Nas - Daughters
The Rains of Castamere by The National
CHROMATICS "THESE STREETS WILL NEVER LOOK THE SAME"
DIIV "How Long Have You Known?" (OFFICIAL VIDEO)
Avicii – Two Million
Beck – I Just Started Hating Some People Today
iamamiwhoami: kin - Teaser
