It looks as though your favorite emcee who never fails to give you the punchlines you always crave is back in action this year. In an article I read on HipHop DX, I found out that Copywrite has three different projects coming out this year. It made me wonder, is everyone putting out a [...]
Two long years have passed since the Furries released Hey Venus in 2007. The Welsh band kicked off their release of Dark Days/Light Years with a full-length web-cast performance on their website this past Monday. This will be their ninth album consisting of electric, rock-out, psychedelic experience that they bring with uncanny lyrics and memorizing [...]
Grooving to a beat unmistakably of their own, Junior Boys kick off their North American tour on March 28th in Ontario, Canada. No need to worry though, they will be slowly steppin' into First Ave on the 3rd of April. These slippery melodies are easy-on-the-ear, while allowing space to wander back to days of innocent [...]
Gojira, the peerless French progressive metal with a proactive message, has found a captive audience during the last few years in the United States. After opening some of the best attended small "big" metal package tours to cross the country (with bands such as Lamb of God, Behemoth, Job for a Cowboy, and In Flames), [...]
Enjoy St. Patrick's day a little too much? Well, along with my buddy Tim's top ten list and this compilation of terrific tracks, we here at the Mind Inversion are ready to help you get over this day of green colored vomit. Papercuts - "Future Primitive (Ruby Suns Remix)" Grizzly Bear - "Cheerleader" Yeah Yeah Yeahs vs. Big [...]
I have to tell you all that this list was one of the hardest things I've had to get myself to do, because I knew it wasn't going to be anywhere near easy. Even while going through this list I had to constantly change things because I felt something was missing. This list (to the [...]
Jimmy Fallon's got a few things going for him with his new late night tv show. The Roots as his house band, and now this. Chuck D, Flava Flav, Black Thought, and crew team up with the roots to do "Bring The Noise". It all sounds awesome too, so check it out below for sure! [...]
Apparently some new Aphex Twin has been recorded, but there is no release date set yet. In fact, it appears like his record label doesn't even have any idea about what kind of madness the world is in for. Here's what Warp Records mainman Steve Beckett said to the BBC about Richard's newest: "We're definitely going [...]
On Sunday, May 24, 2009, Rhymesayers Entertainment and Rose Presents brings you the second annual Soundset: the official Midwest kick-off festival of the summer with over eight hours of the best independent Hip Hop music in one day. It all goes down at Canterbury Park in Shakopee, MN (rain or shine). This is the first [...]
As many of you know, Royce Da 5293 has a new album entitled Street Hop that is due out very soon. Culture Six had the chance to sit down with Royce and pick his brain a little bit. Royce talks on a variety of issues such as where he is at right now with the [...]
Krisiun and Destruction played a show at Station 4 in St. Paul on Friday, a small festival of all things metal. Unfortunately, I missed Mantic Ritual and a whole slew of awesome local thrash, grind and death metal due to a prior engagement, but the show that Krisiun and Destruction put on to close the [...]
I already clued you all in on the fact that we're having some brilliant black metal tours coming to the Twin Cities this summer, but now things are just getting ridiculous. This week, the announcement was made that the visionary BM minds of Wolves in the Throne Room and Krallice would join together in what [...]
The theme track for the new Grand Theft Auto game, coming out March 17th for the Nintendo DS, features two hip-hop heavyweights. Ghostface Killah and Doom tag-team this Oh No produced track, once again showing why the GTA series leads the gaming industry in its soundtracks and original music. Titled "Chinatown Wars", the track has [...]
Northern Outpost is back with their newest episode, and this week they're in the studio with The Absent Arch. "The Arch" sits down for a brief interview about their band and their passion for the vibrant and productive local music scene in the Twin Cities, and after a few minutes they dive into a tight [...]
Entrenched with a musical background, DM Stith had shut music out of his like for some 20 years. Refusing to sing at age of 8 for the next two decades, Stith instead tried focusing on visual arts and writing. An attempted novel in college, along with a children's book written and illustrated by himself, had failed. [...]
In an appearance that just begs getting talked about on the "interscape", The Daily Show's Jon Stewart invited CNBC Mad Money host Jim Cramer to his show for a one-on-one to air their differences in front of the camera for a full episode last night. Though the lead-in intro was noticeably lighthearted, mocking the [...]
Calling all death metal fans! Calling all thrash metal fans! Tomorrow, Station 4 in St. Paul; it's on! What? Destruction, Krisiun, Mantic Ritual, Anal Blast, Rivet, We Are Legion, Hate Beast @ Station 4 in St. Paul, MN on March 13, 2009
It was Wednesday night, and the turnout was surprisingly good for the show at Triple Rock Social Club featuring a billing Battlefields, Irepress, Frontier, and Vernal Pool. For braving the cold, fans in attendance were treated to a perfectionist display of some visionary one-of-a-kind doom, post, and progressive metal from some bands that the music [...]
Ah yes, my friends, the day is here where we officially christen our Sound Immersion various artists compilation as a monthly feature here on the site. My fellow posters and myself are starting to anticipate these releases greatly, mainly because it's an easy way to talk about the music we're listening to without necessarily shoving [...]
Substance, the Minneapolis based progressive arts, activism, and action organization that brought us the unforgettable Ripple Effect concert outside the capital during the RNC, has announced plans for their first followup to the Ripple Effect. While it's pretty much impossible for them to top the RE lineup (that featured such amazing appearances as Dead Prez, [...]