Wow, from the start of the new album Country by Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad I am amazed and I am astonished. I first heard of this band while attending a G-Love and the Special Sauce show at First Avenue in Minneapolis. Their live show was an unreal jam session filled with plenty of energy that got the crowd dancing. Country may get your foot tapping a bit while you are sipping a whiskey down at your local saloon. Country is an album with an acoustic, slowed down blue grass sound with folk and [...]
So far this week it seems like a number of covers are surfacing (hopefully we aren't too behind on getting these gems to your ears) and wouldn't you know it, I have another one for you! This time we have a local favorite in Minneapolis ' own Cloud Cult with their performance of The Beatles ' "Help!". The arrangement is so much different than the original and that's what you have to love about covers, when a band can take a classic and make it their own. As for the bands own work, they are currently working [...]
It's that time again. Back in effect to kick-off your February correct, Antifreeze & co bring an hour-long mix of brand new beats to bang your system. Antifreeze celebrates it's second year by including three, count 'em, three world premieres. Spread the word (seriously, share good music) and don't forget to post your requests and give the show a birthday shout on Facebook . Let them know you care. Give them Antifreeze. Shout to Sianet . - The Staff [...]
Gigamesh 's physical and online presence can't go unnoticed. In addition to being one of the tallest producers in the game, he also has held the top spot on Hype Machine's Most Popular list with several of his remixes. Gigamesh hails from the Midwestern state of Minnesota where music icon Prince also calls home, so it's no surprise that Gigamesh is also making a name for himself. Gigamesh remixes have been in heavy rotation here at ATG. He demonstrates his versatility with the spectrum of tracks he's covered - everything from Foster the People to Citizens! to Katy [...]
"Willard Mitt Romney Song": for Florida's many glowstick-waving voters.Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has a new song dedicated to him with a message he probably won't approve. "Willard
Observer Drift is the appositely hazy moniker of Bloomington, Minneapolis' Collin Ward and Corridors is his first full-length , outed during the opening moments of 2012. If it may have wafted on by discreetly then, here is now and now is time to indulge. Akin to Daniel Bedingfield, he writes quirky pop hits in his bedroom/ basement although that's just about where the similarities end: Ward works in a pizza place while Bedingfield – at least when last spotted – looked as though he'd chomped his way through a fair few, the floor of his 'workspace' potentially lined [...]
I can't decide on how I feel about the entire Howler album, America Give Up , but I do know I love this song with it's California surf vibes, which is an especially great sound considering it comes from a Minneapolis band. It's hard to resist bopping your head along. Check out the perfectly vintagey video for the song below.
Joseph Stallion : Dimespiece Every track on Joseph Stallion's ' White Lodge' EP could have ended up as some sprawling, unfocused mess with beats clipped all over the place; half-baked ideas packed together and then shortly cut off. There's enough ambition and enough variety for that to have been the case. Except, largely thanks to the vocals of Erin Ross - they sound part classically-trained, partly employed to support a beat like in the music of Grimes or Telepathe - Max Petrek's [...]
I remember first seeing Franz Diego on a Fifth Element stage, back in the days when the store was cut in half and a huge graffiti mural rained down on visitors heads. It was the popular Open Mic nigh
This Saturday I got the chance to go see Theophilus London play for the first time in Minneapolis. I don't go to too many shows to review them, mostly because it's far more fun to watch the crowds than the performers and also because I tend to drink, which usually leads me to no good. My biggest problem with drinking is that I lose my memory, so covering events prove difficult. I tried to hold off as much as I could for this show, but what the hell is my [...]
The droning of a close-by generator and the scraping of the frozen rink accompany Holly for her Dreamer's serenade. This track, and the rest of Zoo Animal's Departure EP , is available streaming before its release this month. North Shore Sessions continues to put out some of the most intimate videos of Twin Cities and Duluth musicians; we can't get enough.
Photo by Tony NelsonHowlerJanuary 14, 2012Triple Rock Social ClubAfter setting the U.K. ablaze with both hype and hyperbole in 2011, Howler returned home to Minneapolis to try and do the same thing
Every once in awhile the Brits steal our homegrown bands beneath our noses, promoting some of the best in America without us even knowing. It happened with the Strokes , and now it's happening with Howler , a Minneapolis group. They're record America Give Up comes out next week via Rough Trade , and it's a pretty solid collection of pop tracks. NPR even praised it as an album full of stand alone singles, so I had to give it the good [...]
Had to bounce for a few (due to unforeseen medical issues), but Antifreeze is back keeping things heated in 2012 with an amazing show and even more…an announcement: Antifreeze will now also be broadcast weekly on fellow Mpls-based sianetradio.com . Indeed. 9pm Central each Thurs., you can check the latest episode on sianetradio.com. We're pleased to announce this and hope it brings fresh ears and then some to the good folks at Sianet Radio (and Antifreeze of course!). This could also [...]
It was 1998, the Smokin Grooves Tour was in its second year, and a group of friends and I were geeked out about going to the show. Public Enemy, Gang Starr, Wyclef Jean, Cypress Hill and others were
The Sevateem - Blast Blast by The SevateemSevateem are the husband and wife duo of Christian Erickson and Janey Winterbauer. Minneapolis scenesters for some 20 years now, they used to have an electro pop band called Astronaut Wife. This track is their first new venture in a while, and continues their sweet electro pop experimentation.
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Tweet Last year saw a big resurgence in (good sounding) R'n'B music, with artists like The Weeknd , Frank Ocean or Active Child , among others, fronting what came to be known as PBR'n'B (a movement we obviously loved, seeing as how all three artists are on our Best Albums of 2011 list ). Today, I am pleased to welcome Minneapolis band POLIÇA to the movement. [...]
Rhymesayers Entertainment introducing the The first mixtape in I Self Devine's The Culture Series.."LA State Of Mind" As an Mc, I Self is known as an integral part of the Atlanta and Twin Cities underground Hip Hop community as ½ of the duo Micranots, ½ of Semi Official, ¼ of the Dynospectrum, and as a soloist. Over the last decade I Self has released over 10 albums of political conscious socially aware music capable of moving the crowd as well as uplift the spirit and sustain the movement. WIB POST SLAYER!! [...]
Stream: Dream Brother - "Pretty Eyes (feat. John Vanderslice)" Dream Brother is the newest project from Minneapolis's resident everyman Ian Anderson (of Afternoon Records, One For The Team, the Minneapolis Fucking Rocks blog) and the project has just put out this week their initial 7" single/download for "Haunted Hearts" b/w "Pretty Eyes", tracks that feature collaborations with indie rock royalty John Vanderslice and Paul Sprangers of Free Energy. And go figure, we love the songs, especially the jangle of "Pretty Eyes". Godspeed!
Minneapolis emcee, Brother Ali, is the TRUTH. I absolutely love this dude's raps. If you don't have his albums, you are not winning. Signed to Rhymesayer Entertainment, homeboy is one of the dopest rappers in the game. I love his style and his sensibility. He's humble, his raps are honest and heartfelt and he just kills it. Enjoy this new track he just let go, produced by Seattle's Jake One. Writer's Block - Brother Ali - Right Click/ Save Link As to Download
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