It must be fate that local rapper Kevin Kashis on the minds of local music junkies (e.g. check out Girl Friday’s site for another interview also posted today!) with a much-anticipated show tomorrow night and increased buzz about the burgeoning hip-hop scene in the Cities.
We sat down with him to talk about the Minneapolis hip-hop […]

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American Head Charge sent an e-mail out advertising open bass player auditions this Saturday, Sunday and Monday to replace Chad Hanks, as he is switching to guitar to replace Karma Cheema. Details below…

AMERICAN HEAD CHARGE AUDITION INFORMATION:
This is the audition information for the bass position in American Head Charge. Please do not respond to […]

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In the fall of 2005, Minneapolis indie rock group Tasha’s Laughter headed into Vaudeville Studios to record the first half of their debut album with engineer Jeff Halland (Houston, Dogshine). While the band is still putting the final touches on the album, due out in late spring/early summer, they’ve made two tracks, “Bent” and “Small […]

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KoRn
See You on the Other Side
Label: Virgin Records
Korn kicked off their 2005 PR push with a weird SNL appearance featuring their new single, “Twisted Transistor,” and strangely, “Freak on a Leash” (download tracks here). I know I wasn’t the only one confused. Head was gone, but I could hear his guitar sampled. Why were they […]

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Magnet
The Tourniquet
Available: February 14, 2006
Label: Filter US Recordings
It’s not often that bittersweet melancholy is a sought-after musical emotion. And if found, it’s even more rare to find it pulled off with authenticity and grace.
Enter Magnet’s Even Johansen and his new album, The Tourniquet. With a special blend of electronica synth folded into acoustic aural fjords, […]

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Dan Israel’s newest self-titled album features the same soulful, singer-songwriter acoustic material which has found success in Austin, SXSW and here in the Twin Cities for years now. But surprisingly, it also features electric guitar and let’s just call it “rocking out,” reminiscent of Neil Young, Willy Porter and even some early Wallflowers. Whether crooning […]

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From DigitalMusicNews.com about the Sony XCP settlement:

The proposal also calls for more generous remedies for those that own XCP discs. Already, Sony BMG has instituted a mail-in program that offers “clean” replacement copies of XCP-protected CDs, as well as unprotected MP3s of the relevant songs. But the proposal also gives consumers the option of a […]

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