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Northern Outpost: self-evident playing Cloudless

Filmed at Sauce Soundbar in Minneapolis, MN on 1/29/10.

Have you sampled Jelloslave’s cello freakout?

Photo by Brian Garrity

Hard to believe it was nearly four years ago I first discovered the progressive cello jazz quartet Jelloslave (Touch It). At the time my wife was 9 months pregnant, and I can still remember the baby’s in utero kicks when we would blare the fuzzed out jams.

The group has been hard [...]

SXSW: State of Music Blogs in 2010, Part 20

Photo by Leslie Plesser (shuttersmack.com)

This is an interview series in preparation for my SXSW Panel: The State of Music Blogs in 2010. I reached out to a number of influencers, musicans, labels, marketers and music fans to get their perspectives on the topic and will be posting these in a series leading up to [...]

Kanser on MPLS.TV’s City of Music Series

Big Zach, Unicus, Alicia Steele and DJ Gabe Garcia of Kanser invite you into their practice space for an intimate performance on MPLS.TV’s “City of Music” series.

City of Music: Kanser from MPLS.TV on Vimeo.

SXSW: State of Music Blogs in 2010, Part 18

Photo by Tony Nelson

This is an interview series in preparation for my SXSW Panel: The State of Music Blogs in 2010. I reached out to a number of influencers, musicans, labels, marketers and music fans to get their perspectives on the topic and will be posting these in a series leading up to the [...]

Petticoats and Pocket watches: I’m dressing up for The Sunny Era

I’m digging Minneapolis band The Sunny Era’s take on what I’ll call renaissance pop.

Eric, Laila and Rob meld vocals, accordion, violin, piano, drums and classical guitar into a smoking jacket lounge vibe that’s light on the ears but has enough sustenance to stand by itself.

I imagine bands like Squirrel Nut Zippers listen to [...]

SXSW: State of Music Blogs in 2010, Part 17

This is an interview series in preparation for my SXSW Panel: The State of Music Blogs in 2010. I reached out to a number of influencers, musicans, labels, marketers and music fans to get their perspectives on the topic and will be posting these in a series leading up to the conference.

Today we hear [...]

SXSW: State of Music Blogs in 2010, Part 16

This is an interview series in preparation for my SXSW Panel: The State of Music Blogs in 2010. I reached out to a number of influencers, musicans, labels, marketers and music fans to get their perspectives on the topic and will be posting these in a series leading up to the conference.

Today we hear [...]

SXSW: State of Music Blogs in 2010, Part 15

This is an interview series in preparation for my SXSW Panel: The State of Music Blogs in 2010. I reached out to a number of influencers, musicans, labels, marketers and music fans to get their perspectives on the topic and will be posting these in a series leading up to the conference.

Today we hear [...]

SXSW: State of Music Blogs in 2010, Part 14

This is an interview series in preparation for my SXSW Panel: The State of Music Blogs in 2010. I reached out to a number of influencers, musicans, labels, marketers and music fans to get their perspectives on the topic and will be posting these in a series leading up to the conference.

Today we hear [...]