With hints of Queens of the Stone Age, Cardigans and The New Pornographers, Minneapolis group The Small Cities‘ new four-track EP demonstrates a rich cadre of influences and style.
Self-produced and recorded throughout 2007 in various places around Minnesota, hopefully this is a harbinger of good things to come.
We had the opportunity to sit down with […]

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One of the stronger DIY albums to come in the mail lately is Alan Wilkis‘ Babies Dream Big. With tight hooks and catchy choruses reminiscent of my beloved funkadelic 70s, BDB has the potential to make me do my secret happy dance when nobody’s looking. Yeah, I said it.
I got the chance to interview Wilkis […]

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Brooklyn quintet Apes & Androids are my favorite face-painting, Ziggy Stardust-loving, Queen-channeling party band.
Their debut full-length, Blood Moon, is a futuristic throw-back surprise filling out 18 tracks of effervescent carousal, and it’s highly recommended. Here’s just one of those scintillating tracks:
Apes & Androids : “Golden Prize” (mp3)

This week Perfect Porridge got the chance to chat […]

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Minneapolis Saint Paul has a thriving, vibrant music scene. It’s not a secret if you’re paying attention.
Compelling, talented bands aren’t hard to seek out any day of the week in the metro area. Area clubs are accessible to the 18+ set and most shows pull a fair to SRO crowd on a given weekend.
Adding to […]

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Minneapolis powerpop/punk group Attention have the sound, experience, patience and street cred to be the next MTV poster group.
They’ve toured and made friends with all the right bands, toured internationally and bought their clothes at Goodwill.
The quartet have a tight 6-track EP called Stand Strong, some local Minneapolis tour dates and plans for another trip […]

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The Duke Spirit
Neptune
Label: Shangri-La Music
Release Date: April 8, 2008
The Duke Spirit are unfurling their second album, Neptune, on U.S. ears on April 8 (Shangri-La Music).
I’ll tell ya, there’s nothing like a UK band channeling the California drone rock sound with a pop sensibility. And while with swirling guitar and tumbling bass is gilded gooey goodness, […]

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You may remember our interview with Minneapolis musician Andrew Jansen from A Paper Cup Band when he mentioned he was working on “a basement sort of cassette tape under my alias Webby Moore.”
Well, it’s here, and it’s called Thinking Season. And if you dig the stylings of Malkmus, Beck and Cake, you’re going to love […]

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This week we had the opportunity to sit down with Minneapolis band Guerrilla Blue.
A garage rock version of 1996-era Dave Matthews Band (the good era, if you ask us) crossed with STP and/or grunge tendencies, this indie pop jam band craves a setlist-obsessed fanbase who will sing the nah-nah’s on “Kobe” and sneak into the […]

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Stook!
When the Needle Hits the Wax
Release Date: October 26, 2007
Label: Draw Fire Records
We first told you about Stook! (aka Josh Stuckey) back in February 2006.
Since then, Stook! has experienced a huge liftoff of popularity in the Twin Cities, in large part to his signature sound, guy next door persona and candy-loving posts across local message […]

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Dan Israel
Turning
Label: Eclectone Records
We don’t throw this reference around lightly…Minneapolis songwriter Dan Israel is simply the best homage to Dylan’s home state singer-songwriter heritage we can offer - and he’s damned good, to boot.
Don’t get sucked into the politics behind such an assertion. Instead, listen to some tracks, read up on this guy and go […]

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