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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Lester
Hide of Frankenstein
David Krejci is an experimental Minneapolis songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and all-around tortured soul whom you may know from his Reverend Strychn Trio and Cleophone projects.
However, unlike the dark, droning textures, and instrumental atmospheric sounds of the Cleophone recordings, his new project — Lester — is a rock band, which relies on more traditional guitar, […]

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Lightning Bug Situation
A Leaf; A Stream
We got this strange e-mail from a dude purporting that this upcoming album from an unknown Californian band lined up perfectly with the 1972 original Russian version of “Solaris.” We didn’t know the band or the movie. Hell, for all we know, it’s a clever anonymous marketing scheme. But […]

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We went to Hawaii once. It was a honeymoon. It rained for seven days straight. The top on our Chrysler Sebring convertible was never retracted. We did not see whales, hula girls, lava, nor any famous volcanoes.
That’s where fate steps in. Minnesota’s own Famous Volcanoes are a neighborhood band made up of a married couple […]

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Minneapolis indie rock group Pictures of Then are celebrating a CD Release party tonight. Their new album, Crushed By Lights, smells of Built to Spill and Malkmus — perhaps helping to further shape the new “Minneapolis Sound.” It’s upbeat, short and sweet and riddled with deceit.
Pictures of Then : “Instant Rocket to Glory” (mp3)
We sat […]

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Minneapolis melodic pop rock band Love in October released their debut EP Words of Sound back in March. They just returned from the studio where they finished their first full-length album (slated for Jan. ‘08) with former Get Up Kids drummer Ryan Pope and producer Ed Rose (Motion City Soundtrack, Limbeck). They’ve been gigging around […]

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Amasser
Legal Wall
Minneapolis experimental rock group Amasser dropped their debut in our laps this week. Legal Wall is a psychoid pause in the known metaphysical realm of music. Drink it up, friends.
Amasser : “Legal Wall” (mp3)
Amasser : “For Omaha” (mp3)
We sat down with Jason, who wrote, programmed, performed and compiled the album. Check it out…
What […]

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Andy Juhl (guitarist for Minneapolis group The Trimmed Hedges), is releasing A Simple Life on Land, his solo debut,  tomorrow at Acadia Cafe. It’s the kind of late summer album we like to hear - laid back, acoustic licks with an enduring quality.
We sat down with his Juhl-ness to chat about the new disc, some […]

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Who is Aaron Schroeder?
Well, usually when people talk about their background they tend to do it geographically, so I’ll start there. I was born in Los Angeles CA, moved to Portland OR, split to Greece for 2 days, moved to Boston MA, then moved to Eastern Washington. I’ve been here two years. I also […]

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The Pet Ghost Project
The Great Satisfactory
A lot of people grow up in a smallish community and feel isolated from all the happenings of the big city - including the music that goes along with it. We know in Minneapolis — even with a vibrant music scene and quality bands touring through — it’s sometimes hard […]

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