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Kid Dakota Visits the Depression-itoriumnew
Kid Dakota creates a representative survey of life's bummmers.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Sarah Askari |
02-21-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: A Winner's Shadow, Kid Dakota
After the Rapturenew
The House of Mercy Band meet the end times singing.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Sarah Askari |
01-23-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: House of Mercy Band, left behind
Let's Play Cowboys and Hoodlumsnew
Omaur Bliss escapes into the street-fighting world of Omac Montainya.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Sarah Askari |
01-16-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Battle Readynew
A new disc from the Battle Royale hits you with techno fuzz from the right and unplugged pop from the left.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Sarah Askari |
01-09-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Peer into the Ears of Dan Wilson and Al Frankennew
No wax here -- we just asked 'em, "What did you listen to in 2007?"
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Sarah Askari |
12-20-2007 |
Music
The Year in Music 2007new
The RIAA came to Minnesota for a major victory. Local radio suffered some minor setbacks. From the Prince-a-thon to the unexpected notoriety of Tay Zonday to the marriage of the DJ and fashion scenes, we reflect back on the 2007 experience.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Sarah Askari |
12-20-2007 |
Music
DJ Jonathan Ackerman's Journey From Texas to the Moonnew
After getting into IDM, Ackerman embraced the style currently en vogue -- a "glorified Top 40" blend of dance-rock and disco-derived music that relies less on prefab rhythms and more on organic drum sounds and live bass lines.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Sarah Askari |
12-05-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Learning to Bend with Beatrix*JARnew
Jacob Roske and Bianca Pettis, who perform together as Beatrix*JAR, are circuit benders. They make electronic instruments by tinkering with the insides of old Speak & Spells and synthesizers.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Sarah Askari |
11-29-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Beatrix*JAR, Golden Fuzz
Replacements Oral History Captures the Music, Not the Bandnew
Oral histories thrill most with gossipy, first-person accounts, but perhaps because Paul Westerberg is still alive, most participants held their tongues.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Sarah Askari |
11-15-2007 |
Nonfiction
Stook and the Jukes Make Music for the Corner Bar and, Um, Amsterdamnew
When Stook sings, it's like he's trying to bicycle a straight path on a bike with bent-up tires.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Sarah Askari |
10-24-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Sick of Sarah Take on the Music Machinenew
The quartet, all in their mid-twenties, play a catchy, jumpy sort of pop rock, as if Tegan and Sara were reinvented as emo beginners.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Sarah Askari |
10-17-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Bittersweet, Sick of Sarah
Dan Wilson's Free At Lastnew
After the Dixie Chicks accepted a "Song of the Year" Grammy for the Wilson-cowritten "Not Ready to Make Nice" and what seemed like a 54,000 year wait, Wilson makes his solo debut with help from superproducer Rick Rubin.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Sarah Askari |
10-10-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Dan Wilson, Free Life
Limerick Records Wants Your Ears, but Not Your Moneynew
The the thing that separates Limerick Records from other labels is that it does not sell records — or tapes, or CDs. Instead, it gives away digital downloads of all its artists' music for free.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Sarah Askari |
10-03-2007 |
Music
Vicious Vicious Breaks Hearts on 'Parade'new
The third release by this sweet-and-vicious side project, in which Appelwick seduces with wingmen Adrian Suarez (on bass) and Heath Henjum (on drums), makes no promises about what will happen when the sun rises and last night's glitter gets swept into the dustbin.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Sarah Askari |
09-27-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: parade, Vicious Vicious
The ABCs of His Mischiefnew
Everything you wanted to know about the band, from A to Z.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Sarah Askari |
09-20-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: His Mischief
