AltWeeklies Wire
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
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
Home for the Holidays With the Hold Steadynew
The latest, greatest success from the Twin Cities returns to the wellspring of its creativity.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Jeff Severns Guntzel |
12-05-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Hold Steady
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
The Owls Go Out on a Limbnew
Before the Owls could take on the pop world, they had to face stage fright, shyness, and each other.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Peter S. Scholtes |
11-08-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Daughters and Suns, The Owls
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
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
Mouthful of Bees Members Leaving Hivenew
Right now, Mouthful of Bees, by a bushel-basket full of ballots, are the most popular new band in town. This time next year, they could be an overlooked hardcore trio called the Yellowjackets.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Sarah Askari |
09-20-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Mouthful of Bees
Who Is Tay Zonday?new
And why is he the hottest thing on the internet?
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Sarah Askari |
08-22-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Tay Zonday
Dark Starnew
Wrong image, wrong religion, wrong city: Meet Brother Ali, hip hop's unlikely savior.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Peter S. Scholtes |
04-11-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Brother Ali
