AltWeeklies Wire
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
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
Venerable Recording Studio Third Ear Closesnew
The studio's building was sold and is scheduled for demolition. So far, an affordable new locale hasn't been found, and as musicians increasingly using home studios, the economics of the recording business are grim.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Paul Demko |
09-27-2007 |
Music
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
Brenda Weiler’s New Album Shows Grief After Her Sister’s Suicidenew
Yet End the Rain isn't a bummer. It's quiet and powerful, sometimes relentlessly so, but Weiler's voice is incurably, delightfully hopeful and girlish.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Sarah Askari |
09-13-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Brenda Weiler, End the Rain
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
Interpol is Deadly Seriousnew
Interpol's third album contains not a single misfire, with songs as emotionally devastating as getting dumped and fired in the same afternoon.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Ben Westhoff |
08-15-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Interpol, Our Love To Admire
