Moody bedroom basement artist Daniel Smith has prepped his sophomore release, Before Now, Was Then, under the name Weaver at the Loom. Fans of Dan’s lauded 2007 EP, I was Searching and I Found will appreciate a continuation of the ambient textures and opulent vocal layering on this new effort.[...]
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May 7th, 2012 - 11:04 am § in Local: Minneapolis, MP3s
Rocking the new Friends by Fire EP, mp3s galore
Local Minneapolis new wave synth trio Friends By Fire are debuting their new EP today, Sister Waves. This is serious, grown-up band material, my friends. The band is tight. The synths are infectious. The vocals are energetic. And there are some lyrical moments here that merit attention (e.g., “[...]
April 3rd, 2012 - 8:14 am § in Local: Minneapolis, Music - News
St. Paul’s Panther Ray debut EP, Parallel Motions
On Friday, St. Paul young’uns Panther Ray released their debut EP, Parallel Motions. It’s available as a “set your price” download. Check it out and toss the kids a few bucks. Parallel Motions by Panther Ray[...]
March 7th, 2012 - 11:05 am § in Local: Minneapolis, Music - Video
Nearly 6 hours of streaming Mark Mallman, his entire discography posted to YouTube
From Mark Mallman, “I decided to ask all 4 of the labels who have released my material over the last 14 years if I could make one video of my entire recorded music career. “The result is a 5 hour 45 minute YouTube video of the entire discography. From what I can tell, this might [...][...]
VINYL: Steve Mackay, Boy Dirt Car and more from After Music Recordings
After Music Recordings is apparently an underground label here in Minneapolis pressing vinyl albums spanning singer-songwriter to experimental noise to jazz — stuff you would never find in the sad vinyl aisles of your neighborhood big box store. According to their website, it’s “a [...]
New instrumental hip-hop album from Lazerbeak guaranteed to cure your Holiday Hangover
As a big fan of hometown collective Doomtree (and particularly Paper Tiger’s instrumental album from last summer), I was thrilled to get notice of super producer Lazerbeak‘s new instrumental solo album, Lava Bangers, and its scheduled release on January 24th via Doomtree Records. Here ar[...]
New tunes from local Minneapolis group I, Colossus to close out 2011
With the holidaze, this may be the last post of 2011, so I thought it should be about a local band I really love — I, Colossus. One L and three S’s. I started this post and then neglected it for 16 days. That’s because I really am a fan of this band. I find [...][...]
