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Say Like the French Say ready new EP

Say Like the French Say are gearing up for the release show of their new EP, The Dreaded Carp, slated for January 22nd alongside Hunting Club and Kill-Me Kare Bare.

Here’s the single:

MP3: Say Like the French Say – “Contract”

Event . . . → Read More: Say Like the French Say ready new EP

Still rocking We Are the Willows a year plus later

If you haven’t listened to We Are the Willows yet, I highly suggest you check them out.

I’m still enjoying A Collection of Sounds and Something Like the Plague a year later. I actually seek it out on my iPod – particularly on planes. And with the amount of music I consume, that hardly ever happens with a band I first heard a year ago with no “new” material out.

MP3: We Are the Willows – “A Funeral Dressed As a Birthday

Also highly recommend “The Sorry . . . → Read More: Still rocking We Are the Willows a year plus later

Iranian rapper goes green for the people

My pal Toby from Cryns #3 pointed me to this video from NYC rapper Miladic. The video is called “Blue and Yellow Paint,” which references the two colors mixed to form green paint — a color of paint that was banned by the Iranian government because of its use in anti-government graffiti. Uh-huh.

Video director Fifi 3PO also directed Cryns #3′s new video for “Run. Run! Run!!! . . . → Read More: Iranian rapper goes green for the people

Designed Delight: Dearling Physique’s new Deadeye Dealer

Dearling Physique sent me their new album, Deadeye Dealer, and it rose to the top of the massive stack of little plastic discs that came in the mail last week.

Part industrial rock, part poetry, part avante-garde art, and all Domino Davis, Dearling Physique is probably as close to Prince nouveau we’ll get in the Obama generation.

I interviewed Dom back in 2008 and am quoted in the promotional packet saying this about DP’s sound: “It’s a romping mess of rhythm, foreboding vocals, grating electro blips, eye of newt and euro trash. This is my kind of music.”

The same pullquote . . . → Read More: Designed Delight: Dearling Physique’s new Deadeye Dealer

Camden goes too far down its own rabbit hole

So the kids got up at their normal, pre-dawn time this morning, and before the coffee hit my lips I opened the Perfect Porridge e-mail box here and found a little surprise amidst the blast pitches rife with formulaic crap and soda companies pretending to be record labels. It’s an advance of the new Camden album, Living Image.

Cole Weiland from Daughters of the Sun, a highly recommended Minneapolis group, has a a side project called Camden.

It’s a gutsy effort. All seven tracks are a murky mess of layers upon layers of electro tinkering, knob tinkering and self-aggrandizing experimentation.

Here’s . . . → Read More: Camden goes too far down its own rabbit hole

Kaiser Cartel to play intimate house show next month

Brooklyn-based Kaiser Cartel will be making a stop at the Cake Shop for a Monday night house show on December 13. The night before, they’ll be rockin’ the Cedar Cultural Center for a show with Romantica, but this one is a bonus.

Via Cakein15:
This concert will be limited in capacity, so reserve your space today. Reservation cost is $10, and to reserve space, please log into PayPal and send your payment to . Please mark your payment as a “GIFT” in order to avoid PayPal fees. This is money going to the artists, so please don’t short-change them!

Your reservation to this special . . . → Read More: Kaiser Cartel to play intimate house show next month

Stuart D’Rozario debuts the radio in his head at Guthrie tonight

I’ve written about Minneapolis-based musician Stuart D’Rozario a few times, and I’m a big fan of his songwriting.

However, even though I dig his stuff and we both have day jobs in the same marketing industry, we’ve never seemed to cross paths. I seem to have a baby every time he puts out an album.

This year is no exception. Three albums from Stuart = three babies for Greg.

Stuart recently released The Radio in my Head, a solid 12-track album recorded at Capitol Studios in LA and mastered at Sterling Studios in NYC. In other words, Stuart don’t play.

And . . . → Read More: Stuart D’Rozario debuts the radio in his head at Guthrie tonight

Union Shakedown release debut EP

Minneapolis indie/blues/rock band Union Shakedown are releasing their debut self-titled EP this Saturday, November 13 at 400 Bar with The Fattenin’ Frogs and Hip Replacement.

Check out the first track . . . → Read More: Union Shakedown release debut EP

Rockford Mules release Ma They Broke

Minneapolis band Rockford Mules like their collars blue, their rock bluesy and their beer… well, they like it cold, but they ain’t picky. The guys drop their latest, Ma They Broke, this Saturday at Cause with The Gleam and Wizards Are Real.

You can stream the entire album at their website (sorry, it’s a flash trap — click . . . → Read More: Rockford Mules release Ma They Broke

Loving this new Atmosphere video for The Best Day

Song is off Atmosphere‘s latest double EP To All My Friends, Blood Makes The Blade Holy. It’s comprised of photos taken by merch guy Isaac Arvold on the . . . → Read More: Loving this new Atmosphere video for The Best Day