Tim and Eric Awesome Tour, Great Job! Chrimbus Spectacular coming to Minneapolis!

By Greg Swan, on October 28th, 2010%

The duo will be performing in Minneapolis on November 17th at State Theater.

The tour will include opener sketches, short films and comedy as well as their band Pusswhip Banggang and opener Neil Hamburger.

Here they are explaining Chrimbus on Jimmy . . . → Read More: Tim and Eric Awesome Tour, Great Job! Chrimbus Spectacular coming to Minneapolis!

Modern Guitar Festival at Cedar Cultural Center, Oct 9

By Greg Swan, on September 29th, 2010%

Lookbook at First Avenue w/ Zoo Animal, BIGHT CLUB, Slapping Purses

By Greg Swan, on June 23rd, 2010%

Another great video from our friends at MPLS.tv.

Lookbook at First Ave. w/ Zoo Animal, BIGHT CLUB, & Slapping Purses from MPLS.TV . . . → Read More: Lookbook at First Avenue w/ Zoo Animal, BIGHT CLUB, Slapping Purses

Yarrr…Flaming Lips play Roy Wilkins on Talk Like a Pirate Day

By Greg Swan, on June 22nd, 2010%

Flickr CC: paulcalypse

Flaming Lips and Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti will play Saint Paul’s Roy Wilkins Auditorium on Sunday, Sept. 19 at 7:30 p.m.

Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. on Saturday, June 26 at the Roy Wilkins Auditorium Box Office . . . → Read More: Yarrr…Flaming Lips play Roy Wilkins on Talk Like a Pirate Day

Peggy Sue's Long Division Blues live outside Minneapolis

By Greg Swan, on June 21st, 2010%

If you missed Peggy Sue at 400 Bar last week, you’re in luck.

The band recorded this video outside Minneapolis just for Perfect Porridge.

Check. . . . → Read More: Peggy Sue's Long Division Blues live outside Minneapolis

Instrumental Hip Hop from Doomtree's Paper Tiger

By Greg Swan, on June 17th, 2010%

I’m a big fan of instrumental hip-hop, particularly from Minneapolis’ own artists like Big Cats! and this solo debut release from Doomtree producer Paper Tiger called Made Like Us.

Paper Tiger weaves beats, synths and organic elements perfect for blaring out my moon roof while giving the skunk-eye to swagger wagon-driving suburbanites at each and every stoplight. And although it is mostly instrumental, look for guest appearances from Dessa and Maggie Morrison.

Here’s the first single:

Paper Tiger : “Palace” (Feat. Dessa) (mp3)

Album drops July 27 on . . . → Read More: Instrumental Hip Hop from Doomtree's Paper Tiger

Probably the best Art-A-Whirl flyer I've ever seen

By Greg Swan, on May 14th, 2010%

Update: some other . . . → Read More: Probably the best Art-A-Whirl flyer I've ever seen

Snowmageddon 2009 – will any of us survive?

By Greg Swan, on December 8th, 2009%

Last February my friend Doug and I created the “Snowmageddon” Twitter meme over our morning coffee.

The conversation was something like, “People are really freaking out about this storm. Let’s name it and get a top Twitter trend.” Then we laughed. Then we tweeted. Then we blogged. Then we created a logo and live Web cam to help fuel discussion throughout the day.

We can’t take all the credit, of course. The storm itself helped a lot. And the media. And the technology that allows freaked out snowmiacs to connect, collaborate and share. In fact, at one point Twitter users crashed TwitPic with . . . → Read More: Snowmageddon 2009 – will any of us survive?

We Are the Willows' Midwest Song Map

By Greg Swan, on November 26th, 2009%

I wrote about the new We Are the Willows debut LP, A Collection Of Sounds And Something Like The Plague back in October, and I’m still digging on it.

Check out this cool map Amble Down sent over:

Recorded in a basement and all over the city of Minneapolis (where Miller currently lives) with nothing more than a laptop and a couple of microphones, A Collection of Sounds And Something Like The Plague is directly constructed from and inspired by the noise of one’s surroundings. Miller captured sounds like the brakes on a train, conversations at a local cafe and stones being . . . → Read More: We Are the Willows' Midwest Song Map