PHOTOS: JANELLE MONÁE AT THE SKYWAY THEATRE (MINNEAPOLIS, MN)
Janelle Monáe (Kansas City, KS)October 22nd, 2013Skyway Theatre in Minneapolis, MN Full Gallery: Smugmug What will be remembered as one of the top shows of 2013, fans of a rising soul/r&b singer packed the Skyway Theatre in Minneapolis. Her name is Janelle Monáe, and in the pres
REVIEW: DESSA – PARTS OF SPEECH (2013)
Dessa is consistent, but not. This Minneapolis MC, poet, frequent college speaker, “underrated writer, overrated rapper, undecided major” has been all over the place since 2005’s Falsehopes, including creating her own lipstick with The Elixery to support CARE.org (an organi
CONCERT REVIEW + PHOTOS: DARK DARK DARK AT LA MAROQUINERIE (PARIS)
Love Like Birds (Ghent, Belgium) and Dark Dark Dark (Minneapolis, MN)December 2nd, 2012La Maroquinerie in Paris, France The past weekend was beautiful in Paris with the streets and Seine basking in much deserved, all-too-rare sunlight cast on tourists, students, workers and through stained glass
CONCERT REVIEW: DAVID BAZAN AT FINE LINE MUSIC CAFE (MINNEAPOLIS, MN)
David Bazan (Seattle, WA)November 6th, 2012Fine Line Music Cafe in Minneapolis, MN David Bazan is known for his unique and interactive performances, so it was no surprise when he paused halfway through playing Pedro the Lion’s album Control to ask if the nervous election d
CONCERT REVIEW: PASSION PIT AT FIRST AVENUE (MINNEAPOLIS, MN)
Passion Pit (Cambridge, MA)October 29th, 2012First Avenue in Minneapolis, MN To the unfamiliar, it’s easy to write off Passion Pit as a trendy dance band best left to the barely legal and aging hipsters of the world to admire. However, those who know better recognize the depth, heaviness and sin
REVIEW: SOLID GOLD – EAT YOUR YOUNG (2012)
The Minneapolis trio Solid Gold has undergone quite a busy past two years, predominately on unrelated projects. Zach Coulter, Adam Hurlburt and Matthew Loher released Bodies of Water and 2010’s Synchronize EP before falling pretty silent for good reason; Zach and Adam
REVIEW: P.O.S – WE DON’T EVEN LIVE HERE (2012)
In 2011, the Midwest took over Mohawk for one night at SXSW. It’s tough competition down there, but when you have Gayngs spearheaded by Justin Vernon and Ryan Olson doing a (at the time) rare performance outside of the Twin Cities, there was no excuse not to be there. Stefon Alexander was part o