Longtime scene stalwart Liz Draper released her debut solo LP, a four song suite of ambient-leaning, Arthur Russel ...

Water From Your Eyes have a new live video up, pulling two tracks from their 2023 record and one from the new album, which just dropped on Matador last month. The New York by way of Chicago duo have ...

I first encountered The Daily Norm, the nom de guerre of Kae Layne, earlier this year playing a show in the back of a bookstore. (Note: a reminder that bookstores and other non-traditional venues rule ...

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UK band Sorry’s new record COSPLAY feels like the band is finally leaning all the way into the odd angles that have always made them interesting. They bounce between shadowy art-rock, brittle indie ...

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Local four piece Florina first popped up on the scene a couple years ago with their EP-length release, String of Pearls. Anchored by Jackie Beckey’s distinctive viola-playing and vocals, comparisons ...

After several years of honing their craft live and releasing a series of singles, the locals Unstable Shapes are dropping their debut album, Delicate Machinery, on Learning Curve Records today. This ...

Royal Headache, the dearly departed jangly Aussie punk band, hold a special place in my heart despite breaking up in 2018. Their two studio LPs are some of my most played albums of the last decade, ...

For the Fresh Five we pick out five great new(ish) jams that we’re currently obsessing over. All of these songs come from local (Minnesota) bands/artists. Mother Shipton is a new local folk duo ...

Making a list of good things that happened in 2025 may feel like a very short exercise…however despite the world being on fire, somehow, some way, great music is still getting produced every single ...

Shady Cove is a new project from Sarah Rose and Sarah Nienaber, who Minneapolis music fans know from Gospel Gossip, Candace, Is/Is, Web of Sunsets, First Communion Afterparty, etc, etc. On “Summer ...