We Went There: Nels Cline at the Walker Art Center
As I walked to the bus after seeing Nels Cline’s variety show “River Mouth, Unseen Green” at the Walker Art Center’s McGuire Theatre, I wrestled with whether this was the best show I saw...
Author: josh keller
We Went There: Croz Boyce at The Cedar
Croz Boyce, on record, are Avey Tare and Geologist from the legendary aughts band Animal Collective. They put out their debut LP this year, and it highlighted their breezy, nature-infused brand of experimental ambient...
We Went There: Kiwi Jr. At Cloudland
(Photo of Kiwi Jr at Cloudland by Reviler’s Jon Behm. See his full photoset HERE.) As I mentioned in my preview post ahead of their Friday show at Cloudland, Canadian janglers Kiwi Jr are...
On Their Instrumental Self-Titled Debut, Croz Boyce (Avey Tare and Geologist of Animal Collective) Explore Their Warm and Tender Side (MINNEAPOLIS SHOW TONIGHT!)
Dave Portner (Avey Tare) and Brian Weitz (Geologist) are either 2/3 or half of Animal Collective, depending on the area you are talking about, and you can hear the band’s unsettled-yet-reassuring sound in the...
Listen to Kiwi Jr’s Latest Jangly Pop From Their New LP Blowin’ Up (MINNEAPOLIS SHOW TONIGHT!)
Kiwi Jr. is a group of jangly pop connoisseurs from Canada who have been on the grind over the last few years making richly melodic music. I was hooked via their late 2019 debut...
Listen to the Atmospheric Electronica of White Dune’s Rare Earth LP (MINNEAPOLIS RELEASE SHOW TONIGHT!)
Dave Power (he of Solid Gold, bathtub cig and many more) recently put out a great LP called Rare Earth of (self-described) Boards of Canada-influenced electonrica. The album is 12 songs of twitchy, hypnotic,...
Best of 2026.5 (Josh)
2026 hasn’t been much of an improvement on the previous year (at least so far). One of the few things that’s not sucking these days is the steady stream of music artists continue to...
Listen to Great New LP Yarın Yoksa by Derya Yıldırım & Grup Şimşek (Cedar Show TONIGHT!)
I have been a fan of Derya Yıldırım & Grup Şimşek for many years, discovering their music sometime over the last decade around the same time as fellow Anatolian psych rockers Kit Sebastian, Altin...
