Best National & Minnesota Albums of 2021.5 (Adam J)
As live music slowly comes back and we inch back to a pre-COVID world, Reviler writers are taking stock of the new music we’ve liked in the first half of 2021. We’re highlight both...
Author: josh keller
Listen to the Amazing Progressive Jazz of FLY or DIE LIVE by jaimie branch and See Her Quartet Outside at the Walker Tonight!
Trumpeter and band leader jaimie branch‘s FLY or DIE series has exposed her as one of the most exciting jazz artists of the last few years, with the latest addition to the series being...
Filthy Huns (Nick from Daughters of the Sun) Return With More Burned Out Electronics on New CS Cursed At Birth
Filthy Huns, the scruffy synth project of Nick Koenigs (formerly(?) of Daughters of the Sun), has never hid the hardscrabble angst of their road-weary music. Throughout his catalog, mostly put out on the iconic...
Magic Castles Explore the Corners of Pysch Rock With Their Outstanding New Sun Reign LP
Sun Reign, the latest album from longtime Minneapolis band Magic Castles, is a master course in exploring the multi-dimensional, colorful palette of the pysch rock genre. Like much of their previous work, the LP...
Watch: Sass Preview Forthcoming LP With Animated Video for “Sweet Butter”
Local fuzzy pop foursome Sass are back and previewing what will be their second LP. In anticipation of the (unnamed record with an unnamed released date), the group have released the great animated video...
To Celebrate 20th Anniversary, Low Release Visual Album of Their Classic LP Things We Lost In the Fire
One part of getting old is seeing albums you loved right around when they came out have X-year anniversary. The damndest thing is the “X” keeps getting bigger! Minnesota slowcore legends Low have a...
The Amazing Les Filled De Illighadad Return with “At Pioneer Works” LP from NYC Shows | Watch Video for “Irriganan”
Les Filled De Illighadad’s 2nd LP, Eghass Malan, which they released in 2017, is an almost untouchable record for me. The record is a multitude of layers, from the driving rhythms to the hypnotic...
Watch Video from Forthcoming Dosh LP, Tomorrow 1972, and Catch Him Live (Online) TONIGHT!
Minneapolis’ favorite instrumental sonic manipulator, Martin Dosh, is releasing a new album at the end of next month with his usual band of collaborators. Tomorrow 1972, the latest Dosh LP, will drop May 30...
