We Went There: Pulp at the Aragon Ballroom, Chicago
We went to Chicago to catch Pulp’s first midwest show in decades.
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Tape Tuesday: Cowboy Sadness Explore Ambient Americana on “Select Jambient Works Vol. 1” CS
I assume many people had a similar experience when seeing the name and title of the cassette invoked in this review, namely wondering whether it was all a put-on or some sort of ironic...
The Minneapolis Uranium Club Band Expand Their Sound With Infants Under the Bulb
Am I writing about new LP Infants Under the Bulb by The Minneapolis Uranium Club because I love the music and have been a longtime fan of the band? Or because I spent a...
Listen to Pat Keen’s Outstanding “I Saw A Bug” (Minneapolis Release Show TODAY)
Minneapolis songwriter Pat Keen’s I Saw a Bug is the kind of album that transports the listener to far away places, even ones you may never have even been to before. Lost highways at...
Listen to the fables, the enchanting LP from Kavyesh Kaviraj Quintet (Free Outdoor Show TONIGHT!)
Local piano player Kavyesh Kaviraj, with a crack group of local musicians, created one of the most joyous albums I’ve come across this year with the 8-song, nearly hourlong jazz opus Fables. The record...
We Went There: Rosali + David Nance & Mowed Sound at 7th St Entry
Nostalgia is a dangerous drug. We’ve seen the dark undercurrent of looking backwards, mining the “better days” in our current political morass, but music is one of those places where nostalgia can be used...
Best of 2024.5: Josh’s Best Albums, Concerts and Songs
We’ve made it halfway through another year, and who knows if we’ll make it to our end of year lists, so let’s celebrate the music we’ve loved so far this year with our annual...
We Went There: Etran de L’Aïr at the Turf Club
Wednesday’s Etran de L’Aïr show at the Turf Club was my second time seeing the Saharan band at the venue in the last two years, so the element of surprise that helped make their last...
