It's our first Local Show of 2013 and we have a lot on the docket already! Andrea Swensson will drop in to talk about the Best New Bands line-up at First Avenue as well as a recent story on photographer Adam DeGross and a forthcoming piece on the 400 Bar closing.


Musician and now-author Paul Metsa will also read from his new book and plays cuts from a compilation album he has put out.


We're debuting our new Artist of the Month feature, highlighting a pivotal Minnesota musician or band each month via Local Current, The Local Show and the Local Current blog.


Lastly, we're looking forward and talking about some of our most anticipated releases from the likes of The Ericksons, Heavy Deeds, Cloud Cult and STNNNG.


Local stories from this episode:

Artist of the Month: Dan Wilson

Photographer Adam DeGross captures the local underground scene in vivid, gritty detail

Local Radar: STNNNG, Heavy Deeds and Southwire

Cloud Cult debut single '1 x 1 x 1'

Segments

1X1X1
Cloud Cult
Love

Luxury Child
Strange Names
Strange Names EP

Closer
Wiping Out Thousands
Reaction Machine

I Once Loved You
Bomba De Luz
What A Heavy Weight

High Cuntry (Live)
Eleganza!
High Cuntry (Single)

Hollow Heel
Actual Wolf
Lightning and The Wolf EP

Push It
The Chalice
We Are The Chalice EP

Rain Comes Down
John Mark Nelson
Waiting and Waiting

God
Southwire
Southwire

Cops and Crims
Thomas Kivi and The Immigrants
Thomas Kivi and The Immigrants EP

One Drum
Heavy Deeds
Light Lunch EP

I Still Love H.E.R. feat. Lizzo
Greg Grease
Cornbread, Pearl and G

Rebel Without A Cosby
The Pinsch
Inside Jokes For Outside People

YO! feat. Fresh Squeeze
Audio Perm
WeOutChea

Cherry Pie
The Jayhawks
The Jayhawks

Hopeless City
Frozen Teens
Frozen Teens

Stars Over The Prairie
Paul Metsa
Blues, Ballads and Broadsides: Songs From The Blue Guitar Highway

Jack Ruby
Paul Metsa
Blues, Ballads and Broadsides: Songs From The Blue Guitar Highway

Last Request
The Ashtray Hearts
The Strangest Light

Plastic Cup
Low
Invisible Way

Free Life
Dan Wilson
Free Life

Gone Blind
The Ericksons
The Wild

Brain-Dumb
STNNNG
Empire Inward