Local Current BlogFriday Five: Bollywood, Nathan Wold, Aiming for Aurora, and moreAndrea Swensson • Aug 10, 2012Local music notes from the week of August 6-10
Local Current BlogThe hottest new venue in town? Your living roomAndrea Swensson • Aug 9, 2012Jeremy Messersmith's Supper Club Tour is just one of many recent examples of the living room concert movement
Local Current BlogBrother Ali, I Self Devine, Toki Wright playing backyard party for Occupy HomesAndrea Swensson • Aug 8, 2012When Brother Ali was arrested for his act of civil disobedience back in June, one of the first things he did after being released from jail was reflect on what motivated him to cross police lines and stand up for the Occupy Homes movement. Getting arrested wasn’t a decision Ali took lightly, and the morning…
Local Current BlogNow, Now, up close and personalAndrea Swensson • Aug 8, 2012Typically, I save all the best videos I find each week for the Friday Five roundup, but this one was too stunning to sit on. Now, Now — whose latest album Threads is easily a front-runner in the best albums released in Minnesota this year — were filmed looking out over the downtown Austin, Texas landscape in the city’s…
Local Current BlogLocal Radar: Leisure Birds, Deepest Bison and Pony TrashJon Schober • Aug 7, 2012Local bands that deserve must-hear status this week
Local Current BlogTom Waits’ big surprise? A music video for ‘Hell Broke Luce’Andrea Swensson • Aug 7, 2012Tom Waits posted three separate, equally cryptic photos on his website over the past week hinting that something would be coming out of his camp on August 7. The photos were tantalizing enough for Waits fans that they quickly circulated throughout the web, leading to much speculation over what the date might bring — a…
Local Current BlogSharon Van Etten, Die Antwoord make for a study in contrasts at First AvenueAndrea Swensson • Aug 6, 2012I went to First Avenue on Saturday night with the intention of reviewing the Sharon Van Etten show and sticking around to check out Die Antwoord. But after spending seven hours inside, outside, and around the club taking in all the sights and sounds, it’s impossible for me to untangle the evening and describe one…
Local Current BlogListen: Bob Mould’s new single ‘The Descent’Andrea Swensson • Aug 6, 2012Silver Age out September 4 on Merge Records
Local Current BlogPremiere: New Astronautalis and Alpha Consumer videos by rising filmmaker Dan HuitingAndrea Swensson • Aug 5, 2012The last few years have seen an uptick in professionally shot, artistic music videos in the Twin Cities. Burgeoning filmmakers like Isaac Gale and Dave Jensen (who often work as a duo), Adam J. Dunn, Chris Hadland, and Andre Durand are examples of the many who have established themselves locally in recent years; whose work…
Local Current BlogFriday Five: Bloodnstuff release first video, rap supergroup Hecatomb debuts, and moreAndrea Swensson • Aug 3, 2012Local music notes from the week of July 30-August 3
