Local music notes from the week of October 15-19

The City Pages best-new-band beast known as Picked to Click holds a special place in my overstimulated heart, mostly because I spent the last four years tabulating the results and putting the whole issue together myself. So I approached this year’s poll from a strange place, one from which I am both overly informed on…

Local bands that deserve must-hear status this week

It’s a busy week for a lot of Twin Cities bands who are making the journey to New York for CMJ, including those who are playing the big Radio K/Gimme Noise showcase on the Lower East Side of Manhattan tonight. Even with a portion of our music community gigging on the East Coast, there are…

Track premiered on two-year anniversary of Micheal Larsen's death

An audio version of this story originally aired on 89.3 The Current on Sunday, October 14, as a Current Presents. You can stream that 45-minute special here: Fall is often a busy time for album releases, especially here in the Twin Cities. But it’s hard to remember another time when two Minnesota artists of this…

Local music notes from the week of October 8-12

A series of 45s will follow, with all proceeds benefiting Slim Dunlap

For how quickly modern music consumers are expected to make snap judgments about new sounds and sift through endless streams of new tunes, there’s something to be said about music that demands serenity. Music that would get drowned out by the clatter of life if the listener didn’t make a special effort to sit down…

Local bands that deserve must-hear status this week