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November 08, 2019

On 'House of Sugar,' the lo-fi pop musician's third full-length release on Domino, his often warped voice swarms and lingers over warm walls of stringed instruments and looped synths. The album's themes are murky: memory runs backwards, sugar is spooned, and answers are buried with sand.

(Sandy) Alex G: 'I don't feel like a brand yet, I still feel like a person'

(Sandy) Alex G: 'I don't feel like a brand yet, I still feel like a person'

Lydia Moran • Nov 8, 2019

On 'House of Sugar,' the lo-fi pop musician's third full-length release on Domino, his often warped voice swarms and lingers over warm walls of stringed instruments and looped synths. The album's themes are murky: memory runs backwards, sugar is spooned, and answers are buried with sand.

Watch Boy Azooga perform 'O Silly Me' at The Current Day Party at Iceland Airwaves

Watch Boy Azooga perform 'O Silly Me' at The Current Day Party at Iceland Airwaves

Nov 8, 2019

Typically a four-piece, Boy Azooga showed up as a one-man act at The Current Day Party. Armed with a kick-drum, a hi-hat and a guitar, Davey Newington delivered catchy, jangly rock songs at Iceland Airwaves.

Watch JFDR enchant the Iceland Airwaves audience with a full set from The Current Day Party

Watch JFDR enchant the Iceland Airwaves audience with a full set from The Current Day Party

Nov 8, 2019

Iceland's JFDR may only be 25, but the artist has already made her name known in the country's music scene. Watch her ambient and expansive set from Iceland Airwaves.

Watch Hachiku's performance at The Current Day Party at Iceland Airwaves

Watch Hachiku's performance at The Current Day Party at Iceland Airwaves

Nov 8, 2019

Despite years on the road, Anika Ostendorf creates a sense of home for herself in the dreamy but avant-garde bedroom pop of Hachiku. See her full performance from Iceland Airwaves

Watch Between Mountains perform at The Current Day Party at Iceland Airwaves

Watch Between Mountains perform at The Current Day Party at Iceland Airwaves

Nov 8, 2019

Watch Between Mountains -- Katla Vigdis and her band -- open The Current Day Party with a six-song set live from Iceland Airwaves.

Coffee Break: National STEM Day

Coffee Break: National STEM Day

Jesse Wiza • Nov 8, 2019

National STEM Day focuses on helping kids advance in the fields of science, technology, engineering, art, and math. What songs would you like to hear for today's 9:30 Coffee Break that cover STEM fields?

Watch Har Mar Superstar, Ashley DuBose, Gully Boys, deM atlaS, Last Import, and dozens more Minnesota artists cameo in new Bo Weber video

Watch Har Mar Superstar, Ashley DuBose, Gully Boys, deM atlaS, Last Import, and dozens more Minnesota artists cameo in new Bo Weber video

Jay Gabler • Nov 8, 2019

Bo Weber, a Minnesota musician who’s also the founder of MusicInMinnesota.com, just wants to “Pump This Town.” Or, more precisely, these Twin Towns. So do dozens more artists, who all cameo in a new video for his song by that title. Weber took half a year to film the video, which functions as both a…

Friday Five: Buried Animals, Just Wulf, Mayda, Waltzing on Waves, and Katy Vernon

Friday Five: Buried Animals, Just Wulf, Mayda, Waltzing on Waves, and Katy Vernon

Jay Gabler • Nov 8, 2019

Cecilia Johnson, our regular Friday Five curator, is on vacation this week, and here’s what I’ve learned stepping in for her: there are way more great new music videos coming out every week in our fair Gopher State than we could ever fit into a five-track roundup. But a “Friday Fifteen” would be a little daunting,…

Coffee Break: Joni Mitchell covers

Coffee Break: Joni Mitchell covers

Nov 7, 2019

Joni Mitchell is 76 today, so we thought we'd celebrate by hearing some of her songs. But let's get a little creative with this one. What songs would you like to hear for today's 9:30 Coffee Break that are covers of Joni Mitchell songs?

'Sound the Bells': where Dessa and the Minnesota Orchestra meet

'Sound the Bells': where Dessa and the Minnesota Orchestra meet

Euan Kerr • Nov 7, 2019

The live hip-hop album features a selection of Dessa's hip hop work with a group of vocalists and the full Minnesota Orchestra behind her. This years-long collaboration and cross-genre learning results in 'Sound the Bells' and some interesting marketing challenges.

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