By
Kelsey Simpkins
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Sep 7, 2018
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Since I left Minneapolis two years ago it's never stopped giving me good reasons to come back. DENNY is a great example of how dynamic the music scene is in the Twin Cities. I'd never heard of this band until last year and they're already making big ...
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By
Kelsey Simpkins
on
May 6, 2018
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It's Dessa. Not ODESZA, O-DESSA, or O'Dessa.
Ohhhhh, Dessa! Yes, from Doomtree. Yes, the poet, lyricist, rapper and singer-songwriter from Minnesota. Yes, the woman on a world tour for her new album Chime. Yes, the musician behind this amazing anth...
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By
Kelsey Simpkins
on
Sep 27, 2017
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Eustace the Dragon wanted their first full release to feel less like a studio album, and more like a campfire hang. And after more than four years as a band, these three Minneapolis musicians finally have made that a reality. "Miss" is the first trac...
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By
Kelsey Simpkins
on
Aug 20, 2017
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Earlier this year, Minneapolis four-piece Beasthead released their sophomore EP, I Owe You For This.
I've always been drawn in by their unique take on electronic indie rock, with sonically morphed vocals that straddle the line between auto-tune and...
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By
sweeney kovar
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Aug 22, 2012
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To me, this kind of track exemplifies what the mixtape freestyle (not an actual freestyle, more of a genre-within-a-genre) can allow space for. My favorite instances of a rapper singing over another's instrumental found the visiting MC starting off f...
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