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Happy Birthday Sam! Celebrate Sam Nordquist’s Life and Support his Family as They Continue Traveling for his Murder Trial

May 26, 2025 by Emily Schmidt in Upcoming Events

One of the newest trans-focused music venues in the Twin Cities is throwing a birthday party for their close friend, Sam Nordquist, on Sunday, June 1st at 6:30 p.m. I had the privilege of meeting the organizers in their home to learn more about the event, their connections to Sam, and how they turned their place into a transgender music sanctuary.

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May 26, 2025 /Emily Schmidt
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Growing Pains: Tensions Between Then and Now on Willingdone’s “Bridges Freeze First”

March 03, 2025 by Emily Schmidt in Album Review

When listening to Bridges Freeze First, you’re getting a glimpse into Rosenberg’s life both as a young adult from Iowa and as the person he is today

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March 03, 2025 /Emily Schmidt
Bridges Freeze First, Willingdone
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Happy Seventh Birthday Ear Coffee! Come Celebrate at the Cedar

August 29, 2024 by Emily Schmidt

Ear Coffee turns seven this year! To celebrate their birthday and to raise money for two housing-focused community aid groups, Joe and Aly are throwing a kick-ass show at the Cedar Cultural Center Friday, September 6 at 8 p.m. Four local artists will perform, including bugsy (who recently opened for the Red Hot Chili Peppers) and Kate Malanaphy of Keep for Cheap. Tickets are $18 in advance or $23 at the door.

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August 29, 2024 /Emily Schmidt
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Kat and the Kodachromes Come in with a Kick

August 15, 2024 by Emily Schmidt

Popular Problems, the debut EP from Kat and the Kodachromes, encourages listeners to do more than just listen. Its engaging instrumentation and thought-provoking lyrics do what music was meant to do: connect people.

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August 15, 2024 /Emily Schmidt

Calling All Freaks and Weirdos: The Doll Brawl is Back!

Seward Cafe
April 22, 2024 by Emily Schmidt in Show Review

The Doll Brawl of this past February will be returning for Volume 2 on Sunday, April 28 at 6 p.m. I had the privilege of meeting with the organizers to learn more about how the community-centered event came to be, the impact it had, and what future Doll Brawls may hold.

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April 22, 2024 /Emily Schmidt
doll brawl, punk, hardcore, kyrie nova, tower, blue diver, pay dirt, anita velveeta
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The Doll Brawl: a Night of Transsexual Glamour and Rage at Seward Cafe - Leap Day 2024

Seward Cafe
March 07, 2024 by Emily Schmidt in Show Review

February 29, the day Camp Nenookaasi burned to the ground, Seward Cafe hosted the Doll Brawl. As a benefit for the Autonomous Yurt Union, the need could not have been more urgent, as 23 yurts were destroyed, displacing the Indigenous-led healing camp for the fourth time in 2024. On top of the four bands playing that night, representatives from COVID Aware Twin Cities and Black & Pink Minneapolis provided resources and rounded out the community-focused evening.

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March 07, 2024 /Emily Schmidt
Doll Brawl, E.T., S.L.O.G., TOWER, Transitioner, Hardcore, Punk
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Drive-In Movies You Can Dance To: An Album from the Back Seat

December 18, 2023 by Emily Schmidt in Video Premier, Album Review

A double album with 22 fantastic tracks, Annie and the Bang Bang’s “Radio Baby” offers variety in just about every aspect that an album can. The title track states, “I am an FM radio baby raised in the back of a car,” and like an FM radio on a long road trip, the album switches tones and genres often. Its lyrics also give the listener opportunities to imagine music videos or feature-length films, the perfect thing to do on a long road trip. As songwriter and lead singer Annie Enneking puts it, the songs on Radio Baby are “drive-in movies you can dance to.

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December 18, 2023 /Emily Schmidt
annie and the bang bang, radio baby, pop, country
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Alex Delzer Takes Us Behind the Curtain on "Thoughts About My Loneliness"

October 19, 2023 by Emily Schmidt in Video Premier, Album Review

Between the dense, intricate layers of sound, the honest lyrics, and the use of a voice note that the artist recorded for his real-life therapist, each listen of Alex Delzer’s album Thoughts About My Loneliness brings something new. Topped with the artist’s genuine passion for his craft, these tracks are a music nerd like myself’s dream to pick apart — but the generally upbeat feel and other-worldly audio effects make for an exciting surface-level listen as well.

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October 19, 2023 /Emily Schmidt
Alex Delzer, Thoughts About My Loneliness, Electro-pop, synth
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