Growing Pains: Tensions Between Then and Now on Willingdone’s “Bridges Freeze First”
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
Read MoreHappy Seventh Birthday Ear Coffee! Come Celebrate at the Cedar
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.
Read MoreKat and the Kodachromes Come in with a Kick
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.
Read MoreCalling All Freaks and Weirdos: The Doll Brawl is Back!
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.
Read MoreThe Doll Brawl: a Night of Transsexual Glamour and Rage at Seward Cafe - Leap Day 2024
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.
Read MoreDrive-In Movies You Can Dance To: An Album from the Back Seat
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.
Read MoreAlex Delzer Takes Us Behind the Curtain on "Thoughts About My Loneliness"
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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