Music

Reveille Shop debuts with I MN Music t-shirt

by Steve McPherson, Reveille Magazine • April 16, 2008 • Reveille has just launched our online store, where we'll be making and selling awesome T-shirts and probably other stuff. We don't want to overwhelm you, though, so for now we're starting with just the one: The nice, simple black T-shirt you see to the left there. Click on the link to our store to pick one up for a cool $12.MORE »

Weekend what's what 6/20-6/22: Droppin' the bomb

by l'etoile magazine staff • June 18, 2008 • Attention party-prone Twin Citians! This weekend is simply filled to the brim with ear-plug worthy rock-outings and dance-offings. The signs of summer are in full swing and events of all shapes and sizes are in full effect. There is a pleasant assortment of indoor and outdoor shenanigans to be had, both at land and sea (well, ok, river), so make your days off count! xo-l'étoile MORE »

Music note: Spaghetti Western String Co., under the big St. Paul sky

By Jason Ericson, TC Daily Planet

Photos by Jason Ericson

Scissors beats paper. Rock beats scissors. And last Thursday evening, string beat rock.MORE »

Music note: Peter Lang's tame "Testament"

By Dwight Hobbes, TC Daily Planet

Cover art ©2008 Peter Lang

“I believe early blues is the DNA of American music. But its source is elusive: when blues was first widely recorded in the 1920s it was based on older music and stories going back generations.MORE »

Music note: Billy Bragg takes brave stand against fascists and bad tea

By Jay Gabler, TC Daily Planet

Billy Bragg performs in England in 2006. Photo by Ray Kilpatrick, courtesy Billy Bragg.

Onstage in Minneapolis Friday night, Billy Bragg took multiple opportunities to let us know that he appreciated the fact that not all Americans are supporters of George W. Bush.

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Hip-hop heads remix the media reform agenda, stir controversy at the NCMR

By Justin Schell, TC Daily Planet

Maria Isa, as seen on a monitor performing at the NCMR. Photos by B Fresh Photography.

Hip-hop had a place at this year’s National Conference for Media Reform—appropriately so, given hip-hop's history of social engagement.MORE »

A 40th birthday blowout for the Electric Fetus

By Justin Schell, TC Daily Planet

Slug raps over the Electric Fetus store intercom. Photos by Staciaann Photography.

Even among the many storied independent record stories in the Twin Cities—Treehouse, Eclipse, Roadrunner, Hymie’s, Fifth Element—the Electric Fetus, which turns 40 this week, stands out.MORE »

Music note: True Colors Tour celebrates the gay (19)90s

By Jay Gabler, TC Daily Planet

Cyndi Lauper in a previous performance. Photo courtesy Cyndi Lauper.

I can’t claim that it was a deliberate choice to wear my t-shirt featuring a Power Ranger (on the front) and the words I LOVE THE 90S (on the back) to the True Colors Tour—a rolling revue benefitin

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Music note: Jistoray shoot from the hip

By Dwight Hobbes, TC Daily Planet

Photo courtesy Jistoray

I remember walking away from the Nomad World Pub a couple years ago, absolutely convinced that Jistoray play some of the finest low-key music the Twin Cities scene has to offer.MORE »

Music note: Awesome Snakes rock the patio

By Melissa Slachetka, TC Daily Planet

Photo by Melissa Slachetka

Local groups the Vignettes, the Talkers, and Awesome Snakes were undaunted by storms that flooded the patio last Thursday night at the Minnesota Museum of American Art as they launched the museum's PaMORE »
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