glitchinmybrain

Damn I'm tired. It's hard being Hannah Montana; I go to high school all day, go to concerts all night, and then have quiz bowl at seven the next day. Okay maybe Hannah Montana never went to quiz bowl, but you get the idea. Friday's concert choice was the sold-out Triple Rock show featuring K Ishibashi (or his artist name Kishi Bashi) with New Yorkers, Plume Giant.

Judging solely by their name, you’d probably guess that King Dude are some kind of garage surf band from the heart of California. And if you guessed that, you’d be completely wrong. King Dude are in fact a gritty gothic folk band whose home town is Seattle. At least you guessed the right coast.

Let me preface this by saying that I am not generally a hip-hop/rap fan. I like the genres, but only usually in its most disjointed and non-traditional form. I’d say that Arca is one of my favourite hip-hop groups and Slim Twig is my favourite rapper, if that gives you a better sense of my tastes. That being said, I enjoyed both acts that played this show.

I was really excited for Teengirl Fantasy at 7th Street Entry on August 31 show because I've been digging the electronic scene lately and I was definitely not let down. The crowd comprised of the (very sparse) 90s-throwback-video game-electronica culture that's seen around the country. For whatever reason, Minneapolis has yet to embrace the scene, as seen by Elite Gymnastics' all but total shunning by local media outlets. I saw mesh crop tops and chunky platform shoes and suspenders with little smiley faces on them, clothes so gaudy that they're good, and streamlined sportswear paired with cutoff jeans and a flannel tied around the waist. It's this kind of culture that Minneapolis is in dire need of. Not necessarily fashion-wise, but music-wise. Think industrial video game electronic music. That's the scene we need.