by Mekenna Malan | Nov 8, 2017 | Articles, Features
Sydney Dahle Social Studies Composite Teaching major Tell me about your show? It’s on Mondays at 6 p.m. Mountain time. I have to say “Mountain time” because a lot of my friends and family from back home in Missouri tune in for it. I don’t really have a name for it...
by John Wheeler | Nov 6, 2017 | Features, Reviews
Even though What Was Once Is By and Gone is only Darius Koski’s second solo record, he is no stranger to the spotlight. Having spent nearly thirty years in the industry, most notably in the 90s punk group Swingin’ Utters, Koski’s experience shines in his latest...
by John Wheeler | Nov 5, 2017 | Features, Reviews
Portland, Maine-based band The Ghost of Paul Revere departs from the bluegrass roots of their debut LP, Believe, for a more focused, studio-driven approach in their latest release, Monarch. The foot-stomping trio of high school dropouts creates more complex...
by John Wheeler | Nov 5, 2017 | Features, Reviews
To say that the meandering five-man band Grizzly Bear has an ongoing identity crisis is to simultaneously point out their greatest short-falling and their most beloved virtue. The group’s first four records have been classified as indie-folk, psychedelic folk, chamber...
by John Wheeler | Oct 25, 2017 | Features, Reviews
On the surface, Kurt Vile and Courtney Barnett seem an unlikely couple. However, Vile’s melodic and entrancing drawl combined with Barnett’s sharp and cunning lyricism are a welcome collaboration in their debut duet record, Lotta Sea Lice. Together they explore their...
by Lydia Velazquez | Oct 24, 2017 | Features, Reviews
Sometimes a band’s songs feel like they all sound the same and sometimes this sensation is displeasing. However, St. Paul-based band Hippo Campus has managed to reconstruct this idea and its connotations. To the ears of a new listener (or even a long-term one), it...
