I do love it when I hear from bands with Minnesota connections that I just don’t know. Last week, XADDAX popped up in my inbox (nice [at] mncultureclub [dot] com) to announce their debute album, “Counterclockwork.” XADDAX is a new band from ex-Minneapolite (and current Brooklynite) Nick Sakes, the singer/guitarist of Dazzling Killmen, Colossamite & Sicbay.
It’s really not for me to review music like this, I have no idea what I’m talking about when it comes to hardcore. I can enjoy myself at a show but I’m the last person who should be expressing opinion… I just don’t know what’s good. That’s why I’d love to hear from you. Get the album, go to a show, check them out online, etc. What do you think?
MN Culture Club got an absurdly flattering email a couple weeks back from Be Easy Music‘s Jesse “Wrangler” Smith. Buried in the hyperbole was a request for a mention. Wrangler, beyond feeling that we owe it to you for your kind words, “Vision the Kid” is really just damn good! So, thank you! Thanks for turning us on to the forthcoming album, “The Comedown” and accompanying show on April 28th with Mac Spillz and others at Honey on Hennepin in Minneapolis.
MN Culture Club readers back in the motherland should definitely check out this show. And please, if you do, let us know what you thought, we’d really love to know. The rest of you, mark your calendar for the release of “The Comedown.” Both the show and the EP drop April 28th. You’ll be able to get the album at visionthekid.bandcamp.com/album/the-comedown. At the moment, you can name your own price on the first single, “Lost Generation” which features K.Raydio. “The Comedown” is entirely produced by TRU and in addition to K.Raydio, also features ECID.
The project, which Wrangler describes as simultaneously “dark and uplifting,” is the follow-on to Vision the Kid’s 2011 release, “Lost Summer” and is sure to keep this fresh new artist in the spotlight on Minneapolis’ already thriving Hip Hop stage and larger music scene.
The Comedown release show – April 28th, 2012
Performances by Vision the Kid, Mac Spillz, and Noam the Drummer on turntables all night
Honey – 205 East Hennepin Ave, Minneapolis
Doors: 9pm, Music: 10pm
21+, $5 cover includes copy of “The Comedown” EP
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Shouldn’t baseball teams have chants like soccer teams do? Don’t you think the crowd could be a little more engaged? Couldn’t the Twins use another anthem? Andy Sturdevant believes this and so do we! The Twinkies start their 2012 season this Friday, April 6th and their home opener is on Monday the 9th. To kick things off in style, we’d like to introduce a new Twins Anthem.
This isn’t meant to replace anything we already sing at Twins games, it’s just tune to add to our arsenal.
In October 2010 Andy Sturdevant revealed this retooled Leeds United song at his variety show called “Salon Saloon” at Bryant Lake Bowl in Minneapolis. About a year ago I had lunch with his co-producers Colin Kloecker and Shanai Matteson of Works Progress. They told me about the song. I decided I wanted to make a video out of it for our site and asked for the original rough video. Then I created a karaoke version of it and sent it out to a whole bunch of Minnesotan friends. Over the next two months, I recorded them over Skype singing the anthem back to me while wearing headphones to keep the audio clean(ish). Next, I completely forgot about this project until last week when I noticed the Twins were about to begin their season.
I now introduce the new Twins Anthem. Enjoy. If you like it, please post it to Facebook, Tweet it, and send it to all your friends… and ask them to do the same.
It’s finally here–The Hold Steady frontman Craig Finn’s solo record “Clear Heart Full Eyes.” You can listen to the full album streaming on NPR for the next couple days with an intro from The Current’s own Jill Riley.
From your big MN family to you and your loved ones, Happy Holidays. Enjoy the season wherever you are and may you go big in 2012… whatever that means to you.
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