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Review – Bloodpine – Fever Prone Circus Owned

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By J.J. Anselmi

Fever Prone Circus Owned is Bloodpine’s debut LP, but you’d never guess. Each song, as well as the album as a whole, exhibits a mature sense of structure, instrumentation, and subtlety. With equal parts light and dark, Fever Prone Circus Owned conjures images of immense natural landscapes and a deteriorating small town America. [Read more…] about Review – Bloodpine – Fever Prone Circus Owned

Review – Aero Flynn – Self Titled

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By Derek Lynch

Aero Flynn is the newest emergence out of camp Bon Iver, a group that’s already found success with Field Report, Megafaun, Peter Wolf Crier, S. Carey, etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. as well as any record Justin Vernon produces, contributes to, or so much as lays a finger on. Frontman Josh Scott was a part of the Eau Claire scene back in the ‘06-’07 era with his band Amatuer Love, finding regional success and rubbing shoulders with Vernon and Co. Aero Flynn comes from a seven-year hiatus in songwriting, during which time Scott lay low, having been diagnosed with autoimmune disease and depression. [Read more…] about Review – Aero Flynn – Self Titled

Review – Shane David Kramer – ECSS5: The Promising Signs of Stars

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By Derek Lynch

Anyone who’s been lucky enough to stumble onto Minneapolis’s incredible shoegazing corner of the scene is already familiar with space-rockers Fire In the Northern Firs. Unfortunately, they haven’t seen much action over the past year. [Read more…] about Review – Shane David Kramer – ECSS5: The Promising Signs of Stars