Local Music and Art
By Brandon Henry
When I got Crooked Brain from Clementine, I didn’t know what to expect. What I got is a badass album from a Minneapolis foursome that deserves to be “discovered” and would garner opener invites from Queens of the Stone Age or Foo Fighters if the record fell into the right hands. Crooked Brain will blow your hair back with its sly grooves and smoldering guitar riffs that float over vivid lyrics and thunderous drums. [Read more…] about Review – Clementine – Crooked Brain
By Clara Tsac
Twin Cities rapper Ecid delivers a totally irreverent, post-hyphy album packed with existential wordplay in “Pheromone Heavy.” The tracks rest on a mix of EDM synth loops, creeping punk rock instrumentals, and the occasional dab of folksy guitar thrown in. Equal parts conceptual frustration and tumultuous humor, the album can be summarized as Ecid’s stoned stream-of-consciousness. [Read more…] about Review – Ecid Pheromone Heavy
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By Courtney Schultz
The sound that emerges from Rev. Mary and Her Percolators is a mystical creature made up of a heartbeat and a booty. This creature was born in a cluster of stars, fell from outer-space, and splashed down into a lagoon of blues, moonshine, and psychedelics in the deep south. After soaking up as much of that lagoon muk as its pores could handle, it is now wiggling its way into our world by rearing its head of soulful, bluesy funk in Minnesota. [Read more…] about Review – Rev. Mary and Her Percolators – The Rupel Session
Almost 11 years ago, May 2004 I started writing an introduction piece to each issue of Rift Magazine. I did 25 of them. Sometimes they were ramblings, and sometimes they made a point. [Read more…] about Intro – Let the fun begin.
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