Local Music and Art
There is something to be said about raw and experimental music. It can have more energy and emotion. Greta Ruth’s debut EP The Quiet While seems to embody this. Recorded all at one time, no overdubs or edits which suits the music well.
A new single called “Sweet Pace” which has a video shot in Super 8, fits with what Ruth is trying to achieve artistically and stylistically. Check out the video and the new EP on Bandcamp.
Sister Species is orchestrated quirky indie pop music. Well mostly, there are some songs with more straightforward arrangements on their new album Heavy Things Do Move. It’s nice to get emotionally lost in songs, feeling like you belong there and fitting right in.
They are celebrating the release of their new album with a show at The Cedar Cultural Center along with the unique folky voice of Lena Elizabeth who is releasing her album Get It Right.
SISTER SPECIES and LENA ELIZABETH Double Album Release
Rich Mattson has been rocking Minnesota for a long time. The first time I saw him play was with The Glenrustles, the early 90s at The Whole Music Club.
They stood out, in a sea of noisy punk and grunge back then. Well, they were a little grungy, but they were mostly just good rock. Think Neil Young or Kurt Vile before there was a Kurt Vile.
This is a new song, from an upcoming release Totem coming out in early 2019. Mattson still has it, and it just keeps getting better.
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“What is compulsion? what is attachment? what is love? what is romance?” Dessa discusses all of this, Aquinas, the formation of character, her first rapping experience (in a Ford Festiva), and much more in this first part of her long-form Back to the City interview regarding “Our Own Devices.”
photo credit: Tyler Newman
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Ahead of the release of their new record “I’m here but I’m not” on September 27th and their performance at the “Back to the City @ the Grotto” release party this Thursday, August 30th at Mortimers, OKnice perform three new songs – “Passing By,” “Cool Song,” and “Dear Shawn, It’s Been Hard” – at The Grotto.
Also performing at Thursday’s event will be Seaberg, Elle PF, and Symone Smash It. New “@ The Grotto” music videos from self-evident, glow mechanics and thyself will be premiered on Mortimers’ big projector between the live sets.
https://www.facebook.com/events/187148132151721/
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