Brave new world
It used to be that any kind of large-scale success in the music business was a bit like going through the minors to become a big league ball player. You [...]
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Posted February 11, 2015in The Sound
Posted February 04, 2015in The Sound
Business as usual
Minneapolis has a well-earned reputation for pumping out quality music. Legendary acts like Prince or the Replacements are the most obvious examples, but they’re hardly the end-all. Hit up a [...]
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Posted January 28, 2015in The Sound
Powering through
Powerman 5000 isn’t what you think they are. For nearly a quarter century, the Boston-based act has been confounding fans and detractors alike, mainly by refusing to be easily categorized. [...]
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Posted January 21, 2015in The Sound
Driven By Faith
Jeremy Camp has heard it all before. Christian music artists are not cool. Christian music is just the purview of home-schooled Jesus freaks. You cannot be successful — not really [...]
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Posted January 14, 2015in The Sound
Still Reeling
Reel Big Fish is one of those bands that you look at and think, “Man, have they really been at it for that long?” On one hand, it feels like [...]
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Posted January 07, 2015in The Sound
Roots music
Rusted Root has the feel of your hippie neighbor’s campfire drum circle that got a record deal and made it kind of big. They have a kind of amorphous lineup, [...]
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Posted December 31, 2014in The Sound
On the road again
Whitey Morgan just spent part of his Christmas week stranded in the Rockies with a broken down car. It was a minor set back, and one that the Flint, Michigan, [...]
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Posted December 24, 2014in The Sound
The sound of one hand clapping
We live in a fickle world. There are few acts that understand this in the way that Clap Your Hands Say Yeah do. With the release of its [...]
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Posted December 17, 2014in The Sound
Steamrolling Christmas
Mannheim Streamroller is, perhaps more than any other pop sensation, the brainchild of one man. The whole concept started back in 1974 when Chip Davis — who was also busy [...]
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Posted December 10, 2014in The Sound
Carrying a legacy
Iowa may be best known for corn and Slipknot, but make no mistake, Pieta Brown is one of our greatest exports. The 41-year-old Iowa City native spent much of her [...]
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