It is often difficult to gain a balanced perspective on an album after reading a single summary of the music. Bias can tilt the review, as can personal taste, history and just about everything else …

I had to make some tough choices on Monday night, music-wise. While great Monday night shows are relatively rare, somehow we ended up with three of them falling on the same date: Atmosphere, Deerhunter, and …

The Rosebuds, Megafaun & Justin Vernon
There can be a certain loneliness to a touring band that can lead to an unnerving monotony, which in turn can lead to some rather dull shows. Everyone has been …

The Swedes like to joke that the Finns don’t have a language – just a mix of commonly understood grunts and gobbledygook. If you have heard Finnish before you might be inclined to agree – …

Blitzen Trapper
I was surprised by a lot of things during Saturday night’s sold-out Blitzen Trapper show at the Turf Club in St. Paul, not the least of which was the fact that the show was …

Peter Adams

It is often difficult to gain a balanced perspective on an album after reading a single summary of the music. Bias can tilt the review, as can personal taste, history and just about everything else …

Girl Talk
Wow, Gregg Gillis sure can throw one hell of a party. With just a laptop and a copious amount of streamers, confetti, and toilet paper, the man known professionally as Girl Talk completely invigorated …

Yeasayer
Brooklyn band Yeasayer brought their experimental psychedelic rock to the West Bank’s Triple Rock Social Club last week, their sixth (!) show in the Twin Cities this year. Though the band appeared to be a …

Whenever I get a press release in the mail that describes a band as sounding like The Beatles or Radiohead I sigh to myself and consider not listening to the album. It seems like whenever …

Chairlift & Yeasayer

Sugary pop can be a difficult thing. Make it too sickly sweet, and you will give people stomachaches. Too bubblegum and it can end up a sticky mess. And if there is too much bitterness, …