Going into the night I was wondering how Woods brittle, lo-fi music would hold up in the live setting, but the band played an amazing set that showed why they have become a pillar in the lo-fi folk scene.

Sure, Distortion may be the conventionally better album, but as far as I am concerned I am sticking with this one…

Photo and video coverage of Datarock and Esser performing at Minneapolis’ 7th St. Entry.

While I think I was initially disappointed that the songs were more straightforward and less wildly chaotic than Menomena’s work (especially their last album), I found myself enjoying the set more and more as it went along.

“Postcards” was not only one of the band’s greatest achievements, but also a marker of where they would go with Flying Cup Club, the band’s next (and even better critically received) full length.

…It’s a savage critique of music and culture, all to the tune of a Dropkick Murphys-esque drinking anthem.

Photo coverage of an in-studio performance by Mason Jennings at 89.3 The Current.

The EP is a continuation of the band’s folky, psychedelic sunshine; the only noticeable departure from Paranoid Cocoon being a lack of sleigh bells.

The best of the month of August as chosen by Culture Bully contributors.

You have to be pretty good to rise above the local scene’s deluge of alt-country musicians, and Mercer is definitely getting there.

If DJ Shadow’s Endtroducing introduced society to the possibility of sample based hip hop, Deadringer ripped open the genre’s limitless potential…

The fuse was never truly lit under the sparse crowd, and the show unfortunately fell flat despite the best efforts of the evenings headliners, Talib Kweli and DJ Hi Tek, performing together as Reflection Eternal once again.