Author: Bill Snyder
Miked - Live Reviews from Issue #50 March-April 2004
Gear Daddies / Martin Zellar – Fine Line (Minneapolis, MN)
Minnesotans rarely say “when hell freezes over,” as freezing over is our way of life. When things start to thaw, that’s when we begin to worry. So perhaps it shouldn’t have been a surprise: While the Gear Daddies kicked off a five-night December reunion — more than a decade after calling it quits — ice [...]
Miked - Live Reviews from Issue #45 May-June 2003
Jayhawks – Guthrie Theater (Minneapolis, MN)
For years, it seems Minnesotans have waited for the Jayhawks to become rock stars. It started with the critical buzz surrounding 1992’s Hollywood Town Hall, picked up speed when “Blue” became a minor hit in 1995, and was fueled by the rock ‘n’ roll swagger of the band’s shows behind Sound Of Lies and Smile. [...]
Waxed - Record Review from Issue #41 Sept-Oct 2002
Mekons – Out Of Our Heads
Over the Mekons’ 25-year history, the band’s strongest works have been the result of flat-out ballsy experiments in synthesizing disparate musical forms. It may be country, punk, folk, loops and samples, or spoken word that they’re blending into the mix, but when the band nails it, they sound like no one else. (Hell, on a [...]
Waxed - Record Review from Issue #40 July-Aug 2002
Kangaroo – Phantom
For the past three decades, Minnesota music has been a love affair with pop. A simple formula: Pop + Twang = Jayhawks; Pop + Punk = Hüsker Dü; Pop + Booze = The Replacements. Following in that vein, Pop + Maturity = Kangaroo.
Maturity may not be the adjective most musicians are looking for, but this [...]
Waxed - Record Review from Issue #37 Jan-Feb 2002
Honeydogs – Island Of Misfits
As a kid, I was something of a 45-rpm junkie. Sure, I spent hours listening to, dissecting, and cutting my critical baby teeth on classic albums — seamless works of art from Pet Sounds to Abbey Road to Dark Side Of The Moon — but 45s were another world altogether. Creating a great album has [...]
Town and Country - Shorter Artist Feature from Issue #36 Nov-Dec 2001
Randy Casey – Tasteful twang
Randy Casey is driven like a man with a life’s calling; it just gets a little tricky trying to figure out what that calling is. He’s an outstanding cook, an avid sports fan, a gardener, and, yes, a musician.
He’s done arena tours as Shannon Curfman’s music director, recorded with Peter Himmelman and Billy McLaughlin, and [...]
Not Fade Away - Reissue Review from Issue #32 March-April 2001
Continental Drifters – Self-Titled
The Continental Drifters’ 1994 self-titled debut sent a minor tremor through the roots-rock world. The fabled supergroup of Mark Walton (Dream Syndicate), Vicki Peterson (Bangles), Susan Cowsill (of those Cowsills), Peter Holsapple (dB’s), Robert Maché (Steve Wynn) and drummer Carlo Nuccio had finally committed its five-songwriter attack to CD — but the band’s label, Monkey [...]
Miked - Live Reviews from Issue #32 March-April 2001
John Munson’s Meltaway – 400 Bar (Minneapolis, MN)
For true music junkies, there is no pleasure greater than “the living room listening session,” an evening digging through record collections, sharing old favorites with friends, and, hopefully, picking up some new “old favorites” from them. On a cold January night in Minneapolis, Semisonic bassist John Munson brought the living room to the bar with [...]
Waxed - Record Review from Issue #22 July-Aug 1999
Tangletown – Ordinary Freaks
It’s easy to get tangled up in this album’s tale of two families without ever getting to the music. A primer: Tangletown leader, Seth Zimmerman, is the nephew of Bob Dylan and cousin to Jakob. The album is the first released on ex-Prince & the Revolution drummer Bobby Z’s Zinc Records; the production credits include [...]
Waxed - Record Review from Issue #20 March-April 1999
Tangletown – Ordinary Freaks
It’s easy to get tangled up in this album’s tale of two families without ever getting to the music. A primer: Tangletown leader Seth Zimmerman is the nephew of Bob Dylan and cousin to Jakob. The album is the first released on ex-Prince & the Revolution drummer Bobby Z’s Zinc Records; the production credits include [...]
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