It’s been a big week for Minnesota music, with Lizzo tapped as Time’s Entertainer of the Year, J.S. Ondara playing to a sold-out crowd at First Ave, and The Current announcing the lineup for the 15th Anniversary Party next month. To cap off the week, here are five fresh Minnesota music videos. Lizzo: “Good As […]
Friday Five is back after last week’s Thanksgiving break! Here are five music videos that caught my eye over the last couple of weeks. And if you’re interested in submitting a video for next week, send a link to our new associate blogger Emma Manley (emanley@mpr.org), who’ll be handling this post on Dec. 13. Solid […]
It’s good to be back at the wheel for Friday Five! I’ve been out for a couple of weeks and would like to thank Jay Gabler for filling in admirably. In fact, I’m on the road again this week — coming at you from Wisconsin, where I’m emotionally preparing to attend Eaux Claires Hiver this […]
Cecilia Johnson, our regular Friday Five curator, is on vacation this week, and here’s what I’ve learned stepping in for her: there are way more great new music videos coming out every week in our fair Gopher State than we could ever fit into a five-track roundup. But a “Friday Fifteen” would be a little daunting, […]
Today is Nov. 1, but I hope you don’t mind some residual Halloween spirit via today’s batch of videos! These five selections, all from Minnesota artists, feature costumes and/or dark vibes. Typsy Panthre – “Bluebird Blues” “The future looks profoundly overcast,” Allison LaBonne sings in “Bluebird Blues.” She and John Crozier, the other half of […]
Off-Brand Comedy – “Do The Kris Lindahl” If you’re not from the Twin Cities, you may not get the hype surrounding our local celebrity realtor. If you are from the Twin Cities, this man’s face has likely entered your eyeballs every day for months. Kris Lindahl’s ubiquity is the subject of this hilarious music video […]
Student 1 & Letmode – “Early Tyler Caves” Welcome to The 3:45 AM Show, where host with The Most Mitt McClinty interviews our hero: down-to-earth rapper and internet humorist Student 1. Letmode (FKA Cory Grindberg, who produced Four Fists’s “6666”) provides the beat, and the video is a collaboration by Ice God the Macgyver and […]
Dua Saleh – “Sugar Mama” Performing “Sugar Mama” from their 2019 EP Nūr, Dua Saleh sings, gazes, and spits into a spinning camera. Of the video, Saleh tells Pigeons & Planes, “The contrastingly bright and dark imagery […] is a nod to the sentiment of the song. It’s playful enough to not take itself too seriously, […]
Gaelynn Lea – “The Long Way Around” Gaelynn Lea unveils a soothing video for “The Long Way Around,” a 2019 single about “the relationships that take work but are worth it in the end.” It features a bit of synth flavor from Jason McGlone as well as several strains of guitar from Alan Sparhawk, Charlie […]
Humbird – “Wolf Alice” (Premiere) I was today years old when I learned that Wolf Alice is not just a band, but also a fairytale. The Angela Carter story is about a “feral” girl whom nuns attempt to civilize; Humbird, aka Siri Undlin, borrowed inspiration from Carter for this song. She writes, “[Wolf Alice’s] freedom […]
