Every once in a while, you go to a party to find that all of the cool people have also shown up. Welcome to Icehouse on Nov. 30, 2017, the night of veteran drummer/percussionist Joey Van Phillips’s Punch Bowl album release. Van Phillips doesn’t sing on any of the 10 tracks from Punch Bowl. Instead, […]
To say the least, this weekend’s Art-A-Whirl weather was not ideal. It rained on Friday, it really rained on Saturday, and then, just for good measure, it rained on Sunday too. Even at its wettest, though, the annual Northeast Minneapolis celebration of art and music attracted loyal crowds — and when the rain slackened on Saturday night, […]
Video premiere: WINGMAN, “Giant Microphone” WINGMAN (Connor Davison and Daniel Stewart, featuring Levi Stugelmeyer and Steve Bosmans) share a video from their debut album Honcho, which came out in 2016. The band teamed up with director Eric Pierson and a whole team of pros to create this goofy blast from the past. Heiruspecs, “Relativity” Heiruspecs‘s new single/video, “Relativity,” addresses […]
Today, P.O.S can sell out a show at First Avenue’s Mainroom. In 2004, though, when he’d just signed to Rhymesayers, he toured as an opener for St. Paul hip-hop group Heiruspecs. “We were playing a really poorly attended show in Cleveland on the first night of the tour,” remembers Heiruspecs bassist Sean McPherson. “Stef [P.O.S] […]
If St. Paul greats are what you’re seeking, you’ve come to the right place. The storied Palace Theatre is set for an open house this Friday from 11:30-1:30 p.m. — complete with a mayoral welcome and a surprise musical guest — and local rap cornerstones Heiruspecs are celebrating a new EP called theskyisfalling as well as their […]
For his tenth State of the City address, St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman is trying something new. “We want people who would never, ever, ever think of coming to a State of the City address to come down and hear great music,” he says. Mayor Coleman joined Jill Riley and Sean McPherson on The Current’s […]
Hip-hop heroes Heiruspecs will be co-headlining with Carnage and the Last Band Standin’ on Dec. 19 at the Turf Club, as a part of their Holiday Classic Series. An unknown special guest will open the show, and will be announced on Nov. 11. Advance tickets are available on the Turf Club website. Update 11/20: K. Raydio and […]
Tina and the B-Sides: Barricade Once fixtures of the Minneapolis New Wave circuit in the 80s, Tina Schlieske and her backing band the B-Sides—or “the B-Side Movement”—have spent recent years leaning toward roots rock and Americana. Now, in 2014, five years after the release of their Best Of in 2009 and 14 years after their most recent […]
I was introduced to the Roots shortly after their second record Do You Want More?!!!??! came out. I had just met and started working informally with the first members of my band Heiruspecs. This record sounded very different than us, but did perfectly what we wanted to do early on: be really good, and have […]
