Mark’s Top Five of 2013
Time to once again tap into my inner Cusack and reveal my Top Five Albums of 2013. 5. Antiphon by Midlake After the departure of lead vocalist and founding member Tim Smith, Midlake has been born again with a much more powerful…
Song of the Summer
With this being the 4th of July week, we are officially at the height of summer so it’s time for THE SONG OF THE SUMMER!! Even though it came out at the very end of last year here in America…
Their Flag is Planted Deeply in the Ground
The very talented and thankfully local band, American Revival is back with a new lineup and new EP called Thank Ya Kindly. Folks, the lads have done it again. It’s a North Woods corker! From the first few wonderful seconds of the opening…
The Power and Mystique Of Minneapolis
On the fourth song into their set in the Main Room at First Avenue last night, Tom Chapman, lead singer of Battle, East Sussex’s Keane, realized he was going to have a personally transformative evening. It was during the devastating…
The Return of the Thin White Duke (finally!)
It’s been ten years since David Bowie has released any new music and most of us were beginning to think that he packed it in. He just turned 66 so no one would blame him, right? Yet here is…back with…
Lifting My Mind in the New Year
It’s always cool to kick off the new year with some fresh music. It’s even better when it’s some local boys! Lifted Mindz are a five man, hip hop crew that I first heard during a break of the Orange…
Mark’s Top Five Albums of 2012
For my top five albums of the year, we begin with something I didn’t think I would like but then did. And then loved. And then became obsessed with to the point of nausea. But a good nausea. Folks, I’m…
Mark’s Top Five Tracks of 2012
Channeling my inner Cusack via Nick Hornby, here are my Top Five Tracks of 2012. 5. “Don’t Stare At The Sun” – Richard Hawley Haunting and evocative of another time, this song has been stuck to me for the past…
Autumnal Delights (Richard Hawley)
With only a few weeks left until the official end to autumn, I thought it appropriate to return to the that magic mix of music and this time of the year. It seems like kismet for today considering it hit…
We Take Care Of Our Own
Yeah, that’s right, Bruce. We sure do. Fuckin’-A right we do. That’s why you just helped us elect the right guy for president a week ago. You are amazing. You are wonderful. You are a fucking monster. And it was…