My Wednesday began with a groggy wake up and a sprint to my 8:30am Physics class. Despite the daily trials and tribulations of this thing we call life, I had something pulling me through the day with such ferocity that before I noticed, it was almost time to head downtown. […]
Jason Beal
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Cory Wong–hometown hero, funk phenom, boss behind the beat, and genuinely good guy–made his triumphant return to First Avenue on Saturday night with a three hour jamfest filled with bust-outs and bangers alike. It was his first show in town since the start of the pandemic, the last one being […]
Hailing from Minneapolis, In Lieu brought their powerful, dark rock to Garth’s humble living room. There’s absolutely no denying that they go hard! What does WMCN stand for? Woah Man Cool Noise. Describe your music without using any musical terms. Mad Girl. What are you looking forward to the most […]
Local act Prairie Clamor lit up Garth’s Living Room with a laser-fog-electronic-pop show like no radio station has seen before. Hailing from Austin, MN, the land of superabundant highway exits, Prairie Clamor took WMCN listeners on a power pop journey through tales of wildfires and urban birds. Staff was chanting […]
Local “not-Halloween” band Butter Boys came in to rock our first live session of the semester in Garth’s living room! With a fun, funny, and all-round engaging brand of pop punk, Butter Boys shows off impressive versatility in their music. What does WMCN stand for? Way Magnificent College Network; Woah […]
From their album The Good Night, TRITA kills it in the live sesh room. Saltless Sea had Garth’s ears ringing. Thank you TRITA for coming in to perform! If you liked what you heard: Bandcamp: https://trita.bandcamp.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tritaband/
Heavy, mathy noise rock skram-ish goodness with hints of Today is the Day and Loma Prieta, of Slint and Gospel. That’s Warp and Weft for you, if you were to ask me what Warp and Weft is. Warp and Weft might also be defined as an “engrossing” band of “unpredictable […]
Acoustic sets in rock music are a huge hit-or-miss, but I’m glad I trusted Kiss The Tiger when they asked to do one, because this set certainly falls into the former category. Their Garth’s Living Room set gained an added intimacy and warmth to it that complements well their high […]
Shatter Cones is a two piece that has the power of a much larger band – they RIP! They describe themselves as Punk / Indie / Rock n Roll, and they definitely incorporate aspects of all those genres into their music, not to mention that they’re both incredible musicians. If […]
I had never heard The Shrinking Violets before they played in Garth’s Living Room. But wow. From the very first seconds of their set I was in shock. Drawing on but not limited to influences of power pop, arena rock, and punk, the Shrinking Violets bring a sound that is […]