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By Sarah Tachau I saw my high school English teacher moonwalk on stage while shredding his traffic cone-orange Fender last night. Maybe Mr. Miller wasn’t there in the flesh, but the … Read more“Arms Around a Memory:” Clap Your Hands Say Yeah’s Debut Record Tour @ Amsterdam Bar and Hall
Last spring, when my friend Drew and I set up a show for Hotline TNT at a firehouse that daylights as a cardboard sculpture explosion, a kid asked me “how … Read moreA Chat With Hotline TNT’s Will Anderson
By Sarah Tachau On the chilly evening of October 4th, I, and about half of the Macalester campus, shuffled into the rugged Fine Line for folk-pop mastermind Odie Leigh’s Carrier … Read moreFrom Organized Mosh Pits to Folky Sing Alongs: Odie Leigh Performs at Fine Line
At my mother’s funeral I stood and spoke of music. When your mom dies nothing makes sense. When she died I was working in a prairie, and when I was … Read moreRemembering My Mother in Her 25 Greatest Songs
bugsy is a Twin Cities based band, having recently released their EP “Now I Spend All Of My Time Alone”. In an interview with WMCN’s Joe Petersdorf, Emily, the band’s … Read moreAn Interview with bugsy
In 2021, Julia Ducournau released a film. Known for her stomach-twisting body horror as seen in her 2016 debut Raw, the stakes for her cyborg-Cronenberg-sex-and-murder thriller Titane were high. Of … Read moreFuture Islands @ First Ave
Rat Saw God, the awaited sophomore album by Asheville, North Carolina band, Wednesday, has finally been released. Their new era began when they released their first single, “Bull Believer,” back … Read more“Rat Saw God” by Wednesday Album Review
Review: Early Eyes at 7th St Entry In the midst of a long Minnesota winter, I sat on the fourth floor of the Dewitt Wallace Library and got the sense … Read moreEarly Eyes @ 7th St.
I’ve never done something seasonal like this before, but so much mind-blowing music has already come out this year that I felt like there was the need for something more … Read moreDJ CHOOCH’S WINTER RELEASE ROUND-UP
Hello Hello WMCN community! It’s me, Sara, Smile, Rel1g1ous Th0t, e1evene1eventarot, Sara Gregor. The guy. Mark your calendars for the peak of this moon cycle, the FULL MOON IN VIRGO … Read moreTarot Tuesday: 2/22, PISCES NEW MOON, Rebirths, and SPACES
