Black Blondie is a local Minneapolis band that plays alternative/experimental/R&B music (that's a self-description off of myspace, ...

I'm not one to look into the cultural histories of music. If a song has an interesting beat, or intriguing lyrics, then I'm in--whic...

I'm kind of into Kanye West's new stuff, from 808's and Heartbreak. It's such a departure for him, it's so stark. Peop...

I didn't watch the Grammy's, and I'm actually a little sad after I found out about this performance, and Radiohead's perform...

Going against highlighting local musicians, I'm blogging about "Everywhere" on Common's newest album, Universal Mind Contr...

My album of the day is The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill by Lauryn Hill. Like many other teens at the time, I found out about Lauryn Hill via ...

I'm sorry I didn't post anything last week. I was pretty overwhelmed and excited and thrilled about the election results, and nothin...

OBAMA!!! OBAMA!! he won. we did it! i'm still celebrating. i'm so excited to finally have a president that i am proud of and will be...

Thanks to Kim for pointing out that MTV has a new YouTube-ish website for searching for videos and interviews... Here's another song by ...

I used to be one of those people who answered the question of "What music do you like?" with "Everything but country and rap....

This Monday I'll give you some SWEDISH HIP-HOP. This is Timbuktu. I do not speak Swedish (nor do I even speak a passable Norwegian). ...

This weekend, Dylan introduced me to Athens Boys Choir , and now I'm totally hooked. I looked up everything I could about this guy (he...

So...I'm from Minnesota. Lots of great things are located in Minnesota and many really amazing people are from Minnesota. Here's s...

I saw this video when I was home this weekend, watching mtvU with my brother. It's the Knux! It's zany! Whimsical! [insert jazz h...

I really love this song, commercial rap that it is. I'll just put that out there. My job puts me into contact with a lot of hip-hop an...

I'm tapping into my familial heritage, and celebrating all things Danish. Okay, so not really all things, just JUNIOR SENIOR. To be ho...

M.I.A.'s new album Kala , without question, is awesome for shakin' your ass. Stellar for car dancing, amazing for cleaning dancing...

I'm not super familiar with Northern State , other than they are hip-hop-ish and they are cool. My friend Kelly sent me the video for t...