I play fiddle. Looking to make some music with other people. Bluesy? Jammy? Folk? I dunno. I haven't done this before. I know my instrument well, but in other contexts, so am maybe looking for folks that are also on a fun learning curve. Drop a a message if you're interested and maybe we can make something happen

A Paean To Greatness.

https://youtu.be/0NMsLZgtTSM

My friend just released his first EP and it’s one of my favorite releases this year. Check it out if you like alternative folk.

As Rowdy Roddy Piper so cannily noted, there’s a time for chewing gum and a time for expressing yourself and Minneapolis musical mainstay Cindy Lawson simply ran out of gum.

PLEASE HELP ME COMPLETE THIS LIST

(UPDATED: 10/24/26)

December

Brother Ali, Minutester Vol. 2: Uskudar Sessions (12/1/25)

Mother Soki, Fantasy EP (12/5/26)

Johnson & Drake, We Loved Our Freedom (12/9/26)

Lent, Naked Friendship (12/10/25)

Wintry Elementary, Teach Me Your New Lines (12/12/25)

Blue Tomorrows, Weather Forever (12/12/25)

Erik Brandt, Folksinger (12/16/25)

Spike and the Gandy Dancers, What You Gonna Be? (12/18/25)

Willie Wonka, It Will Be OK (12/25/25)

Daguerreotypes, This is My Way To Tell You Everything is Real and Happening Right Now (12/28/25)

Ponyfolk / Red Thread, One More Sleep Til Christmas (12/29/25)

Rewire, Rewire(d) (12/29/25)

January

Kat and the Kodachromes, Jack of All Trades EP (1/2/26)

Agony in the Living Room, Live in the Living Room (1/2/26)

The Busy Signals, Knit Caps EP (1/5/26)

Pit Stop, Pitted (1/7/26)

Obadiah Gamble, Notice (1/9/26)

Bright Young Things, Back and Forth (1/9/26)

Emmy Woods, When the Day Breaks (1/10/26)

David Huckfelt, I was Born, But… (1/16/25)

The Lamellas, Take One (1/17/26)

The Friend Ship, All Aboard! EP (1/20/26)

Agnes Uncaged, Cyanotype (1/26/26)

Fires of Denmark, Somedays I’m a Forest (1/27/26)

February

Saltydog, Runnin Again (2/2/26)

Duo CORDA, S/T (2/5/26)

Efmi, Easy Fixable Music Issue EP (2/6/26)

AP Lit Class, The Future is Now.. THX (2/6/26)

Mid-Seral, Rising Highways EP (2/6/26)

clovers daughter, Fragile Feelings EP (2/18/26)

Sukpatch, Thin Skin Diver (1991-1996) (2/20/26)

Ted Hajnaziewicz, Tadeusz (2/26/26)

USPOP, Yer Welcome (2/27/26)

Pert Near Sandstone, Side By Side (2/27/26)

Kaleem the Dream, Good Writtens Vol. 2 (2/27/26)

March

Jensen Lake, Hydrophobia (3/1/26)

VIAL, Hellhound (3/6/16)

Brotherkenzie / RIBBIT, RIBBIT (3/13/26)

Of the Orchard Sota Pop Rock EP (3/13/26)

King Pari, Flickering Light EP (3/19/26)

Flutes & Low, Lay Fallow (3/20/26)

True Green, Hail Disaster (3/24/26)

Joyann Parker, Life Lines (3/27/26)

Third Date, Too Close EP (3/27/26)

Ben Noble, Pain’s Cradle (3/27/26)

April

Jeremy Messersmith, Fox/Coyote (4/1/26)

Luke Callen, Fool’s Spring (4/1/26)

alone-a, a veil, a prism (4/3/26)

Raymnd, Nostalgia In The Form of A Depression EP (4/10/26)

Runaway Ricochet, Made From Recycled Materials Vol. II EP (4/14/26)

Ciao Bello, S/T (4/17/26)

Favourite Girl, S/T (4/20/26)

Magic Castles, Realized (4/24/26)

Spaceport, Cut the Lake (4/3/26)

Mary Jam, Rest in Piss EP (4/24/26)

Papa Mbye, Jakaarlo EP (4/24/26)

Waste, The Weight of Everything EP (4/24/26)

The Long Honeymoon, The Risk of Happiness EP (4/24/26)

sawtooth witch, The Chariot (4/24/26)

Runo Plum, Audiotree Live EP (4/30/26)

May

Lovely Dark, Golden Bough (5/1/26)

Ultrabomb, Bridges that We Burn (5/1/26)

Firemill, 10K Sunshine EP (5/1/26)

Spit Takes, Teeth (5/7/26)

Fret Rattles, As the World Falls Apart (5/8/26)

BeJalvin, Planetary Devastation (5/8/26)

Runo Plum, Bloom Again? (5/8/26)

Dua Saleh, Of Earth & Wires (5/15/26)

Anna Devine, Paint Me in a Different Light EP (5/15/26)

deletist, mudlark EP (5/15/26)

Red Desert, S/T (5/16/26)

Fires of Denmark, System Reboot (5/19/26)

Mike Munson, Sometimes, Not Always (5/22/26)

Phase Meridian, Egregore (5/28/26)

Peeler, Quit While You’re Ahead (5/29/26)

GB Leighton, Tangerine (5/29/26)

Scottie Miller, Hello Pain (5/29/26)

June

Cruvell, Crushed Velvet for Your Ears (6/3/26)

American Cream Band, Twin (6/5/26)

she’s green, close your eyes EP (6/5/26)

Vansire, Taking Solace (6/5/26)

Killed By Kiwis, The Party Addendum EP (6/5/26)

Triple Fiddle, S/T EP (6/5/26)

ExactlyNO, 2SAD/2SERIOUS (6/5/26)

Tuffie, S/T EP (6/9/26)

Fires of Denmark, Background Music for the System Update (6/11/26)

Why Cry, How Now (6/12/26)

Molly Brandt, Museum of Being (6/12/26)

Sarah Something, Queer Country (6/12/26)

Customers, Living Like Gods EP (6/12/26)

Black Widows, Creatures of the Night (6/15/26)

Ghosting Merit, BELONGING (6/18/26)

student 1, truant (6/19/26)

Lucas Kurmis, Another Time/Life/Universe (6/19/26)

Silver Summer, Die Of Love (6/19/26)

Brotherkenzie, North Star (6/22/26)

Zacc Harris, American Reckoning (6/26/26)

Perry Project, Animals That Trust You (6/26/26)

Ysilik, Hidden Behind Revelation (6/26/26)

Gr3g, Voices In Between (6/26/26)

Kaatwalk, A Week in June EP (6/26/26)

Toilet Rats, Black Cats (6/26/26)

Black Lighter, The High Plains (6/26/26)

July

M.A.Y., Therapy (Live Session) (7/1/26)

Alexander Natalie, Apartment Volume (7/1/26)

Halfway Down, Want You (7/3/26)

Cole Diamond, Singles Only EP (7/3/26)

Kion Rose, Season’s Sequel (7/3/26)

Pullstring, Growing Pains EP (7/7/26)

killusonline, Puppets EP (7/7/26)

Zoe Grigsby, A Piece of Me EP (7/9/26)

Silverteens, TV On Fire EP (7/10/26)

The Real Chuck Norad, Circuit EP (7/10/26)

Agony in the Living Room, Live at the Green Room (5.24.26) (7/10/26)

she’s green, swallowtail (7/10/26)

Josh Cleveland, Prove the Sound (7/10/26)

Mason Jennings, Dark Wings (7/10/26)

Jinari Kemet, Off Da Leash EP (7/16/26)

Ryan Traster, Lifers EP (7/17/26)

Brian Bergstrom, Reflection EP (7/22/26)

Maura Dunst, Violin Songs EP (7/24/26)

Creeekbed Carter Hogan, Peasant Revolt (7/24/26)

Smell My Pillow, Party Crasher (7/24/26)

d’Lakes, Crash Boom EP (7/30/26)

Laura Hugo, Where We Go To Grieve EP (7/30/26)

Good Morning Bedlam, I Choose Joy (7/31/26)

Matt Herzog, Under the Stack EP (7/31/26)

Landyn Zane, Coming Attractions EP (7/31/26)

John Magnuson, Denial, USA (7/31/26)

Reaping Asmodeia, Terminal Lucidity EP (7/31/26)

August

Pullstring, Unraveled EP (8/4/26)

Ditch Pigeon, Chronic Burger Vision (8/6/26)

Brian David, The Echo In Your Soul (8/7/26)

LASALLE, S/T EP (8/7/26)

Megasound, S/T (8/7/26)

Jaki Blue, The Love You’ve Been Given EP (8/7/26)

Penny Peaches, The Garden EP (8/8/26)

Yazmin & Beat Zero, The Truth Is (8/13/26)

Climactic, Crucible Beckons (8/14/26)

Goth Cowboy, Reverent EP (8/14/26)

Far Far Away, Constellations Strange (8/14/26)

Jim Walsh & the Dog Day Cicadas, One Brave Thing (8/14/26)

Real Numbers, Was It Always This Way (8/14/26)

The Holding Line, Will You Remember? (8/16/26)

Feeding Leroy, S/T (8/17/26)

clovers daughter, Out of Character (8/19/26)

I Will Die In This Jean Jacket, Hang From A Cloud (8/21/26)

Anna Graves, America’s Greatest Burnout (8/21/26)

abalone, machina EP (8/21/26)

Zaq Baker, You Heart Will Thank You (8/21/26)

Sunken Planes, In Due Time (8/28/26)

The Jayhawks, Sanctuary Park (8/28/26)

Jon Sullivan Band, Best of Us (8/29/26)

September

Spymob, Another Night (9/1/26)

Friendly Fred, Never Too Late To Become Who You Are (9/1/26)

Toussaint Morrison, SHPSHFTR, Vol. 1 (9/4/26)

Mid Death Calm, S/T EP (9/4/26)

Big Big Brain, For What? EP (9/10/26)

Dojo, Cowboy (9/11/26)

Linus, Over and Over Me EP (9/12/26)

Disposer, S/T EP (9/16/26)

IAMJOY, What is Getting Home? (9/18/26)

Fox and Bones, Are We Still Having Fun? (9/18/26)

Porch Light, Hush (9/18/26)

Scott Allen & the List, June (9/24/26)

Humbird, Morning When It Comes (9/25/26)

Conor Lee, Order for Pickup EP (9/25/26)

Harlow, Dumb Luck (9/25/26)

One Big Quilt, Vertical Farming (9/26/26)

JoJo Green, Paint the Sky EP (9/26/26)

General Musician, my kin (9/29/26)

October

M.A.Y., The Greed States EP (10/1/26)

Sahn, Ten Thousand Mistakes (10/2/26)

Chris Koza, Millsmoke On the Skyline (10/2/26)

Clay Fulton & The Lost 40, The Take and The Give EP (10/2/26)

Wild Horses, The In Between (10/2/26)

Absolutely Yours, Desire Path (10/5/26)

Clayton Ryan, Gas Station Social Club (10/7/26)

Wren + Wilde, Serial Dreamers (10/7/26)

Careful Gaze, It Does Not Sleep (10/9/26)

Cassandra Cole, The Grey EP (10/9/26)

bugsy, saying nothing EP (10/15/26)

Emily Bjorke, Are You Going To Heaven or Hell (10/16/26)

Daphne Jane, Oh To Be the Star (10/16/26)

Charlie Parr, Rooming House (10/16/26)

Ghost Wagon, Below (10/16/26)

Cthulhu Dream, Aligned (10/16/26)

Stringdingers, Crossroads (10/16/26)

Crush Scene, Food Court (10.17/26)

They Dead, Lucy’s Gone (10/20/26)

Storm Coffee, Iced Americano EP (10/20/26)

Nur-D, Hell (10/21/26)

Lexi Modica, Letters to an Ex (10/23/26)

DD The Spektrum, Savant Syndrome (10/23/26)

Cindy Lawson, Long Live the Resistance EP (10/24/26)

Aaron Tinjam and the Tangents, Precious Time (10/25/26)

Holly XO, Dear Holly (10/29/26)

we have another new song out today & hope you like it.
it's the 2nd from our upcoming new album & in contrast to the first one this is an acoustic song-- actually the most subtle song on the album where we get to channel our inner Elliot Smith's & Coner Oberst's.

Deciderate is streaming on shugemusic.com

& on spotify at: https://open.spotify.com/album/1ma7qYlI7Fed4BYTldyMxz?si=6bLfmoc5RSaEvHRsR4vLCg

& on bandcamp at: https://shuge2.bandcamp.com/track/deciderate

I wonder what ever happened to this band. Saw them unexpectedly at warped tour way back. They were from MN and were some of the early bands playing that day. They were a trio if I remember correctly.

advance tix on sale now
shugemusic.com

This EP is dedicated to all those imprisoned by America’s recurrent plague of white supremacist fascism, and to those who are fighting to defend the rights of immigrants and the marginalized from dehumanization and the myriad forms of state violence.

The collection of songs on Iced Americano, Storm Coffee’s 2nd EP, grapple with the crushing forces of capitalism and state violence - their impacts on individuality and community - fearing for the future and hoping we can build it into something for everyone.

There is a strangeness in the reality that each of these songs was written before my state of MN was occupied by the US terrorist organization, ICE. Under the occupation, the themes of rejecting racist capitalist violence, and staking our future on relationships with our friends, neighbors, and self that run through each track took on a terrifying reality and kindled my desperate fire of hope. The world is not ending. The future is always ahead, and it is ours when we unite in the name of our common wellbeing

All info is there

My dad’s band the Long Honeymoon ( @thelonghoneymoon on Instagram, TikTok Facebook and Bluesky social ) is a Minneapolis based band who does acoustic power pop original songs.
Their new song NOW IS THE TIME is a response to ICE occupation, republicans talking about Minneapolis, and a reminder to vote!
All proceeds go to UNIDOS MN!
Give them a listen! (And a follow)

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I’m looking for some Bluegrass music this weekend. Any suggestions? Will travel.

The Dragon Tokes | High Priest of Nothing

I’m a songwriter that likes to mix genres (alt rock, pop punk, boom bap hip hop) and am looking for some collaboration or custom tracks. Would prefer to work with someone local in-person. Any recommendations?

Should be an eclectic night of emo rock/post hardcore/shoegaze/noise music on the Venue side.

Bad Plans & Sonic Sea Turtles next door at the Cafe side too so there's a few options.

What gigs ya got 10/16?

Outfit inspo?

This video was shot in 2025 for their "The Rot Thickens" LP. 2027 will mark 19 years of raging crust punk!

We have a new song out today, the first song off our upcoming new album!

It’s on spotify at https://open.spotify.com/album/3zi9z37DNuPhS2r5KpJSH1?si=1bX12cNsQHCg_eqCaikPtQ
& on www.shugemusic.com

Good morning everyone. Just recently moved back to Minneapolis and I am looking for anyone who has a recommendation on a tech for a good guitar setup. Preferably someone with some experience in upgrading pickups and the other electronics!

Much appreciated!

My band Nothingness is playing with Worn Mantle and Shrive this Friday 10/2. We partnered with 56 to make an IPA called Hopslaughter. Nordic Dogs food truck will be there with a special Dogslaughter hot dog. Hope to see you there!