August 24th, 2016
“I don’t know how many times I’ve done this tour, but it’s fun every summer. I get to go all around the U.S., see all the people and play all the great songs. It’s kind of like a carnival or a travelling circus,” says Mark Lindsay, former lead singer of the 60s rock and roll band Paul Revere and the Raiders.
Lindsay along with The Cowsills, Gary Puckett & the Union Gap, Chuck Negron, formerly of Three Dog Night, The Turtles, and The Spencer Davis Group will be playing at…
August 24th, 2016
“We parked right in front of the camera and someone walked right up and busted the window, got in, drove it away, and they found it like three or four days later, the window was busted out, the gear was all gone, but our merch was still in it. I guess they didn’t want to take the merch to the pawn shop.” Laughs 23 year old Americana singer songwriter Parker Millsap on the theft of their tour van in Minneapolis last May.
He elaborated, “It’s a rite of passage--every other band I…
August 24th, 2016
By Bryan Grob
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A little over five years ago when Los Angeles 5-piece Metal act Gemini Syndrome stopped at the Nestor Tavern for their 5th show in the region, they had reason to celebrate.
The day prior they’d signed their recording contract with Warner Brothers Records, only a few miles down the highway at the Mainline in Downer, Minn. It came as no surprise to anyone who’d heard the band’s self-released 5-song EP or caught the band live.
A bombastic blend of…
August 17th, 2016
“Noise music” might sound like an oxymoron to some. The first word calls to mind the harsh, chaotic, and abrasive, while the second word tends to make one think of the practiced, synchronized, and oftentimes catchy. But to Brandon Wald, the organizer, founder, and promoter of the first ever Fargo Noise Fest, organized under the moniker of ‘Black Ring Rituals Presents’, his record label and radio show on 95.9 FM, nothing could be further from the truth.
Instead, in his words,…
August 10th, 2016
By Ben Rheault
Every so often, local venue The Aquarium, sneaks out of the confines of its location situated above Dempsey’s Public House to give the public a free taste of the delights it has in store. It’s a good way to introduce people to musical flavors they may not yet be aware of, and give exposure to up-and-coming bands before they get too big to play smaller stages.
This month, The Aquarium is proud to present Los Angeles based Zig Zags (no relation to the rolling…
August 4th, 2016
By James Osbourne
Musician, actor, comedian, director and most recently Bandleader on Comedy Bang Bang!, Al’s an entertainment polymath with universal appeal.
Much of my exposure to pop music is through Weird Al parodies. Pop’s aggressive sexual themes and superficiality, elements which turn a lot of people off, are gone with a Weird Al treatment. I heard Robin Thicke’s Blurred Lines after Al’s Word Crimes parody. Once you strip the douchbaggery away from Blurred Lines you can…
August 3rd, 2016
Roger “Buzz” Osborne, lovingly known to his fans as “King Buzzo,” is no stranger to the music scene. Performing since the early 1980s, Buzz is best known for being a founding members, lead vocalist and guitarist, of influential rock band the Melvins, which would go on to inspire a wide variety of musical acts, such as seminal grunge act Nirvana. He was personal friends with their lead vocalist, Kurt Cobain. Buzz has performed for acts as varied as Cows, Tool, Fantomas, and…
July 27th, 2016
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To say that art imitates life would be an understatement in regard to Chicago blues royalty Mud Morganfield’s work. The eldest son of blues legend Muddy Waters wasn’t always in the spotlight with his music, though he was born with the blues coursing through his veins.
Growing up Morganfield saw very little of his father, but his influence was there. “My dad was gone a lot so my mom--her name was Mildred,tried to raise the girls and boys, and I was the only son of hers by Muddy.”…
July 27th, 2016
Within the past couple weeks, Fargo-Moorhead pop punk pioneers The Krebscouts had a basement reunion show in Fargo. Members Dan Nygard, Ben Arends, and Jimbo Rosario haven’t had a chance to play as The Krebscouts since their last hurrah in 2000. Now after 16 years, multiple bands, and with a newly recruited drummer (and old friend) Erik Block, the three had a chance to reunite and reminisce with old friends.
All members with the exception of Rosario live in Fargo. Rosario currently…
July 20th, 2016
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Blues-infused rock band Canned Heat formed in Los Angeles in 1965. They created a name for themselves by marrying country blues and rock and roll. They have shared the stage with the likes of Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin at the Monterey pop festival and headlined Woodstock. They’ve played venues from the Fillmore to Carnegie Hall. Needless to say, Canned Heat is the stuff rock and roll dreams are fueled by.
Now, this coming weekend they will be one of the headliners in the 2016 Fargo…
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By Bryce Vincent Haugen There are three Fargo Park Board seats up for election June 9. Park Board President Vicki Dawson and long-time member Dr. Joe Deutsch announced their reelection bids, but board member Aaron Hill is vacating…
By Michael M. Miller Rev. Salomon Joachim, pastor of Zion Lutheran Church, Beulah, North Dakota., delivered an address to the Western Conference of the Dakota District of the American Lutheran Church in 1939. His presentation was…
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By Rick Gionrickgion@gmail.com Holiday wine shopping shouldn’t have to be complicated. But unfortunately it can cause unneeded anxiety due to an overabundance of choices. Don’t fret my friends, we once again have you covered…
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By Annie Prafckeannieprafcke@gmail.com AUSTIN, Texas – As a Chinese-American, connecting to my culture through food is essential, and no dish brings me back to my mother’s kitchen quite like hotdish. Yes, you heard me right –…
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By Chris M. StonerBryon Noem deserves to feel shame. Not for his bimbofication fetish. As a drag queen for nearly a quarter of a century, I whole-heartedly think people should do more exploration of their gender and sexual…
