​Burn Fetish's latest album, Psychonauta, shows a band striving for both their and our fulfillment. They labor over the years that span the ending of childhood and the introduction into adulthood.

Musical talent must be in the blood; lead singer and guitarist, Sam Frederick's mother is Mary Jane Alm, a music mainstay in the Cities who recently released her first collection of songs in 25 years.

Gimme Noise spoke with the band before their album release at the 7th Street Entry on Saturday.
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​"I got into Iron Maiden as a teenager.  My taste in music progressively went back in time as I got older.  That's a bit of wisdom that my mom gave me: always go back to the source of where things came from," Andy Joseph shares.

The Madison-transplant is set to release his first  solo EP on Sunday at the Fine Line after gaining some success in the local band Sticky Byte. 

Gimme Noise sat down with the youngster before his album release show.
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​The music of The May North could simply be condensed down to one genre, bluegrass, but that wouldn't do the band any justice.  Coming together from many bands to form a Frankenstein -- in a good way --like band, the group are set to release their debut album, Songs From The North Country.
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​The Melismatics' songs aren't simple at all.  They're intricate, jumping from one thought to another, and yet, they're easily adaptable to the most conservative of ears.  This, of course, is the Minneapolis band's cardinal accomplishment.

Listening to their new album, MANIA!, can be compared to taking part in a spelunking adventure where on the surface the song may seem ordinary, but it contains so many layers  -- gems hidden amongst other gems.

Gimme Noise caught up with the band before their album release on Tuesday.
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​Past Picked to Clickers and psychedelic roots indie heroes Vampire Hands haven't been the same since Colin Johnson skipped town to pursue academia in the more mountainous part of the country, Missoula, Montana in 2009. More >>

​Jewbilee! is a highly entertaining holiday alternative to Christmas Eve for Jewish people and non-Jewish alike. This new "holiday" began seven years ago when local multi-faceted creative artist/musician/DJ/journalist Danny Sigelman, living in Austin, Texas at the time, was inspired to create something for Jewish people to do on Christmas Eve. When Sigelman moved to Minneapolis, he and his friend, Jewish hip-hop artist Yoni Reinhardt, co-launched Jewbilee!, held over the years at 331 Club, Grumpy's Downtown, and the Kitty Cat Klub. Now returning for its sixth year, it's being held this Saturday, December 24, at the 7th St. Entry.  More >>

​As the holidays bring about good times between families and long lost friends, drummer and electronic musician Martin Dosh is busier than ever preparing for his annual year-end show to the Cedar Cultural Center.

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​Local indie-rock band Valet were a venerable Twin Cities music scene fixture right from their start in 1998, and for nearly a decade after. Like so many bands that stand the test of time, they formed via friendships. Robin Kyle, who moved to the U.S. in 1994, was performing solo shows at the Foxfire. A mutual friend suggested Judd Hildreth play drums with Kyle and introduced them. Hildreth and Kyle forged a friendship and Hildreth convinced Kyle to start a band. In 1998, they formed Valet, and recorded four songs soon after with producer/engineer Mike Wisti. More >>

David Hanners

David Hanners sings for the doomed and the thoughtful

​"It's kind of a joke amongst my songwriter friends that I kill off a lot of characters in my songs," says David Hanners, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter and folk singer.

He produces his latest CD, "The Traveler's Burden," to prove it. The first offering is about a serial killer who murdered six people. His grandfather dies in the second track. Hanners sings about a hospital fire, a powder mill explosion, a suicidal veteran and a slain cab driver.

"It's a huge death count," Hanners says.

By day, David Hanners is the Pioneer Press' only reporter in its Minneapolis news room, so he uses his lunch hour to play guitar in the empty office. Hanners, 56, has been playing music since he was 15 years old, and has a gig lined up at the Ginkgo Coffeehouse in St. Paul Saturday.

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​"It's alright," Jeff Tweedy sings on "I Might," the boisterous lead single from Wilco's latest record, The Whole Love. "I've done a lot of crawling around outside, and I heard it's alright." More >>