A pretty late in the game and short post (I completely missed posting about Ezra Furman last month and Moksha neglected to detail his trip to see Deafheaven, but moving on) but tonight as selected by one of my group of concert going friends we’re seeing Field Report with Chastity Brown at the Turf Club! […]
Mikal Cronin with the Cairo Gang
Mikal Cronin has been on Moksha’s radar for a long time now starting with his Ty Segall feature artist playlist and ultimately ending up on Episode 32 of the Pruning Session. His West Coast garage and psych rock revival sound has established itself as a pillar of contemporary music. On Episode 32, Moksha endeavored to […]
Music on a Stick Under Glass
The Audio Bonsai Concert Series got underway with three different shows over two nights. Family was the source of the first selections for the series as you can read about here. It is important to note that the seed art competition is one of my favorite parts of the fair, so I took some pictures […]
Jenny Hval, September 1st in MPLS
A few friends and I gathered for drinks at the beginning of August in a way that as parents of young children we do far too irregularly. The last time we had all been together was a guys’ weekend in Hurley, Wisconsin where I had a lot of fun playing such fine artists as FKA […]
The Minnesota State Fair
State Fairs have a fairly poor reputation for being the domain of artists that are past their prime nostalgia acts. While this can certainly be true in many cases, the Minnesota State Fair provides counter examples as well. In 2014, my wife and I attended Minnesota Music on a Stick featuring the Cactus Blossoms, Har […]