New (to us) Music Monday: A Badly Broken Code, by Dessa
Known as the female emcee from Minnesota’s Doomtree collective, Dessa puts together a complete album that includes her singing voice. And it’s good singing.
New (to us) Music Monday: Brothers, by The Black Keys
While we do our best to work in local album reviews, we often receive requests for reviews of non-local work, too. Since we love discovering new music, but want to keep a non-local piece helpful for SGFers, we had an idea: What if we review one non-local album per week, whether brand new or just [...]
New (To Us) Music: Mary Star of the Sea by Zwan
Zwan was at odds early on and the band’s only album didn’t sell as expected. Slice a chunk of the hard edge off of Smashing Pumpkins and you’ll find Mary Star of the Sea.
New (To Us) Music Monday: Fantasies, by Metric
While we do our best to work in local album reviews, we often receive requests for reviews of non-local work, too. Since we love discovering new music, but want to keep a non-local piece helpful for SGFers, we had an idea: What if we review one non-local album per week, whether brand new or just [...]
New (to us) Music Monday — Reflection Eternal’s Revolutions Per Minute
Is Talib Kweli and DJ Hi-Tek’s latest collaborative effort a modern hip hop classic or old-timey cash grab. Let’s just say, “You can like rap again.”









