Email Author Natalie Gallagher

2013 Stories by Natalie Gallagher

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  Paul Metzger: I represent the outsider

  published May 22, 2013

  Paul Metzger is unlike any instrumentalist you know. For one thing, he's a self-taught banjo virtuoso -- though the instrument he plays is less of a banjo and more a crazy instrument experiment gone ... More >>

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  Heiruspecs' Sean McPherson: Our scholarship accepts kids who excel in creative ways

  published May 17, 2013

  How do you sum up the extent of the impact and reach that Heiruspecs has had over the past 16 yearsr The most influential band to come out of St. Paul Central High School and a cornerstone of the orig... More >>

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  Germaine Gemberling: I was a city kid, but I wanted out

  published May 15, 2013

  Germaine Gemberling has been a part of the local music scene in one way or another since 1989, when she first formed the all-girl punk band Smut -- which might be the best name for a band ever. Sinc... More >>

• Heavy Deeds goes for Light Lunch

  published May 15, 2013

  Heavy Deeds first formed as a band two years ago. But those two years got loaded with with life changes — jobs, projects, and... More >>

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  Laura Stevenson: I'm not writing for people with an "aesthetic of cool"

  published May 14, 2013

  Laura Stevenson's music is beautiful, but it hurts to listen. It hurts because she writes like a contemporary poet who feels too much and too deeply, her lyrics like fragile black-and-white snapshot... More >>

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  Live Letters celebrates one-year anniversary tonight

  published May 09, 2013

  One year ago, Sara Montour and Steve Korf launched Live Letters, a brand that documents local music around town and also hosts small, intimate house shows at Montour's loft. Since Live Letters start... More >>

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  Nicholas David on life after The Voice and selling out First Avenue

  published May 08, 2013

  Even over the phone, Nicholas David holds up to his reputation as being basically the nicest, most likeable guy in the history of the music business. He's got a warm voice that just sort of reaches ou... More >>

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  JD McPherson wows at First Avenue, 5/4/13

  published May 06, 2013

  JD McPherson with the Cactus Blossoms First Avenue Mainroom, Minneapolis May 4, 2013 Forget what you think you know about rock 'n' roll. Until you've seen JD McPherson play, you don't know the genre.... More >>

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  The Music Tapes' Julian Koster on the circus tent he's bringing to the Cedar tonight

  published May 03, 2013

  Julian Koster is the type of creative artist that doesn't really exist in the trepid trapping of reality. For over a decade, Koster has been experimenting with sound to create musical "tape collages."... More >>

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  Sims and Astronautalis announce joint First Avenue show, collaboration

  published Apr 30, 2013

  When Astronautalis moved in with Sims following a devastating fire that claimed his home in January, it was heartwarming to hear about the community and friendship that prevailed. But you can't expect... More >>

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  Chalet's Joey Kantor: This music is my refuge

  published Apr 25, 2013

  Joey Kantor has an intense way about him. He speaks with his hands a lot, and when he's thinking about a question, his eyes lose focus. Responses tumble out of him unchecked -- you wouldn't expect les... More >>

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  DJ /rupture: Most musicians don't become Shakira -- you try and you struggle

  published Apr 23, 2013

  Better known as DJ /rupture, New York-based Jace Clayton has made quite the name for himself as an internationally renowned DJ and producer following the breakout success of his first mixtape, Gold Te... More >>

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  Leagues: Our music is a formula that's been living in us

  published Apr 17, 2013

  Thad Cockrell, Tyler Burkum and Jeremy Lutito were never really indie-pop guys. Cockrell got his wings as a country star, singing sad twangy songs; Burkum has two Grammys under his belt as part of t... More >>

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  Los Amigos Invisibles: It's a miracle we're still together

  published Apr 15, 2013

  Los Amigos Invisibles have the kind of sound that puts the dance in the pants of six-year-olds and 60-year-olds alike. It's irresistibly funky, a sort of crazy Latin-jazz fusion that happens when yo... More >>

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  Phosphorescent: These songs are joyous things for me

  published Apr 10, 2013

  Matthew Houck, better known by his moniker Phosphorescent, has had a tremendous year so far. After being evicted from his long-time home in Brooklyn's Navy Yards area, the Alabama-born Houck had a s... More >>

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  Dessa announces new record Parts of Speech, debuts new track

  published Apr 09, 2013

  At long last, the highly anticipated and much talked about third album from Doomtree's darling Dessa has been announced for release. Introducing Parts of Speech, due out June 25. The rapper-poet-e... More >>

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  Caitlin Rose: I don't know people who are inspired by happy things

  published Apr 08, 2013

  Caitlin Rose is funny. She's sharp and blithe with a speaking voice that's as honey-rich and grainy as her singing. When she talks, she's got a solid here's-how-it-is honesty to her tone that comes ... More >>

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  Happy Apple's Dave King: I'm not in 99 bands

  published Apr 05, 2013

  When Dave King plays the drums, it doesn't even look real. He looks like a human octopus, like maybe he's hiding three other limbs to help him create all those sounds. His hands float around the kit... More >>

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  Barbara Jean on Gravel Road Touring: We're taking it further

  published Apr 04, 2013

  Barbara Jean has got the most startling set of eyes. They are a light sea-foam green, rimmed in dark forest, and they stare back at you with no small amount of directness. In some ways, between her ... More >>

• Hey Marseilles: Some people really dig the sad stuff

  published Apr 03, 2013

  Hey Marseilles is a Seattle band that has been creating what they like to say is "orchestral pop" music since the band's inception in 2006. Their debut album, 2008's To Travels and Trunks, was notic... More >>

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  Dawes: Minneapolis is our number one city

  published Apr 03, 2013

  Taylor Goldsmith's life revolves entirely around music. His band, Dawes, has been on a small tour of independent record stores around the country, playing in-stores as part of a promotion for their ... More >>

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  Jamie Lidell: I'm summoning my inner Quincy Jones

  published Apr 03, 2013

  Jamie Lidell has been playing with sounds professionally for over a decade. His music has been dubbed everything from neo-soul to electro-funk, and it fits, but it doesn't quite get to the center of... More >>

• The 4onthefloor boast their Minnesota pride

  published April 2, 2013

  Gabe Douglas cuts an imposing figure. It's probably the 4onthefloor frontman's thick, luxurious beard, combined with his direct, unfaltering... More >>

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  Madeleine Peyroux: I could sing these songs over and over again

  published Apr 02, 2013

  When Ray Charles first released his seminal album The Modern Sounds of Country and Western Music in 1962, the record was considered at the time by music executives to be more than risky -- it was a ... More >>

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  Lianne La Havas enchants at the Varsity, 3/31/13

  published Apr 01, 2013

  "Well, it's nice to meet you all! It's my first show ever in Minneapolis, and I'm thrilled you're all here," announced a beaming Lianne La Havas three songs into her set last night at the Varsity Th... More >>