James Brooks and Josh Clancy technically reside in northeast Minneapolis, but their musical project, Elite Gymnastics, is much better known among a geographically diffuse network of bloggers than local bookers. This is no accident. "There used to be other people in the band who were primarily interested in making [Elite Gymnastics] more solid as a live act," explains Brooks. "But all Josh and I wanted to do was make the music." Certainly, the apartment Brooks and Clancy share bears all the telltale signs of artists obsessed with the act of creating: Dirty pots are stacked high in the kitchen sink, the cat's litter box is in desperate need of a refill, and musical equipment crowds... More >>>