I wonder what’s inside….
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Another amazing performer from Rhymesayers has blessed The Wake with his time this issue, and we couldn’t be more excited to bring you an interview with a man whose presence has remained one of the brightest in the Twin Cities hip-hop scene. P.O.S. built his music career on basement punk shows, and that rebellious spirit… full story
Jeremy Messersmith debuted his freshman album The Alca- traz Kid in 2006, being named the “premier under-30-song-writer in the Twin Cities” by City Pages. Since then he has established himself as a champion of indie-pop in the local scene and soothed our pop… full story
San Francisco garage-rocker Ty Segall doesn’t disappoint on his third full-length album of 2012 (yes, third) titled Twins. Segall released Hair with White Fence earlier this year along with the 70’s feel hard rock album, Slaughterhouse. One would think that with so much… full story
“The Paperboy,” set in the south in the 1960’s, tells the story of journalists Ward (Matthew McConaughey) and Yardley (David Oyelowo) when they come back to Ward’s hometown and stir up a murder story that they believe put an innocent man in jail.… full story
The Aussie psych rock quartet Tame Impala has just released its highly anticipated sophomore full-length, Lonerism, and it’s a definite candidate for album of the year.
While fans worldwide are still drooling over the trippy treats of Innerspeaker (2010), Lonerism boasts a more… full story
It’s a man and a band – duh.
Hailing from the mysterious corners of Minneapolis comes none other than France Camp, a garage rock band consisting of Dylan Rosebringer (“real leather jacket, dumb hair”); James Wolfeater (“dumb hat, bad breath”); Maxxy Hartbreak (“da cute chick”); and singer France Camp himself (“dumb long blond hair”). Those… full story
The brisk Wednesday breeze blew in droves of Raveonettes fans until they were packed like sardines for a low-fi jam-off between lead singer/guitarists Sune Rose Wagner and Sharin Foo. White lights hypnotically flashed around the duo and their tour drummer, Foo began by softly cooing… full story
I didn’t want to watch Pitch Perfect only because I loathe Glee. That show kills all my favorite songs and it just upsets me to watch it. However, Pitch Perfect was nothing like Glee: it was good.
The plot of the movie is about Becca who… full story
Three years after the triumph that was Veckatimest, Grizzly Bear returns with Shields. Though the latest offering from the indie-rock/fill-in-the-blank experiment cannot be tied to any single genre, one thing is clear: Shields is a strange and sprawling ten tracks of densely concentrated beauty. Despite a yearlong hiatus, Grizzly… full story
The artist gracing our magazine’s pages this week needs little to no introduction: he’s been one of the fastest rising stars in our local music scene for the better part of ten years now, and shows no sign of stopping.
In the middle of a triumphant headlining US Tour and the release of his fifth album, Mourning in… full story