4 new Minnesota albums to consider for Bandcamp Friday Chris Riemenschneider, Star Tribune
Ten months into the pandemic, musicheads know the drill: Indie music site Bandcamp.com is waiving its fees to artists on the first Friday of the month to help them sell music and merch. Here are some new Minnesota albums to sweeten the deal.
Kid Dakota, Age of Roaches Back in Minneapolis after a few ambitious personal forays including a temporary return to his native Bison, N.D. Darren Jackson has also settled back into the frenetic and foreboding musical persona that made him a good stage pairing with Low in the 2000s. Songs like the deceptively beautified Prairie Flowers and the missile-haunted title track are some of his bleakest and bloodiest. Age hasn t dulled the Kid s sharp edges or paranoia. But he does brighten the dark corners with awesome results in the cosmic-poppy A Fox in a Cage and the wondrous 7½-minute finale Stephen Hawking.